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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

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

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

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

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

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

  @media (min-width: 890px) {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

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

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

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

      grid-column-gap: 2.5rem;
    }

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

  @media (min-width: 890px) {

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

  }

  @media (min-width: 990px) {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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








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


OF THE 


HOUSE of COMMONS. 














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JOURNALS 


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HOUSE of COMMONS. 





From JANUARY the 31st, 1854, 


In the SEVENTEENTH YEAR of the Reign of 


QUEEN VICTORIA,» 
To DEcEMBER the 12th, 1854, 


In the EIGHTEENTH YEAR of the Reign of 


QUEEN VICTORIA. 


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Sess. 1854. 


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











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Message to 
attend Her 
Majesty. 


Writs issued 
in the Recess. 


Sligo Election. 


Members take 
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Martis, 31° die Januarii ; 
Anno 17° Victoriz Regine, 1854. 
PRAYERS. 
MESSAGE from Her Majesty, by Mr. Pul- 
man, Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Queen commands this Honourable House to 
attend Her Majesty immediately, in the House of 
Peers. 


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


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That, in pur- 
suance of the directions of the Act passed in the 
24th year of the reign of his Majesty King George 
the Third, c. 26, he had issued Warrants to the Clerk 
of the Crown, to make out new Writs for the Elec- 
tion of Members to serve in this present Parliament 
for the City of New Sarum, in the room of Charles 
Baring Wall, Esquire, deceased ; for the Southern 
Division of the County of Warwick, in the room of 
George Guy Greville, commonly called Lord Brooke, 
now Earl of Warwick, called up to the House of 
Peers; for the Eastern Division of the County of 
Gloucester, in the room of the Honourable Henry 
Charles Litzroy Somerset, commonly called the 
Marquis of Worcester, now Duke of Beaufort, 
called up to the House of Peers; and that he had 
also issued Warrants to the Clerk of the Crown 
in Chancery in Ireland, to make out new Writs for 
the Election of Members to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Lisburn, in the room 
of Roger Johnson Smyth, Esquire, deceased; and 
for the Borough of Clonmel, in the room of the 
Honourable Cecil Lawless, deceased. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 
Election Petition of Richard H. Wood, relating to 
the Borough of Sligo, is unobjectionable. 


Several Members returned upon new Writs, took 
the Oaths required by law, and cielivered to the Clerk 
of the House an Accoubht of their Qualification ; and 

Vou; 109. 





| one Member, being one of the people called Quakers, 
made the Affirmation required by law; and delivered 
to the Clerk of the House an Account of his Quali- 
fication. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Oxford Uni- 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ versity Writ. 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present. 
| Parliament for the University of Oxford, in the room 
of Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Baronet, who, since his 
Election for the said University, hath accepted the 
Office of Steward of Her Majesty’s Manor of 
Northstead. 


Ordered. That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Louth Writ. 

to the Clerk of the Crown in Jreland, to make out 
a new Writ for the electing of a Knight of the Shire 
to serve in this present Parliament for the County of 
Louth, in the room of Chichester Samuel Fortescue, 
Esquire, who, since his Election for the said County, 
hath accepted the Office of one of the Commissioners 
for executing the Office of Lord High Treasurer of 
Great Britain, and Treasurer of the Exchequer of 
Ireland. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Stafford 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ —_ 
for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to serve in Givision) Writ. 
this present Parliament for the Southern Division of 
the County of Stafford, in the room of the Right 
honourable William Walter Legge, commonly called 
Viscount Lewisham, now Earl of Dartmouth, called 
up to the House of Peers. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Brecknock 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ Writ. 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Brecknock, in the 
room of Charles Rodney Morgan, Esquire, de- 
ceased. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant galop (South- 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ er Division) 
for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to serve 
in this present Parliament for the Southern Division 
of the County of Su/op, in the room of the Honour- 
able Robert Henry Clive, deceased. 

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‘Sussex (West- 
ern Division) 
Writ. 


Public Income 


and Expen- 
diture. 
No. 1. 


Mint. 
No. 2. 


Post-olfice. 
No. 3. 


— 


ill. 


Malt. 


Brewers, &amp;c. 


Hops. 


4 31° Januari. 


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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of the Public Income and Expenditure 
for the year ended the 10th day of October 1853, 
together with the Balances in the a at the 
commencement and. at the, termination of the year, 
and the Amount of the Funded or Unfunded Debt 
created or redeemed in the said year:—And, like | 
Account for the year,.to the 5th day of January 
1854. 

Mr. Wilson accordingly presented the said Ac- 
counts, . | | . | 

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





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‘Ordered; That there be laid before this House, 


‘an Account of all Gold, ‘Silver and Copper Monies 


of the Realm coined at the Mint, from the 1st 
day of January 1848 to the 31st day of December 
1853. ‘ 
Mr. Wilson accordingly presented the said Ac- | 
count. : — 
Ordered, That the sid Account do lie upon the | 
Table ; and be printed. " 


A. 1854, 


the old from the new Duty in each District :—Of 
the Quantity of Hops exported from the United 
Kingdom to Recilon Countries, from the 5th day of 
January 1853 to the 5th day of January 1854; dis- 
dequidhing the Countries to which the same have 
been exported, and also the Quantities to each 
Country, with the Dates of the years in which the 
British Hops were grown, also British from Foreign 
Hops :—Of Foreign Hops imported into the United 
Kingdom, from the 5th day of January 1853 to the 
5th day of January 1854; distinguishing the Ports 
where imported, and the Countries from whence ex- 
ported :—Of the Total Number of Pounds weight 
of Hops charged with Duty in each of the several 
Collections in the United Kingdom in the year 1858 : 
—aAnd, in addition thereto, the Total Number of 
Pounds weight of Foreign Hops charged with Duties 
for Home Consumption in the United Kingdom in 
the year 1853 (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 177, of Session 1852-3). 








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


Return of the Number of Acres of Land under 
Cultivation for Hops, and Amount of Duty charged 
in each Collection, in each year from 1837 to 1853 
inclusive ; showing the Average Amount of Duty 
per Acre in each Gollection ; also, showing whether 
the Acres in the Sussex, Herefurd or Worcester Col- 
lections are according to Statute or any local or 
customary Admeasurement, and distinguishing the 
Amount of old Duty only (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 112, of Session 1852-3). 


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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a County, City, Borough or place in the United King- Elections. 


Return showing the Number of chargeable Letters: 
delivered inthe United Kingdom, in each year from 
1839 to 1853 inclusive. ' 

Mr. !ilson accordingly presented the said Re- | 
turn. 


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dom, do question the same within fourteen days next, 
and so within fourteen days next after any new Re- 
turn shall be brought in. 

Ordered, That all Members who are returned for 
two or more places in any part of the United King- 


Ordered, That thé said Return do lie upon the.| dom do make their Election for which of the places 


Table; and be printed. 


A Billfor the more effectual preventing Clandestine 


they will serve, within one week from and after the 
expiration of the fourteen days before limited for 
presenting Petitions, provided there be no question 


Outlawries, was read the first time ; and ordered to Upon the Return for that place ; and if any thing shall 


be read a second time. 


Ordered, ‘That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Total Number of Quarters of Malt | 
made between the 5th day of January 1852 and the | 
5th day of January 1853, in the United Kingdom; | 
distinguishing the Quantity made in each Country, | 
and the Quantity used by Brewers, by Victuallers, | 
and by Ketail Brewers :—And, similar Account for | 
the year ending the 5th day of January 1854 (in | 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 925, of 
Session 1852-3). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of the Number of Persons in each of | 
the several Collections in the United Kingdom, li- 
censed as Lrewers, Victuallers, to sell Beer to be 
drunk on the Premises, and to sell Beer not to be 
drunk on the Premises ; stating the Number of each 
Class who brew their own Beer, and the Quantity of | 
Malt consumed by them, particularising each Class 
in each Collection, from the 10th day of October 
1852 to the 10th day of October 1853 (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 221, of Session 
1€52-3). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of the Total Number of Acres of Land in 
the United Kingdom under the Cultivation of Hops 
in the year 1853, distinguishing the Number of Acres 
in each Parish :—Of the Duty on Hops of the growth 
of the year 1853, distinguishing the Districts, and 


come in question touching the Return or Election of 


|any Member, he is to withdraw during the time the 
/matter is in debate, and that all Members returned 
_upon double Returns do withdraw till their Returns 


are determined. 

Ordered, That all persons who shall question any 
Return of Members to serve in the present Parlia- 
ment, upon any allegation of bribery and corruption, 
and who shall in their Petition specifically allege any 
payment of money or other reward to have been 
made by any Member, or on his account, or with his 
plivity, since the time of such Return, in pursuance 
or in fu:therance of such bribery or corruption, may 
question tle same at any time within twenty-eight 


days after the date of such payment; or, if this 


House be not sitting at the expiration of the said 
twenty-eight days, then within fourteen days after 
the day when the House shall next meet. 

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

Resolved, That it is a high infringement of the 
liberties and privileges of the Commons of the United 
Kingdom, for any Lord of Parliament, or other Peer 
or Prelate, not being a Peer of Jre/end at the time 
elected, and not having declined to serve for any 
County. City or Borough of Great Britain, to concern 
himself in the Election of Members to serve for the 
Commons in Parliament, except only any Peer of 
Ireland, at such Elections in Great Britain respec- 





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Orders and 
Resolutions, 
Pp 
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Witnesses. 


Metropolitan 
Police. 


Peterborough 
Election. 


17 Vicroriz. 


tively, where such Peer shall appear as a Candidate, 
or by himself, or any others, be proposed to be 
elected ; or for any Lord Lieutenant or Governor of 
any County to avail himself of any authority derived 
from his Commission, to influence the Election of 
any Member to serve for the Commons in Parlia- 
ment. 

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

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

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

Ordered, That the Commissioners of the Police of 
the Metropolis do take care that, during the Session 
of Parliament, the passages through the streets 
leading to this House be kept free and open, and. 
that no obstruction be permitted to hinder the passage 
of Members to and from tiis House, and that no 
disorder be allowed in Westminster Hall, or in the 
ae leading to this House, during the sittiig’ of 

arliame:t, and that there be no annoyance therein 
or thereabouts; and that the Serjeant-at-Arms at- 


tending this House do communicate this Order to: 


the Commissioners aforesaid. 


A Petition of Wiiliam Vergette and John Miller, 
two of the registered Electors of the City or Bo- 
rough of Peterborvugh, was presented, and read-:; 
setting forth, That in the month of June last the 
Election of a Member to serve in Parliament for the 
City or Borough of Peterborough was held pursuant 
toa Writ issued by the Right honourable the Speaker 
of the House, for the Election of a Member in the 

lace of George Hammond Whalley, Esquire, whose 
Return had been avoided by the Resolutions of a 
Select Committee of the House, on the ground that 
the said George Hammond Whalley had been guilty 
of treating at his Election in December One thou- 
sand eight hundred and Fifty-two; that at the said 
Election in June Jast, the Candidates who offered 
themselves to the constituency of the said City or 
Borough were the said George Hammond Whalley 
and Thomson Hankey, Junior, Esquires; that the 
Returning Officer of the said City or Borough did, 
on the day of nomination of the said Candidates, 
declare the show of hands to be in favour of the said 
George Hammond Whalley, «nd a poll being de- 
manded for the said Tomson Hankey, Junior, the 
same was duly proceeded with, and at the close 
thereof, the said Returning Officer declared that the 
said George Hammond Whalley was again returned 
a Member to serve in Parliament for the said City 
or Borough by a majority of Twenty-one votes over 
those polled for the said Thomson Hankey, Junior ; 
that the said Thomson Hankey, Junior, thereupon 
= a Petition to the House against the said 

eturn of the said George Hammond Whalley, as 
also did William Richardson and two other Electors 
of the said City or Borough, both of which Peti- 
tions prayed the House to amend the said Return 
by substituting the name of the said Thomson 
Hankey, Junior, for the said George Hammond 
Whalley, or to declare the last Election null and 
void, by reason that the said George Hammond 
Whalley was disqualified and incapable of being 
VoL, 109, 


31° Januariz. 







elected from having been found guilty of treating by 
the said Select Committee at lis first Election, and. 
that his said disqualification and incapacity was no- 
torious and well known to the Electors of the said 
City or Borough; that the said two Petitions were 
referred to a Select Committee of thé House, the 
Chairman of which informed the House, on the 
Fifteenth day of August: last, “That George Ham- 
mond Whalley, Esquire, is’ not duly elected a Citizen 
to serve in this present Parliament for the City of: 
Peterborough: that Thomson Hankey, Junior, Es- 
quire, is duly elected, and ought to have been’ re- 
turned a Citizen to serve in the present Parliament 
for the City of Peterborough; and the said Com- 
mittee further informed the House that they had 
agreed to the following Resolution—“ That George 
Hammond Whalley, Esquire, having been declared by 
a Committee of the House of Commons to have been 
guilty of treating at the preceding Election for the 
City of Peterborough, and tlie Election for the said 
City having been avoided, was incapable of being 
elected at the Election which took place ‘in conse- 
_ of such avoidance;” that the said Select 
ommittee placed the said Thomson Hankey, Junior, 
in a majority of votes, as-may be seen in.the Mi- 
nutes of their Proceedings, printed by order of the 
House, by striking off the votes of Twenty-four | 
Electors from the number polled for the said George 
Hammond Whalley, and thus placing the said ° 
Thomson lankey, Junior, in 4 majority of Three 
votes ; the said Select Committee then declared him 
to be duly elected ; that the Petitioners are informed 
that the said George Hamnond Walley, upon the 
decision of the said Select Committee being made.’ 
known, instructed his agent,” Mr. James Coppock, 
there and then to gp into recriminations against the 
said Thomson Hankey, Junior, charging him with 
t+having qbtained and procured the votes of divers 
Electors at the said Election by bribery, treating, 
intimidation, undue influence and other illégal 
practices; and the Petitioners are informed that the 
said-James Coppock peremptorily refused to enter 
upon the cases of recrimination when required to do 
so, though the briefs were prepared for pw purpose, 
to substantiate the ineligibility and illegality of re- 
turning the said Thomson Hankey, Junior, as Mem- 
ber for the said City-or Borough; that the Peti- 
tioners and the other Electors of the said City or 
Borough were in no way heard or represented be- 
fore the said Select Committee, nor were the Twenty- 
four Electors who were struck off the poll of the 
said George Hammond Whalley, and their votes 
declared lost and thrown away, heard in defence of 
their votes and privileges as Electors; that about 
Five days atter the said Select Committee had in- 
formed the House of their said Resolutions, Parlia- 
ment was prorogued ; that a Petition to the House 
has been signed by Paul Horn Ellis, Charles George 
Staplee, James Aldgate and James Elgar, four 
Electors of the said City or Borough, alleging that 
the said Thomson Hankey, Junior, did obtain and 
procure votes to be polled for him by bribery, treat- 
ing, intimidation and other unlawful practices ; and 
further alleging, thet a great number of bad and 
illegal votes were returned as good votes in the poll- 
book for the said Thomson Hankey, Junior, and 
praying the House to declare the said Thomson 
Hankey, Junior, was not duly elected for the said 
City or Borough, and that the said last Election 
may be declared null and void; that the Petitioners, 
on the Thirtieth ‘day of January instant, offered 
themselves as the sureties to become the recogni- 
zances to the said Petition against the Return of the 
said Thomson Hankey, Junior, and the Examiner of 
Petitions refused to receive the Petitioners as recog- 
nizances to the said Petition, as well as refused to 
indorse the said Petition in the usual form, so that 
it might be duly received as an Election Petition by 
the House; but that the Petitioners have duly 
entered into the required recognizances before 
B3 _ William 





















































































































































Paupers. 



















Fast India. 







Turkey. 









Paraguay. 






International 
Copyright. 







Rome. 








Portugal. 










William John Broderip, Esquire, one of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Justices of the Peace for the City of West- 
minster; that the Petitioners, as Electors of the 
said City or Borough, complain to the House of the 
position which they and the majority of the Electors 
of the said City or Borough are now placed, and 
they humbly submit that their privileges as Electors 
were compromised and have been trifled with by 
the said James Coppock refusing to go into the cases 
of recrimination when required to do so by the said 
George Hammond Whalley; that the Petitioners 
claim the rights accorded them by the House of 
questioning the Return of a Member within Four- 
teen days from the time of his Return, and as the 
Recess of the House has intervened since the Re- 
turn, on the Fifteenth day of August last, of the 
said Thomson Hankey, Junior, the Petitioners sub- 
mit that the Petition of their fellow Electors, charg- 
ing the said Thomson Hankey, Junior, and his agents, 
with illezal practices at the said Election, onght to 
be received, as the said James Coppock refused, as 
aforesaid, to proceed with the cases of recrimination 
against the said Z'homson Hankey, Junior, when 


urged and required to do so by the said George. 


Hammond Whalley, the Petitioners and the other 
klectors of the said City or Borough having had no 
opportunity until now to question the Return of the 
said Thomson Hankey, Junior; and praying that 
the House will grant leave and permission to pre- 
sent the suid Petition against the sa:d Return of the 
said Thomson Hankey, Junior, as Member to serve 
in Parliament for the said City or Borough of Peter- 
borough. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Re- 
turns, showing the Number of Paupers of all Classes 
in receipt of Relief on the Ist day of January 1853 
and the Ist day of January 1854, in Unions, &amp;e., in 
England and Wales ;— Of the Number of Adult 
Able-bodied Paupers in receipt of Relief on the Ist 
day of January 1853 and the Ist day of January 
1854; together with a Return showing the Causes 
of Relief upon which the Adult Able-bodied were 
relieved :—And, showing the Amount of Money ex- 
pended for In-maintenance and Out-door Relief in 
Unions, &amp;c., under the Poor Law Amendment Act 
in Kvgland and Wales, during the Hall!-years ended 
at Michaelmas 1852 and Michaelmas 1853 respec- 
tively. 


Sir Charles Wood presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Papers relating to the Resignation, by 
General Sir Charles Napier, G.C. B., of the Office 
of Commander-in-Chief in India. 

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


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command ,—Copy of Correspondence respecting the 
Rights and Privileges of the Latin and Greek 
Churches in Turkey :—Part I. 

Copy of Correspondence respecting the Rights 
and Privileges of the Latin and Greek Churches in 
Turkey :—Part IL. 

Copy of Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Na- 
vigation between Her Majesty and the Republic of 
Puraquay ; signed at Assumption, March 4, 1853. 

Copy of Convention between Her Majesty and the 
Free Hanseatic City of Hamburgh, for the establish- 
ment of International Copyright; ‘signed at Ham- 
burg’, August 16, 1853. 

Copy of Declarations exchanged between the Go- 
vernments of Great Britain and of the Roman States, 
for securing National Treatment to the Vessels and 
Commerce of the one Country in the Ports of the 
other ; signed at Florence and J2ome, November 17, 
1853. 

Copy of the Penal Code of Portugal, established 
by the Decree of 10th December 1852. 


31° Januari. 


A. 1854, 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Her Majesty, dated the 19th day of August in the 
last Session of Parliament, for a Return of the 
Amount of Bullion purchased and sold by the Bank 
of England, distinguishing Gold from Silver, and 
Bar Gold from Foreign Gold Coin, in each Month, 
from 1840 to June 1853 inclusive ; also, the Excess of 
Payments to, or of Receipts from, the Public, of Bri- 
tish Gold Coin; and also, the Amount received from 
the Mint during the same period; giving the Totals 
for each year, and for the first Six Months of 1853. 


an Account of all Dues, Duties and Taxes, Local 
and Imperial, levied on the Importation and Ex- 
portation of Coals and Coke in any Port of the United 
Kingdom in each of the years 1851 and 1852; and 
also a similar Return of Dues and Taxes on all Coals 
and Coke brought by Railroad to any Port, ‘Town 
or City of the United Kingdom for the same period 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 689, 
of Session 1850). 

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


Order, dated the 24th day of June in the last Ses- 
sion of Parliament, for Returns by the Royal Naval 
Officer in charge of the Mails on Board the Outward- 
bound Royal Mail West India Packets, Peninsular 
and Oriental and Eust India, and Peninsular and 
Oriental, Lisbon, Gibraltar, &amp;c. Packets, for each 
Month in the years 184%, 1849, 1850, 1851 and 
1852, as far as known, of the shortest and longest 
Passages between Sou/hampton Docks, or the Buoys 
and Moorings off the same, and Ushant, giving the 
Date and Time of rounding Ushunt, and the Bearing 
and Distance of its Lighthouse; and of Detentions 
of Mails for the same period, whether from Fogs, 
taking the Ground, Fouling or other Accidents, spe- 
cifying the Nature of the same, and the Places where 
they occurred. 


Correspondence with the Board of Admiralty, pray- 
ing that a portion of British Spirits may be taken 
for the Supply of the Royal Navy, and Answers 
thereto :—And, of all Contracts entered into for the 
Supply of the Royal Navy with Spirits, from the year 
1841 to 1853, in the following form ; viz.:— 





Mr. Wilson presented,—Return to an Address to Bullion, &amp;c. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Coals and 
3d day of June in the last Session of Parliament, for Coke- 


Lord Alfred Hervey presented,— Return to an Mail Packets. 


Return to an Order, dated the 15th day of August Spirits 
in the last Session of Parliament, for Copies of all (Navy.) 








Particulars of Ten- 


Replies to such 























Date Quantity and Description of yong heen - sr oe 
Spirits contracted for, made or British | British &amp; irits 
of Contract. and Price thereof in each Year Sm ant &amp; f ~ 
‘ . the Board. i —_— 
. &gt;... | Quantity, | Descrip- ; Quan- r | 
Month. Year. Gallons. ay Price. tity. Price | Dates 
t. s. d. £. 8. d. 





from the Admiralty Register of Wrecks ani Casual- 
ties to Shipping, of the Number and Names of 
Vessels wrecked on the /rish Coast, between Dub- 
lin and Relfast, during the years 1850, !851 and 
1852, and also between Dublin and Waterford, with 
the Particulars as set forth in the Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 297, of Sexsion 1852. 

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


Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Keport of the Commissioners ap- 





, pointed 


Return to an Order, dated the 15th day of August Wrecks 
in the last Session of Parliament, for a Statemei.t Urish Coast.) 


Barnstaple 
Borough. 





a 
oA 


Lets 
aes 












Poor Law. 


Head Money 
(Bornev. ) 


Wheat, &amp;c. 


Police Force. 


Assurance 
Companies. 


New Palace, 


(Westminster.) 13th day of A ugust in the last Session of Parliament, 


Statute Law. 


17 Vicroriz. 


pointed under Her Majesty’s Royal Sign Manual to 
inquire into the existence of Corrupt Practices in the 
Borough of Barnstaple, together with the Minutes 
of Evidence. 

Copy of Sixth Annual Report of the Poor Law 
Board, 1853. 

Mr. Fitzroy also presented,—Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 7th day of April in 
the last Session of Parliament, for a Return of the 
Applications that have been made to the Admiralty 
Court in Eng/and, the Vice-Admiralty Court in Ben- 
gal, at Singapore and at Prince of Wales Island, for 
Head or Bounty Money upon the Destruction or 
Dispersion of alleged Pirates on the Coast of Borweo 
and adjacent Islands, in each year since 1841 ; 
stating when and on behalf of whom the several 
Applications were made to the Court, specifying the 
Names and Number of the Vessels engaged in each 
Action, the Names of the Commanding Officers and 
the Number of the Crews of such Ships, and the 
Dates of the respective Actions; stating further the 
Number of alleged Piratical Vessels destroyed, cap- 
tured or dispersed, the Number of Pirates alleged 
to have been on Board at the Commencement of 
each Action, the Number of such Persons destroyed, 
captured or dispersed, and the Amount of the Bounty 
or Head Money awarded by the Court in each case, 
and whether the said Amounts have been paid in 
whole or in part, or removed by Appeal to any other 
Court. , 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
14th day of July in the last Session of Parliament, | 
for a Return from each County in England and 
Wales, of the different Measures, and their Capacities 
in Gallons, and the different Weights and their Con- 
tents in Pounds, under which Wheat, Barley, Oats 
and Flour are sold. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
9th day of August in the last Session of Parliament, 
for a Return setting forth the Expense and Cost 
of Maintenance of the Police Force in the year 
1852, in the following Cities and Towns :— Bat/, | 
Birmingham, Bradford, Brighton, Bristol, Leeds, | 
liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, Wolverhampton, | 
Edinburgh and Glasgow ; such Return to give, in 
Columns, 1. The Name of the City or Town; 2. 
The Rateable Value of the Property on which the 
Rate is made within such City or Town; 3. ‘The 
Amount raised; 4. The Rate in the Pound Sterling ; 
5. The Population of the City or Town; 6 ‘The 
Number of Officers of Police in each City or Town; 
7. The Number of Police Constables; 8. The Total 
Number of the Force :—And, similar Return for the 
Metropolis. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
12th day of August in the last Session ot Parliament, 
for a Return of the Name, Place of Business, and 
Object of all Assurance Companies completely regis- 
tered under the Act 7 &amp; 8 Vic. c. 110 (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 171—I. of Session 
1852 :—And, Copy of every Account registered by 
all Companies conformably with the provisions 0! 
the Act 7 &amp; 8 Vic. c. 110, since the Return made 
in 1852 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 171—I. of Session 1852). 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 








for an Account of the Amount of all Commissions 
for Works of Art to various Artists for the Decora- 
tion of the New Palace of Westminster, from its 
commencement to the present time, with the Esti- 
mate for each Work; also, a Return of the several 
Salaries to Artists holding Appointments under the 
Royal Commission for decorating the New Palace 
of Westminster. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
20th day of August in the last Session of Parliament, 
for a Copy of the Report of the Commissioners ap- 
pointed to inquire into the best means of ounsill 
dating the Statute Law of the Country. 

VoL. 109. 





31° Januari. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Places of - 
Worship 
( Edinburgh.) 


7th day of July in the last Session of Parliament, 
for Returns of the Number of Places of Worship 
belonging to all Denominations other than the Es- 
tablished Church, in the Parliamentary Burgh of 
Edinburg, distinguishing the Ancient and extended 
Royalties from the other portions of the same :—Of 
the Number of Sittings contained in each of the 
said Places of Worship:—&lt;And, of the Number of 
Sittings in each of the said Places of Worship which 
are let or allotted, and also the Number of Free 
Sittings in each. 


for a Return, showing the Population (according 
to last Census), the Annual Value of Property ac-° 
tually rated to the Poor’s Rate (as by Returns to 
the Board of Supervision and other Returns); the 
Expenditure for the Relief and Maintenance of the 
Poor ; the Rate in the Pound on the Value of rated 
Property of such Expenditure ; the Total Numbers 
of Paupers relieved, including casual Poor; the 
Proportion per ce: t. to the Population of the Persons 
relieved ; the Rate per Head of the Expenditure on 
the ‘Total Number of Paupers relieved in the several 
Counties of Argy/l, Inverness, Ross, Sutherland and 
Caithness (stating it separately as regards the Islands 
in the several Counties of Argyll, Inverness and 
Ross), for the years 1851 and 1852 respectively :— 
Similar Return, with reference to the oak of Scot- 
land, with the exception of the above-mentioned 
Counties (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 404, of Session 1851). 














Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Population,&amp;c. 
4th day of July in the last Session of Parliament, (Scotland.) 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Population 


29th day of July in the last Session of Parliament, ®® 


for a Return, showing, in Columns, the Popula- 
tion, according to the Census of 1851, of each of 
the Parishes or portions of Parishes included within 
the limits of the Parliamentary Burgh of Edinburgh, 
and the Total Population of the said Burgh; 2. The 
Number of Churches and Chapels belonging to or 
connected with the Church of Scotland, within the 
same (other than City Churches under the Admi- 
nistration’of the Town Council); 3. The Number 
of Sittings in each Church and Chapel; 4. The 
Number of these Sittings which are let or specially 
appropriated to Persons who regularly occupy 
the same; the Totals of each Class to be also 
given, 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
8th day of August in the last Session of Parlia- ( 
ment, for a Return, showing the Population of the 


| Ancient Royalty of the City of Edinburgh, and the 


Number of Persons connected by Membership or 
Seat-holding with any of the City Churches wihin 
the same ; and the Number connected with any other 
Church or Chapel belonging to the Established 
Church of Scot/and, whether situated within or with- 
out the limits of the said District; also, the Num- 
ber of Persons residing within the Ancient Royalty 
conected with each of the other Religious Denomi- 
nations ; and the Number of Persons who are not 
known to be connected with any Denomination ; 
the Return, in all cases, to include Children as be- 
longing to the same Denomination as their Parents, 
except in those cases where they are stated to be 
otherwise connected. 


d Churches 
(Edinburgh. ) 


Population, &amp;c. 


Edinburgh.) 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Election 


9th day of June in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, for a Return of the Details or particular Items 
of Expenses charged by the Sheriffs at the late 
General Election tor each of the Burghs of Scot/and; 
stating the Names and Designations of the several 
Persons to whom any such Payments were made, 
and the Services performed by such Persons for the 
said Payments (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 311, of Session 1853). 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 
B4 Mr. 


Expenses 
(Scotland. ) 





8 


Mr. Speaker reported, That the House had, this 
day, attended Her Majesty in the House of Peers, 
when Her Majesty was pleased to make a most 


gracious Speech from the Throne to both Houses of 


arliament, of which Mr. Speaker said he had, for 
greater accuracy, obtained a Copy, which he read to 
the House, as followeth : 


My Lords, and Gentlemen, 


I am.always happy to meet you in Parliament; 


and on the present occasion it is with peculiar satis- 


faction that J recur to your assistance and advice. 
The hopes which I expressed at the close of the 
last Session, that a speedy settlement would be 
effected of the differences existing between Russia 
and the Ottoman Porte, have not been realized ; 
and I regret to say that a state of Warfare has 
ensued. I have continued to act iu cordial co- 


operation with the Emperor of the French; and My 


i 
ing 


parties, although hitherto unsuccessful, have been 


enueavours, in conjunction with My Allies, to 
serve and to restore Peace between the conten 


unremitting. I will not fail to persevere in these 


endeavours; but, as the continuance of the War 


may deeply affect the interests of this Country and 


of Europe, I think it requisite to make a further | 


augmentation of My Naval and Military Forces, 
with the view of supporting My representations, 
and of more effectually contributing to the restora- 
tion of Peace. 


I have directed that the Papers explanatory of ; 5© 


the Negotiations which have taken place upon this 
subject shall be communicated to you without 
delay. 


Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 


The Estimates for the year will be laid before 
you, and I trust you will find that, consistently with 
the exigencies of the Public Service at this junc- 
ture, they have been framed with a due regard to 
economy. 


My Lords, and Gentlemen, 


In the year which has just terminated, the bless- 
ing of an abundant harvest has not been vouchsafed 
to us. By this dispensation of Providence the 
price of Provisions has been enhanced, and the pri- 
vations of the Poor have been increased, but their 
patience has been exemplary ; and the care of the 
Legislature, evinced by the reduction of ‘Taxes 
affecting the necessaries of life, has greatly tended 
to preserve a spirit of contentment. 

| have the satisfaction of announcing to you, 
that the Commerce of the Country is still pros- 
perous; that Trade, both of Export and Import, 
has been largely on the increase; and that the 
Revenue of the past year has been more than ade- 
quate to the demands of the Public Service. 

I recommend to your consideration a Bill which 


31° Januari. 


A. 1854. 


The recent measures of Legal Reform have proved 
highly beneficial, and the success which has at- 
tended them may well encourage you to proceed 
with further Amendments. Bilis will be submitted 
to you for transferring from the Ecclesiastical to 
the Civil Courts the cognizance of Testamentary 
and of Matrimonial Causes, and for giving increased 
efficiency to the Superior Courts of Common Law. 

The Laws relating to the relief of the Poor have 
of late undergone much salutary amendment; but 
there is one branch to which I earnestly direct your 
attention. The Law of Settlement impedes the 
freedom of Labour, and if this restraint can with 
safety be relaxed, the workman may be enabled to 
increase the fruits of his industry, und the interests 
of Capita] and of Labour will be more firmly united. 

Measures will be submitted to you for the amend- 
ment of the Laws relating to the Representation of 
the Commons in Parliament. 

Recent experience has shown that it is necessary 
to take more effectual precautions against the evils 
of Bribery and of corrupt practices at Elections. 
It will also be your duty to consider whether more 
complete effect may not be given to the principles 
of the Act of the last Reign, whereby Reforms were 
made in the Representation of the People in Parlia- 
_ment. In recommending this subject to your con- 





sideration, My desire is to remove every cause of 
| just complaint, to increase general confidence in the 
.egislature, and to give additional stability to the 
ttled Institutions of the State. 
I submit to your wisdom the consideration of 
these important subjects ; and I pray God to prosper 
| your counsels, and to guide your decisions. 


to Her Majesty, 

| Thanks of this ll for Her Majesty's most gra- 
cious Speech from the Throne : 

| Humbly to thank Her Majesty for the assurance 
of the peculiar satisfaction with which on the pre- 
| sent occasion She recurs to the advice and assistance 
of Her Parliament: 

Humbly to assure Her Majesty of the regret with 
which we learn that the hopes which Her Majesty 
expressed at the close of the last Session, that a 
speedy settlement would be effected of the differ- 
ences existing between Russia and the Ottoman 
Porte have not been realized, and that a state of 
Warfare has ensued : 

That we rejoice to learn that Her Majesty has 
continued to act in cordial co-operation with the 
Emperor of the French; and that Her Majesty’s 
endeavours, in conjunction with Her Allies, to pre- 
serve and to restore Peace between the contending 
parties, although hitherto unsuccessful, have been 
unremitting : 

Humbly to express our satisfaction at learning 
that Her Majesty will not fail to persevere in these 





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Resolution 
to convey to Her Majesty the for Addrest, 


I have ordered to be framed, for opening the | endeavours; and to thank Her Majesty for inform- 
Coasting Trade of the United Kingdom to the Ships | ing us, that as the continuance of the War ma 
of all friendly Nations; and I look forward with deeply affect the interests of this Country and of 
satisfaction to the removal of the last legislative re- | Europe, Her Majesty thinks it requisite to make a 
striction upon the use of Foreign Shipping, for the | further augmentation of Her Naval and Military 
benefit of My People. | Forces, with the view of supporting Her representa- 
Communications have been addressed, by My tions, and of more effectually contributing to the re- 
Command, to the Universities of Ozford and Cam- | storation of Peace : 
bridge, with reference to the Improvement which it} To thank Her Majesty for having directed that 
may be desirable to effect in their Institutions. | the Papers explanatory of the Negotiations which 
‘These Communications will be laid before you, and | have taken place upon this subject shall be commu- 


measures will be proposed for your consideration, 
with the view of giving effect to such Improve- 
ments. 


_nicated to us without delay : 
| To thank Her Majesty for informing us that the 
| Estimates for the year will be laid before us, and for 


The Establishments requisite for the conduct of \expressing Her hope that, consistently with the 


the Civil Service, and the arrangements bearing 
upon its condition, have recently been under review ; 
and I shall direct a plan to be laid before you, 
which will have for its object to improve the system 
of Admission, and thereby to increase the efficiency 
of the Service. 


exigencies of the Public Service at this juncture, they 
have been framed with due regard to economy : 
That we unite with Her Majesty in lamentin 
that, in the year which has just terminated, the bless- 
ing of an abundant harvest has not been vouchsafed 
to us: 





That 











17 Vicroriz. 


That we concur in the opinion expressed by Her 
Majesty, that by this dispensation of Providence 
the price of Provisions has been enhanced, and the 
privations of the Poor have been increased ; but that 
their patience has been exemplary ; and that the 
care of the Legislature, evinced by the reduction of 
Taxes affecting the necessaries of life, has greatly 
tended to preserve a spirit of contentment : 

That we rejoice at the announcement that the 
Commerce of the Country is still prosperous; that 
Trade, both of Export and Import, has been largely 
on the increase; and that the Revenue of the past 

year has been more than adequate to the demands 
of the Public Service : 

To assure Her Majesty that our best considera- 
tion will be given to the Bill which Her Majesty 
has informed us She has ordered to be framed, for 
opening the Coasting Trade of the United Kingdom 
to the Ships of all friendly Nations; and to thank 
Her Majesty for expressing the satisfaction with 
which Her fdajeaty looks forward to the removal 
of the last legislative restriction upon the use of Fo- 
reign Shipping for the benefit of Her People: 

Humbly to thank Her Majesty for acquainting us 
that Communications have been addressed, by Her 
Command, to the Universities of Oxford and Cam- 
bridge, with reference to the Improvement which it 
might be desirable to effect in their Institutions ; and 
for informing us that these Communications will be 
laid before us, and that measures will be proposed 
for our consideration with the view of giving effect 
to such Improvements : 

That we learn with satisfaction that the Establish- 


oe he» ee es 
ct Se ae ee 


31° Januarit. 9 


increase general confidence in the Legislature, and 
to give additional stability to the settled Institutions 
of the State : , 

To express our humble thanks to Her — for 
submitting these important subjects to our considera- 
tion ; and to assure Her Majesty that we unite with 


our counsels, and to guide our decisions. 


up an Address to be presented to 
the said Resolution :—And a Committee was ap- 
pointed of Viscount Castlerosse, Mr. Hankey, Lord 
John Russell, Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, 
Viscount Palmerston, Sir James Graham, Sir Charles 
Wood, Mr. Sidney Herbert, Sir William Molesworth, 
Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Solicitor General, Sir 
John Young, Mr. Cardwell, The Judge Advocate, Mr. 
Wilson, Mr. Hayter and Mr. Bouverie, or any Five 
of them :—And they are to withdraw immediately: 


the Committee. 


and that he do appoint the printing thereof; and 
that no person but such as he shall appoint do pre- 
sume to print the same. 


appointed. 





ments requisite for the conduct of the Civil Service, 
and the arrangements bearing upon its condition, | 
have recently been under review; and that we 
humbly thank Her Majesty for informing us that | 
She will direct a plan to be laid before us, having 
for its object the improvement of the system of Ad- | 
mission, and thereby to increase the efficiency of the | 
Service : 

That we rejoice to learn that the recent measures | 
of Legal Reform have proved highly beneficial, and 
that the success which has attended them has been 
such as may well encourage us to proceed with fur- 
ther Amendments ; and that we beg humbly to ex- 
press our thanks to Her Majesty for the information 
that Bills will be submitted to us for transferring 
from the Ecclesiastical to the Civil Courts the cog- 
nizance of Testamentary and of Matrimonial Causes, 
and for giving increased efficiency to the Superior 
Courts of Common Law: 

That we humbly beg to concur in the opinion ex- 
pressed by Her Majesty, that the Laws relating to 
the Poor have of late undergone much salutary 
amendment ; and to assure Her Majesty that our 
best attention shall be directed to the Law of Settle- 
ment, in compliance with Her Majesty’s recom- 
mendation, and in accordance with Her Majesty’s 
intimation that this Law impedes the freedom of 
Labour, and that if this restraint can with safety be 
relaxed, the workman may be enabled to increase 
the fruits of his industry, and the interests of Capital 
and of Labour will be more firmly united : 

To thank Her Majesty for informing us that mea- 
sures will be submitted to us for the amendment of 
the Laws relating to the Representation of the Com- 
mons in Parliament : 

Humbly to express our concurrence in the opinion 
that recent experience has shown that it is necessary 
to take more effectual precautions egainst the evils 
of Bribery and of corrupt practices at Elections ; to 


of a Member to serve in the present Parliament for 
the Borough of Dungarvan, was delivered in, and 
read; setting forth, That at the last Election of a Mem- 


_ber to serve in Parliament for the Borough of Dun- 


garvan, in Ireland, John Francis Maguire and the 
Petitioner were Candidates; that the said Election was 


| held on the ‘T'wenty-fifth day of August One thousand 


eight hundred and Fifty-three; that a poll having been 
demanded, the same was proceeded with, and at the 
close of the poll the Returning Officer of the said 
Borough declared the said John Francis Maguire 
to have had a majority of votes over the Petitioner, 


in this present Parliament, and that as such, the 
said John Francis Maguire was returned accord- 


majority, and that in fact, and in right, the Petitioner 
had a majority of votes over the said John Francis 
| Maguire, and ought to have been returned as the 
Member duly elected at such Election, in the place 
and stead of the said John Francis Maguire; that 
at the immediately preceding Election for the said 
Borough, held on the Twelfth day of July One thou- 
sand eight hundred and Fifty-two, at which the said 
John Franch Maguire and Edmund O Flaherty, 
Esquire, were Candidates, the said John Francis 
Maguire was declared and returned as Member to 
serve in Parliament for the said Borough, and in 
virtue thereof the said John Francis Maguire took 
his seat, and did sit and vote during the last Session 
as the Member returned for the said Borough, but 
subject to the conditions contained in the corrupt and 
illegal compromise or arrangement entered into be- 
tween the said John Francis Maguire and Edmund 
O’ Flaherty, hereinafter referred to; that on the 
Twenty-third day of November One thousand eight 
hundred and Fifty-two, the said Edmund O' Flaherty 
presented to the House a Petition against the said 





assure Her Majesty that it will be our duty to con- 

sider whether more complete effect may not be | 
given to the principles of the Act of the last Reign, | 
whereby Reforms were made in the Representation 

of the file in Parliament; and humbly to thank | 
Her Majesty for acquainting us that, in recom- 

mending this subject to our consideration, Her de- 

sire is to rereove every cause of just complaint, to 

VoL. 109. 





Election and Return of the said John francis Ma- 
guire, in which, for the reasons therein stated, vide- 
ficet, in respect of his want of a property qualifica- 
tion, according to the intent and meaning of the 
Act passed in the second year of the reign of .Her 
sagen Majesty, in respect that he had, by himself, 
is agents and friends, been guilty of bribery and 
treating at the said Election, and in respect of the 
c other 


Her in fervently praying to Almighty God to prosper. 


and to have been duly elected as Member to serve | 


ingly; that such majority was only a colourable’ 








Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw Committee 


Maies to draw up 
oe Adress. 


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


Ordered, That the Votes and Proceedings of this Votes and 
House be printed, being first perused by Mr. Speaker ; Proceedings. 
Ordered, That a Committee of Privileges be Privileges. 


A Petition of William Henry Gregory, of the City Dungarvan 
of Dublin, Esquire, a Candidate at the last Election lection. 





















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10 31° Januari. 


other illegal and corrupt practices alleged in the 
said Petition, he prayed it might be found that the 
Election Return of the said John Francis Maguire 
was wholly null and void, and that he the said Ed- 
mund O' Flaherty was duly elected, and ought to 
have been returned at the said Election of Twelfth 
July One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-two ; 
that the said Petition having been referred by the 
House to a Select Committee, to inquire into the | 
matter of the said Petition, a corrupt and illegal | 
compromise and arrangement was entered into be- 
tween the said John Francis Maguire and Edmund 
O’ Flaherty, whereby an inquiry into the illegal and 
corrupt practices alleged in the said Petition was 
entirely frustrated and defeated, and the said John 
Francis Maguire enabled to retain his seat for 
the said Borough, although illegally and corruptly 
elected and returned, as in the said Petition set forth ; 
that such bribery, treating, and other illegal and cor- 
rupt practices, as well as the said corrupt and illegal 
compromise and arrangement above referred to, were 
before, at and since the last Election for the said 
Borough, openly acknowledged and admitted by the 
said John Francis Maguire, and were matters of 
notoriety among the Electors for the said Borough ; 
that at the time of the said Election, held on the 
Twenty-fifth day of August One thousand eight hun- 
dred and Fifty-three, the said John Francis Maguire 
was not, according to the true intent and meaning of 
the Act passed in the second year of the reign of 
Queen Victoria, intituled, “ An Act to amend the 
Laws relating to the Qualification of Members to 
serve in Parliament,” duly qualified to be elected as 
a Member to serve in Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough, nor was the said Jokn Francis Maguire, at 
the time of the said last Election, or at the time of 
his said Return as such Member as aforesaid, seised 
or entitled, for his own use or benefit, of or to any 
estate legal or equitable in lands, tenements or here- 
ditaments of any tenure whatsoever, situate, lying or 
being within the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
or Ireland, or in the rents or profits thereof for his 
own life, or for the life or lives of any other person 
or persons then living, or for a term of years, either 
absolute or determinable on his own life, or on the 
life or lives of any other person or persons then 
living, of which term not less than thirteen years 
were at the time of the said Election unexpired, such 
estate being of the clear yearly value of not less than 
Three hundred pounds over and above all incum- 
brances affecting the same, nor was the said John 
Francis Maguire, at the time of the said Election, 
or at the time of his said Return as such Member as | 
aforesaid, possessed and entitled, for his own use and | 
benefit, at law or in equity, for his own life, or for 
the life or lives of any other person or persons then 
living, or for any term of years, either absolute or 
determinable on his own life, or for the life or lives | 
of any other person or persons then living, of which 
term not less than thirteen years were, at the time of 
his said Election, unexpired, or of or to personal 
estate or effects of any nature or kind whatsoever, 
situate within the said United Kingdom, or the in- 
terests, dividends or annual proceeds actually pro- 
ducing the clear yearly income of not less than Three 
hundred pounds over and above all incumbrances 
affecting the same; nor did the said John Francis 
Maguire at the time of the said last Election, or at 
the time of his said Return as such Member as afore- 
sad, possess more than one of the several kinds of 
qualification hereinbefore mentioned, which were 
jointly sufficient to qualify him to serve as a Member 
for the said Borough; that the said John Francis 
Maguire was not, at the time of his said Return as 
such Member as aforesaid, the eldest son or heir 
apparent of any Peer or Lord of Parliament, or of 
any person qualified by the last-mentioned Act, or 
by any other Act, to serve as Knight of the shire, 
and therefore that the said John Francis Maguire 





was not capable of being elected at the said Elec- 










A, 1854. 
tion a Member of the House for the said Borough 
of Dungarvan, and was not duly qualified as a 


‘Member to serve in Parliament for the said Bo- 


rough, and the said Election and Return of the said 
John Francis Maguire were and are wholly null and 
void ; that at the time of the said Election the said 
John Francis Maguire was wholly ineligible and 
incapacitated to be elected as a Member for the said 
Borough, by reason that he the said John Francis 
Maguire was not, at the time of the said Elec- 
tion, duly qualified by seisin or possession of real 
or personal estate, or effects of such a nature or 
to such amount as was and is by law necessary to 
qualify him to sit and to be elected, and to render 
him the said John Francis Maguire capable of being 
elected a Member for the said Borough, and for the 
want of such qualification and of the incapacity last 
aforesaid the Election and Return of the said John 
Francis Maguire were and are wholly null and void ; 
that at the time of the said last Election, that is to 
say, on the Twenty-filth day of August last, a request 
was made to the said John Francis Maguire on be- 
half of the Petitioner, in pursuance of the provisions 
of the said Statute (1 &amp; 2 Vic., c. 48), that he 
the said John Francis Maguire would make and 
subscribe a declaration of his qualification, pursuant 
to the provisions of the before herein-mentioned Act ; 
that the said John Francis Maguire did, in conse- 
quence of such request us aforesaid, on the said 
Twenty-fifth day of August last, make and subscribe 
a declaration to the purport and effect following (that 
is to say)—“ 1, John Francis Maquire, of No. 4, 
Grenville-place, in the city of Cork, Esquire, do 
solemnly and sincerely declare that I am, to the best 
of my knowledge and belief, duly qualified to be 
elected as a Member of the House of Commons, 
according to the true intent and meaning of the Act 
passed in the second year of the reign of Queen 
Mictoria, intituled, ‘ An Act to amend the Laws re- 
lating to the Qualification of Members to serve in 
Parliament,’ and that my qualification to be so 
elected doth arise out of and from an annuity or 
yearly rent-charge of ‘l'wo hundred and twenty pounds 
for the term of three hundred years, issuing out of 
and charged upon the towns and lands of Caherna- 
crin, Gortrol, Shandrum, or Shandrummore and 
Shandrumbeg, respectively situate in the parish of 
Kilmacommague, barony of Bantry, and county of 
Cork, and also out of another annuity or yearly rent- 
charge of One hundred and fifty pounds tor the term 
of fourteen years, if my life shall so long continue, 
issuing out of and charged upon the lands of Ballin- 
vorrig, situate in the parish of Whitechurch, barony 
of Cork, and county of Cork, and also out of another 
annuity or yearly rent-cbarge of One hundred pounds 
for the term of twenty-one years, issuing out of and 
charged upon two lots of ground fronting Market- 
street, situate in the parish of Saint Paul's, in the 
city of Cork, and out of premises situate in Wyales- 
street, in the parish of Saint Anne’s, Shandon, and 
in the city of Cork, and out of.a dwelling-house in 
the North Main-street and parish of Saint Peter’s, 
and city of Cork, and also out of an annuity or yearly 
rent-charge of Fifty pounds for my life, issuing out 
of and charged upon ground, houses and premises 
situate in Dunbar-street, and Douglas street, in the 
parish of Saint Finn Baras, and city of Cork.— 
John Francis Maguire;” that the said declaration 
was made and subscribed before J. Nugent Humble, 
one of the Justices of the Peace for the County of 
Waterford; that at the time of the Election and 
Return of the said John Francis Maguire, and of his 
making the said declaration as last aforesaid, the 
said John Francis Maguire was not so seised or 
entitled, either at law or in equity, and had not such 
an estate for his own use and benefit in or to the 
houses, lands, tenements and premises, situated as in 
the said declaration is mentioned, nor in or to 
such annuities, rent-charges and monies, situate, 
arising and being as in the said declaration men- 

tioned, 














17 Vicroriz. 


tioned, nor was he so entitled or possessed for his | 
own use and benefit to such houses, lands, tene-| 
ments or premises, situate as in the said declaration | 
is mentioned, nor in or to such annuities, rent-charges | 
or monies, situate, arismg and being, as in the said | 
declaration is mentioned, as would qualify him the | 
said John Francis Maguire, to be elected as a Mem- | 
ber of the House for the said Borough of Dungar- 
van, according to the true intent and meaning of the 
said Act, intituled, “ An Act to amend the Laws re-| 
lating to the Qualification of Members to serve in | 
Parlrament ;” that the qualification arising out of | 
the houses, lands, tenements, premises, annuities, | 
rent-charges and monies, mentioned in the said 
declaration was insufficient to qualify the said John 
Francis Maguire as a Member to serve in Pazrlia- 
ment for the said Borough, and that the said John 
Francis Maguire was not, at the time of his said 
Election and Return, by reason of his said want of 
Yaga capable of being elected a Member for 

e said Borough, and was not qualified as a Mem- 
ber to serve in Parliament for the said Borough, and 
that the Election and Return of the said John 
Francis Maguire were and are wholly null and void ; 
that the said Election and Return of John Francis 
Maguire was effected and carried by bribery, cor- 
ruption and treating, and by great intimidation ; that 
previously to, at, during and after the said Election, 
the said John Francis Muguire, by himself, his 
agents, his committee and friends, and by many other 
persons — in his behalf, did by gifts, presents, 
money, rewards, and by promises and agreements, 
and securities for money, gifts, employments and re- | 
wards, and by threats, intimidation, promises, undue ; 
influence and other corrupt and illegal practices, acts 
and means, corrupt and procure divers persons having 
or claiming to have votes at the said Election, to give’ 
their votes in favour of him the said John Francis 


Maguire, or to forbear to give their votes in favour | 


of the Petitioner ; that the said John Francis Ma- | 


31° Januariz. 





1] 


sions to and for divers persons, for the purpose of 
corruptly influencing divers of such persons or divers 
other persons to give their votes in the said Election 
for the said John Francis Maguire, or to refrain from 
giving their votes in the said Election for the Peti- 
tioner, or for the purpose of corruptly rewarding 
divers of such persons or divers other persons for 
having given their votes in the said Election for the 
said John Francis Maguire, or for having refrained 
from giving their votes at the said Election for the 
Petitioner ; that by reason of the said last-mentioned 
corrupt and illegal practices, the said John Francis 
Maguire was and 1s totally incapacitated and in- 
eligible to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough, and the said Election and Return of 


the said Juin Francis Maguire were and are wholly 
null and void ; that gross, extensive and systematic 
and open and notorious bribery, treating and corrup- 


tion were practised and carried on at the said Elec- 
tion by divers persons, being friends, supporters and 
partisans of the said John Francis Maguire, with a 
view to the Election of the said John Francis Maguire, 
and that the said Election and Return of the said 


John Francis Maguire were procured by means of 


such bribery, treating and corruption ; that by reason 
of the last-mentioned corrupt and illegal practices, 
the said Election and Return of the said John 


Francis Maguire were and are wholly null and void ; 


that on the Twenty-third day of August One thousand 
eight hundred and Fifty-three, being the day on 
which the Candidates for Election for the said Bo- 
rough were nominated, a notice was served on the 
Returning Officer for the said Borough by the agent 
of the Petitioner on his behalf, of which the follow- 
ing isa copy: “ To the Electors of Dungarvan, and 
to the Returning Officer for said Borough.—I hereby 
give notice to you, and each of you, that John 


' Francis Maguire, at present a Candidate for the 


Borough of Dungarvan, having been guilty by him- 
self and his agents, previous to and since the last 


guire, by the said corrupt and illegal practices, was | Election for said Borough, of bribery and treating, 
and is wholly incapacitated and ney on to serve in| with a view of corruptly procuring his Return as 


this present Parliament for the said Borough, and 
the said Election and Return of the said John Francis 
Maguire were and are wholly null and void; that 
after the teste of the Writ for holding the said Elec- 
tion, and before, at and during the said Election, the 
said John Francis Maguire did, by himself and his 
agents, friends and partisans, or by divers ways and 
means in his behalf or at his charge, directly and in- 
directly give, present and allow to persons having 
votes in and at the said Election, money, meat, drink, 
entertainment and provision, and did make presents, 
gifts, rewards and entertainments, and did make pro- 
mises, agreements, obligations and engagements to 
give and allow money, meat, drink, provision, pre- 
sents, rewards and entertainment to and for persons 
having votes in and at the said Election, and to and 
for the use, benefit and advantage, employment, 
profit and preferment of such persons, to induce 
such persons to vote at the said Election for the 
said John Francis Maguire, or to forbear to vote at 
the said Election for the Petitioner, or in order 
that he the said John Francis Maguire might be 
elected, orfor being elected to serve inthis present Par- 
liament for the said Borough; that by reason of the 
said last-mentioned corrupt and illegal practices the 
said John Francis Maguire was and is wholly in- 
capacitated and ineligible to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said Borough, and the said Elec- 
tion and Return of the said John Francis Maguire 
were and are wholly null and void; that before, 
during and after the said Election the said John 
Francis Maguire did, by himself and his agents, 
friends and partisans, or by or with divers persons, 
or in divers ways and manners, directly or indirectly 
give or provide, or did cause or did knowingly allow 
to be given or provided, wholly or partly at his ex- 
pense, or did pay wholly or in part, divers expenses 
meurred for meat, drink, entertainment and provi- 





VoL. 109. 


Member for the said Borough at said last Election, 


,and having since corruptly compromised a Petition 


to the House of Commons, charging him with such 
bribery and treating, with a view of preventing the 
investigation of such charges, and havmg been 
previous to, at and since the issuing of the Writ for 
the purpose of holding the coming Election for said 
Borough, guilty of bribery and treating, for the pur- 
pose of corruptly procuring his re-election as Mem- 
ber for the said Borough, and not being possessed of 
any sufficient property qualification to entitle him 
by law to be returned to serve in Parliament as 
Member for said Borough, is wholly disqualified 
for the reasons aforesaid to be a Candidate at the 
approaching Election for such Borough, or to be 
returned as Member therefor, and I therefore caution 
you, and each of you, against tendering or giving, or 
accepting if so tendered or given, any votes for the 
said John Francis Maguire, and | apprize you that 
all votes so given for the said John Francis Maguire 
will be wholly lost and thrown away, and that this 
notice will be hereafter made use of, if necessary, with 
a view of establishing the disqualification of the said 
John Francis Maguire — W. H. Gregory ;” that from 
and after the period of such nomination, printed 
placards, containing a similar notification of the dis- 
qualification of the said John Francis Maguire, were 
extensively circulated and posted throughout the 
Borough of Dungarvan, and continued so affixed 
up to the close of the poll, and for some days after- 
wards, and that the said notice and warnmg was 
well known and notorious to all the Electors of the 
said Borough of Dungarvan, both before and during 
the time of the said Election; that on the said 
Twenty-fifth day of August last, when the poll had 
commenced, due notice was given on behalf of the 
Petitioner to all such Electors as tendered their votes 
for the said John Francis Maguire; that the quali- 

c2 fication 

















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12 . 31° Januari. 


fication of the said John Francis Maguire had been 
duly questioned, and would be impeached before a 
Committee of the House, and the said John Francis 
Maguire was, by reason of corrupt practices, inca- 
pable of sitting in Parliament as Member for the 
said Borough, and they were severally informed that 
if they gave their votes for the said John Francis 
Maguire, such votes would be thrown away; that 
on the Twenty-sixth day of August One thousand 
eight hundred and Fifty-three, previous to the decla- 
ration of the result of the poll by the Returning 
Officer of the said Borough, a notice was served 
upon the said Returning Officer on behalf of the 
Petitioner, and signed by his agent, of which the 
following is a copy: “ To the Returning Officer for 
the Borough.—Sir, I hereby call upon you to de- 
clare William Henry Gregory to have been duly 
returned as Member for this Borough, inasmuch as 
John Francis Maguire, the only other Candidate, 
has in your presence, and in the presence of the 
Electors on the day of nomination, openly avowed 
and admitted that he had been guilty of undue 
practices at the Election of One thousand eight hun- 
dred and Fifty-two, and that he had compromised a 
Petition presented to the House of Commons, com- 
plaining of such practices, with a view of evading 
inquiry, such conduct being clearly illegal, and ren- 
dering the said John Francis Maguire wholly ine- 
ligible to be returned as a Member of Parliament, 
or to serve in Parliament; and take notice, that 
unless you comply with this rr I call upon 
you to give a special return to the Writ, stating the 
application hereby made and the reasons therefor, 
otherwise I shall take such proceedings as may be 
necessary to compel you to amend the Return, or to 
have it set aside, as 1 may be advised. Dated 26th 
August 1853.—-Richard G. Hudson, conducting 
agent for W.H. Gregory ;” that on the said Twenty- 
sixth day of August last, notice was served on the 
said John Francis Maguire, on behalf of the Peti- 
tioner, and signed by his agent, of which the follow- 
ing isa copy: “To John Francis Maguire, Esquire. 
—Sir, I hereby caution you against requiring the Re- 
turning Officer to declare you to have been duly 
returned as a Member for this Borough, inasmuch 
as you have admitted and avowed.on the day of 
nomination that you had been guilty of undue prac- 
tices at the Election of One thousand eight hundred 
and Fifty-two, and had compromised the Petition to 
the House of Commons, complaining of such prac- 
tices, with a view of evading inquiry ; and inasmuch 
as by such conduct you have disqualified and ren- 
dered yourself wholly ineligible to be returned as a 
Member of or to sit in Parliament, take notice, that 
in case you persist in seeking to claim the seat, pro- 
ceedings will be immediately taken with a view to 
have William Henry Gregory, Esquire, declared to 
have been duly returned, and it will be sought to 
render you liable for all costs to be incurred by rea- | 
son of a frivolous and vexatious defence. Dated | 
this 26th August 1853.— Richard G. Hudson, con- | 
ducting agent for the said W. H. Gregory;” that 
notwithstanding such notices so signed and delivered, 
the said Returning Officer did then declare the said 
John Francis Maguire to be duly elected as a Mem- 
ber to serve in Parliament for the said Borough, and 
did so return the said John Francis Maguire ; that 
many persons were admitted to vote, and did vote, 
at the said Election in favour of the said John Fran- 
cis Maguire, who did, by themselves or by persons 
employed by them, by gifts and rewards, and by 
promises, agreements, and securities for gifts and 
rewards, and by divers illegal practices, corrupt and 
procure, or did offer by gifts and rewards, or by 
promises, agreements, and securities for gifts and 
rewards, and by divers illegal practices, to corrupt 
and procure divers persons having votes at the said 
Election to give their votes in favour of the said 
John Francis Maguire, or to forbear to give their 
votes in favour of the Petitioner, and the votes so 








A. 1854, 


admitted ought to be struck off the poll; that many 
persons were admitted to vote, and did vote, at the 
said Election for the said John Francis Maguire, 
who before and after the teste of the Writ for the 
said Election, and before, at and during the said 
Election, had corruptly received money, meat, drink, 
entertainment, provisions, presents, gifts and re- 
wards, given, presented and allowed, and promised 
agreements, obligations and engagements of and for 
money, meat, drink and entertainment and provi- 
sions to be given, presented and allowed by the said 
John Francis Maguire, and by his agents, friends 
and partisans, or by divers ways and means in his 
behalf or at his charge, to and for such persons, and 
to and for the use, benefit and advantage, employ- 
ment, profit and preferment of such persons, in order 
to vote at the said Election for the said John Francis 
Maguire, or in order to forbear to vote at the said 
Election for the Petitioner, or in order that he the 
said Jehn Francis Maguire might be elected, or for 
his being elected, to serve in this present Parliament 
for the said Borough, and were thereby disqualified 
and incapacitated from voting at the said Election, 
and the votes so admitted ought to be struck off the 
poll; that many persons were admitted to vote, 
and dil vote, at the said Election, who before and 
after the teste of the said Writ, and before, during, 
at and after the said Election, had corruptly received 
meat, drink, entertainment or provision, or pro- 
mises, agreements, obligations and engagements of 
and for meat, drink, entertainment or provision, to 
give their votes at the said Election for the said John 
francis Maguire, or to forbear to give their votes at 
the said Election to the Petitioner, or in order that 
he the said John Francis Maguire might be elected, 
or for his being elected a Member to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said Borough ; that many 
persons were admitted to vote, and did vote, at the 
said Election, for the said John Francis Maguire, 
who had been corruptly influenced to give their votes 
at the said Election for the said John Francis Ma- 
guire, or to refrain from giving their votes at the 
said Election for the Petitioner, or who had been cor- 
ruptly rewarded for having given their votes at the 
said Election for the said John Francis Maguire, 
or for having refrained from having given their 
votes at the said Election for the Petitioner, by meat, 
drink, entertainment or provision, which the said 
John Francis Maguire before, at, during and after 
the said Election, had himself, or by his agents and 
divers persons on his behalf, or by or with divers 
persons, or in divers manners, directly or indirectly 
given and provided, or caused or knowingly allowed 
to be given and provided, wholly or partly at his 
expense, or the expenses incurred for which he did 
pay, or has paid to and for such voters, or to and for 
divers other persons corruptly influencing such voters 
to give their votes at the said Election for the said 
John Francis Maguire, or to refrain from giving 
their votes at the said Election for the Petitioner, or 
for the purpose of corruptly rewarding such voters 
for having given their votes at the said Election for 
the said John Francis Maguire, or for having re- 
frained from having given their votes at the said 
Election for the Petitioner, and who were thereby 
disqualified and incapacitated from voting at the said 
Election, and the votes so admitted ought to be 
struck off the poll ; that many persons were admitted 
to vote, and did vote, at the said Election in favour 
of the said John Francis Maguire, who before and 
after the teste of the Writ for the said Election, and 
before, during, at and after the said Election, gave 
to persons having voices at the said Election, money, 
meat, drink, entertainment or provision, or promises, 
agreements, engagements or obligations for money, 
meat, drink, entertainment, provision, present or re- 
ward, to or for the use, advantage, benefit, enjoy- 
ment, profit and preferment of such persons, in order 
to procure such persons to vote at the said Election 
for the said John Francis Maguire, or to forbear to 

vote 















17 Vicroriz. 


vote at the said Election for the Petitioner, or in 
order that the said John Francis Maguire might be 
elected, or for his being elected to serve in this Par- 
liament for the said Borough, and the votes of the 
persons so admitted to vote ought to be struck 
off the poll; that many persons were admitted to 
vote and did vote at the said Election for the said 
John Francis Maguire, who, before, during, at and | 
after the said Election, gave and provided, or caused, | 
or knowingly allowed to be provided meat, drink, | 
entertainment or provision to divers persons, for | 
the purpose of corruptly influencing such persons or | 
divers other persons to give their votes at the said | 
Election for the said John Francis Maguire, or to | 
refrain from voting at the said Election for the Peti- | 
tioner, or for the purpose of corruptly rewarding | 
such persons, or divers other persons, for having | 
voted at the said Election for the said John Francis | 
Maguire, or from having refrained from voting “vel 
the said Election for the Petitioner, and that the 
votes so admitted ought to be struck off the poll; | 
that many persons were admitted to vote and did | 
vote at the said Election for the said John Francis 
Maguire, who, before and after the teste of the Writ | 
for the said Election, were guilty of corruptly treat- | 
ing, and of being corruptly treated, in order to pro- | 
cure the Election of the said John Francis Maguire, | 
and who were by such last-mentioned corrupt prac- | 
tices disqualified and incapacitated from voting at 
the said Election, and the votes so admitted ought 
to be struck off the poll; that by the ways and means 
aforesaid the said John Francis Maguire obtained 
an apparent majority in number of votes over the 
Petitioner, whereas in truth and in fact the Peti- 
tioner had a majority of legal votes over the said 
John Francis Maguire, and was duly elected a 
Member to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough, and ought to have been returned as 
such Member; that the Petitioner submits that the 
votes of all persons who voted for the said John 
Francis Maguire, having had notice of the incapa- 
city, disqualification and ineligibility of the said 
John Francis Maguire to be elected as aforesaid, 
were lost, thrown away, bad and illegal, and ought 
not to have been received and reckoned at the said 
Election, and ought now to be struck off the poll 
of the said John Francis Maguire; that the num- 
ber of persons, if any such there were, who voted 
for the said John Francis Maguire at the said Elec- 
tion, to whom the incapacity and disqualification of 
the said John Francis Maguire were unknown at 
the time of their so voting as aforesaid, was much 
less than the number of voters whose votes were 
good and valid, and were given at such Election for 
the Petitioner, and that the Petitioner ought by rea- 





in this present Parliament for the said Borough ; 
that the Election and Return of the said John Fran- 
cis Maguire were and are, under the circumstances 
before set forth, wholly null and void ; and praving 
that the House will take the premises into consider- 
ation, and will find and declare the said Election 
and Return of the said John Francis Maguire to be 
wholly null and void, or will find and declare the 
said Election and Return of the said John Francis 
Maguire were wholly null and void, and that the 
said John Francis Maguire was not duly elected, 
and ought not to have been returned at the said 
Election, and that the Petitioner was duly elected, 
and ought to have been returned at the said Elec- 
tion, and will cause the Return to be amended, by 
erasing the name of the said John Francis Maguire, 
and substituting that of the Petitioner in its stead, 
or that the House will give to the Petitioner such 
further and other relief in the premises as to the 
House shall seem meet. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 


-or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
Von. 109, 


31° Januarit. 


I ferred to in the Minute by the Governor General in 
son of the premises to have been returned to serve | 


13 


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







































































Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Liverpoot 
received Notice that it is not intended to proceed Election. 
with the Petition complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the Borough of Liverpool :—And the 
same was read, as followeth : 


Sir, 40, Parliament-strect, 19 Dec. 1853. 
As Agent for the Petitioners in the matter of 
their Petition, delivered in on the 26th day of July 
last, complaining of an undue Election and Return 
for the Borough of Liverpool, I hereby beg to in- 
form you, that it is not intended to proceed with the 

said Petition. 
I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your very obedient Servant, 
James Coppock. 


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


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by British 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated ee -_ 
the 14th day of June in the last Session of Parlia- qupested, Ke. 
ment, for an Account of the Declared Value of the 
various Articles of British Produce and Manufac- 
tures exported to the British West India Colonies, 
in each of the past Seven years ending the 5th day 
of January 1853, with the Rate of Duty upon each 
Article in the Colonies, and of the Quantities of the 
principal Articles of the Growth and Manufactures 
of the British West India Colonies imported into the 
United Kingdom, and of the Quantity cleared for 
Home Consumption ; the Rate of Duty charged on 
each Article, with the Gazette Average Price of 
Sugar for each year; also the Number of Ships, 
distinguishing British and Foreign, with their Ton- 
nage, that have entered and cleared for the British 
West India Colonies during each year of the period : 
—Similar Return for the East India Company’s 
Territories and Ceylon :—Similar Return for China : 
—Similar Return for the Mauritius :—Similar Re- 
turn for the North British American Colonies :— 
Similar Return for New South Wales and the Austra- 
lian Colonies :—Similar Return for the United 
States of America:—Similar Return for Cuba :— 
Similar Return for the Brazi/s :—And, similar Re- 
turn for Mexico and the other Ports of South 
America. 

Return to an Order, dated the 20th day of August Railways, 
in the last Session of Parliament, for a Copy of (India.) 
Memorandum by Major Kennedy, late Consulting 
Engineer of the Government of India, on the Ques- 
tion of a General System of Railways for India, re- 


Council of the 20th day of April 1853, relative to 
Railway Undertaking in that Country. 

Return to an Order, dated the 19th day of August Iron, &amp;e. 
in the last Session of Parliament, for Accounts of 
the Quantity of Foreign Iron imported and exported 
from the United Kingdom in the year 1851; distin- 
guishing the several Sorts of Iron, and the Countries 
trom which imported and to which exported :—Of 
British Iron exported, including Unwrought Steel, 
in the year 1851, distinguishing the Countries to 
which the same was exported :—Of the Quantity of 
British Hardware exported in the year 1851, dis- 
tinguishing the Countries to which exported, and the 
Declared Value thereof :—And, similar Accounts for 
the year 1852. 

Return to an Order, dated the 9th day of August Channel 
in the last Session of Parliament, for an Account of Islands. 
the several Sums paid for the Purchase of Land in 
the Channel Islands for Harbour and for Fortification 
purposes, stating the Place where situated, the Extent 
of the Land, the Date when purchased, and the 
Prices paid for the same. 

The following Papers, pursuant to the directions Naval Receipt 
of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon *"4 Expendi- 











the Table by the Clerk of the House,—Copy of an r 
c3 Account 





14 31° Januarit.—1° Februarii. A. 1854, 


Account of the Naval Receipt and Expenditure, for| Railway or Railways from, or from near to, Stock- 

the year ended the 31st March 1853. ton, in the County of Durham, to or near to the 
et An Account of the Receipts and Disbursements, Town of Stokesley, in the North Riding of the 

of the Duchy of Cornwall, in the year ended on the | County of York, and Branches therefrom; to au- 

31st December 1853. | thorize Arrangements with other Railway Companies 
Court of A Return of the Number of Causes instituted and | for the use of their Railways, and for other purposes, 
(Scotland , decided in the Court of Session in Scotland, between | was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 

~ the Ist day of January 1853 and the 1st day of ~" be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Cayley, Lord 

auary 1854, showing the Number of Causes ready for | Harry Vane and Mr. Farrer. 

Judgment, but not disposed of, at the last of these | 

Dates. | &lt;A Petition of the Dock Company at Kingston- Kingston- 
Nuisances Copy of an Order in Council by the Lord Lieu- | upon- Hull, tor leave to bring in a Bill to enable the — 
——— tenant of Ireland, under the Act 11 &amp; 12 Vie. c.123:! Dock yen ger! at Kingston-upon-Hull to raise a : 
vention Act Nuisances Removal and Diseases Prevention Act | further Sum of Money, and to convert the Mortgage 
(Ireland. ) (Jreland.) ,and Bond Debt of the Company into Debenture 
East India. Resolutions of the Court of Directors of the East | Stock and Perpetual Annuities, and for other pur- 

India Company, being the Warrants or Instruments | poses, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was or- 

granting any Pension. | dered to be brought in accordingly, by Lord Hotham 

Resolutions of the Court of Directors of the East, and Viscount Goderich. 

India Company, being the Warrants or Instruments | 

granting any Salary or Gratuity. __ A Petition of Directors of the Hastings and Saint Hastings 
Public Health = Copies of Orders in Council applying the Public Zeonard’s Gas-Light and Coke Company, for leave 2%4 Saint 
Act. Health Act to various Localities. _to bring in a Bill for incorporating and extending the mee 
Powers of the Hastings and Saint Leonard’s Gas 
Company, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 
Sa = | ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Ro- 

bertson and Mr. Brisco. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Mercurii, 1° die Februarii ; 
= , ; A Petition of Trustees of the Rochdale and Rochdale 
- we, 1854. | , : ee . . 
Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1854 | Burnley Turnpike Roads, for leave to bring in a Bill | wot gaa 
PRAYERS. to authorize the Trustees of the Rochdale and Burn- : 


Bolton Gas. PETITION of the Bolton Gas-Light and ley Turnpike Roads to take Toll in respect of the 
Coke Company, for leave to bring in a Bill | Carriage of certain Stones, was presented, and read ; 
for lighting with Gas the Borough of Bolton, and | and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
Places near thereto, and for other purposes, and of by Mr. Wilson P atten, Mr. William Brown, Mr. Hey- 
which the short Title is “ The Bolton Gas Company's | 00d and Mr. Cheetham, 
Act, 1854,” was presented, and read ; and a Bill was | . 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Wilson, A Petition of the Leeds New Gas Company, for Leeds New 
Patten, Mr. Heywood, Mr. William’ Brown and | leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Leeds New Gas ©. 
Mr. Cheetham. — Company to raise a further Sum of Money; to con- 
solidate and amend the Acts relating to the Com- 
Nottingham A Petition of the Nottingham Waterworks Com-| pany, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
Waterworks. pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
Nottingham Waterworks Company to raise a further cordingly, by Mr. Baines and Sir George Goodman. 
Sum of Money, and for amending some of the Pro-| a : 
visions of the Act relating to such Company, was | A Petition of the Ardrossan Railway Company Ardrossan and 
presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be | and the Glasgow and South Western Railway Com- 2 — 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Barrow and Mr. | pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for vesting the Relive, , 
Walter. se | Ardrossan Railway in the Glasgow and South Wes- 
| tern Railway Company, and for other purposes, was 
Liverpool A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses | presented, and read 3 and a Bill was ordered to be 
Improvement. —¢ tl A ; : Bi we ae " : My 
of the Borough of Liverpool, for leave to bring in a | brought in accordingly, by Colonel Blair and Mr. 
Bill for enabling the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- | Craufurd. 
gesses of the Borough of Liverpool to make a New 
Street, and to widen and improve existing Streets | A Petition of Persons there-undersigned, being Clyde Navi- 
in the said Borough ; to appropriate Land for a Li-| Nine, and a quorum of the Parliamentary Trustees Sto”. 
brary, Museum and Gallery of Arts, and for other | on the River Clyde and Harbour of Glasgow, acting 
purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was' under the Acts. thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Henry| bring in a Bill to authorize the Parliamentary 
Thomas Liddell and Mr. Horsfall. Trustees on the River Clyde, and Harbour of Glas- 
| gow, to raise a further Sum of Money, and to fund 
—— A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses , the Debt of the Trust, and for other purposes, was 
other Local. Of the Borough of Liverpool, for leave to bring in a| presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
Acts. Bill to make further Provision for the Sewerage, | brought in accordingly, by Mr. Alexander Hastie, 
Sanitary Regulation and Improvement of the Bo-; Mr. John M‘Gregor and Sir James Anderson. 
rough of Liverpool, was presented, and read ; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by| A Petition of the Bradford Waterworks Com- Bradford 
Mr. Henry Thomas Liddell and Mr. Horsfall. | pany, for leave to bring ina Bill to make further Waterworks. 
_ Provision for supplying with Water the Borough of 
ay~ A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses | Bradford, and certain Places in the Neighbourhood 
annuation Of the Borough of Liverpool, for leave to bring in a| thereof, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
Fund. Bill tor establishing a Police Superannuation Fund | ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Ed- 
in the Borough of Liverpool, was presented, and | mund Denison and Mr. Wickham. 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- | , 
cordingly, by Mr. Henry Thomas Liddell and A Petition of Ratepayers and Inhabitants of the Bacup In- 
Mr. Horsfall. Town of Bacup, in the County of Lancaster, tor Provement: 
leave to bring in a Bill for the Improvement of the 
Stockton and A Petition of Subscribers to, and Promoters of, Town of Bacup and the Neighbourhood thereof, in 
Union Rail. t2¢ Railway Undertaking thereinafter-mentioned, for the County of Lancaster, and for other purposes, 
way, Jeave to bring in a Bill to authorize the making of a | was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
| be 




















Whitehaven 
Junction 
Railway. 


Whitehaven, 
Cleator and 
Egremont 
Railway. 


Doncaster 
Cemetery. 


Carlisle and 
Silloth Bay 
Railway and 
Dock. 


York and 
North Mid- 
land Railway. 


Furness 
Railway. 


Bowling 
Waterworks, 


Shrewsb 
and Chester 
Railway, 










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1° Februariz. 





15 


be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. |ther Powers to the said Company, and for other 


William Brown, Mr. Heywood and Mr. Cheetham. 


purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
| ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir Philip 


A Petition of the Whitehaven Junction Railway Egerton and Mr. Tollemache. 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the | 


Whitehaven Junction Railway Company to raise a | 
further Sum of Money, and to amend the Acts re-| way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to autho- “ 


A Petition of the Shrewsbury and Hereford Rail- Shrewsbury 
: j ae Hereford 
wa. 


lating to the said Railway, was presented, and read ; | rize the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway Company (Stations. ) 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord-|to provide Station Accommodation at Shrewsbury 


ingly, by Mr. Hildyard and Mr. Irton. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto 


}and Hereford, and to enter into Arrangements and 
| Agreements with the Hereford, Ross and Gloucester 
' Railway Company, was presented, and read; and a 


subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for making | Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 


a Railway from the Whitehaven and Furness Junc- 
tion Railway, near Whitehaven, to Egremont, in the 


County of Cumberland, with a Branch therefrom to | 


Mr. Ormsby Gore and Viscount Newport. 


A Petition of Ratepayers of the Town of Welling- Wellington 


Frizington, in the same County, to be called “ The ton, in the County of Salop, for leave to bring in a (Salop) Im- 
Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway,” and for | Bill for the Improvement of the Town of Wellington, aches 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill, in the County of Sa/op, was presented, and read; 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. | and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 


Hildyard and Mr. Irton. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the Borough of Doncaster, and of Persons whose 
names are thereunto subscribed, being respectively 
common-right Owners in Doncaster and Promoters 
of the Bill thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring 
ina Bill to establish a General Cemetery for the 
Borough of Doncaster, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Edmund Denison 
and Mr. Wrightson. 


A Petition of Subscribers to, and Promoters of, 
the Railway and Dock Undertaking thereinafter- 
mentioned, for leave to bring ina Bill for making a 
Railway from the Port Carlisle Railway, in the 
Township of Drumburgh, to or near to the Coat 
Lighthouse in Silloth Bay, in the Parish of Holme 
Cultram, in the County of Cumberland, and also a 
Dock and Jetty at Silloth Bay; and for making 
Arrangements with the Port Carlisle Dock and 
Railway Company, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and col ; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought inPaccordingly, by Mr. Marshall and Mr. 
Ferguson. 


A Petition of the York and North Midland Rail- 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling 
the York and North Midland ) Sone Company to 
unite their Leeds and Selby Railway with the Mid- 
land and London and North Western Railways, 
near Leeds, and to use the existing Lines of Approach 
to and Railway Stations at Leeds, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Smyth, 
Mr. Milner and Sir George Goodman. 


A Petition of the Furness Railway Company, for 
leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Furness Rail- 
way Company to raise a further Sum of Money, and 
for the Amendment of the Acts relating to the said 
Company, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of Edward Ripley, of Bowling Lodge, 
in the Parish of Bradford, in the County of York, 
Dyer, and Henry Wiiliam Ripley, of Lightcliffe, in 
the Parish of Halifax, in the same County, Dyer, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for better supplying with 
Water portions of the Townships of Bradford, Bow- 
ling and Horton, in the Parish of Bradford, in the 
West Riding of the County of York, was presented, 


| by Viscount Newport and Mr. Pritchard. 
| 


A Petition of the Blyth and Tyne Railway Com- Blyth and 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the Tyne Raiiway. 
Blyth and Tyne Railway Company to construct 
Railways to 7'ynemouth and the Loughirst Station of 
the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway, in the 
County of Northumberland, and for consolidating 
and amending the Acts relating to such Company, 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Beaumont and 
Mr. Henry George Liddell. 


A Petition of Promoters of the Undertaking there- Barnard Castle 
inafter referred to, for leave to bring in a Bill to 4%4 Bishop 
; . -s Rai Auckland 
incorporate a Company for making a Railway from Junction 
Barnard Castle to Bishop Auckland, with a Branch Railway and 
therefrom to the Wear Valley Railway, and for other Branch. 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Lord Harry 
Vane and Mr. Digby Seymour. 


A Petition of Promoters of the Southport Water- Southport 
works Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for bet- Waterworks. 
ter supplying with Water the Town of Southport, in 
the County Palatine of Lancaster, and the Neigh- 
bourhood thereof, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. William Brown and Mr. 
Brotherton. 


A Petition of Directors of the Zondon Life Asso- London Life 
ciation, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the 48*ecition. 
London Lite Association to increase the Amount 
authorized by their Deed of Settlement to be assured 
upon a single Life in the said Society, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Masterman and Sir James Duke. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned, for leave to Cannock 
bring in a Bill for making a Railway from Cannock ®ailway. 
to Wednesbury, Bilston and Sedgley, in Staffordshire, 
to be called “ The Cannock Railway,” was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Viscount Barrington and Lord 
Norreys. 


A Petition of Town Commissioners of the Borough Enniskillen 
of Enniskillen, for leave to bring in a Bill for better W#terworks. 
supplying the Inhabitants of Enniskillen with Water, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Isaac Butt and 





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


accordingly, by Mr. Milligan and Mr. Wickham. 


A Petition of the Shrewsbury and Chester Rail- 


| 


Mr. Brady. a. 

A Petition of the North London Railway Com- North Londoa 
pany, formerly called “ ‘The East and West India Bailway. 
Docks and Birmingham Junction Railway Company,” 


way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to autho- | for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the North Zon- 
rize the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Company | don Railway Company to construct a Station or 


to construct an additional Branch, and to grant fur- 
Vox, 109. 


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to raise additional Capital, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Glyn and Mr. 
Mangles. 


Kingston- 
upon-Hull 
Improvement. 


A Petition of the Local Board of Health for the 
Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull, for leave to bring 
in a Bill for the further Improvement of Kingston- 
upon-Hull, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Lord Hotham and Mr. Arthur 
Duncombe. 


Newport A Petition of the Newport Marsh Trustees, for 
Improvement. executing an Act for dividing and inclosing a waste 
ground, called “ The Marsh,” in the Township of 
Newport, in the County of Salop, and for applying 
the Produce thereof to the several purposes therein 
mentioned, and of Persons whose names are there- 
unto subscribed, being a Quorum of the said Trus- 
tees, for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal an Act for 
inclosing the Marsh, in the Township of Newport, in 
the County of Salop, and to vest the same and other 
Property in Trustees for paving, draining, cleansing, 
and otherwise improving the Town of Newport, and 
for other purposes, was — and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Dod and Mr. Ormsby Gore. 


Llandudno A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of Property, 

Improvement. and Ratepayers, within the Parishes of Llandudno 
and Eglwys Rhos, in the County of Carnarvon, for 
leave to bring in a Bill rat wg lighting, watching, 
draining, supplying with Water, watering, cleansing, 
regulating, and otherwise improving the Town of 
Llandudno, in the County of Carnarvon ; for making 
a Cemetery, and for establishing and regulating a 
Market and Market-place therein, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was or- 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Colonel Pen- 
nant, Mr. Bulkeley Hughes and Mr. Mostyn. 


Stafford 
New Gas. 


A Petition of the Stafford New Gas Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for repealing the Stafford 
Gas Act, 1846, and for re-constituting the Stafford 
Gas Company, with additional Powers, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Wise 


and Mr. Otway. 


A Petition of the Hull General Cemetery Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to incorporate the 
Hull General Cemetery Company, and to enlarge and 
improve their Cemetery, and for other purposes, was 

resented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
ema in accordingly, by Lord Hotham and Mr. 
Arthur Duncombe. 


Hull Cemetery. 


Norwich A Petition of the President, Vice-President and 

— three Directors of the Norwich Equitable Fire As- 

Company,  Surance Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
enabling the Norwich Equitable Fire Assurance 
Company to sue and bé sued in that name, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Wodehouse and Mr. Burroughes. 


New River A Petition of the Governor and Company of the 
— «gg New River brought from Chadwell and Amwell to 
pete London, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the 
New River Company to construct new Reservoirs 
and other Works in the County of Middlesex, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Vernon Smith and 

Sir John Johnstone. 
New River A Petition of the Governor and Company of the 
(Hertford. New River brought from Chadwell and Amwell to 
vaiaee Be) London, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the 
New River Company to construct certain Sewers, 


16 | 1° Februari. 





A. 1854. 


Drains and other Works in and near the Town of 
Hertford, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Vernon Smith and Sir John John- 
stone. ’ 


A Petition of the Swansea Vale Railway Company, Swansea Vale- 


for leave to bring in a Bill for the completion and *4"W4y- 
maintenance of the Swansea Vale Railway, in the 
County of Glamorgan, and for other purposes con- 
nected therewith, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Gwyn, Sir George Tyler and Mr. Hussey Vivian. 


A Petition of the Ambergate, Nottingham and Ambergate, 
Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway Company, for Nottingham 
leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Acts relating — oe 
to the Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston, and Junction 
Eastern Junction Railway Company, and to authorize Railway 
the Reduction and Regulation of, and certain Arrange- Asa, be) 
ments as to the Capital of the said Company, an ae 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 


Mr. Strutt and Mr. Walter. 


A Petition of the Ambergate,’ Nottingham and Ambergate, 
Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway Company, for Nottingham 
leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the Extension by = — 
the Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston, and Eastern Junction 
Junction Railway Company, of their Line of Railway Railway 
into the Town of Nottingham, the formation of Sy 
Station there, and for other purposes, was presented, ham, &amp;c.) 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 


accordingly, by Mr. Strutt and Mr. Walter. 


A Petition of the Ambergate, Nottingham and Ambergate, 
Boston, ana Eastern Junction Railway Company, for a 
leave to bring in a Bill to authorize Working Ar- and Eastern 
rangements between the Ambergate, Nottingham and Junction Rail- 
Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway Company, and YY — 
the Great Northern Railway Company, or Lease or with Great 
Sale to the last-named Company, was presented, and Northern 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- Railway.) 


cordingly, by Mr. Strutt and Mr. Walter. 


A Petition of Directors of the Law a Law Life 
Society, for leave to bring in a Bill to give further orang 
Powers to the Law Life Assurance Society, and to "°° 
alter or enable the alteration of certain of the Pro- 
visions of their Deed of Settlement, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Stuart Wortley and Sir Fitz- 

Roy Kelly. 


A Petition of the Gloucester Water Company, for Gloucester 
leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Gloucester Water. 
Water Company to construct new Works, and extend 
their Supply of Water, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Sir Christopher Codring- 
ton and Mr. William Price. 


A Petition of the East London Waterworks Com- East London 

any, for leave to bring in a Bill for amending “ The Waterworks. 
East London Waterworks Act, 1853,” was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Masterman and Sir James Duke. 


A Petition of the Cork and Bandon Railway Cork ana 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Bandon Rail- 
Cork and Bandon Railway Company to make a ‘*” 
Branch Railway to Skibbereen, and to raise further 
Capital for the Cork and Bandon Railway, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Viscount 
Bernard and Mr. Roche. 


A Petition of Landowners, Merchants, Traders Towy Vale 
and others, Inhabitants of the County of Carmarthen, Railway. 
Suitors for a Bill for effecting the objects thereinafter- 
mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a 

Railway 








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17 VicroriZz. 


Railway from the Town of Llandovery, in the County | 
of Carmarthen, to join the Llanel/y Railway at Llan- | 
dilofawr, in the same County, and for other purposes, | 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to | 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Suunders Davies | 
and Mr. David Jones. 


Sydenhamand A Petition of Suitors for the Bill thereinafter- | 
—" mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a | 
. Railway from the Sydenham Station of the London, | 

Brighton and South Coast Railway to Farnborough, | 
and for other purposes connected therewith, was | 
presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be, 
brought in accordingly, by Sir Ed:aund Filmer and 
Mr. William Masters Smith. 

Birkenhead A Petition of the Birkenhead Dock Company, for | 

Dock Com- —_Jeave to bring in a Bill for vesting in the Birkenhead | 

a Dock Company the Wharf Walls built by them, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Sir Philip Egerton, Mr. Tollemache and Sir 
Joseph Bailey. 

Weymouth A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 

and Melcombe yosses of the Borough of Weymouth and Melcombe 

Regis Markets ge 5 : ahi 

and Pier. Regis, in the County of Dorset, for leave to bring in 


a Bill to enable the Mayor, Aldermen and Burges-es 
of the Borough of Weymouth and Melcombe Legis, 
in the County of Dorset, to provide Market-houses 
for the Sale of certain Marketable Commodities, 
and to erect and maintain an improved Pier or 
Landing-place within the Borough, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Bankes 
and Mr. George Butt. 


North Metro- A Petition of the North a Railway 


_— Rail- Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to alter and 
: extend the North Metropolitan Railway, and to con- 

solidate and amend the Provisions relating thereto, 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Thomas Duncombe 
and Sir Benjamin Hall. 

Metropolitan A Petition of the Metropolitan Commissioners of 

Sewers (Dept- Sewers, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the 

ford Pumping Metr litan C “at 5 f Sew t “heen 

Station. ) etropolitan Commissioners of Sewers to purchase 
Land near Deptford Creek for a Pumping Station, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Lord Robert Grosvenor 
and Mr. ‘Alcock. 

Birmingham =A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 

— Birmingham Canal Navigations, for leave to bring 


in a Bill for enabling the Company of Proprietors 
of the Birmingham Canal Navigations to make new 
Canals, and other Works, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


1° Februari. 


17 


A Petition of the Brighton, Frove and Preston Brighton, 
Waterworks Company, and of the Brighton, Hove at and 
and Preston Constant Service Waterworks Com- Weaveamed 
pany, for leave to bring ina Bill for enabling the 
Brighton, Hove and Preston Constant Service Wa- 
terworks Company to purchase the Undertaking of 
the Brighton, Hove and Preston Waterworks Com- 
pany, and for granting to the first-named Company 
all necessary Powers for supplying with Water the 
Parishes of Brighton, Hove and Preston, in the 
County of Sussex, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Sir George Pechell and Lord Alfred Hervey. 


A Petition of Subscribers to the Undertaking Ramsbottom 
thereinafier-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for Gas. 
supplying with Gas, /?amsbotiom and other Places, 
in the Parish of Bury, in the County Palatine of 
Lancaster, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. William 
Brown and Mr. Cheetham. 


A Petition of the Radcliffe and Pilkington Gas Radcliffe and 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for granting — 
further del to “ The Radcliffe and Pithington 
Gas Company,” was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 

William Brown and Mr. Cheetham. 


A Petition of Subscribers to the Undertaking Rossendale 
thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill Union Gas. 
for lighting with Gas, Bacup, Waterfoot, Newchurch, 
Rawtenstull, Crawshaw Booth, and other Places, in 
the Forest of Rossendale, in Lancashir., was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accoidingly, by Mr. Wi/son Patten and 
Mr. Heywood. 


A Petition of the East Lancashire Railway Com- East Lanca-" 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the East ire Railway. 
Lancashire Wailway Company to divert the Syke 
Road at Preston, and to exempt the Company from 
Toll for the use of a small part of the North Union 
Railway, near the joint Station at Preston, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 

Pilkington and Mr. Feilden. 


A Petition of the East Lancashire Railway Com- Fast Lanca- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for vesting in the — a 
ast Lancashire Railway Company, jointly with the yorkshire, and 
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, cer- Manchester 
tain parts of the Manchester and Southport Railway ——er 
and of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Kailway, and - 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Pilkington and Mr. Feilden. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Warrington 
of the Borough of Warrington, for leave to bring in pa po 
a Bill for the Improvement of the Borough of ii ar- - : 





Oxford, Wor- 
cester and 


A Petition of the Oxford, Worcester and Wolver- 


tom Beiter ” Bill to alter the Lines and Levels of the Stratford- 
(Stratford- = upon-Avon and Stourbridge Branches of the Ozford, 
eg Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway ; to construct 
bridge certain Branch Railways and Works connected 
Branches.) therewith; to amend the Acts relating to the Ox- 
ford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway Com- 
pany, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Colonel Rushout and Mr. Oliveira. 
teen A Petition of the Middleton Gas Company, for 


leave to bring in a Bill for better supplying with 
Gas the Town of Middleton, and the Neighbourhood 
thereof, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, was 
presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be 


brought in accordingly, by Mr. William Brown and | 
Mr. Cheetham. 
VoL. 109. 











hampton Railway Company, for leave to bring in a | 
| presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be 


rington, and for enabling the Council thereof to 
erect a covered Market, and for other purposes, was 


brought in accordingly, by Mr. Wilson Patten and 
Mr. Greenaill. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Irish Office. 
Copies of a Report, dated the 9th day of December 
| 1853, by the Commissioner appointed, under and by 
| virtue of a Minute of the ere of the Treasury 
| (September 1852), for reorganization and rendering 
| more efficient the Office of Chief Secretary in Jre- 
| land, and other Offices connected therewith, together 
jen the Treasury Minute (24th December 1853), 
| directing the Reductions and Alterations recom- 
_ mended in such respect ; and a Return cf the Names, 
| Age, Nature of Office, Length of Service (Civil or 
otherwise), Pay and Allowances of all Persons dis- 

| charged or retiring from active Service by reason a 

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the Abolition or Reduction of their several Offices ; 
and also of the Amount of Compensation or Allow- 
ance awarded for such Loss of Office. 


Poor Relief 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
(Ireland. ) 


Returns, showing, by Counties, the Total Number 
of Paupers (In-door and Out-door) in receipt of 
Relief on the 1st day of January 1853, and the Ist 
day of January 1854, in the Unions in Jreland, spe- 
cifying the Increase or Decrease in the latter, as 
compared with the former period :—And, showing 
the lotal Number of Paupers in receipt of Relief 
in each Province in Jreland at the close of the First 
Week (ending Saturday) of January 1849 to January 
1854, and the Amount of Poor Rate lodged, and 
the Expenditure for the Relief of the Poor in Jre- 
land, during the year ended the 29th day of Sep- 
tember 1853, in comparison with the same for the 
preceding year. 

Sir John Young accordingly presented the said 
Returns. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Passengers between this 
Country and France for the year 1853, showing the 
Ports of Embarkation and Disembarkation, and the 
Value of Exports and Imports to and from France 
during the same year (in continuation of Parliamen- 
tary Paper, No. 462, of Session 1853). 


Public Petitions relating to Wine ;—Borough and County 

Petitions. Police ;— Decimal Coinage ;—Juvenile Crime ; — 

Vide First Medical Officers (Navy) ;— Turkey ;—and, Martha 

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


Kitchen and Ordered, That a Standing Committee be appointed 
Refreshment to control the Arrangements of the Kitchen and 
Rooms (House p Sued R in te f the S 
of Commons.) /efreshment Kooms in the Department of the Ser- 
jeant-at-Arms attending this House :—And a Com- 
mittee was appointed of Mr. French, Colonel Dunne, 
Mr. Rich, the Earl of Mulgrave, Mr. Archibald 
Hastie, Colonel Boldero and Mr. Hayter. 


Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Business of 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
the House. 


That if any new Business be brought on after Twelve 
o'clock at night, and a Member rises to order, and 
objects to the House proceeding with the Debate, a 
Division shall, without further discussion, be imme- 
diately taken on the Question, That the Debate be 
now adjourned, unless the Mover of the original 
Motion agrees to its being postponed ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Brotherton, 
Yeas, (Mr. William Williams : } ae 
Tellers for the ; Mr. Hayter, 
Noes, (The Earl of Mulgrave : 
So it passed in the Negative. 


f 84. 


Public Ke- The House was moved, That the several Acts re- 
bn and _— lating to Charges upon the Public and Hereditary 
nsolidated Re nd d he C lidated F . 
Fund Charges. Revenues, and upon the Consolidated Fund, might 

be read; and the same being read ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into a Committee to consider the said 
Acts, and of altering the mode of providing for cer- 
tain Expenses now charged upon certain Branches of 
the Public and Hereditary Revenues, and upon the 
Consolidated Fund. 
York and Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Newcastle- Return of the Time at which the Night Mail from 
ont Mail London is due at York and Newcastle-upon-Tyne re- 
spectively, under the present arrangement; of the 














A. 1854. : 
Date when such arrangement took effect; and of 
the actual Time of Arrival at York and Newcastle 


in each day, from that Date to the last day of De- 
cember 1853. 


Viscount Castlerosse reported from the Committee Address 
appuinted to draw up an Address to be presented to pe ee Fa 
Her Majesty, That they had drawn up an Address 
accordingly ; and the same was read, as followeth : 


Most Gracious Sovereign, 


We, Your Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal Sub- 
jects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled, beg 
leave to convey to Your Majesty our humble thanks 
for Your Majesty’s most gracious Speech from the 
Throne, and for the assurance of the peculiar satis- 
faction with which, on the present occasion, Your 
Majesty recurs to the advice and assistance of Your 
Majesty’s Parliament. 

We assure Your Majesty, we learn with regret 
that the hopes which Your Majesty expressed at the 
close of the last Session, that a speedy Settlement 
would be effected of the differences existing between 
Russia and the Ottoman Porte have not been realized, 
and that a state of Warfare has ensued. 

We rejoice to learn that Your Majesty has con- 
tinued to act in cordial co-operation with the Em- 
peror of the /’rench, and that Your Majesty’s endea- 
vours, in conjunction with Your Majesty's Allies, to 
preserve and to restore Peace between the contending 
parties, although hitherto unsuccessful, have been 
unremitting. 

We beg humbly to express our satisfaction at 
learning that Your Majesty will not fail to persevere 
in these endeavours; and we thank Your Majesty for 
informing us that, as the continuance of the War 
may deeply affect the interests of this Country and 
of Europe, Your Majesty thinks it requisite to make 
a further augmentation of Your Majesty’s Naval and 
Military Forces, with a view of supporting Your 
Majesty’s representations, and of more effectually 
contributing to the restoration of Peace. 

We thank Your Majesty for having directed that 
the Papers explanatory of the Negotiations which 
have taken place upon this subject shall be commu- 
nicated to us without delay. 

We also thank Your Majesty for informing us 
that the Estimates for the year will be laid before 
us, and for expressing Your Majesty’s hope that, 
consistently with the exigencies of the Public Service 
at this jurcture, they have been framed with due 
regard to economy. 

We unite witli Your Majesty in lamenting that, in 
the year which has just terminated, the blessing of 
an abundant harvest has not been vouchsafed to us. 

We concur in the opinion expressed by Your 
Majesty, that by this dispensation of Providence the 
price of Provisions has been enhanced, and the pri- 
vations of the Poor have been increased, but that 
their patience has been exemplary ; and that the care 
of the Legislature, evinced by the reduction of 
Taxes affecting the necessaries of life, has greatly 
tended to preserve a spirit of contentment. 

We rejoice at the announcement that the Com- 
merce of the Country is still prosperous ; that Trade, 
both of Export and Import, has been largely on the 
increase ; and that the ane of the past year has 
been more than adequate to the demands of the 
Public Service. 

We assure Your Majesty, that our best considera- 
tion will be given to the Bill which Your Majesty has 
informed us Your Majesty has ordered to be framed, 
for opening the Coasting Trade of the United King- 
dom to the Ships of all friendly Nations; and we 
thank Your Majesty for expressing the satisfaction 
with which Your Majesty looks forward to the re- 
moval of the last legislative restriction upon the 
use of Foreign Shipping for the benefit of Your 
Majesty’s People. 

We 





Queen’s 
Speech to be 
considered, 


Merchant 
pping and 
Pilotage. 





17 Vicroriz. 


We humbly thank Your Majesty for acquainting 
us that Communications have been addressed, by 
Your Majesty’s Command, to the Universities of 
Ozford and Cambridge, with reference to the Im- 
provement which it might be desirable to effect in 
their Institutions, and for informing us that these 
Communications will be laid before us, and that 
measures will be Po for our consideration with 
the view of giving effect to such Improvements. 

We learn with satisfaction that the Establishments 
requisite for the conduct of the Civil Service, and the 
arrangements bearing upon its condition, have re- 
cently been under review; and we humbly thank 
Your Majesty for informing us that Your Majesty 
will direct a plan to be laid before us, having for its 
object the improvement of the system of Admission, 
and thereby to increase the efficiency of the Service. 

We rejoice to learn that the recent measures of 
Legal Reform have proved highly beneticial, and 
that the success which has attended them has been 
such as may well encourage us to proceed with fur- 
ther Amendments ; and we beg humbly to express 
our thanks to Your Majesty for the information that 
Bills will be submitted to us for transferring from the 
Ecclesiastical to the Civil Courts the cognizance of 
Testamentary and Matrimonial Causes, and for giving 
increased efficiency to the Superior Courts of Com- 
mon Law. 

We humbly beg to concur in the opinion ex- 
pressed by Your Majesty, that the Laws relating to 
the Poor have of late. undergone much salutary 
amendment; and to assure Your Majesty that our 
best attention shall be directed to the Law of Settle- 
ment, in compliance with Your Majesty’s Recom- 
mendation, and in accordance with Your Majesty’s 
intimation that this Law impedes the freedom of 
Labour, and that if this restramt can with safety be 
relaxed, the workman may be enabled to increase 
the fruits of his industry, and the interests of Capital 
and of Labour will be more firmly united. 

We thank Your Majesty for informing us that 
measures will be submitted to us for the amendment 
of the Laws relating to the Representation of the 
Commons in Parliament. 

We beg humbly to signify our concurrence in the 
opinion expressed by Your Majesty, that recent 
experience has shown that it is necessary to take 
more effectual precautions against the evils of Bri- 
bery and of corrupt practices at Elections. We 
assure Your Majesty that it will be our duty to con- 
sider whether more complete effect may not be given 
to the principles of the Act of the last Reign, whereby 
Reforms were made in the Representation of the 
People in Parliament ; and we humbly thank Your 
Majesty for acquainting us, that in recommending 
this subject to our consideration, Your Majesty’s 
desire is to remove every cause of just complaint, 
to increase general confidence in the Legislature, 
and to give additional stability to the settled Institu- 
tions of the State. 

We beg to express our humble thanks to Your 
Majesty for submitting these important subjects to 
our consideration, and to assure Your Majesty, that 
we unite with Your Majesty in fervently praying to 
Almighty God to prosper our counsels, and to guide 
our decisions. 

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

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


Ordered, That Her Majesty’s most gracious Speech 
to both Houses of Parli:ment be taken into consi- 
deration To-morrow. 


The House was moved, That so much of Her 
Majesty's most gracious Speech to both Houses of 
Parliament at the commencement of the Session, as 

Vou. 109, 


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19 


relates to the opening of the Coasting Trade of the 
United Kingdom to the Ships of all friendly Nations, 
might be read; and the same was read, as fol- 
loweth : 

“ I recommend to your consideration a Bill which 
I have ordered to be framed, for opening the Coast- 
ing Trade of the United Kingdom to the Ships of 
all friendly Nations; and I look forward with satis- 
faction to the removal of the last legislative restric- 
tion upon the use of Foreign Shipping, for the benefit 
of My People.” 

The House was also moved, That the Act 16 &amp; 17 
Vic. c. 107, to amend and consolidate the Laws re- 
lating to the Customs of the United Kingdum and 
of the Isle of Man, and certain Laws relating to 
Trade and Navigation, and the British Possessions, 
might be read ; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the several Acts 
relating to Merchant Shipping and Pilotage, might 
be read; and the same being read ; 

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


And then the House adjourned till ‘To-morrow. 








Jovis, 2° dite Februari ; 
Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 
RDERED, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Ludlow Writ. 
Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make 
out a new Writ for the electing of a Burgess to serve 
in this present Parliament for the Borough of Lud- 
low, in the room of Robert Clive, Esquire, who, 
since his Election for the said Borough, hath ac- 
cepted the office of Steward of Her Majesty’s Ma- 
nor of Hempholme. 


Mr. Wise presented a Bill for repealing “ The Staf- ous New 


ford Gas Aci, 1846,” and for re-constituting the ““* 


Stafford Gas Company, with additional Powers, and 
for other purposes: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Wise presented a Bill to incorporate the Hud/ Hull Cemetery 
General Cemetery Company, and to enlarge and Bil 
improve their Cemetery, and for other purposes: 

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


A Petition of the there-undersigned Persons, for Thames Im- 

leave to bring in a Bill for embanking and improving Provement. 
the River Thames between Lumbeth Palace and 
London Bridge, and for constructing certain Sewers, 
Quays and other Works on the Lands to be reclaimed 
thereby, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Lord Robert 
Grosvenor, Mr. Apsley Pellatt and Mr. Thomas 
Duncombe. 


A Petition of Subscribers to, and Promoters of, Darlington 
the Railway Undertaking thereinafter-mentioned, for and Barnard 
leave to bring in a Bill for making a Railway from = Rail- 
the Stockton and Darlington Railway, near Darling- ~~" 
ton, to or near to Barnard Castle, both in the 
County of Durham, and for making arrangements 
with the Stockton and Darlington Railway Com- 
pany, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Lord Harry Vane, Mr. Cayley and 
Mr. Headlam. 


A Petition of Subscribers to, and Promoters of, worth York. 
the Railway Undertaking thereinafter-mentioned, for shire and 
leave to bring in a Bill to incorporate a Company — 
for making a Railway from near the Picton Station v 
on the Leeds Northern Railway, to near the Gros- 
mont Station on the Whitby and Pickering Branch 
of the York and North Midland Railway, and for 

D2 other 





2° Februariz. 


other purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be’ brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Ociavius Duncombe and Mr. Milner. 


North and A Petition of the North and South Western Junc- 

a tion Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill 

Railway. for enabling the North and South Western Junction 
Railway Company to raise additional Capital, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Oliveira and Sir James Duke. 


Madras Rail- A Petition of the Madras Railway Company, for 

way Company: Jeaye to bring in a Bill to amend an Act, intituled, 
“ An Act for incorporating the Madras Railway Com- 
pany, and for other purposes connected therewith,” 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Mangles and Mr. 
Robertson. 


A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and 
Council of the City of Glasgow, for leave to bring in 
a Bill to authorize and empower the Magistrates 
and Council of the City of Glasgow to supply with 
Water the said City «nd Suburbs thereof, and Dis- 
tricts and Places adjacent ; to purchase and acquire 
the Glasgow Waterworks, and the Gorbals Gravita- 
tion Waterworks, and to introduce an additional 
Supply of Water from Loch Katrine, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; wnd a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Aler- 
under Hastie, Mr. Jokn M‘Gregor and Sir James 
Anderson. 


Glasgow 
Waterworks. 


A Petition of Persons thereunder-signed, being 
the majority and a quorum of the Trustees on the 
Bridges over the River Clyde at Glasgow, appointed 
and acting under the Act thereinafter recited, for 
leave to bring in a Bill for transferring the Property 
of the Bridges over the Clyde at Glasgow to the 
Town Council of the City of Glasgow, und the Re- 
ow and Management of the said Bridges to the 

olice and Statute Labour Committee of the said 
Town Council; for winding up the Bridge Trust, 
and abolishing the existing Tolls or Pontages, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read ; and a 
Billi was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Alexander Hastie, Mr. John M‘Gregor and Sir 


James Anderson. 


Glasgow 
Bridges. 


A Petition of Commissioners of Sewers for the 
Levels of Havering, Dagenham, Ripple, Barking, 
Eust Ham, West Ham, Leyton, Walthamstow, Brom- 


Havering, 
Dagenham, 
&amp;c. Sewers. 


ley and East Marsh, in the respective Counties of 


Exsex, Middlesex and Kent, for leave to bring in a Bill 
to extend the Powers of tiie Commissioners of Sewers 
for the Levels of Havering, Dugenham and other 
places, and to enable them to construct Sewers in 
the Parishes of West Ham, East Ham and North 
Woolwich, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir Wil- 
liam Smijth and Mr, Bramston, 


Stockton and 
Darlington 
Railway. 


A Petition of the Stockton and Darlington Rail- 
way Company, tor leave to bring in a Bill for autho- 
rizing the Stockton and Darlington Railway Com- 
pany to make New Works, and for other purposes, 
and of which the short Title is, “ The Stockton and 
Darlinaton Railway Act, 1854,” was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Lord Harry Vane and Mr. £arrer, 


A Petition of the South Staffordshire Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling 
the South Staffordshire Railway Company to make 
Branch Railways to Cannock and Norton ; to acquire 
additional Lands in the Parish of Wednesbury, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read ; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Jatileton and Mr. Forster. 


South Staf- 
fordshire 
Railway. 





A. 1854, 


A Petition of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Rail- Lancashire 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for giving 
effect to certain Arrangements made between the shire and 
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company and Manchester 
the East Lancashire Railway Company, and for ood Senttgay 
other purposes, was presented, and read ; und a Bill companies, 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Brotherton, Mr. Wickham and Mr. Barnes. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Kirkby Lonsdale, Kirkby Lons- 
Kendal and Milnthorpe Turnpike Road, in the a Kendal 
Counties of Lancaster and Westmoreland, for leave res ot 
to bring in a Bill for more effectually repairing the ; 
Road from the Toll-house Beck, in the ‘Township of 
Ireby, in the County of Lancaster, to Kirkby Lons- 
dale and Kirkby Kendal, in the County of West- 
moreland, and through Kirkby Lonsdale to Miin- 
thorpe, in the said County, was presented, and read ; 
and a Rill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Colonel Lowther, Mr. Thomas Greene and Mr. 

Alderman Thompson. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto Chesterfield 
subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for construct- Market. 
ing a Market-house and other Buildings for Public 
Accommodation, at Chesterfield, in the County of 
Derby, and for the better Regulation and Main- 
tenance of the Market there, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. George Cavendish and Mr. 

Oliveira. 


A Petition of Proprietors of Land in the several Waveney 
Parishes adjacent or near to the River Waveney bee « 
and Oulton Dyke, in the Counties of Norfolk and i 
Suffolk, which will be benefited by the Works 
thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to biing in a Bill 
for the more effectual Drainage of certain Lands in 
the Counties of Suffolk and Norfolk, adjoining or 
near to the River Waveney, and for authorizing the 
Construction of Works for such purpose, at or near 
Mudford \.ock, in the Parishes of Oulton and Carl- 
ton Colviile, in the County of Suffolk, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Peto and Mr. Geach. 


A Petition of Merchants and others, carrying on Wellington 

business in London and the neighbourhood, Suitors Docks 
for a Bill for effecting the objects thereinafter-men- (Southwark) 
tioned, for leave to biing in a Bill to authorize the 
Construction of Docks and other Works on the 
South Side of the River Thames, to be called “ The 

Wellington Docks,” and for other purposes, was 
— and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 

rought in accordingly, by Mr. Locke King and 
Mr. Apsley Pellatt. 


A Petition of the Imperial Gas-Light and Coke Imperial Gas 

Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to consolidate Company. 
and umend the Acts relating to the Imperial Gas- 
Light and Coke Company, and to increase the Ca- 
pital of the Company, was presented, and read ; and 
a ill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Lord Robert Grosvenor, Sir James Duke and Mr. 
Martin Smith. 


A Petition of his Grace Charles Gordon Duke of Port Gordon 
Richmond and Lennox, for leave to bring in a Bill Harbour. 
for improving and maintaining the Harbour or Port 
of Port Gerdon, in the County of Banff, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by the Earl of March and 
Mr. Cumming Bruce. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Brighton, Cuchfield Brighton, 
and Lorel/ Heath, and Cuckfield and West Grinstead — ke. 
Turnpike Roads, for leave to bring in a Bill for con- 
tinuing the Term, amending and extending the Pro- 
visions of the Act relating to the Brighton, Cuckfield 
and Lovell Heath, and Cuckfield and West Grinstead 
Turnpike Roads, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Sir Charles Burrell and Mr. Lrewen. 

A Petition 








d 
est 


Kingswood 
Roads. 


South Bastern 
Railway 

(Lewisham to 
Bromley, &amp;c.) 


Dowlais 
Railway. 


Shipley 
Waterworks, 


Harrow 
Waterworks. 


Ambergate, 
Nottingham 
and Boston, 
and Eastern 


Junction Rail- 
way (Working C 
gements 


with Great 
Northern 


Railway) Bill. 


Ambergate, 
Nottingham 
and Boston, 
and Eastern 


Junction Rad to authorize the Reduction and Re 
end- 


iy 
of Acts. 
&amp;e,) Bill, 


, 


17 Vicrortz. 9° Feb 


A Petition of Seven of the Trustees of the New 
Mili District Road, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
amend an Act passed in the fourth year of the reign 
of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, inti- 
tuled, “ An Act for more effectually repairing the 
Wadsley and Langset Turnpike Koad, and extending 
the same in two Lines, to join the Huddersfield and 
Woodhead Tumpike Road, in the Townships of 
Upperthong and Honley, in the West Riding of the 
County of York,” and to continue the Term thereby 
granted, so far as the said Act, and the Term thereby 
granted, relate to the Mew Mill District of Road 
therein-mentioned, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Edmund Denison and Mr. Brotherton. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto 
subscribed, being a Quorum of the Trustees of the 
Kingswood District of Turnpike Roads, for leave to 
bring in a Bill for continuing the Term, and amend- 


ing and extending the Provisions, of the Act relating | 


to the Kingswood District of Turnpike Roads, in the 
County of G/oucester, was presented, and read ; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Hale and Mr. Brotherton. 


A Petition of the South Eastern Railway Com-| 


pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the South 
Eastern Railway Company to make a Railway from 
Lewishaia to p hows and to create Preferential 
Stock for the purpose of paying off their Mortgage 
Debt, or in lieu of borrowing, and to make further 
Provision as to the raising of a portion of the Capital 
which that Company is now authorized to raise by 
the creation of Preference Shares, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are there- 
under written, for leave to bring in a Bill for making 
a Railway from the Dowlais Railway to the Vale of 
Neath Raiiway at Merthyr Tidfil, and for other 
purposes, and of which the short ‘Title is “The 
Dowlais Railway Act, 1854,” was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Local Board of Health of the 
Township of Shipley, in the West Riding of the 
County of York, for leave to bring in a Bill to make 
Provision with respect to Water Supply and Police 
for Shipley, Baildon and Windhill, in the West 
Riding of the County of York, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 


cordingly, by Mr. Milligan and Mr. Wickham. 


A Petition of Shareholders in and Directors of an 
Undertaking or Co-partnership, called ‘‘ The Harrow 
Waterworks Company,” for leave to bring in a Bill 
for better supplying the Inhabitants of the Parish of 
Harrow, in the County of Middlesex, with Water, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Sotheron and Mr. 
John Neeld. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize 
Working Arrangements between the Ambergate, 
Nottingham and Boston, and Eastern Junction Rail- 
way Company, and the Great Northern Railway 
ompany, or Lease or Sale to the last-named Com- 


pany: And the same was read the first time; and 


ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to amend the 
Acts relating to the Ambergate, Nottingham and Bos- 
ton, and Eastern Junction Railway Company ; and 
lation of, and 
certain Arrangements as to, the Capital of the said 
Company, and for other purposes: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 

Vou. 109, 





21 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize the Ambergate, 
Extension, by the Ambergate, Nottingham and Bos- a 
ton, and Eastern Junction Railway Company, of $04 oe 
their Line of Railway into the Town of Nottingham ; Junction Rail- 
the formation of a Station there, and for other pur- W4¥ (Exten- 
poses: And the same was read the first time; and Xeric 
ordered to be read a second time. 


ruarit. 


Nottingham, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a Whitehaven, 
Railway from the Whitehaven and Furness Junction Cleator and 
Railway, near Whitehaven, to Egremont, in the Rellway Bil 
| County of Cumberland, with a Branch therefrom to ; 
| Frizington, in the same County, to be called “ The 

Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway,” and 
for other purposes: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 





Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for amending “The East London 
East London Waterworks Act, 1853 :” And the same Waterworks 
| was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 





| 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to give further Law Life 
| Powers to the Law Life Assurance Society, and to Assurance 
| alter, or enable the Alteration of, certain of the Pro- ay a 
| visions of their Deed of Settlement: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
| second time. 
Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to make further Bradford 
Provision for supplying with Water the Borough of — 
| Bradford, and certain Places in the Neighbourhood ~~ 
thereof: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for the Improve- Bacup 
ment of the Town of Bacup, and the Neighbourhood I™provemens 
thereof, in the County of Lancaster, and for other - 
purposes: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for enabling the Nottingham 
Nottingham Waterworks Company to raise a further W2terworks 
Sum of Money, and for amending some of the Pro- ™ 
visions of the Act relating to such Company: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Kingston- _ 
Dock Company at Kingston-upon-Hull to raise ey 
further Sum of Money, and to convert the Mortgage -°°™* “" 
and Bond Debt of the Company into Debenture 
Stock and perpetual Annuities, and for other pur- 
poses: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the London Life 
London Life Association to increase the Amount Association - 
authorized by their Deed of Settlement to be assured ” 
upon a single Life in the said Society: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for paving, light- Llandudno 
ing, watching, draining, supplying with Water, water- create 
ing, cleansing, regulating and otherwise improving 
the Town of Llandudny, in the County of Carnarvon ; 
for making a Cemetery; and for establishing and 
regulating a. Market and Market-places therein, and 
for other purposes: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a Cannock _ 
Railway from Cannock to Wednesbury, Bilston and Kailway Bill. 
Sedgley, in Staffordshire, to be called “The Can- 
nock Railway:” And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Weymouth 
Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of a4 Nea 
Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, in the County of ps grim 

D3 lorset. 


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22 


Dorset, to provide Market-houses for the Sale of 
certain Marketable Commodities, and to erect and 
maintain an improved Pier or Landing-place within 
the Borough, and for other purposes: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. ‘ 


Mr. Brotherton presented 4 Bill to alter and ex- 
tend the North Metropolitan Railway, and to con- 
solidate and amend the Provisions relating thereto : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


North Metro- 
politan Rail- 
way Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill*to enable the 
Whitehaven Junction Railway Company to raise a 
further Sum of Money, and to amend the Acts re- 
lating to the said Railway: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 


Whitehaven 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


time. 

Hastings Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for incorporating 

and Saint and extending the ee of the Hastings and Saint 

Leonard’s Gas L /’s G ww C tok O d 

Bill. eonard’s Gas Company : And the same was rea 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 

Liverpool Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for establishing a 

ee Police Superannuation Fund in the Borough of 

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

Liverpool Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for enabling the 

fuprovement Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of 

; Liverpool to make a new Street, and to widen and 

improve existing Streets in the said Borough ; to 
appropriate Land for a Library, Museum and Gallery 
of Arts, and for other purposes: And the same was 
real the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 

Liverpool Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to make further 


Sanitary and 
other Local 
Acts Bill, 


Provision for the Sewerage, Sanitary Regulation and 
Improvement of the Borough of Liverpoo!: And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


Rochdale and 
Burnley Roads 
Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize the 
Trustees of the Rochdale and Burnley Turnpike- 
roads to take Toll in respect of the Carriage of cer- 
tain Stones: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Newport Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to repeal an Act 

~ rica for inclosing the Marsh in the Township of Newport, 
in the County of Salop, and to vest the same and 
other Property in Trustees for paving, draining, 
cleansing, and otherwise improving the Town of 
Newport, and for other purposes: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 

Doncaster Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to establish a 


Cemetery Bill. General Cemetery for the Borough of Doncaster, and 


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


York and Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for enabling the 
Railway Bill York and North Midland Railway Company to unite 
iia ’ their Leeds and Selby Railway with the Midland and 
London and North Western Railways near Leeds, 
and to use the existing Lines of Approach to and 
Railway Stations at Leeds, and for other purposes : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 

to be read a second time. 


+ Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for the Improve- 
op y &gt; hd 
hep vevement ment of the Town of Wellington, in the County of 


Salop: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be reada second time. 


2° Februari. 





A. 1854. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize the Shrewsbury 
Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway to provide Sta- id Hereford 
tion Accommodation at Shrewsbury and Hereford ; (Stations) Biz 
and to enter into Arrangements and Agreements with 
the Hereford, Ross and Gloucester Railway Com- 
pany : And the same was read the first time; and 


ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize the Clyde Navi. 
Parliamentary Trustees on the River Clyde and Har- 8@tion Bill. 
bour of Glasgow to raise a further Sum of Money, 
and to fund the Debt of the Trust, and for other pur- 
poses: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for vesting the Ardrossan an 
Ardrossan Railway in the Glasgow and South West- pee and 
ern Railway Company, and for other purposes: And Railways Bal 


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


| read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for better supply- Southport 
ing with Water the Town of Southport, in the Waterworks 
County Palatine of Lancaster, and the Neighbour- 
hood thereof: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for better supplying Bowling 
with Water portions of the Townships of Bradford, Waterworks 
Bowling and Horton, in the Parish of Bradford, in - 
the West Riding of the County of York: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Leeds New 
Leeds New Gas Company to raise a further Sum of &amp;4s Bill. 
Money, to consolidate and amend the Acts relating 
to the Company, and for other purposes: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a Rail- Carlisle and 
way from the Port Carlisle Railway, in the Town- Silloth Bay 
ship of Drumburgh, to or near to the Coat Light- — y Ay 
house in Sil/oth Bay, in the Parish of Holme Cul- 
tram, in the County of Cumberland ; and also a Dock 
and Jetty at Silloth Bay; and for making Arrange- 
ments with the Port Carlisle Dock and Railway 
Company, and for other purposes: And the same 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize the Metropolitan 
Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers to purchase oe 
Land near Deptford Creek for a Pumping Station: Ore Sha? 

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


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for lighting with Bolton Gas 
Gas the Borough of Bolton, and Places near thereto, Bill. 

and for other purposes, and of which the short Title 

is “ The Bolton Gas Company’s Act, 1854 :” And 

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

read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the North London 
North London Railway Company to construct a Sta- Railway Bill 
tion or Depot near to the New Metropolitan Cattle 

Market ; to raise additional Capital, and for other 

purposes: And the same was read the first time ; 

and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for better supply- Enniskillen 
ing the Inhabitants of Enniskillen with Water : And nae, 
the same was read the first time; and ordered tobe” 
read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a Rail- Sydenham and 
way from the Sydenham Station of the London, Hemi 
Brighton and South Coast Railway to Farnborough, 

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and for other purposes connected therewith: And| Durham, and for consolidating and amending the 


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


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for enabling the 


Brighton, 

Hoveand =6 By ivhton, Hove and Preston Constant Service Water- 

ve works Company to purchase the Undertaking of the 

Bill. Brighton, Hove and Preston Waterworks Company, 
and for granting to the first-named Company all 
necessary Powers for supplying with Water the Pa- 
rishes of Brighton, Hove and Preston, in the County 
of Sussex: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time, 

Barnard Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to incorporate a 

Castle = ,. Company for making a Railway from Barnard Castle 

is donation to Bishop Auckland, witha Branch therefrom to the 


Railway and Wear Valley Railway, and for other purposes: And 


Branch Bill. the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 
Stockton and = Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize the 
ace making of a Railway or Railways from or from near 
- “®Y to Stockton, in the Semis of Durham, to or near to 
the Town of Stokesley, in the North Riding of the 
County of York, and Branches therefrom ; to autho- 
rize Arrangements with other Railway Companies for 
the use of their Railways, and for other purposes : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 
Towy Vale Mr. Davies presented a Bill for making a Railway 


Railway Bill. from the Town of Llandovery, in the County of 
Carmarthen, to join the Llanelly Railway at Llandi- 
lofawr, in the same County, and for other purposes : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Gloucester Mr. Price presented a Bill to enable the Gloucester 
Water Bill.” Water Company to construct new Works and extend 
their Supply of Water, and for other purposes: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 
Birkenhead Mr. Price presented a Bill for vesting in the 
og Birkenhead Dock Company the Wharf Walls built 
= by them, and for other purposes: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 
Swansea Vale Mr. Gwyn presented a Bill for the Completion 


Railway Bill. and Maintenance of the Swansea Vale Railway, in 
the County of Glamorgan, and for other purposes 
connected therewith: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Cork and Mr. Gwyn presented a Bill to enable the Cork 
— Bill, and Bandon Railway Company to make a Branch 
Railway to Skibbereen, and to raise further Capital 
for the Cork and Bandon Railway, and for other 
purposes: And the same was read the first time , 

and ordered to be read a second time. 
Blyth and Mr. Blackett presented a Bill for enabling the 
Aap Railway Blyth and Tyne Railway Company to construct 


Railways to Tynemouth and the Longhirst Station of 
the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway, in the 
County of Northumberland, and for consolidating 
and amending the Acts relating to such Company : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


nara A Petition of the Whittle Dean Water Compens, 


for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the Whitt/e 
Dean Water Company to extend their Works, and 
to obtain a further Supply of Water from certain 
Rivers and Streams in the County of Northumberland, 
in order to afford a better Supply of Water to the 
Inhabitants of Newcastle-upon-'yne, Gateshead, and 
—* Places in the Counties of Northumberland and 
OL, 109. 





Acts relating to such Company, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Headlam, Mr. Blackett and Mr. 
Hutt. 


Mr. Oliveira presented a Bill to alter the Lines Oxford, Wor- 
and Levels of the Strat/ord-upon-Avon and Stour- 5° _— 
bridge Branches of the Oxford, Worcester and Wol- ton Ralway ‘ 
verhampton Railway ; to construct certain Branch (Stratford- 
Railways and W orks connected therewith ; to amend es 
the Acts relating to the Oxford, Worcester and Wol- a. 
verhampton Railway Company, and for other pur- Branches) Bill. 
poses: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Pilkington presented a Bill to enable the East East Lanca- 

Lancashire Railway Company to ‘divert the Syke my Railway 
Rvad at Preston, and to exempt the Company from” 
Toll for the use of a small part of the North Union 
Railway near the joint Station at Preston: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Pilkington presented a Bill for vesting in the East Lanca- 
East Lancashire Railway Company, jointly with the shire, Lanca- 
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, certain Yorkshire, na 
parts of the Manchester and Southport Railway, and Manchester 
of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, and for Lat 
other purposes: And the same was read the first ~~ "“”* 


time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Wodehouse presented a Bill for enabling the Norwich 
Norwich Equitable Fire Assurance Company to sue Eduitable Fire 
and be sued in that Name, and for other purposes : GSU7@nce 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 


to be read a second time. 


ompany Bill. 


Mr. Thomas Greene presented a Bill for the Im- Warrington 
provement of the Borough of Warrington, and for Improvement 
enabling the Council thereof to erect a covered yr4 Market 
Market, and for other purposes: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Thomas Greene presented a Bill for granting Radcliffe and 
further Powers to “The Radcliffe and Pilkington Pilkington 
Gas Company :” And the same was read the first Gas Bill. 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Thomas Greene presented a Bill for lighting Rossendale 
with Gas, Bacup, Waterfoot, Newchurch, Rawtenstall, Union Gas 
Crawshaw Booth, and other Places in the Forest of 2H 
Rossendale, in Lancashire: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Thomas Greene presented a Bill for better Middleton Gas 
supplying with Gas the Town of Middleton and the Bill. 
Neighbourhood thereof, in the County Palatine of 

Lancaster: And the same was read the first time ; 

and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Thomas Greene presented a Bill for supplying Ramsbottom 
with Gas, Ramsbottom and other Places, in the Parish Gas Bill. 

of Bury, in the County Palatine of Lancaster: And 

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

read a second time. 


Captain Duncombe presented a Bill for the further Kingston- 
Improvement of Kingston-upon-Hull, and for other —— 
purposes: And the same was read the first time; pip 


and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize the Shrewsbury 
Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Company to con- "4 Chester 
struct an additional Branch, and to grant further a 
Powers to the said Company, and for other pur- 
poses: And the same was read the first time ; and 


ordered to be read a second time. 


D4 Petitions 























Public 
Petitions. 
Vide First 
Report. 


Dowlais 
Railway. 


Birmingham 
Canal Navi- 
gations. 


Shrewsbury 
and Hereford 
Railway 
(Leasing. ) 


Furness 
Railway. 


Standing 
Orders. 


Mail Packet 
(Orkney. ) 


Kingston- 
upon- Hull 
Borough. 


Belfast 
Municipal 
Boundaries. 


Revenue, &amp;c, 


Railways 


Abandonment. 


24 


Petitions relating to Marriage ;—Religious Opi- 
nions ;—Borough and County Police ; — Decimal 
Coinage ;— William Forge ;—Juvenile Crime :—and, 
Medical Officers (Navy),— were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


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


ders in the case of the Petition for the Dowlais 


Railway Bill. , 
Ordered, ‘That the Report be referred to the Se- 
ject.Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for the Birmingiam 
Canal Navigations bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for the Shrewsbury 
and Hereford Railway (Leasing) Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for the Furness 
Railway Bill. 

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


The Select Committee on Standing Orders was 
nominated of Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. Henley, Mr. 
Sotheron, Mr. Thomas Greene, Sir John Yarde 
Buller, Sir Robert Ferguson, Mr. Evelyn Denison, 
Mr. Aglionby, Captain Jones, Mr. Wrightson and 
Mr. Bramston. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of any Treasury Minute authorizing the Esta- 
blishment of a Contract Packet for the Conveyance 
of the Mail from the Coast of Scotland to the Ork- 
ney Islands. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Report of the Commissioners ap- 
pointed to inquire into the existence of Corrupt 
Practices in the Borough of Kingston-upon-llull ; 
together with the Minutes of Evidence. 

Mr. Fitzroy also presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 18th day of June in the last Session of 
Parliament, for Copy of Captain Gilbert’s Report 
upon the proposed Extension of the Boundaries of 
the Borough of Belfast, as set out in the proposed 
Bill, together with Copies of all Documents and 
Memorials laid before him, approving or objecting 
to such Extension, by Parties owners of Property 
within the proposed extended Boundary. 

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


Mr. Cardwell presented, ‘by Her Majesty’s Com 
mand,—Tables of the Revenue, Population, Com- 
merce, &amp;c., of the United Kingdom, and its Depen- 
dencies: Part XXI. 1851. Compiled from Official 
Returns. 

Mr. Cardwell also presented, pursuant to the di- 
rections of an Act of Parliament,— Bristol and South 
Wales Junction Railway: Report of the Lords of 
the Committee of Privy Council for Trade on the 


2° Februarii. 


A. 1854. 


Abandonment of the Bristol and South Wales Junc- 
tion Railway. 

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


the Ist day of January 1852, in the Rate of the 
Interest on Exchequer Bills, specifying the Nature 
of such Alterations, and the Amount of the Reduc- 
tion or Increase of Interest, with the Date thereof; 
and the Amount of Exchequer Bills outstanding at 
the period of such Alteration :—Of the Number and 
Amount of Exchequer Bills issued since the 1st day 
of January 1852, specifying the Amount and Date 
of each particular Issue; of the Amount of Exche- 
quer Bills for the Service of the year 1852-53, ex- 
changed for Exchequer Bills for the Service of the 
year 1853-54; of the Amount of Exchequer Bills 
paid off in Money since the 1st day of January 
1852, with the Dates of such Payments :—And, of 
the Date of any Purchases of Exchequer Bills or 
other Stock by the Commissioners for the Reduction 
of the National Debt since the Ist day of January 
1852, and of the Price at which such Purchases 
were made. 


during each of the years 1852 and 1853, with the 
Dates of the Issues and Dates of Redemptions, and 
the Amount of the Deficiency Bills outstanding on 
the 5th day of January 1853 and 1854 respectively. 


end of each Quarter since the 5th day of January 
1847. 





Commissioners for the Reduction of the National 


| Debt, on account of Banks for Savings and Friendly 


Societies in Great Britain and Ireland, during the 
year 1853-54 :—Of any Purchases of Exchequer 
Bills made by the said Commissioners during the 

| year 1853-54, with Funds derived from Savings 
| Banks or Friendly Societies, or on account of the 
| Sinking Fund ; specifying the Date of such Pur- 

‘chase, and the Premium or Rate of Purchase :— 
And, of the Amount of Three per Cent. Stock created 
and placed to the Credit of the said Commissioners, 
under the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 92, or any other Acts, in 

exchange for such Exchequer Bills, during the year 

1853-54, and the Rate at which the said Three per 
Cents. were assigned to the Commissioners. 


the commuting or paying off of which provision is 
made in the Acts 16 Vic. c. 23, and 16 &amp; 17 Vice. 
c. 152, setting forth, 1st. The Total Amount of each 
of such Stocks outstanding at the period of the 
passing of the Act 16 Vic. c. 23 (9th day of May 
1853) ; 2d. The Amount thereof commuted for any 
and which of the New Stocks proposed to be created 
under the said Act; 3d. The Payments in liquida- 
tion of any part of the residue of such Old Stock 
made in Money, and out of what Fund; 4th. The 
Payments in liquidation of any part of such residue 
made in £.3. 5. per Centum Annuities (1844) created 
under the Act 16 &amp; 17 Vic. c. 132, and the Terms 
and Conditions on which such £.3. 5. per Centum 
Annuities were offered by the Treasury, and accepted 
by the Holders of any such Old Stock; 5th. The 
Amount of the residue of any such Old Stock still 
outstanding : — Copies of any Treasury Warrant 
issued under the 3d Section of the Act 16 &amp; 17 Vic. 





c. 132, 








Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Exchequer 
Statements of the several Alterations made, since Bills. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Deficiency 
Statement of the Amount of Deficiency Bills issued Bills. 


Ordered, That there be laid belure this House, a Balances in 
Statement of the Balances in the Exchequer at the theExcheque. 


Ordered, That there. be laid before this House, Savings 
Statements of the Amount received and paid by the Banks, &amp;e. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a gouth Sea 
Statement as regards each of the several Stocks for Stock, &amp;e. 







et, 





Ship “ Tay- Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
leur.” Copy of the Report of the Surveyor of the Ship 
“ Tayleur,’ recently wrecked at Lambay, directed 
to be made under the Act 15 &amp; 16 Vic. c. 44, s. 16, 
previous to her Clearance for Sea; and also of the 
Certificate of the Emigration Officer, directed to be 
made under the 10th section of the said Act. 
Sheep's Wool, Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
&amp;e. Return of the Total Imports of Sheep’s Wool into 
the United Kingdom for the year 1853; of the 
Total Imports of Mohair or Angora Goats’ Wool 
for the year 1853; and of the British Woollen 
Manufactures and Woollen Yarn exported for the 
year 1853. 
Peterborough Ordered, That the Petition of William Vergette 
Election. and John Miller, which was presented upon the 31st 
day of January last, praying that leave may be 
granted to present a Petition against the Return 
for the City of Peterborough, be taken into con- 
sideration Tonuen, 
Episcopal Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
— to make better provision for the management of 
: Episcopal and Capitular Estates: And that the 
Marquis of Blandford and Mr. Kingscote do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 
Parliamentary Ordered, ‘That a Select Committee be appointed 
_ Papers. for the Distribution of Parliamentary Papers :— 
And a Committee was appointed of Mr. Tufnell, 
Mr. Ewart, Colonel Mure, Mr. Hutt and Mr. Walter. 
Customs Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
—, Copy of any Correspondence with the Treasury in 
relation to the insufficiency of Customs House Offices 
in the Port of London. 
Sugar, &amp;c. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 


c. 132, specifying the Rate at which the £.3. 5. 
Annuitiés (1844) to be created under the said Act 
might be taken by the South Sea Company on any 
commutation into such Annuities of any part of the 
Annuity or Interest payable on their Trading or 
Capital Stock :—Of any Treasury Warrant issued 
under the 5th Section of the said Act, creating any 
£.3. 5. Annuities (1844) agreed to be taken by the 
South Sea Company :—And, of any Treasury War- 
rant issued under the 8th Section of the said Act, 
for paying out of the Consolidated Fund any Money 
that may have been required for paying off any of the 
Proprietors of the Stock mentioned in the Act 16 Vic. 
c. 23, in respect of whose Annuities assents to com- 


17 Vicroriz. 


mute may not have been signified according to the 
said Act, as also for paying to the South Sea Com- 
pany the Sum payable to said Company, under the 
said Act, in respect of the Amount of the Trading 
or Capital Stock of the said Company, or the part 
thereof the Interest or Annuity on which may not 
have been commuted or exchanged under the Acts 
16 Vic. c. 23, and 16 &amp; 17 Vie. c. 132. 





Tabular Return, showing the Quantities of Sugar 
of the several Sorts imported into the United King- 
dom, and the Quantities retained for Home Con- 
sumption, together with the Rates of Duty charged 
thereon, and the Net Revenue accruing therefrom, 
in each year, from 1800 to 1853 inclusive ; followed 
by a Comparative Statement of the Average Prices 
of British Plantation and Foreign Sugar (ordinary 
Yellow Havannah), for the same series of years :— 
Account of the Imports into the United Kingdom 
of Sugar, Molasses, Rum, Coffee, Cocoa and Cotton, 
from the West Indies, British Guiana, the Mauritius 
and British Possessions in India, for the years 1831 
to 1853 inclusive ; distinguishing the Quantities im- 
ported from each Colony and each Possession in 


2° Februarit. 


25 


each year :—Similar Account of the Quantities of 
Foreign Sugar imported, stating from whence, and 
the Quantities from each Place or Country :—And, 
Account of the Quantity of Refined Sugar and Sugar 
Candy imported into the United Kingdom in the 
years 1848, 1849, 1850, 1851,°1852 and 1853 re- 
spectively ; stating the Quantity retained for Home 
Consumption, the Rates: of Duty paid, and the 
Quantity exported (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 461, of Session 1852-53). 


Ordered, That there be laid hefore this House, a Foreign 
Return of the Quantity of Foreign Sugar entered Sugar. 
for Home Consumption during each year, from 1831 
to 1853 inclusive; distinguishing Refined from Un- 
refined, and also the several Places from whence 
such Sugar was imported (in continuation of Par- 


liamentary Paper, No. 522, of Session 1852-53). 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Immigrants 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased ®"4 Liberated 
to give directions, that there be laid before this — 
House, a Return, showing the Number of Immi- 

grants and Liberated Africans admitted into each of 

the British West India Colonies, as well as the 

Places from whence they were introduced, for each 

year since 1847 :—And, similar Return for Mauri- 

¢ius (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 

269, of Session 1852-53). 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 

Her Majesty, by such Members of this House 

as are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy 

Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Spirits. 
Returns showing the Total Number of Gallons of 
Proof Spirits distilled in England, Scotland and 
Ireland respectively ; distinguishing the Quantities 
produced from Malt, from a mixture of Malt and 
Unmalted Grain, and from a mixture of Sugar or 
Molasses with Unmalted Grain, or fromSugar or from 
Molasses; showing also, the Total Quantity of 
each Sort in the United Kingdom, for the year 
ending the 5th day of January 1854: — Of the 
Number of Gallons of Proof Spirits (distinguish- 
ing the Sorts) on which Duty was paid for Home 
Consumption in each of the three Kingdoms, with 
the Rate per Gallon, and the Amount of such 
Duty ; also, the Total Number of Gallons and Duty 
in the United Kingdom, for the year ending the 5th 
day of January 1854:— Showing, under separate 
Heads, the Number of Gallons of Proof Spirits, 
distinguishing the Materials from which made, im- 
ported into each Kingdom from each of the others 
respectively ; stating also, the Rate per Gallon, and 
the Total Amount thereof (in each case), and what 
portion of such Duty was paid on removal of the 
Spirits from Bond, and what after their arrival in 
England; also, what portion was actually ware- 
housed under Excise Lock, distinguishing Malt from 
Grain Spirits, in England, for the year ending the 
5th day of January 1854:—Of the Total Number 
of Gallons of Proof Spirits permitted out of Dis- 
tillers’ Stocks in England, and the Total Number of 
Proof Gallons of British Brandy and Spirits of 
Wine permitted out of Rectifiers’ Stocks in England 
for Home Consumption ; also, the Total Quantity of 
Proof Gallons of Rum received into Rectifiers’ Stocks 
for Rectification in England, Scotland and Ireland, 
for the year ending the 5th day of January 1854 :— 
Of the Total Number of Proof Gallons of Spirits dis- 
tilled in England, Scotland and Ireland ; distinguish- 
ing the Quantities in each Country delivered, Duty 
paid, direct from Distillers’ Stocks, from the Quan- 
tities put into Bond, for the year ending the 5th day 
of January 1854 (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 297, of Session 1852-53 ) :—Of the Total 
Number of Proof Gallons of British Compounds and 
Spirits of Wine permitted from Rectifiers’ Stocks in 








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British 
Spirits. 


Income Tax. 


New Writs. 


Assessed 
Taxes Act 
Amendment. 


London and 
Dublin Mails. 


Printing. 


London and 
Holyhead 
Mails. 


26 2°_ §° Februariz. 


England, Scotland and Ireland, for Exportation to 
Foreign Ports under Drawback, for the year ending 
the 5th day of January 1853 and 1854:—And, of 
the Total Nuniber of Gallons of Spirits in Bonded 
Stores in England, Scotiand and Ireland respec- 
tively, on the 5th day of January 1854 (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 297, of Session 
1852-53). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Gallons of British Spirits 
exported to the Colonies and Foreign Parts, in the 
years 1852 and 1853; distinguishing the Quantities 
sent to the respective Places of Export (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 370, of Session 
1852-53). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return showing the Number of Persons charged to 
the Income ‘lax for the years ended the 5th day of 
April 1852 and 1853, under Schedule (D.) ; distin- 
guishing the Number charged in each of the following 
Classes; viz. under £.150 a year; £.150a year and 
under £.200; £.200 and under £.300; £.300 and 
under £.400; £.400 and under £.500; £. 500 and 
under £.600; £.600 and under £.700; £.700 and 
under £.800 ; £.800 and under £. 900; £.900 and 
under £. 1,000 ; £.1,000 and under £. 2,000 ; £.2,000 
and under £.3,000; £.3,000 and under £. 4,000 ; 
£.4,000 and under £.5,000; £.5,000 and under 
£.10,000; £.10,000 and under £. 50,000 ; £. 50,000 
and upwards; and the Amounts of Tax received 
from each class :—Similar Return, under Schedule 
(E.), to £.5,000 a year and upwards:—And, Re- 
turn, showing the Net Amount of Property and In- 
come Tax for the same years, classed under the 
several Schedules (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 616, of Session 1852-53). 


Ordered, That no Warrants for New Writs for 
Barnstaple, Cambridge, Canterbury, Kingston-upon- 
Flull, Maldon and Tynemouth be issued before the 
9th day of March next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
explain and amend an Act of the last Session re- 
ating to the Duties of Assessed Taxes: And that 
Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr, Wilson 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Time at which the Night Mail from 
London to Dublin is due at Holyhead and Dublin 
respectively, under the present Arrangement ; of the 
Date when such Arrangement took effect, and of 
the actual Time of Arrival and Delivery on Board 
the Packet at Holyhead, and of the Arrival in Dub- 
lin, in each day, trom that day to the 31st day of 
December 1853 :—And, similar Return as regards 
the Day Mail from London to Dublin, 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to assist Mr. Speaker in all matters which relate to 
the Printing executed by Order of this House, and 
for the purpose of selecting and arranging for print- 
ing Returns and Papers presented in pursuance of 
Motions made by Members of this House :—And a 
Committee was appointed of Mr. Strutt, Sir John 
Young, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. John Greene, Mr. Wil- 
son, Mr. Beckett, Mr. Divett, Mr. Gaskell, Mr. 
Hume, Mr. Vernon Smith and Mr. Sotheron. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return showing the Hours fixed for the Arrival of 
the Mail Trains carrying the Mails from London to 
Holyhead, at Rugby, Crewe and Holyhead, and the 
Hours at which those Trains respectively arrived on 
each day of the year ending the 31st day of De- 
cember 1853; and a similar Return, showing the 








A, 1854. 


Hours at which the Mail Trains from Holyhead to 
London respectively arrived at Crewe, Rugby and 
in London, during the same period. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Cholera 
Return of all Reports addressed to the Commis- Ireland.) 
sioners of Poor Laws in Ireland, relative to the 
——— and Spread of Cholera in that Country, 
and of all Correspondence arising thereon ; together 
with a Return of all cases of Cholera hitherto re- 
we to the Commissioners from each Poor Law 

nion in Ireland. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Public Reve. 
into a Committee on Public Revenue and Conso- pF 
lidated Fund Charges. — 


Charges. 
(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
alter the Mode of providing for certain Expenses 
now charged upon certain Branches of the Public 
and Hereditary Revenues, and upon the Consoli- 
dated Fund. 


Resolution to be reported. 





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

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

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

Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
alter the Mode of providing for certain Expenses 
now charged upon certain Branches of the Public 
and Hereditary Revenues, and upon the Consoli- 
dated Fund :-—And he moved the House accord- 
ingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
And that Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Chancellor of the 
Exchequer and Mr. Wilson do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Queen's 


| take into consideration Her Majesty’s most gracious Speech 


Speech to both Houses of Parliament; and the same emnnaenes 


was again read by Mr. Speaker. 

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

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


Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to explain and amend Assessed 
an Act of the last Session relating to the Duties of pace Fane 
Assessed Taxes: And the same was read the first pip, 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon Bij] 1, 


Monday next; and to be printed. 


The Marquis of Blandford presented a Bill to Episcopal 
make better Provision tor the Management o cen 
Episcopal and Capitular Estates: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Wednesday the 22d day of this 
instant February ; and to be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Veneris, 3° die Februarii ; 
Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Great Westera 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Tooke val 
Bills, in respect of non-compliance with the Standing fants, &amp;c.) 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Great 

Western Railway (Berks and Hants, &amp;c.) Bill. 


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Brighton and 
Hove Gas. 


Abergavenny 
Improvement. 


Derbyshire, 
Staffordshire 
and Worces- 
tershire Junc- 
tion Railway 
Revival of 
lowers, &amp;c.) 


Stockport 
Rectory 
Division. 


Birmingham 
Waterworks, 


17 Vicroriz. 


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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for the Stockport 
Rectory Division Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for the Shrewsbury 
and Chester Railway (Explanation of Acts, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for the South Eastern 
Railway (Lewisham to Bromley, &amp;c.) Bill. 

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


A Petition of the Brighton and Hove General Gas 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the 
Brighton and Hove General Gas Company to raise 
a further Sum of Money, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Sir George Brooke 
Pechell and Lord Alfred Hervey. 


A Petition of Owners or Occupiers of Property 
in the Town of Abergavenny, for leave to bring in a 
Bill for more effectually paving, lighting and im- 
proving the Town of Abergavenny, in the County of 
Monmouth, for maintaining the Markets within such 
Town, and for supplying the same with Water, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Octavius Morgan and 
Mr. Crawshay Bailey. 


A Petition of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire and 
Worcestershire Junction Railway Company, for leave 
to bring in a Bill to extend the Powers of the 
Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire Junc- 
tion Railway Company, and to enable them to make 
a Railway to Colwich, in Staffordshire, and to aban- 
don part of their Railway to Uttoreter, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Viscount 
Barrington, Lord Norreys and Mr. Pigott. 


A Petition of the Honourable Augustus Henry 
Vernon, Suitor for a Bill for effecting the purposes 
thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
ascertain the periods when the Division, under the 
Church Building Acts for the Parish of Stockport, 
in the County Palatine of Chester, into the two dis- 
tinct and separate Parishes of Saint Mary in S/ock- 
port, and Saint Thomas in Stockport, shall take 
complete effect, and the exercise of the Rights of 
Presentation to the Rectories or Churches of the 
same Parishes respectively shall commence, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 
Birmingham Waterworks, for leave to bring in a 
Bill to enable the Company of Proprietors of the 
Birmingham Waterworks to raise further Money, 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Muntz, Mr. Schole- 
field, Mr. Spooner and Sir Edward Gooch. 

VoL. 109. 


3° Februari. 








A Petition of Subscribers to the Undertaking Beccles Water 

thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill #04 Gas. 

for providing Waterworks, Gasworks and Public 

Baths and Wash-houses for the Town and Borough 

of Beccles, in the County of Suffolk, was presented, 

and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Sir Edward Gooch, Sir litz Roy Kelly 

and Mr. Peto. 


A Petition of the Bangor and Caernarvon Railway Bangor and 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Caerarvon 
Bangor and Caernarvon Railway Company to raise vee 
additional Capital, aud to authorize the Sale or Lease 
of the said Company's Railway to the Chester and 
Holyhead Railway Company, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Peto and Mr. Jackson. 


A Petition of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Rail- Lancashire 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bili for ena- 2"4 Yorkshire 
bling the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Com- ened Deak 
pany to construct a Railway from Kirkdale to the Branches.) 
Liverpool Docks, with connecting Lines there, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered tg be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Wickham and Mr. Barnes. 


A Petition of Subscribers to the Undertaking Clitheroe 
thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring ina Bill Waterworks, 
for supplying with Water the Town and Municipal 
Borough of Clitheroe, in the County of Lancaster, 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Wilson Patten and 
Mr. Starkie. 


A Petition of the Shrewsbury and Hereford Rail- Shrewsbury 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable —— 
the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway Company to Glauiaas 
lease their Undertaking, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Standing 


Orders. 


A Petition of Trustees for carrying into execution Radstock and 
the Act thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in Buckland 
a Bill for more effectually repairing the Road from — 
Radstock to Buckland Dinham, and other Roads : 
connected therewith, and for making a new Line of 
Road, all in the County of Somerset, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Miles and Mr. Anatchbull. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of and Owners of Pro- West Hartle- 
perty in the Town of West Hartlepool, and Township Po! Improve- 
of Stranton, inthe County of Durham, for leave to a 
bring in a Bill for paving, lighting, watching, drain- 
ing, cleansing, regulating and otherwise improving 
the Town of West Hartlepool, and Township of 
Strantor, in the County of Durham ; for providing 
a Cemetery, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Lord Harry Vane and Mr. Farrer. 


A Petition of Sir Matthew White Ridley, Baronet, Blyth Har- 
of Blagdon, in the County of Northumberland, for a es 
leave to bring in a Bill for improving the Harbour *“ aed 
of Blyth, in the County of Northumberland, and for 
constructing Docks there, and for making a Railway 
from the Docks to the Blyth and Tyne Railway, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Beaumont and Mr. Liddell. 


A Petition of the Accrington Gas and Waterworks Accrington 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to consolidate Gs and 
and extend the Powers of tie Accrington Gas and V**tworks. 
Waterworks Company, and to enable them the better 
to supply with Gas and Water the Townships and 
Places ot Old Accrington, New Accringtou, Church, 
Oswaldtwistle, Altham, (layton-le-Moors, Lower 
Booths and Huncoat, in the Parish of Whalley, and 

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the Extra-parochial Place of Henheads, all in the 
County of Lancaster, and to sell or lease their 
Undertaking to the Local Board of Health for the 
District of Accrington, and for other purposes, was 

resented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
aanka in accordingly, by Mr. Wilson Patten and 
Mr. Heywood. 


GreatWestern A Petition of the Great Western Railway Com- 


pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the 
Great Western Railway Company to make a Branch 
Railway to connect the Berks and Hants Railway 
with the main Line of the Great Western Railway 
near Reading; for extending the Time for completion 
of parts of the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Rail- 
way, and for reviving the Powers for Purchase of 
Land for, and for completing other portions of that 
Railway, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 


way 
(Berks and 
Hants. &amp;c.) 


South Devon 
and Tavistock 
Railway. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto 
subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a 
Railway from the South Devon Railway near Ply- 
mouth to Tavistock, with a Branch, to be called 
“ The South Devon and Tavistock Railway,” and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir 
John Yarde Buller and Mr. Collier. 


Belfast 


A Petition of the Belfast Harbour Commissioners, 
Harbour. . 


for leave to bring in a Bill for making new Docks 
and other Works at Belfast, and for other purposes, 
and of which the short Title is “The Be/fast Dock 
Act, 1854,” was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Davi- 
son and Mr. Cairns. 


Stockton and 
Darlington 
Railway Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for authorizing the 
Stockton and Darlington Railway Company to make 
new Works, and for other purposes, and of which 
the short Title is “The Stockton and Darlington 
Railway Act, 1854:” And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Port Gordon Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for improving and 

Harbour Bill. maintaining the Harbour or Port of Port Gordon, in 
the County of Banff: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Harrow 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for better sup- 
plying the Inhabitants of the Parish of Harrow, in 
the County of Middlesex, with Water: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Madras 
Railway 
Company Bill 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to amend an Act, 
intituled, “ An Act for incorporating the Madras Rail- 
“way Company,” and for other purposes connected 
therewith: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Darlington 
and Barnard 
Castle Rail- 
way Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a 
Railway from the Stockton and Darlington Railway, 
near Darlington, to or near to Barnard Castle, both 
in the County of Durham, and for making Arrange- 
ments with the Stockton and Darlington Railway 
Company, and for other purposes: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for continuing the 
Term and amending and extending the Provisions of 
the Act relating to the Briyhton, Cuckfield and 
Lovell Heath, and Cuckfield and West Grinstead 
Turnpike-roads: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Brighton, 
Cuckfield, &amp;c 
Roads Bill. 


Lancashire 
and Yorkshire, 
East Lanca- 
shire, and 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for giving effect 
to certain Arrangements made between the Lancashire 
and Yorkshire Railway Company, and the East Lan- 


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A. 1854. 


cashire Railway Company, and for other purposes : Manchester 

And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 24 Southport 
: Railwa: Com- 

to be read a second time. panies Bill, 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for enabling the South Stag. 
South Staffordshire Railway Company tomake Branch (ordshire 
Railways to Cannock and Norton, to acquire addi- ~" ”*¥ Bil. 
tional Lands in the Parish of Wednesbury, and for 
other purposes: And the same was non the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for continuing the Kingswood 
Term and amending and extending the Provisions ®o#ds Bil. 
of the Act relating to the Kingswood District of 
Turnpike-roads, in the County of Gloucester: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to make Provision Shipley 
with respect to Water Supply and Police for Shipley, — 
Baildon and Windhill, in the West Riding of the 
County of York: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for embanking Thames 
and improving the River Thames between Lambeth 1mprovement 
Palace and London Bridge, and for constructing cer- ~"” 
tain Sewers, Quays, and other Works on the Lands 
to be reclaimed thereby : And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to extend the Havering, 
Powers of the Commissioners of Sewers for the Dagenham, 
Levels of Havering, Dagenham and other Places ; oo CS 
and to enable them to construct Sewers in the Pa- 
rishes of West Ham, East Ham and North Wool- 
wich: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for the more ef- Waveney 
fectual Drainage of certain Lands in the Counties of Valley 
Suffolk and Norfolk, adjoining or near to the River” “"""®* 
Waveney, and tor authorizing the Construction of 
Works for such purpose at or near Mutfurd Lock, 
in the Parishes of Oulton and Carlton Colvile, in 
the County of Suffolk: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for more effectually Kirkby Lone 
repairing the Road from the Toll-house Beck, in the dale, Kendal 
Township of Jreby, in the County of Lancaster, to anor eal 
Kirkby Lonsdale and Kirkby Kendal, in the County Bil. 
of Westmoreland, and through Kirkby Lonsdale to 
Milnthorpe, in the said County: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize and Glasgow 
empower the Magistrates and Council. of the City of Waterworks 
Glasgow to supply with Water the said City and 7 
Suburbs thereof, and Districts and Places adjacent ; 
to purchase and acquire the G/asgow Waterworks, 
and the Gorbals Gravitation Waterworks, and to 
introduce an additional Supply of Water from Loch 
Katrine, and for other purposes: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to amend an Act Wadsley and 
assed in the fourth year of the reign of his late Langset 
ajesty King George the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act ” 

for more effectually repairing the Wadsley and 
Langset Turnpike-road, and extending the same in 
two Lines to join the Huddersfield and Woodhead 
Turnpike-road, in the ‘Townships of Upperthong and 
Honley, in the West Riding of the County of York,” 
and to continue the Term thereby granted, so far as 
the said Act and the Term thereby granted relate to 
the New Mill District of Road » armas set 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 

Mr, 













Chesterfield 
Market Bill. 


North and 
South Western 
Junction — 
Railway Bill. 


Imperial Gas 
Company Bill. 


Wellington 
Docks (South- 
wark) Bill. 


f North York- 


shire and 
Cleveland 


Railway Bill. 


Ouse and 


Derwent, &amp;c. 
Drainage. 


ge 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide First 


Report. 


== 


Metropolitan 
Stage Car- 





Whittle Dean 
Waterworks 
Bill 


17 Vicroriz. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for enabling the 
Whittle Dean Water Company to extend their Works, 
and to obtain a further Supply of Water from certain 
Rivers and Streams in the County of Northumber- 
land, in order to afford a better Supply of Water to 
the Inhabitants of Newcastle-upon- Tyne, Gateshead, 
and other Places, in the Counties of Northumberland 
and Durham, and for consolidating and amending 
the Acts relating to such Company: And the same 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for constructing 
a Market-house, and other Buildings for Public Ac- 
commodation at Chesterfield, in the County of Derby, 
and for the better Regulation and Maintenance of 
the Market there: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for enabling the 
North and South Western Junction Railway Com- 
pany to raise additional Capital, and for other pur- 
poses: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Sir James Duke presented a Bill to consolidate 
and amend the Acts relating to the Imperial Gas- 
Light and Coke Company, and o increase the Capi- 
tal of the Company: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Apsley Pellatt presented a Bill to authorize 
the Construction of Docks and other Works on the 
South side of the River Thames, to be called “ The 
Wellington Docks,” and for other purposes: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to incorporate a 
Company for making a Railway from near the 
Picton Station, on the Leeds Northern Railway, to 
near the Grosmont Station on the Whitby and 
Pickering Branch of the York and North Midland 
Railway, and for other purposes: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Petition of Owners or Occupiers of Lands in 
the Wapentakes or Divisions of Ouse and Derwent, 
Wilton Beacon, Holme Beacon and Howdenshire, 
or some of them, in the East Riding of the County 
of York, for leave to bring ina Bill for the more 
effectual Drainage and Improvement of the Lands 
in the Wapentake of Ouse and Derwent, and of cer- 
tain Lands in the Divisions of Wilton Beacon, 
Holme Beacon and Howdenshire, all in the East 
Riding of the County of York, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Lord 
Hotham, Mr. Arthur Duncombe and Mr. Lawley. 


Petitions relating to Stage Carriages ;—Borough 
and County Police ; — Juvenile Crime;— Ocean 
Penny Postage; — and, Turkey,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of all Warrants, and Orders for Warrants, 
issued by the Commissioners of the Board of Inland 
Revenue — Metropolitan Stage Carriage Pro- 
prietors in January 1854; together with Information 
on these respective Matters; Dates of Warrants ; 
Dates of Orders; Names of Parties; Number of 
Warrants in each case; Sums in each, and Expenses 
in each; Date when paid to Officer; Date when 
Officer paid in the Sum to Board; and Names of 
Officers to whom Warrant granted. 
VoL. 109. 





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29 


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


Accounts of the Quantities of the principal Articles 
imported into the United Kingdom from the British 
Settlements in Australia, a Colony, 
for each of the three years ending the 5th day of 
January 1854 :—Of the Exports from the United 
Kingdom to the same Settlements for the same pe- 
riod ; specifying, in separate Divisions, the Quan- 
tities and Declared Value of the principal Articles of 
British Manufactures, and the Quantities of the 
principal Articles of Foreign and Colonial Merchan- 
dize :—And, of the Number of Ships, and their Ton- 
nage, cleared from the United Kingdom to the British 
Settlements in Australia for a like period. 


Mr. Cardwell presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Maritime Conference held at 
Brussels, for desing an uniform system of Meteor- 
ological Observations at Sea, August and September 
1853. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Visitors admitted 
to see the Apartments and Pictures at Hampton 
Court and the Gardens at Kew, during the years 
1851 and 1852, distinguishing the Number in each 
Month (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 685, of Session 1851). 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the manner in which the Sum of £.2,175 
was disposed of, as voted in the Civil Service Esti- 
mates, 1853, for Payment of Rewards for Services 
connected with the Liberation of Slaves on shore in 
the Territories of the King of Biombo, stating the 
Authority on which such Grant or Award was made, 
with the Amount allowed for each Slave, and the 
Amount apportioned to the Flag Officer, and each 
Class respectively, for distribution. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copies of Letters addressed to the Chancel- 
lors of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, 
by the Secretary of State for the Home Department. 

Copies of Reports of the Inspectors of Factories 
to Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the 
Home Department, for the half-year ending 31st 
October 1853. 

Copy of the Nineteenth Report of the Commis- 
sioners of National Education in Jreland, for the year 
1852, with Appendices: Vol. II. 

Mr. Fitzroy also presented,—Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 20th day of August 
in the last Session of Parliament, for Returns, show- 
ing the Amount of Public Money expended in the 
Purchase of the Site and Erection of the Kueller 
Hall Training School :—Of the Amount of Public 
Money annually expended in defraying the Salaries 
of the Officers of the said Training School :— Of the 
Amount of Public Money expended in defraying the 
Cost of the Establishment of the said Training School, 
including the Maintenance of the Officers and Stu- 
dents :—Of the Amount paid by Students, or by 
other Parties on their behalf, in respect of their 
Training in the said Training School :—And, of the 
Average Number of Students in the said Training 
School during each Quarter since its opening for 
the reception of Students. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
20th day of August in the last Session of Parliament, 
for Copies of Correspondence between the Committee 
of Council on Education and the Promoters of the 

E3 National 


Exports, &amp;c. 
( Australia.) 


Meteorological 
Observations, 


Hampton 
Court and 
Kew Gardens. 


Slave Trade, 


Oxford and 
Cambridge 
Universities. 


Factories. 
Education 
(Ireland.) 


Kneller Hall 
Training 
School. 


Blaina 
Schools. 


Education. 


Ecclesiastical 
Cominission 
(Ireland. ) 


Bankruptcy. 
No. 6, 


Admiralty. 
No. 7. 


Seamen’s 
Wages. 
No. 8. 


NRent-charges 
(Ireland. ) 
No.9. 


Bullion, &amp;c. 
No, 10. 


Coals and 
Coke. 


No. 11. 


Head Money 
( Borneo.) 


No. 12. 


Wheat, 
Barley, &amp;c. 


No. 13. 


Flection 
Expenses 
(Scotland.) 


No. 14. 
British 
Produce and 
Manufactures. 


No. 15, 
Iron, &amp;c. 
No. 16. 


Naval Receipt 
and Expendi- 
ture. 


No. 17. 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 18. 


Grain, Flour, 
&amp;e. 


Public Works 


30 


National and British Schools at Blaina, Monmouth- 
shire :—And, of Correspondence between their Lord- 
ships and other Parties than the Promoters, in refer- 
ence to the said School (all the several Documents to 
be arranged in one Series, according to the order of 
their Dates). 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
20th day of August in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, for a Return of the Number of Pupil Teachers, 
Male and Female, in England and Wales, who have, 
up to the present time, completed their Term of 
Apprenticeship under Minutes of the Committee of 
Council on Education. 

Mr. Fitzroy also presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Report 
from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in Jreland to 
his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant. 

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


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Bankruptcy, 
which were presented upon the 7th day of March in 
the last Session of Parliament, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Admi- | 


ralty, which was presented upon the 30th day of June 
in the last Session of Parliament, be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 


to Seamen’s Wages, which was presented upon the | 
5th day of August in the last Session of Parliament, | 


be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Rent-charges 
(Ireland), which was presented upon the 20th day 
of August in the last Session of Parliament, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Bullion, &amp;c., 
which was presented upon the 31st day of January 
last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Coals 
Coke, which was presented upon the 31st day of 
January last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Head Money 
(Borneo), which was presented upon the 31st day of 
January last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Wheat, Bar- 
ley, &amp;c., which was presented upon the 31st day of 
January last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the leturn relative to Election 
Expenses (Scotland), which was presented upon the 
3ist day of January last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to British 
Produce and Manufactures, which was presented 
upon the 3ist day of January last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Iron, &amp;c., 
which were presented upon the 31st day of January 
last, be printed. 


Ordered. That the Account relative to Nava! Re- 
ceipt ana Expenditure, which was presented upon 
the 31st day of January last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Poor Relief 
(Ireland), which were presented upon the Ist day of | 


this mstant February, be printed. 


3° Februariz. 


| to Her M 


| House, Returns from every County Court throughout 
England and Wales, established under the Act 
19 &amp; 10 Vie. c. 95, of—1. The Total Number of 


and | 


A. 1854. 


of the Reports of the several Commissioners on 
Public Works at Bengal, Madras and Bombay, 
in the year 1851-52 ; of the Minutes of the Members 
of the Government thereon; and of any Orders or 
Despatches of the Court of Directors relating 
thereto. 


Return to an Order, dated the 15th day of April Education 
in the last Session of Parliament, for a Return of all (India.) 


Sums spent on Native Education in India since 
April 1834; specifying the various Forms, and 
other Particulars, in which such Expenditure has 
been made. 





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented County 
ajesty, that She will be graciously pleased Courts. 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 


_Plaints entered in each Court, exclusive of Judg- 
ment Summonses, from the 1st day of January 1853 
to the 3ist day of December 1853, both days in- 
| clusive :—Of the Total Number of Plaints entered 
‘ineach Court above £.20 and not exceeding £. 50, 
exclusive of Judgment Summonses, from the 1st day: 
of January 1853 to the 31st day of December 1853, 
both days inclusive:—Of the Total Number of 
_Plaints entered in each Court during the last-men- 
tioned Period, by consent of Parties, under the 17th 
Section of the Act 13 &amp; 14 Vie. c. 61:—2. Of the 
Total Number of Causes tried by each Court from 
the 1st day of January 1853 to the 31st day of De- 
_cember 1853, both days inclusive :—Of the Total 
| Number of Causes tried by each Court from the 1st 
day of January 1853 to the 3ist day of December 
| 1853, both days inclusive, above £.20 and not ex- 
ceeding £.50:—Of the Total Number of Causes 
tried by each Court during the last-mentioned Pe- 
_riod, by consent of Parties, under the 17th Section 
of the Act 13 &amp; 14 Vic. c. 61:—3. Of the Total 
Number of Appeals under the last-mentioned Act, 
pending on the ist day of January, and the Total 
Number made from the 1st day of January 1853 to 
the 31st day of December 1853, both days inclusive, 
from the Decisions of each Court, and whether such 
Decisions were confirmed or reversed, and the 
Number of Appeals dropped or remaining undecided 
on the 31st day of December 1853:—4. Of the 
Total Number of Days that each Court has sat, 
from the 1st day of January 1853 to the 31st day 
of December 1853, both days inclusive, and the 
| Average Number of Hours comprised in each Sitting: 
| —5. Of the Total Amount of Monies for which the 
| Plaints were entered in each Court during the last- 
mentioned Period :-—6. Of the Total Amount of 
| Monies, exclusive of Costs, for which Judgment has 
_ been obtained in each Court during the same Period, 
and also the Amount of such Costs :—7. Of the 
Total Amount of Monies paid into each Court during 
| the same Period, in satisfaction of Debts sued for, 
| without proceeding to Judgment :—8. Of the Gross 
| Total Amount of Fees received in each Court during 
such Period, distinguishing the Amount of Fees for 
-each Officer, and on account of the General Fund: 
anil, The Gross Total Amount of Monies received 
‘in each Court to the Credit of Suitors, and the 
Amount paid out to Suitors:—10. Of the Total 
Number of Causes tried in each Court during the 
same Period, with the Assistance of a Jury, speci- 





The following Papers were laid upon the Table by | fying the Number of such Causes in which a Verdict 
the Cle:k of the House,—Return to an Order, dated | has been given in favour of the Party requiring a 
the 8th day of August in the last Session of Parlia- | Jury to be summoned :—11. Of the Total Number 
ment, for a Return, in continuation of Parliamentary of Executions issued by the Clerk of each Court 
Paper, No. 28, of Session 1852, relating to Grain, , during the same Period against the Goods of De- 
Meal, Flour, Live Stock, Imports and Exports, &amp;c., | fendants:—12. Of the Total Number of Judgment 
and bringing the Information given therem down to | Summonses issued in each Court during the same 
the end of the year 1852, and made up in a similar | Period :—13. Of the Total Number of such heard 


manner. 


Return to an Order, dated the 24th day of Fe- 


by the Court :—14. Of the Total Number of War- 
rants of Commitment issued thereon by the Clerk 


(Bengal, &amp;c.) bruary in the last Session of Parliament, for Copies | of each Court during the same Period, and the 


Number 








17 Vicroriz. 


Number of Persons actually taken to Prison under 
such Warrants: —15. And, of the Total Amount 
received by the Treasurer of each Court on account 
of the General Fund of such Court, from the 1st day 
of January 1853 to the 31st day of December 1853, 
inclusive ; and the Payments made thereout, during 
such Period, as given in the Balance Sheets ren- 
dered to the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Trea- 
sury, according to Article 48 of Treasurer’s Instruc- 
tions ; together with the Sums therein stated to have 
been received of or paid to Her Majesty’s Paymaster 
General. 

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


3° Februariz. 





31 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill 
or Bills: And that Mr. Bouverie, Mr. ( ardwell, Sir 
James Graham and Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer 
do prepare, and bring them in. 


The Comptroller of the Household reported to the Answer to 
House, That Her Majesty, having been attended Address. 


with their Address of yesterday, was pleased to re- 
ceive the same very graciously, and to give the fol- 
lowing Answer : 

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

It will always be My earnest desire to co-operate 
with you in measures calculated to promote the In- 
dustry of My People, and to strengthen the Institu- 


: f tions of the State. 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 


Return of the Total Expenses incurred under the 
Commissions appointed during last Session, to in- 
_ into the existence of Bribery and other Corrupt 
ractices at Elections for Members to serve in Par- 
liament; including the Expenses of Printing and 
Paper, and Number of Copies of those printed and 
delivered to Parliament ; and an estimated Expense 
of those in Progress (the Expense of each Commis- 
sion to be given separately, and the various Pay- 
ments made to be shown under distinct Heads). 





The Order of the day being read, for the House Supply. 

| to resolve itself into a Committee to consider the 

| Motion, That a Supply be granted to Her Majesty : 

| Ordered, That Her Majesty’s most gracious Queen’s 

| Speech to both Houses of Parliament be referred = - 

to the Committee. — 
Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 

| mittee. 

(In the Committee.) 


Queen’s Speech read. 

The Order of the day being read, for taking into} Resolved, That a Supply be granted to Her Ma- 
consideration the Petition of William Vergette and | jesty. 
John Miller, which was presented upon the 31st day | Resolution to be reported. 
of January last, praying that leave may be granted | — 
to present a Petition against the Return for the City! Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
of Peterborough:—The House proceeded to take | yerie reported, That the Committee had come to a 
the said Petition into consideration :—And the same | Resolution. 
was again read. Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being day next. 
proposed, That the Petitioners have leave to present 
a Petition against the Return of Thomson Hankey, | Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment. 
Esquire, within nine days from the commencement | the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 
of the present Session ; ’ 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the! Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Beer, Spirits, 
Question, by deaving out from the word “That” to | Return (as far as can be given) of the Quantities of *¢- 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words, | the following Articles consumed in Great Britain 
“ the Petitioners, William Vergette and John Miller, | annually, in each of the last three years ; viz. Beer, 

“have leave to be heard at the Bar of the House | Spirits, Sugar, Wine, Tea, Tobacco and Malt :—And, 
“‘ in support of the allegations contained in their ! similar Return for Jreland. 
“ said Petition,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—The said proposed Amendment was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 

Then the main Question being put :—It passed in | 
the Negative. 


, 











Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Valuation of 
for the Valuation of Lands and Heritages in Scof- nt} (Scot- 
land And that the Lord Advocate and Viscount  ~ 
Palmerston do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That Mr. Wilson and Mr. Hamilton be Parliamentary 
added to the Select Committee on Parliamentary P#?¢T*- 
Papers. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on Merchant Shipping and Pilot- 
age. 

(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill or 
Bills to open the Coasting Trade of the United 
Kingdom to the Ships of all friendly Nations, and 
to consolidate and amend various Laws relating to 


Merchant Shipping and to Pilotage. 
Resolution to be reported. 


| Ordered, That the Petition of John Patrick Somers, Sligo Election. 
Esquire, which was presented upon the 19th day of 
August in the last Session of Parliament, complain- 
ing of certain acts and practices in the matter of his 
Petition against the Return for the Borough of Siigo, 
be taken into consideration upon Monday next, and 


be printed. 





Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That his War- Controverted 
rant for the Appomtment of Members to serve on Elections. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
No. 19. 





verie reported, That the Committee had come to 
a Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

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

Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill or 
Bills to open the Coasting Trade of the United 
Kingdom to the Ships of all friendly Nations, and 
to consolidate and amend various Laws relating to 
Merchant Shipping and to Pilotage :—And he moved 
the House accordingly. 





VoL. 109. . 





the General Committee of Elections, was upon the 
Table:—-And the said Warrant was read, as fol- 
loweth : 
Pursuant to the Provisions of “ The Election Pe- 
titions Act, 1848,” I do hereby appoint, 
The Right honourable Sir George Grey, Mem- 
ber for the Borough of Morpeth ; 
The Right honourable Spencer Horatio Walpole, 
Member for the Borough of Midhurst ; 
John Wilson Patten, Esquire, Member for the 
Northern Division of the County of Lan- 
caster ; 


E4 Robert 














Oaths. 


Valuation of 
Lands (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Devon (South- 


ern Division) 
Writ. 


Dundalk and 
Enniskillen 
Railway. 


Stockport, 
Disley and 
Whaley 
Bridge Ruil- 


way. 


South Devon 
Railway. 


Burnley Gas. 


Mallow and 


Robert Palmer, Esquire, Member for the County 
of Berks ; 

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

And Thomas William Bramston, Esquire, Mem- 
ber for the Southern Division of the County 
of Essex ; 

To be Members of the General Committee of 
Elections for the present Session. 
Given under my hand, this 3d day of February 
1854. 
Cuarues Suaw Lerevre, Speaker. 


Ordered, That the said Warrant be printed. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into a Committee, to consider of 
substituting one Oath for the Oaths of Allegiance, 
Supremacy and Abjuration, and for the Oath now 
taken by Roman Catholics. 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill for the Valua- 
tion of Lands and Heritages in Scotland: And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time upon Monday the 20th day of this 
instant February. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 








Luna, 6° die Februarit ; 
Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 
RDERED, That Mr. Speaker do issue his 
Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out 
anew Writ for the electing of a Knight of the 


Shire to serve in this present Parliament for the | 4 


Southern Division of the County of Devon, in the 
room of Sir Ralph Lopes, Baronet, deceased. 


A Petition of the Dundalk and Ennishillen Rail- 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable 
the Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway Company to 
construct Railways to Cavan and Armagh, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Vis- 
count Jocelyn, Mr. Hamilton and Mr. Bowyer. 


A Petition of Promoters of the Undertaking there- 
inafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
making a Railway from the London and North 
Western Railway, near Stockport, to Disley and 
Whaley Bridge, all in the County of Chester, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Tatton Egerten and Mr. Thornhill. 


A Petition of the South Devon Railway Company, 
for leave to bring ina Bill for enabling the South 
Devon Railway Company to improve their Sutton 
Harbour Branch, and for other purposes, and of 
which the short Title is “The South Devon Railway 
(Sutton Harbour Branch) Act, 1854,” was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Sir John Yarde Buller and Mr. 
Collier. 


A Petition of the Burnley Gas-Light Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill to extend the Limits of 
the Burnley Gas-Light Company's Act for the 
Supply of Gas, and to authorize the raising of a 
further Sum of Money, and for other purposes, was 

resented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
srought in accordingly, by Mr. Wilson Patten and 
Mr. Heywood. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto 


Fermoy Ruail- subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a 
Railway from the Great Southern and Western Rail- 


way. 





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A. 1854. 


way, near Mallow, to Fermoy, to be called “The 
Mallow and Fermoy Railway,” and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was or- 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Beamish 
and Mr. Wyndham Goold. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto Grand June. 
subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a en Railway 
Railway from the Great Southern and Western Rail- ° a 
way, near Tullamore, to Athlone, Roscommon, Sligo, 
Castlebar, Westport and Ballina, to be called “The 
Grand Junction Railway of Zreland,” and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. George 
Henry Moore, Sir Robert Booth and Mr. French. 


A Petition of Patrick David Jeffers, Solicitor to Cork, Black. 
the Cork, Blackrock and Passage Railway Com- rock and 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Cork, — Rel. 
Blackrock and Passage Railway Company to make 
a Railway from Carrigaloe to Middleton, and a 
Quay or Wharf in connexion therewith ; and to pro- 
vide and use Steam Vessels, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Fagan and Mr. 


Beamish. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto Havant and 
subscribed, for leave to bring ina Bill to incorporate a 
° : ailway. 
a Company, with Powers to construct a Railway from 
the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, at 
Havant, to Hayling Bridge, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Admiral Berkeley and 
Mr. Compton. 


A Petition of the Most honourable Richard Mar- Chester, 
uis of Westminster, and of Persons whose names To 
are thereunto subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill Road. a 
for making a Turnpike-road from Chester, by Farn- 
don, to Worthenbury, with a Branch therefrom to 
the Village of Farndon, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Sir Philip Egerton and Mr. Tollemache. 


A Petition of the Dublin and Wicklow Railway Dublin and 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Wicklow 
Dublin and Wicklow Railway Company to extend" 
their Railway to Woodenbridge, in the County of 
Wicklow, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Viscount Milton and Mr. George. 


A Petition of James Peto, of Kirtley, in the County Lowestoft 
of Suffolk, Esquire, George Teed, of Lowestoft, in M™provemet 
the same County, Esquire, Thomas Lucas, of Lowe- 
stoft aforesaid, Builder, Samuel Bignold, of the City 
of Norwich, Esquire, and Charles Thomas Lucas, of 
Lowestoft aforesaid, and of Sister House, Clapham, 
in the County of Surrey, Builder, for leave to bring 
in a Bill for the Improvement of the Town of Lowe- 
stoft, and the Parishes of Lowestoft and Kirkley, 
otherwise Kirtley, in the County of Suffolk, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 

Peto, Mr. Jackson and Mr. Geach. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Ridghill and Lanes Ridghill, Last 

and Holehouse Turnpike-road, for leave to bring in — 

a Bill to repeal the Act relating to the Ridghill and ~~" 
Lanes and Holehouse Turnpike-road, and to make 

other Provisions in lieu thereof, was presented, and 

read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Cheetham and Mr. Tatton 

Egerton. 


A Petition of the Great Western, the Shrewsbury Great West 
and Birmingham and the Shrewsbury and Chester e*, Shrew 
Railway Companies, for leave to bring in a Bill to minechom, eal 
authorize the Consolidation into one Undertaking, &lt; Shrewsbury 

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nies 
Pimation. 


Stroud Roads. 


Shrewsbury 
and Chester 
Railway (Ex- 
Janation of 
Acts, &amp;c.) 


Methwold 
Drainage. 


Clitheroe 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Beccles Water 


and Gas Bill. 


Bangor and 
Caernarvon 
Railway Bill. 


Brighton and 


Hove Gas Bill. 


West Hartle- 


pool Improve- 


ment Bill. 


Abergavenny 
paprovement 


17 Vicroriz. 


the Great Western, the Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 
and the Shrewsbury and Chester Railways, and the 
Union into one Company of the three several Com- 
panies to whom the said Railways respectively belong, 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Viscount Barrington, 
Lord Norreys and Sir Philip Egerton. 


A Petition of Ratepayers and Inhabitants of the 
Borough of Stroud, in the County of Gloucester, for 
leave to bring in a Bill for more effectually repairing 
and maintaining the Roads and Highways in the 
Borough of Stroud, in the County of Gloucester, and 
for continuing and amending several Acts relating to 
Roads beyond the said Borough, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Sotheron and Mr. Mullings. 


A Petition of the Birkenhead, Lancashire and 
Cheshire Junction Railway Company, for leave to 
bring in a Bill for altering the ‘Terms and Conditions 
on which the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Com- 
pany may use the Railway of the Birkenhead, Lan- 
cashire and Cheshire Junction Railway Company, and 
on which that Company may use the Railway of the 
Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Compuny, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of Owners or Occupiers of Lands in 
the Parish of Methwold, in the Diets of Norfolk, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for the more effectual 
Drainage and Improvement of certain Lands in the 
Parish of Methwold, in the County of Norfolk, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Bagge and Mr. Bentinck. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for supplying with 
Water the Town and Municipal Borcugh of Cii- 
theroe, in the County of Lancaster: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for providing 
Waterworks, Gasworks and Public Baths and Wash- 
houses for the Town and Borough of Beccles, in the 
County of Suffolk: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the 
Bungor and Caernarvon Railway Company to raise 
additional Capital, and to authorize the Sale or 
Lease of the said Company’s Railway to the Chester 
and Holyhead Railway Company : And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the 
Brighton and Hove General Gas Company to raise 
a further Sum of Money, and for other purposes : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for paving, light- 
ing, watching, draining, cleansing, regulating and 
otherwise improving the Town of West Hartlepool, 
and Township of Stranton, in the County of Durham, 
for providing a Cemetery, and for other purposes : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for more effec- 
tually paving, lighting and improving the Town of 
Abergavenny, in the County of Monmouth, for main- 
taining the Markets within such Town, and for sup- 
plying the same with Water: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 

Vou, 109, 


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33 

Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for more effec- Radstock and 
tually repairing the Road from Radstock to Buck- Buckland °. 
land Diaham, and other Roads connected therewith, ee 
and for making a new line of Road, all in the County 
of Somerset : And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to extend the Derbyshire, 
Powers of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Wor- Staffordshire 
cestershire Junction Railway Company, and to enable a, 
them to make a Railway to Colwich, in Staffordshire, tion Railway 
and to abandon part of their Railway to Utiozeter, (Revival of 
and for other purposes: And the same was read the — =e 


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


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for the more effec- Ouse and 
tual Drainage and Improvement of the Lands in the —, = 
Wapentake of Ouse and Derwent, and of certain — 
Lands in the Divisions of Wilton Beacon, Holme 
Beacon and Howdenshire, all in the East Riding of 
the County of York, and for other purposes: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making new Belfast __ 
Docks and other Works at Be/fust, and for other Harbour Bill. 
purposes, and of which the short Title is “The Bel- 


fast Dock Act, 1854 :” And the same was read the 


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


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to consolidate and Accrington 
extend the Powers of the Accrington Gas and Wa- —— 
terworks Company, and to enable them the better pin, 
to supply with Gas and Water the ‘Townships and 
Places of Old Accrington, New Accrington Church, 
Oswaldtwistle, Altham, Clayton-le- Moors, Lower 
Booths and Huncoat, in the Parish of Whalley, and 
the Extra-parochial Place of Henheads, all in the 
County of Lancaster, and to sell or lease their Un- 
dertaking to the Local Board of Health for the Dis- 
trict of Accrington, and for other purposes : And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for enabling the Lancashire | 
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company to con- "4 Yorkshire 
‘ * P Railway (Li- 
struct a Railway from Kirkdale to the Liverpool yerpooi Dock 
Docks, with connecting Lines there, and for other Branches) Bill. 
purposes: And the same was read the first time ; 


and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for improving the Blyth Har- 
Harbour of Blyth, in the County of Northumberland, — 
and for constructing Docks there, and for making a Bill. d 
Railway from the Docks to the Blyth and Tyne 
Railway, and for other purposes: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for transferring Glasgow 
the Property of the Bridges over the C/yde, at Glas- Bridges Bill, 
gow, to the Town Council of the City of Glasgow, 
and the Repair and Management of the said Bridges 
to the Police and Statute Labour Committee of the 
said Town Council ; for winding up the Bridge Trust, 
and abolishing the existing ‘Tolls or Pontages, and 
for other purposes: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Barrow presented a Bill to enable the Com- Birmingham 
pany of Proprietors of the Birmingham Waterworks Waterworks 
to raise further Money: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Barrow presented a Bill to enable the Vew New River 
River Company to construct new Reservoirs and (New Reser- 
other Works in the County of Middlesex: And the Y &amp;) 3ill 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 

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New River 
(Hertford 


Sewerage 
Diversion, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


York, New- 
castle and 
Berwick Rail- 
way (Pontop 
and South 
Shields, &amp;c.) 


Sheffield Gas, 


Poor Relief 
(Strath.) 


Hops. 


Queen's 
University 
(Ireland.) 


Turnpike 
Trusts, 


Poor Relief 
(Scotland. ) 


34 


Mr. Barrow presented a Bill to enable the New 





6° Februariz. 





A. 1854. 
Mr. Fitzroy also presented, pursudht to the direc- Nuisances 


River Company to construct certain Sewers, Drains | tions of several Acts of Parliament,—Nuisances Removal ang 


and other Works in and near the Town of Hertford, 
and for other purposes: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of the York, Newcastle and Berwick 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
enabling the Y. ork, Newcastle aud Berwick Railway 
Company to purchase all or any Estates, Rights and 
Interests existing in the Lands or Grounds upon or 
adjoining to which the Kailway of the said Company, 
called “The Pontop and South Shields Railway,” 
has been formed, and to enfranchise such Lands or 
Grounds, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Ingham | 
and Mr. Headlam. 


A Petition of the S/effield Gas Consumers’ Com- 





pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to incorporate 
“ The Sheffield Gas Consumers’ Company,” and to | 
enable them to complete and extend their present | 
Works, was presented, and read; and a Bill was) 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Cobden | 
and Mr. Brotherton. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this | 
House, Copies of all Communications made to or by | 
the Board of Supervision for the Relief of the Poor 
in Scotland, respecting the state of Poor Persons 
in the Parish of Strath, and especially with reference 
to the circumstances connected with the Death of 
Alexander Matheson, and the Relief afforded to his 
Family. 

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


Mr. Wilson presented,—l eturn to an Order, dated 
the 3ist day of January last, for Accounts of the 


| 





Total Number of Acres of Land in the United King- 
dom under the Cultivation of Hops in the year 1853, | 
distinguishing the Number of Acres in each Parish : | 
—Of the Duty on Hops of the Growth of the year 
1853, distinguishing the Districts, and the Old from 
the New Duty in each District: —Of the Quantity 
of Hops exported from the United Kingdom to Fo- 
reign Countries, from the 5th day of January 1853 
to the 5th day of January 1854; distinguishing the 
Countries to which the same have been exported, and 
also the Quantities to each Country, with the Dates 
of the years in which the British Hops were grown, 
also British from Foreign Hops :—Of Foreign Hops 
imported into the United Kingdom from the 5th day 
of January (853 to the 5th day of January 1854; 
distinguishing the Ports where imported, and the | 
Countries from whence exported : —Of the Total Num- | 
ber of Pounds Weight ot Hops charged with Duty in | 
each of the several Collections in the United King- 
dom, in the year 1853 :—And, in addition thereto, 
the ‘Total Number of Pounds Weight of Foreign Hops 
charged with Duties for Home Consumption in the 
United Kingdom, in the year 1853 (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 177, of Session 1852-53). 

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








Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty's Com- 
mand,—Copy of Report on the Condition and Pro- 
ress of the Queen’s University in Jre/and, from 
se 19, 1852, to September 1, 1853, by the Right 
honourable Maziere Brady, Vice-Chancellor of the 
University, and Lord High Chancellor of /reland. 
Turnpike Trusts, England and Wales :—Copy of 
General Report, by direction of the Secretary of 
State, under Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 80. 
Copy of Eighth Annual Report of the Board of 
Supervision for the Relief of the Poor in Scotland. 





Removal and Diseases Prevention Act, 1848 :—Co- ae fe 


= of Directions and Regulations issued by the (Ireland) 
oor Law Commissioners in Jre/and. 

Abstract and Report by the Registrar of Friendly Friendly 
Societies in Jre/and, of the Annual Returns of me 
Friendly Societies within the Provisions of 13 &amp; 14 ) 
Vic. c. 115, ss. 15, 18. 

Copies of Ninety-eight General Orders issued by Poor Relief 
the Poor Law Commissioners in Jreland. (Ireland.) 

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


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Duchy Duchy of 
of Cornwall, which was presented upon the 41st day Comeell, 
of January last, be prinied. No. 20, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Public Works Public Works 
( Bengal, &amp;c.), which was presented upon the 3d day (Bengal, &amp;) 
of this instant February, be printed. No, 21, 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by Postal Ar. 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated T™gements 
the 16th day of August in the last Session of Parlia- (ae aay 
ment, for Copies of any Memorials addressed from 
time to time to successive Postmasters General by 
the Inhabitants of the Towns of Stoke-upon-Trent, 
Macclesfield and Congleton, on the subject of the 
Postal Arrangements of those Districts, with the 
Dates of such Memorials ; and, of any Replies to the 
Memorials, and of any Instructions issued to the 
Post-office Authorities in relation to the further 


.| Postal Accommodation of those Districts. 


Return to an Order, dated the 31st day of January Paupers, 
last, for Returns showing the Number of Paupers of 
all Classes in receipt of Relief on the 1st day of Ja- 
nuary 1853 and the Ist day of January 1854, in 
Unions, &amp;e. in England and Wales :—Ot the Num- 
ber of Adult Able-bodied Paupers in receipt of Re- 
lief on the 1st day of January 1853 and the 1st day 
of January 1854; together with a Return showin 
the Causes of Relief upon which the Adult Able- 
bodied were relieved :—And, showing the Amount 
of Money expended for In-maintenance and Out- 
door Relief in Unions, &amp;c. under the Poor Law 
Amendment Act, in Exgland and Wales, during the 
half-years ended at Michaelmas 1852 and Michael. 
mas 1853 respectively. 

The following Papers, pursuant to the directions Mint. 
of several Acts of Varliament, were also laid upon 
the Table by the Clerk of the House,—Account of 
the Sums advanced in each year from the Consoli- 
dated Fund for the Purchase of Bullion for Coinage, 
and of the Sums paid in each year to the Account 
of Her Majesty’s Exchequer at the Bank of Eng- 
land, in Repayment thereof. 

Grounds of a Pension of £.200 per annum granted Sierra Leone. 
to Mr. Norman Macdonald, late Governor of Sierra 
Leone. 

Sopies of the Abstract Accounts of the Commis- Woods, 
sioners of Her Majesty’s Woods, Forests and Land Forests, &amp;. 
Revenues, for the year ended 31 March 1853. 


Ordered, That the Valuation of Lands (Scotland) Valuation of 


Bill be printed. —_ oo 


Bill 3. 
Petitions relating to Gaols;—Fire Insurance ;— Public 
Borough and County Police ;—Decimal Coinage ;— Petitions. 
Intoxicating Liquors ;—Juvenile Crime ;—Medical y;4, First 
Officers (Navy) ;—and, Twurkey,—were presented, Report. 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented manent 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased -y)y york) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this eatin 
House, Copies of the Reports made to the Foreign 
Office, or to any other Department, by the Commis- 
sioners appointed to attend the Exhibition of In- 


dustry in the City of New York. 
Ordered, 





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Wine. 


Spirits. 


Banks of 
Issue. 


Controverted 


Elections, 


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17 Victoria. 


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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of the Number of Gallons of Foreign 
Wine imported, of the Quantities upon which Duty 
has been paid for Home Consumption, and the 
Quantities exported; also the Quantities exported 
on Drawback, and the Quantities retained for actual 
Consumption in the United Kingdom, for the year 
ended the 5th day of January 1854; distinguishing 
the different Countries from whence imported, and 
whether Red or White; together with the Quanti- 
ties of each Sort remaining in Bond on the 5th day 
of January 1854, distinguishing London trom the 
Country (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 582, of Session 1853). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of the Number of Proof Gallons of Rum, 
distinguishing West India, East India and Foreign, | 


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35 


Esquire, Admiral Waleott, Edmond Wodehouse, 
Esquire, William Battie Wrightson, Esquire, General 
Wyndham. a ag BERD 

The Right honourable Sir James Graham, First 
Lord of the Admiralty, having stated, that he could 
not attend Election Committees without material 
inconvenience to the Public Service, during the time 
he may hold the said office ; 

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

The Right honourable William Ewart Gladstone, 
Chancellor of the Exchequer, having stated, that 
he could not attend Election Committees without 
material inconvenience to the Public Service, during 
the time he may hold the said office ; 

Resolved, That The Right honourable William 
Ewart Gladstone, Chancellor of the Exchequer, be 
excused from serving on Election Committees during 
the time he may hold the said office. 

The Right honourable Viscount Palmerston, one 





also of Brandy, Geneva and other Foreign, Colonial |of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State, 
or Jersey Spirits imported ; of the Quantities upon having stated, that he could not attend Election 
which Duty has been paid for Home Consumption, | Committees without material inconvenience to the 
the Quantities exported, and the Quantities shipped | Public Service, during the time he may hold the 
as Stores and used by the Navy, for the year ended | said office ; 

the 5th day of January 1854; together with the| Resolved, That the Right honourable Viscount 
Quantities of each Sort remaining in Bond on the | Palmerston, one of Her Majesty’s Principal Secre- 
5th day of January 1854, distinguishing London | taries of State, be excused from serving on Election 
from the Country (in continuation of Parliamentary Committees during the time he may hold the said 
Paper, No. 582, of Session 1853). | office. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a | 
Return of any Banks, being Hanks of Issue previ- into a Committee on Oaths. 
ously to the passing of the Act 7 &amp; 8 Vie. c. 32, which | 
have ceased to issue their own Notes, and of the | 
Amount of Circulation of such Banks respectively. Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 

‘the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 

The Clerk read the List of Members who have ‘substitute one Oath for the Oaths of Allegiance, 
claimed to be excused from serving on Election Supremacy and Abjuration, and the Oath appointed 
Committees, as being upwards of Sixty years of |to be taken by the Act of the tenth year of King 
age, as followeth: | George the Fourth, chapter seven. 

Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, the Honourable General | Resolution to be reported. 

Arbuthnott, Sir Joseph Builey, the Right honourable | , 
George Bankes, William Beckett, Es uire, John | Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bou- 
Benbow, Esquire, Admiral Berkeley, Sir George | verie reported, That the Cemmittee had conie to a 
Berkeley, Musyrave Brisco, Esquire, John Brockle- | Resolution. 

hurst, Esquire, Joseph Brotherton, Esquire, Wil- | Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

liam Brown, Esquire, Lewis William Buck, Es- Mr. Bouverie accordingly reported a Resolution ; 
quire, Sir Charles Merrik Burrell, Henry Negus | which was read, as followeth : 

ee Esquire, Benjamin Bond Cabbell, Es-| Resolved, ‘Vhat the Chairman be directed to move 
= enry Combe Compton, Esquire, Sir Charles | the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enry Coote, Edmund Denison, "squire, Henry | substitute one Oath for the Oaths of Allegiance, 


Drummond, Esquire, the Right honourable Ed- | Supremacy and Abjuration, and the Oath appointed 
ward Ellice, the Honourable John Edmund El-|to be taken by the Act of the tenth year of King 


(In the Committee.) 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself Oaths. 


liot, Sir De Lacy Evans, William Johnson Fox, 
Esquire, Augustus Eliott Fuller, Esquire, Sir George 
Goodman, Admiral Gordon, William Ormsby Gore, 
Esquire, the Right honourable Henry Gou/burn, 
Thomas Greene, Esquire, George Hadfield, Esquire, 
George Granville Harcourt, Esquire, John Heath- 
coat, Esquire, the Right honourable Joseph Warner 
Henley, Joseph Hume, Esquire, Captain Jones, Sir 
Charles Lemon, the Right honourable Sir Thomas 
Frankland Lewis, William Lockhart, Esquire, the 
Honourable Colonel Lowther, Thomas Luce, Esquire, 
John Mackie, Esquire, John Masterman, Esquire, 
Thomas Philip Maunsell, Esquire, Robert Milligan, 
Esquire, Joseph Randolph Mullings, Esquire, Joseph 
Neeld, Esquire. Cornelius O’ Brien, Esquire, Sir 
John Owen, Charles William Packhe, Esquire, Sir 
George Brooke Pechell, Colonel Powell, Nicholas 
Power, Esquire, Lord William Powlett, Sir Robert 
Price, David Pugh, Esquire, Edward Royd Rice, 
Esquire, Lord John Russell,Captain Scobel/, Richard 
Spooner, Esquire, Sir George Strickland, Henry Wil- 
liam Tancred, Esquire, Thomas Thornely, Esquire, 
Sir William Verner, John Ennis Vivian, Esquire, John 
Henry Vivian, Esquire, Harry Spencer Waddington, 
Vou. 109. 





| George the Fourth, chapter seven :—And he moved 
the House accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
And that Mr. Bouverie, Lord John Russell and Sir 
James Graham do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Assessed Taxes Act Amendment Bill was, ac- Assessed 
cording to Order, read a second time ; and committed Taxes Act 
to a Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 33:1; 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee to Supply. 


whom it was referred to consider the Motion, That 
a Supply be granted to Her Majesty, a Resolution ; 
and the same was read, as followeth : 

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

The said Resolution being read a second time; 

Resvived, Nemiue Contradicente, That this House 
doth agree with the Committee in the said Resolu- 
tion, That a Supply be granted to Her Majesty. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into a Committee to consider the 
Supply granted to Her Majesty. 

F2 


Ordered, 





Navy, Army 


and Ordnance. 


Sligo 
Election. 


Galway 
Extension 


Railway. 


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Ordered, That an Estimate of the Charge for 
Naval Services, to the 31st day of March 1885, be 
laid before this House. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat an Estimate of the Charge for 
Army Services, to the 31st day of March 1855, be 
laid before this House. 

Ordered, That an Estimate of the Charge for Ord- 
nance Services, to the 31st day of March 1855, be 
laid before this House. 

Resolved, {hat an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions to the proper Officers to lay before 
this House the said Estimates. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Petition of John Patrick Somers, 
Esquire, which was presented upon the 19th day of 
August in the last Session of Parliament, complaining 
of certain acts and practices in the matter of his Peti- 
tion against the Return for the Borough of Sligo: 
-—The House proceeded to take the said Petition into 
consideration ; and the same was again read, 

Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the allegations of the said Petition. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Total Cost of all the Works of the 
Galway Extension Railway for which the Counties 


_ of Roscommon and Galway are Guarantees ; the Ac- 


Relfast and 
West of Ire- 
land Railway. 


Caledonian 
Railway 
(Wishaw and 
Coltness Rail- 
way, &amp;c.) 


Kingston- 
upon-Thames 
Improvement. 


counts to be furnished under the heads, Formation 
of Road, Permanent Way, Stations and Miscella- 
neous ;—Of the ‘Total Length in Miles and Chains of 
the above Line of Railway, stating whether the 
Bridge over the Shannon, at Athlone, is included in 
the above Charge ; and stating whether the Hotels 
at Athlone and Galway, or either of them, is in- 
cluded in the above Charge :—Of the Gross Receipts 
of the Line from the opening to the 31st day of De- 
cember 1851; from the Ist day of January 1852 to 
the 31st day of December 1852; and from the 1st 
day of January 1853 to the 30th day of June 1853: 
—And, of the Cost of working the Line duing the 
above Periods ; of the Deficit in the Interest during 
the above Periods to be made good by the Counties 


of Galway and Roscommon; and the Mileage of 


Trains during the above Periods. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Martis, 7° die Februarii; 
Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1854. 

PRAYERS. 
\ KR. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
i one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Bills, in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Be/fast and 
West of Ireland Railway Bill. 

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


A Petition of the Caledonian Railway Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Caledonian 
Railway Company to make certain Branch Railways 
and other Works in the County of Lanark, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
William Lockhart and Mr. Cowan. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the Borough of Kingston-upon- Thames, for leave 


to bring in a Bill to extend the Limits of the Borough 
of Kingston-unon- Thames to the whole of the Parish, 
except the Hamlets of Ham and Hook, and to pro- 





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A, 1854, 


vide for the better paving, lighting, draining and 
otherwise improving the said Parish, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Alcock, 
Mr. Locke King and Mr. Evelyn. 


A Petition of the Crystal Palace Company, for Crystal Palace 
leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Crystal Palace Company. 
Company to divert certain Roads, and to take and 
let Land on Lease, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Laing and Mr. 

Geach. 


A Petition of the Chesterfield Waterworks and Chesterfield 
Gas-Light Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to a 
enable the Chesterfield Waterworks and Gas-Light ™" 
Company to make a new Reservoir, and to extend 
their Limits, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 

George Cavendish and Mr. Thornhill. 


A Petition of Promoters of the Undertaking there- Hatfield Chase 
inafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill to warp Varping and 
and improve certain Lands in the Level of Hatfield “"P'Y¢™™ 
Chase, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Chris- 
topher and Mr. Stanhope. 


A Petition of Trustees acting in the execution of Petworth 
the Acts thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in Roads. 
a Bill to repeal certain Acts relating to the Petworth 
Turnpike-roads, and to make other provisions in lieu 
thereof, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by the Earl of 
March and Lord Henry Lennox. 


A Petition of Sir William Amcotts Ingilby, of Rip- Washingbo- 
ley Castle, in the County of York, Baronet, for leave tough Rectory 
to bring in a Bill to divide the Parish and Rectory —— 
of Washingborough into two separate and distinct 
Parishes and Rectories, and to endow the same out 
of the Revenues of that Rectory, and for other pur- 
poses connected therewith, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Stanhope and Sir John Trollope. 


A Petition of Trustees acting in the execution of Hexham 
the Act first thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to %o#ds. 
bring in a Bill for maintaining the Turnpike-road 
from Greenhead, through Haltwhistle, Heaham and 
Corbridge, to the Military Road near Shildon Bar, 
and the Branch Road from Corbridge to Heddon- 
on-the-Wall, all in the County of Northumberland, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Beaumont and 
Mr. Liddell. 


A Petition of Provisional Directors of the Belfast Belfast and 
and West of Zrelavd Junction Railway, Armagh to baer pe 
Cavan, for leave to bring in a Bill for making .~ - 
Railway from Armagh to Cavan, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on Stand- 
ing Orders. 


A Petition of the Cork and Waterford Railway Cork and 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to extend the Waterford 
Powers of the Cork and Waterford Railway Com- weit 
pany: and to enable them to abandon part of their 
Railway to Waterford and the Branch to Tramore, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Great Indian Peninsula Rail- Gross ~~; 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend Peninsula 
the Act nemeutine the Great Indian Peninsula 4 ae: 
Railway Company, and for other purposes connected 
therewith, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Geach 
and Mr, Robert Keating. ‘ 

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Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for the more effec- 

* tual Drainage and Improvement of certain Lands in 

the Parish of Methwold, in the County of Norfolk, 

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


Methwold 
Drainage B 


4 


Sheffield Gas Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to incorporate 

Bill. the Sheffield Gas Consumers’ Company, and to enable 
them to complete and extend their present Works : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Burnky Gas Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to extend the 

Bill. Limits of the Burnley Gas-Light Company’s Act for 
the supply of Gas, and to authorize the raising of a 
further Sum of Money, and for other purposes : And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 

Mallow and Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a 

Fermoy Bill Railway from the Great Southern and Western Rail- 

— way, near Mallow, to Fermoy, to be called “The Mal- 
low and Fermoy Railway,” and for other purposes : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 

Grand Junc- Mr, Brotherton presented a Bill for making a 

tion Railway Railway from the Great Southern and Western Rail- 

of Ireland Bill. - 
way, near Z'ullamore, to Athlone, Roscommon, Sligo, 
Castlebar, Westport and Ballina, to be called “ ‘The 
Grand Junction Railway of Jreland,” and for other 
purposes: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 

Stockport, My. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a 

= = ' Railway from the London and‘ North Western Rail- 

Railway Bil Way, near Stockport, to Disley and Whaley Bridge, 
all in the County of Chester, and for other purposes : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 

York, New- Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for enabling the 


castle and Ber- “a stale P 
hk Railway York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway Company to 


(Pontop and purchase all or any Estates, Rights and Interests 
South Shields, existing in the Lands or Grounds upon or adjoining 


oo) a. to which the Railway of the said Company, called 
“ The Pontop and South Shields Railway,” has been 
formed, and to enfranchise such Lands or Grounds : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 

*to be read a second time. 

Ridghill, Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to repeal the Act 

—— relating to the Ridghili and Lanes and Holehouse 

Koad Bill,  Turnpike-road, and to make other Provisions in lieu 
thereof: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 

Chester, Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a 

Setesey Turnpike-road from Chester, by Farndon, to Worthen- 

Road Bill. bury, with a Branch therefrom to the Village of 
Farndon: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 

Havant and Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to incorporate a 

atid pi, Company, with Powers to construct a Railway from 

’ the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, at 
Havant, to Hayling Bridge, and for other purposes : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 

Lowestoft Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for the Improve- 

BL’ “ment of the Town of Lowestoft, and the Parishes of | 
Lowestoft and Kirkley, otherwise Kirtley, in the 
County of Suffolk, and for other purposes : And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 

teal Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for — a 
Tailway BL Railway from the South Devon Railway, near Ply- 


mouth, to Tavisteck, with a Branch, to be called 
“ The South Devon and Tavistock Railway,” and for 
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37 


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


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Cork, Cork, Black- 
Blackrock and Passage Railway Company to make = and 
a Railway from Carrigaloe to Middleton, and a Quay Relivep Bill. 
or Wharf in connexion therewith, and to provide 
and use Steam Vessels, and for other purposes : And 
the same was read the first time and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto Ashton-unders 
subscribed, for leave to bring ina Bill for building a — — 
Bridge over the River Jame, to connect the Borough Bridge. 
of Ashton-under-Lyne with the Township of Dukin- 
field, was presented, and read; and a Bill was or- 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Hindley 


and Mr. Cheetham. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto Glasgow New 
subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a Street. 
Street from Bothwell-street to Saint Vincent-street, 
in the City of Glasgow, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. John M‘Gregor and Mr. Alexander Hastie. 


A Petition of the Surrey Gas-Light and Coke Surrey Gas. 

Association, for leave to bring in a Bill to incorporate 
the Surrey Consumers’ Gas-Light and Coke Asso- 
ciation, and to enable them to raise further Sums of 
Money, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Sir William Molesworth and Mr. 
Pellatt. 


A Petition of the Scarborough Public Market Scarborough 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling Market. 
the Scarborough Public Market Company to raise a 
further Sum of Money, and for amending and con- 
solidating the Provisions of the Act relating to such 
Company, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir John 
Johustone and the Earl of Mulgrave. 


The Ardrossan and Glasgow and South Western Ardrossan 


Railways Bill was read a second time; and com- ®"d Glasgow 
mitted. and South 


, , Western Rail- 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General ways Bill. 


Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Bacup Improvement Bill was read a second Bacup 
time ; and committed. - Improvement 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- _ 
mittee of Selection. 


The Barnard Castle and Bishop Auckland Junc- BarnardCastle 
tion Railway and Branch Bill was read a second 4nd Bishop 
time ; and committed. [nn 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General way and 


Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. Branch Bill. 


The Blyth and Tyne Railway Bill was read a Blyth and 
second time; and committed. Tyne Railway 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General Bill 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Bolton Gas Bill was read a second time; and Polton Gas 

committed. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Bowling Waterworks Bill beBowling 
b+ alana 
Ail, 


Ordered, That the Bradford Waterworks Bill be Bradfora 
read a second time To-morrow. aaa 
The Brighton, Hoveand Preston Waterworks Bill Brighton, 

was read a second time ; and committed. —— 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- waterworks 
ill. 


mittee of Selection. - Bi 
F3 The 


‘read a second time To-morrow. 








Cannock 


Railway Bill. 


Carlisle and 
Silloth Bay 

Railway and 
Dock Bill. 


Clyde Navi- 
gation Bill. 


Cork and 


Bandon Rail- 


way Bill. 


Doncaster 


Cemetery Bill. 


East Lanca- 


shire Railway 


Bill. 


East Lanca- 
shire, Lunca- 
shire and 


38 


The Cannock Railway Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock 
Bill was read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, Tat the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Clyde Navigation Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Cork and Bandon Railway Bill was read a 
second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Doncaster Cemetery Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


_ mittee of Selection. 


The East Lancashire Railway Bill was read a se- 
cond time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The East Lancashire, Lancashire and Yorkshire, 
and Manchester and Southport Railways Bill was 


Yorkshire, and read a second time ; and committed. 


Manchester 


and Southport 
Railways Bill. 


East London 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


‘Enniskillen 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Gloucester 
Water Bill. 


Hastings and 
Saint Leo- 
nard’s Gas 


Bill. 


Hull Cemetery 
Bill. 


Kingston- 
upon-Huil 
Docks Bill. 






Kingston- 
upon- Huil 


Improvement 


Bill. 


Law Life 
Assurance 
Society Bill. 


Gas Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The East Zondon Waterwsrks Bill was read a 
second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, Vihat the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Enniskillen Waterworks Bill was read a se- 
cond time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Gloucester Water Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Hastings and Saint Leonard’s Gas Bi!l was 
read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The //ul/ Cemetery Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Aingston-upon-Hull Docks Bill was read a 
second time ;. and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Kingston-upon-Hull Improvement Bill was 
read a secon’ time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Law Life Assurance Society Bill was read a 
second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Leeds New Gas Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 





7° Februarii. 








A. 1854. 


The Liverpool Improvement Bill was read a se~- Liverpool 
cond time; and committed. Improvement 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Liverpool Police Superannuation Fund Bill Liverpool 
2 : Police Super. 
was read a second time; and committed. annuation 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Fund Bil, 
mittee of Selection. 


The Liverpool Sanitary and other Local Acts Bill Liverpool 
was read a second time; and committed. cher ae 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Acts Bin, 

mittee of Selection. 


The Llandudno Improvement Bill was read a se- Llandudno 
cond time ; and committed. ce 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The London Life Association Bill was read a se- London Life 
cond time ; and committed. freee 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-® ‘ 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Metropolitan Sewers (Deptford Metropolitan 


Pumping Station) Bill be read a second time To- Sewers (Dept. 


ford Pumpi 
morrow. Station) Bil’ 


The Middleton Gas Bill was read a second time ; Middleton 
and committed. Gas Biil. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Newport Improvement Bill was read a second Newport 
time ; and committed. aa 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The North London Railway Bill was read a second North London 
time; and committed. Railway Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Norwich Equitable Fire Assurance Company Norwich 
Bill was read a secoud time; and committed. yp earn. 
4 2h M4 y ssurance 
Ordered, hat the Bill be referred to the Com- Company fill 
mittee of Selection. 


The Nottingham Waterworks Bill was read a se- Nottingham 
cond time ; and committed. Waterworks 

Ordered, Vhat the Bill be referred to the Com- =. 
mittee of Selection. 


The Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Rail- Oxford, Wor. 
way ( Stratford-upon-Avronand Stourbridge Branches) °estet «nd 

of ‘ A A Wolverhamp- 
Bill was read a second time; and committed. ton Railway 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General (Stratford- 


Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. pea aig 
and Stour- 


ste Bill 
The Radcliffe and Pilkington Gas Bill was read Radcliffe and 
a second time ; and committed. Pilkington 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- &amp;** 84! 


mittee of Selection. 


The Ramsbottom Gas Bill was read a second Ramsbottom 


time; and committed. Gas Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Rochdale and Burnley Roads Bill was read Rochdale and 
a second time; and committed. Bare 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-“"°™” 


mittee of Selection. 





The Rossendale Union Gas Bill was read a second Rossendale 
time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Union Gas 
Bill 


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Shrewsbury The Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Bill was read 
and Chester gq second time; and committed. 
Railway Bill. dered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 
Shrewsbury The Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway (Stations) 
and — Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 
pea aN ~ — Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 
Boathport The Southport Waterworks Bill was read a second 
Waterworks time; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
Stafford New Tlie Stafford New Gas Bill was read a second 
Gas Bill. time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
Stocktonand The Stockton and Cleveland Union Railway Bill 
—_—_. was read a second time: and committed. 
vay Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 
Swanser Vale The Swansea Vale Railway Bill was read a se- 


Railway Bill. Gond time; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


Towy Vale The Towy Vale Railway Bill was read a second 
Railway Bill. time; and committed. 
Ordered, hat the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


Warrington The Warrington Improvement and Market Bill 
— was read a second time; and committed. 


Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Wellington The Wellington (Salop) Improvement Bill was 

ol ment 1e2d a second time; and committed. 

Bill, Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 

Weymouth The Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Markets and 


aud Melcomb . : : : 
Regis Markets Pier Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 


and Pier Bill. | Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selecticn. 


a The Whitehaven, Cleator and Zgremont Railway 
Egremont. Bill was read a second time; and committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


Railway Bill, 


Whitehaven 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


The Whitehaven Junction Railway Bill was read 
a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, ‘Viiat the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


es ‘ The York and North Midland Railway Bill was 
Railway Bil, Tead a second time ; and committed. 
Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 
wre age Viscount Jocelyn presented a Bill to enable the 
Railway Bi, undalk and Enniskillen Railway Company to con- 
struct Railways to Cavan and Armagh, and for 
other purposes: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 
per A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto 
ition subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for promoting 


Education in the City of Manchester and Borough 
of Salford, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Ad- 


derley, Mr. Thomas Chambers and Mr. William 
Brown. 


Vou. 109. 


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39 


Petitions relating to Cambridge Borough; — Public 

Capitular Estates (Carlisle) South Af of — _ Petitions. 
Orange River Sovereignty (South Africa) ;—Coals ; y;5,5., 
—Docenl Cclnge;—Piedet Willan thine; keer 
— Education (Scotland) ;— Intoxicating Liquors ; 
— Juvenile Crime ;— Life Boats ;— Medical Offi- 
cers (Navy;)—and, Ocean Penny Postage,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Lord John Russell presented a Bill to substitute Oaths Bill. 
one Oath for the Oaths of Allegiance, Supremacy _ Bill 4. 
and Abjuration, and the Oath appointed to be taken 
by the Act of the tenth year of King George the 
Fourth, chapter seven: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Monday the 27th day of this instant February; and 
to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a City of Lon- 
Return of the Amount collected by way of Toll by 4 Tolls. 
the Corporation of the City of London, or by their 
Lessees on account of the said Toll, on the Carts 
and Waggons of Non-freemen, from the Ist day of’ 

January 1852 to the present time, together with the 
Sum paid by such Lessees to the Corporation, and 
the purposes to which the same is applied. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill-Stannaries 
to extend the jurisdiction of the Stannaries Court, to ““"™ 
define and regulate the Cost-book system of Mining, 
and to limit in some degree the liability of Partners 
in Cost-book Mines: And that Mr. Colter and Mr. 

Moffatt do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Public 
a Return of the Expenses that have been incurred in oe 
Alterations, Repairs and Improvements to the various &gt; 
Public Buildings in Downing-street, from the year 
1830 to the end of 1853, specifying whac Amount 
has been expended each year. . 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Business of 
to consider whether, by any alterations in the Forms te House. 
and Proceedings of this House, the despatch of 
Public Business could be more effectuall, promoted : 

—And a Committee was appointed of Sir John Pu- 
kington, Lord John Russel/, Mr. Disraeli, Mr. Goul- 
burn, Mr. Evelyn Denison, Mr. Sotheron, Mr. Greene, 
Mr. John Ball, Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. Brotherton, 
Sir George Grey, Mr. Walpole, Lord Stanley, Mr. 
Hume and Mr. Bright; with Power to send for 
persons, papers and records. 


Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Rules, Orders Business of 
and Forms of Proceeding of the House of Commons the House, 
relating to Public Business, __” 

Ordered, That the said Paper be referred to the 
Select Committee on Business of the House. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Medical Prac- 
for the Registration of qualified Practitioners, and ““"¢'® 
for amending the Law relating to the Practice of 
Medicine in Great Britain and Ireland: And that 
Mr. Brady, Mr. Phinn and Mr. Digby Seymour do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Devonport 
to authorize the construction of a Tunnel between hw games 
‘ P el. 
Her Majesty’s Dockyard at Devonport and Keyham 
Yard: And that Mr. Cowper, Sir James Graham and 
Mr. Osborne da prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Fisheries 
for the Improvement of the Jrish Fisheries: And “land. 
that Mr. M‘Mahon and Mr. Duffy do prepare, and 


Fé. 





bring it in. 
Ordered, 


Friendly 
Societies. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Duchy of 
Cornwall. 


Complaint. 


Assessed 
Taxes Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Bank of 
England. 





40 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to regulate I‘riendly Societies: And that Mr. Sothe- 
ron, Mr. Adderley and Mr. Bonham-Carter do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed, 
to whom shall be referred all Petitions presented to 
the House, with the exception of such as complain of 
undue Returns, or relate to Private Bills; and that 
such Committee do classify and prepare Abstracts of 
the same, in such form and manner as shall appear 
to them best suited to convey to the House all requi- 
site information respecting their contents, and do 
report the same from time to time to the House; 
and that such Reports do in all cases set forth the 
number of Signatures to each Petition :—And that 
such Committee have power to direct the printing in 
extenso of such Petitions, or of such parts of leti- 
tions, as shall appear to require it:—And that such 
Committee have power to report their Opinion and 
Observations thereupon to the House :—And a Com- 
mittee was appointed of Mr. T’hornely, Captain Jones, 
Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Scott, Mr. Bonham Carter, Mr. 
Duncan, Mr. Adderley, Mr, Owen Stanley, Mr. 
Whitmore, Mr. Thicknesse, Mr. Whitbread, Mr. 
Henry Austin Bruce, Lord Robert Cecil, Mr. John 
Bali and Mr. Henry George Liddell. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That there be laid before this House, a Copy of recent 
Correspondence (1852 and 1853) between the Duchy 
and Woods and Forests, on the subject of the Rights 
of the Duchy in the County of Cormeall :—It passed 
in the Negative. 


Complaint being made to the House of a para- 
graph ina printed Newspaper, intituled ‘‘ The Times,” 
dated Monday, February 6, 1854, printed and pub- 
lished by William Harrison, No. 1, Printing-house- 
square, London, as containing calumnious reflections 
on the Jrish Members of the House ; 

The said Newspaper was delivered in, and the 
paragraph complained of read. 

Ordered, That the matter of the said Complaint be 
referred to a Committee of Privileges, to examine 
into and report upon the same to the House. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee on the Assessed Taxes Act Amendment 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Wilson reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The following Papers, pursuant to the directions 
of several Acts of Parliament, were laid upon the 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—An Account 
of the Amount of all Exchequer Bills or Treasury 
Bills, and other Government Securities, which have 
been purchased by the Governor and Company of 
the Bank of England, or on which any Sum or 
Sums have been lent and advanced for the Public 
Service by the Governor and Company of the said 
Bank, in the year ending the 5th day of January 
1854, showing what Amount of such Bills, before 
the making up of this Account, has been paid off 
and discharged, and the Amount of such Exchequer 
Bills or Treasury Bills, or other Government Secu- 
rities, which was in the hands of the Governor and 
Company of the said Bank on the 5th day of Janu- 
ary 1854 aforesaid. 

An Account of the Amount of Balances of Suis 
issued for the Payment of Dividends due, and not 
demanded, and for the Payment of Lottery Prizes 
or Benefits which had not been claimed, and which 
remained in the hands of the Governor and Com- 
pany of the Bank of England, on the thereunder- 
mentioned Days, being those next before the issue 
from the Exchequer of Money for the Payment of 





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A. 1854. 


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

An Account of the Receipt and Expenditure of 
£.2,600,666. 5s. 4d. in one year, from the 5th January 
1853 to 5th January 1854, by the Commissioners 
appointed by the 26th Geo. 3, for the Reduction of 
the National Debt. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Police Police Force, 
Force, which was presented upon the 31st day of No, 22, 
January last, be printed. 


Ordered, Vhat the Return relative to the New New Palace, 
Palace, Westminster, which was presented upon the Westminster, 
31st day of January last, be printed. No. 23, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Population, Population, &amp; 
&amp;c. (Scotland), which was presented upon the 31st (Scotland.) 
day of January last, be printed. No. 24, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Channel Channel 
Islands, which was presented upon the 31st day of Jslands. 
January last, be printed. No. 25, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Court of Court of 
Session (Scotland), which was presented upon the Session 


w } Scotland. 
31st day of January last, be printed. No. 28 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Oxford and Oxford and 
Cambridge Universities, which was presented upon Te 
the 3d day of this instant February, be printed. ‘haan 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Education, Education, 
which was presented upon the 3d day of this instant No, 98, 
February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Education raucation 
(India), which was presented upon the 3d day of (India.) 
this instant February, be printed. No, 29, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Grain, Flour, Grain, Flow, 
&amp;c., which was presented upon the 3d day of this &amp;c. 


instant February, be printed. No, 30, 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Ecclesiastical Reclesiastical 
Commission (Jreland), which was presented upon Commission 


the 3d day of this instant February, be printed. ae 
0. dl. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Hops, Hops. 
which was presented upon the 6th day of this n- No, 39, 
stant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Friendly Friendly 
Societies (Ireland), which was presented upon the Societies 


E . s . (Ireland.) 
6th day of this instant February, be printed. No. 98. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Paupers, Paupers. 
which was presented upon the 6th day of this instant No, 34. 
February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Mint, mint. 
which was presented upon the 6th day of this in- No.5. 
stant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Woods, Woods, 
Forests, &amp;c,, which was presented upon the 6th day Forests, &amp;¢. 
of this instant February, = printed. No. 36. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Mercurii, 8° die Februarii ; 
Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Public 

1VE Committee on Public Petitions; That they Petition in) 
had examined the Petitions presented upon the ist, 
2d, 3d and 6th days of this instant February, and 
had directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House. 

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

I 


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tes 


&gt; &gt; 


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Medical 


17 Vicroriz. 
Mr. Brady presented a Bill for the Registration 





8° Februarit. 41 


| way ( Sutton Harbour Branch) Act, 1854:” And the 


—_— of qualified Practitioners, and for amending the Law | same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 


Bill 5. 


Fisheries 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Bill 6. 


Coasting 
Trade Bill. 
Bill 7. 


Cork and 
Waterford 
Railway. 


ie 
Keelnen. 


Hamilton 
Waterworks, 


Salford, 
Stockport and 
Manchester 
Division. 


Ayr and May- 
bole J unction 
way, 


South Devon 
way Bill. 


relating to the Practice of Medicine in Great Britain 
and Jreland: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Wed- 
nesday the 22d day of this instant February ; and 
to be printed. 


Mr. M‘ Mahon presented a Bill for the Improve- 
ment of the Jrish Fisheries : And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 22d day of this instant Fe- 
bruary ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Cardwell presented a Bill to admit Foreign 
Ships to the Coasting Trade: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday next, and to be printed. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report ro 


one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for the Cork and 
Waterford Railway Bill. 

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


A Petition of Owners or Lessees of Collieries and 


Coal-mines near the River Tyne, and liable to the 
payment of the rate or duty thereinafter-mentioned, 
for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Acts re- 
lating to the Skippers and Keelmen employed upon 
the River Tyne, and to limit the Tax imposed by 
such Acts to Coals exported from the River, for the 
Shipment or Conveyance of which Keels are used, 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Hutt and Mr. 
Henry George Liddell. 


A Petition of John Meek, Provost, Walter Black, 


Bailie, John Dykes, Treasurer, and James Nisbet, 


Alexander MacIntosh and William Alston Dykes, 


Councillors of the Parliamentary Burgh or Town of 


| a second time. 


| Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize the Great Western, 
Consolidation into one Undertaking of the Great Shrewsbury 

| Western, the Shrewsbury and Birmingham, and the ham, and 

| Shrewsbury and Chester ea and the Union into Shrewsbury 

| one Company of the three several Companies to 224 Chester 
_whom the said Railways respectively belong: And Summation 

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


| read a second time. 


| Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to repeal certain Petworth 

| Acts relating to the Petworth Turnpike-roads, and to Roads Bill. 
| make other Provisions in lieu thereof: And the same 

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

' second time. 


__ Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for enabling the Scarborough 
| Scarborough Public Market Company to raise a Market Bill. 
| further Sum of Money, and for amending and con- 

| solidating the Provisions of the Act relating to such 
‘Company: And the same was read the first time ; 

_and ordered to be read a second time. 

| 

Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to incorporate surrey Gas 
| the Surrey Consumers’ Gas-Light and Coke Associa- Bill. 

| tioa, and to enable them to raise further Sums of 

| Money, and for other purposes: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 


| time. 


| Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to warp and im- Hatfield Chase 
| prove certain Lands in the Level of Hatfield Chase : ee and 

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

| Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Chesterfield 

| Chesterfield Waterworks and Gas-Light Company to Waterworks 


; . +. % and Gas Bill. 
make a new Reservoir, and to extend their Limits : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Hamilton, and also of Inhabitants, Owners and Oc- | 


cupiers of Property, Consumers of Water and Rate- | 


oy within the said Burgh, for leave to bring in 
a Bill for the better supplying with Water the Par- 
liamentary Burgh or Town of Hamilton, and Suburbs 
thereof, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. William 
Lockhart and Mr. Baird. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to amend the Act Great Indian 
'incorporating the Great Indian Peninsula Railway Peninsula 

. Railway Com- 
| Company, and for other purposes connected there- pany Bill 

| with: And the same was read the first time; and 

| ordered to be read a second time. 

|_ Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to extend the Kingston- 

| Limits of the Borough of Kingston-upon- Thames to upon-Thames 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses | the whole of the Parish, except the Hamlets of Ham Improvement 


of the Borough of Salford, for leave to bring in a 


| 


_and Hook, and to provide for the better paving, 


Bill to repeal an Act of the fifty-third year of King | jichting, draining and otherwise improving the said 
George the Third, chapter seventy-two, and an Act) Parish, and for other purposes: And the same was 


of the eighth year of Her present Majesty, chapter 
twenty-one, and for making provision for the Ap- 


pointment and for Remuneration of a Stipendiary | 


Justice for the Division of Manchester, in the County 
of Lancaster, and of Clerks to such Justice, and the 
Justices for the Borough of Sa/ford, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Bro- 
therton and Mr. William Brown. 


A Petition of Persons thereunto subscribing, for 
leave to bring in a Bill for making a Railway from 
the Ayr and Dalmellington Railway, near the Cot- 


houses on the Farm of Pleasantfield, to the Town of 


Maybole, to be called “ The Ayrand Maybole Junc- 
tion Railway,” was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Colonel 
Blair and Mr. Craufurd. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for enabling the 
South Devon Railway Company to improve their 
Sutton Harbour Branch, and for other purposes, and 


VoL, 109. 


of which the short Title is “The South Devon aad 


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


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Crystal Palace 
Crystal Palace Compaiiy to divert certain Roads, Company Bilh 
and to take and let Land on Lease, and for other 
purposes: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of the Corporation of the Amicable Amicable 
Society for a Perpetual Assurance Office, for leave Society 
to bring in a Bill to confer additional Powers upon “**%*"° 
the Corporation of the Amicable Society for a Per- 
petual Assurance Office for the purposes of Invest- 
| ment, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was or- 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Master- 
man and Sir James Duke. 





Mr. Hindley presented a Bill for building a Bridge Ashton-under- 
over the River Tame, to connect the Borough of artes 
Ashton-under- Lyne with the Township of Dukinfield : Bridge Bill. 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 

G Mr. 


















Glasgow New 
Street Bill. 


Caledonian 
Railway 
(Wishaw and 
Coltness 


0 
Railway, &amp;c. 
Bi ) 


Hexham 
Roads Bill. 


Washing- 
borough Rec- 
tory Division 
Bill. 


North Shields 
Quays and 
Improvements. 


Ambergate, 
Nottingham 
and Boston, 
and Eastern 
Junction Rail- 
way (Amend. 
ment of Acts, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Ambergate, 
Nottingham 
and Boston, 
and Eastern 
Junction 
Railway (Ex- 
tension into 
Nottingham, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Ambergate, 
Nottiagham 
and Boston, 
and Eastern 
Junction Rail- 
way (Working 
Arrangements 
with Great 
Northern 
Railway ) Bill. 


Birkenhead 
Dock Com- 
pany Bill. 


Brighton, 
Cuckfield, &amp;c. 
Roads Bill. 


Chesterfield 
Market Bill. 


Darlington 
and Barnard 
Castle Rail- 
way Bill, 


42 


Mr. Hindley presented a Bill for making a Street 
from Bothwell-street to Saint Vincent-street, in the 
City of Glasgow: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Hindley presented a Bill to enable the Cale- 
donian Railway Company to make certain Branch 
Railways and other Works in the County of Lanark, 
and for other purposes: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Henry George Liddell presented a Bill for 
maintaining the Turnpike-road from Greenhead, 
through. Haltwhistle, Hexham and Corbridge, to 
the Military-road near Shildon Bar, and the Branch 
Road from Corbridge to Heddon-on-the-Wall, all 
in the County of Northumberland: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 





Mr. Henry George Liddell presented a Bill to di-’ 
vide the Parish and Rectory of Washingborough | 
into two separate and distinct Parishes and Rectories, 
and to endow the same out of the Kevenues of that 
Rectory, and for other purposes connected there- 
with: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Directors of the North Shields Quay 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for transferring 
to a Company the Powers vested in the Commis- 
sioners, under the North Shields Quay Act, 1851, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Macartney and 
Mr. Ingham. 


The Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston, and 
Eastern Junction Railway (Amendment of Acts, &amp;c.) 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston, and 
Eastern Junction Railway (Extension into Notting- 
ham, &amp;c.) Bill was read a second time; and com- | 
mitted. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General | 


Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 





The Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston, and | 
Eastern Junction Railway (Working Arrangements | 
with Great Northern Railway) Bill was read a second | 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General | 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 

The Birkenhead Dock Company Bill was read a| 
second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


The Brighton, Cuckfield, &amp;c. Reads Bill was read | 
a second time; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


inittee of Selection. 


The Chesterfield Market Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Darlington and Barnard Castle Railway Bill 
was read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


68° Februarit. 





A. 1854. 


The Glasgow Waterworks Bill was read a second Glasgow 
time ; and committed. oa 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ~~ 
mittee of Selection. 


The Harrow Waterworks Bill was read a second Harrow 
time ; and committed. ne 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ~ 
mittee of Selection. 


The Havering, Dagenham, kc. Sewers Bill was Havering, 
read a second time ; and committed. yy 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- gi," 
mittee of Selection. 


The Imperial Gas Company Bill was read a second Imperial Gas 

time ; oe 4 committed. Company Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

mittee of Selection. 


The Kirkby Lonsdale, Kendal and Milnthorpe Kirkby Lons- 
Road Bill was read a second time ; and committed. ry a a 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Road ae 
mittee of Selection. 


The Lancashire and Yorkshire, East Lancashire Lancashire | 
and Manchester and Southport Railway Companies weal rma 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. shire and 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General Manchester 


Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. and Southport 
A, Railway Com- 


panies Bill. 
The Madras Railway Company Bill was read a Madras Rail- 
second time; and committed. Bil. Company 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General * 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The North and South Western Junction Railway North and 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. ws 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General oliver Bill. 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The North Metropolitan Railway Bill was read a North Metro- 
second time ; and committed. cag ga 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General “°” ™ 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway Bill North York- 
was read a second time ; and committed. — = 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General paitwav Bill. 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. ; 


The Port Gordon Harbour Bill was read a second Port Gordon 
time ; and committed. Harbour Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Shipley Waterworks Bill was read a second Shipley 
time ; and committed. Waterworks 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- = 
mittee of Selection. 


The South Pp got Railway Bill was read a South Staf- 
second time ; and committed. a a 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General *™""*Y 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Stockton and Darlington Railway Bill was Stockton and 
read a second time ; and committed. pr ei 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General nin 

Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


Sydenham and 
Farnborough 
Railway Bill 


The Sydenham and Farnborough Railway Bill 
was read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


Ordered, That the Thames tmprovement Bill be Thames 
read a second time To-morrow. lngoerestiae 
1 
The Wadsley and Langset Road Bill was read a Wadsley 
second time ; and committed, and Langset 
Ordered Road Biil. 
, 








Waveney — 
Valley Drain- 
age Bill. 


Wellington 


Docks (South- 


wark) Bill. 


Whittle Dean 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Bowling 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Bradford 
Waterworks 


Metropolitan 


Sewers (Dept- 


ford Pumping 
Station) Bill. 


Friendly 
Societies Bill, 
Bill 8. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Second 
Report. 


Savings 
Banks. 


Savings 


Bauks. 





. to the 20th day of November 1851 :—And, the like 


17 VicrorizZ. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Waveney Valley Drainage Bill was read a 
second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Wellington Docks (Southwark) Bill was read 
a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Whittle Dean Waterworks Bill was read a se- 
cond time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Bowling Waterworks Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, ‘that the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Bradford Waterworks Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


The Order of the day bemg read, for the second 
reading of the Metropolitan Sewers (Deptford 
Pumping Station) Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. ‘lo leave out the word 
“ now,’ and, at the end of the Question, to add 
the words “ upon this day week.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
now ” stand part of the Question :—The said pro- 
posed Amendments were, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

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

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


“cc 


Mr. Sotheron presented a Bill to regulate Friendly 
Societies : And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Tuesday 
the 21st day of this instant February ; and to be 
printed. 


Petitions relating to Gaols ;— Fire Insurance; 
— Borough and County Police ;—Education (Scot- 
land) ;—Juvenile Crime ; — and, Medical Officers 
(Navy),—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Total Number of Deposit Accounts 
open in Savings Banks in more Names than one on 
the 20th day of November 1852, and the Total | 
Amount as the Credit of such Accounts ; distin- | 
guishing the Accounts opened before the 20th day | 
of November 1844 from those opened since that 
Date :—Showing, year by year, in Totals for each | 
year, when such Accounts were first opened, and | 
the Total Amount then placed at their Credit :— | 
Showing the Distribution of such Accounts on the | 
20th day of November 1852, into the several Classes | 
set forth in the Classification for the Annual Return 





Returns for the year ended the 20th day of No- 
vember 1853. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 


8° Februari. 





Vou, 109. 


43 


House, a Return from each Savings Bank in Eng- 
land and Wales, Scotland and Ire/and, containing, 
in Columns, the Names of the Officers, their respec- 
tive Salaries and other Allowances, if any; the 
Amount of Security each gives; the Numbers of 
Accounts remaining open; the Total Amount owmg 
to Depositors; the Total Amount invested with the 
Commissioners for the Reduction of the National 
Debt ; the Rate of Interest paid to Depositors on 
the various Amounts of Deposit, and the Average 
Rate of Interest on all Accounts; and the Total 
Amount of the separate Surplus Fund, on the 28th 
day of November 1852; the Rate per Centum per 
Annum on the Capital of the Bank for the Expenses 
of Management; the Annual Number of Receipts 
from Depositors ; the Annual Number of Payments; 
the Average Amount of Receipts; the Average 
Amount of Payments ; the Number and Amount of 
Annuities granted; the Annual Expenses of Ma- 
nagement, inclusive of all Payments and Salaries, 
for the year ended the 20th day of November 1852 ; 
also, the Day or Days and the Number of Hours 
in the Week on which the Banks are open for the 
Deposit and withdrawal of Monies :—And, like Re- 
turn for the year ended the 20th day of November 
18538. 

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





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Fire 
Accounts of all Sums paid into the Stamp Office in Insuranee. 


Great Britain and Ireland on Insurance from Fire, 
for the Quarters ending severally the 25th day of 
March, the 24th day of June, the 29th day of Septem- 
ber and the 25th day of December 1853, distin- 
guishing the Amount of Allowance made to each 
Office for collecting the same im the Country, Lon- 
don, Edinburgh and Dublin respectively, with the 
Dates of each Payment :—And, of Sums insured by 
each Office on Farming Stock for the same Period 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 728, 
of Session 1852-53). 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 


mittee of Supply &gt; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Assessed 
take into consideration the Assessed Taxes Act Taxes Act 


Amendment Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow. 


Amendment 
Bill, 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented City and Bo- 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Tush Police. 


to vive directions, that there be laid before this 


| House, a Return of the several Cities and Boroughs 


of Great Britain, their Population respectively, the 
Number of Police, and the Cost of the same in each, 
in each year, from their Establishment, and the 
Number of Prisoners committed yearly, either for 
Time or Trial, in each such City and Borough re- 
spectively, drawn up in a Tabular Form. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return, in a Tabular Form, of the Fee charged and 
paid for every Special as well as ordinary Marriage 
License to Officers of the Prerogative, Consistorial 
and Diocesan Courts in Jreland, and to what Officer 
paid, and for whose Benefit ; and the Amount of 
such Fees for the year preceding the Ist day of Ja- 
nuary 1854 :—And, a like Return of all other Fees 
paid to such or any other Officers of such Courts 
tor Ecclesiastical Ceremonies or Services. 


G2 The 


Marriage 


Licenses, &amp;¢. 


(Treland.) 


Queen Anne’s 
Bounty. 


Meteorological 
Observations. 


No. 4. 


Bank of 
England. 


No. 5. 


Amicable 
Society 
Assurance 
Bill. 


South Sea 
Company. 


Royal 
Exchange 
Assurance 
Consolidation. 


Swansea 
Harbour. 


Nene Valley 
Drainage and 
Navigation. 


8°.—9° Februarit. 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of 
an Act of Parliament, was laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—An Account of all Receipts 
and Disbursements by the Governors of Queen 
Anne’s Bounty, during the year ending on the 31st 
day of December 1852. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Paper relative 
to Meteorological Observations, which was pre- 
sented upon the 3d day of this instant February, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Bank 
of England, which were presented upon the 7th day 
of this instant February, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 9° die Februarii ; 
Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


S IR James Duke presented a Bill to confer addi- 
tional Powers upon the Corporation of the 
Amicable Society for a perpetual Assurance Office, 
for the purposes of Investment: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Petition of the Governor and Company of 
Merchants of Great Britain trading to the South 
Seas and other parts of America, and for en- 
couraging the Fishery, commonly called “The South 
Sea Company,” for leave to bring in a Bill to 
enable the South Sea Company to realize and 
divide their Capital Stock and Assets, and to enter 
into Arrangements with the Proprietors of the 
Stock of the Company; and to undertake the Ad- 
ministration of Private Trusts, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Thomas Greene and Mr. What- 
man. 


A Petition of the Royal Exchange Assurance ; 
the Royal Exchange Assurance of Houses and 
Goods from Fire; the Royal Exchange Assurance 
Annuity Company; and the Royal Exchange Assu- 
rance Loan Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
consolidate the Stock and Powers of the Corporation 
of “The Royal Exchange Assurance of Houses and 
Goods from Fire” with the Stock and Powers of 
the Corporation of the Royal Exchange Assurance, 
and to confer on the last-named Corporation the 
Powers of the Royal Exchange Assurance Annuity 
Company and the Royal Exchange Assurance Loan 
Company, and to give additional Powers to the 
Royal Exchange Assurance, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Mitchell and Mr. Freshfield. 


A Petition of the Swansea Harbour Trustees, for 
leave to bring in a Bill for the Conservancy and Im- 
provement of Swansea Harbour, and for other pur- 
yoses, and of which the short Title is “The Swansea 
ei Act, 1854,” was presented, and read; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. John Henry Vivian and Mr. Hussey Vivian. 


A Petition of the Nene Valley Drainage and Na- 
vigation Improvement Commissioners, for leave to 
bring in a Bill to amend “ The Wene Valley Drainage 
and Navigation Improvement Act, 1852,” and to pro- 
vide additional Funds for carrying out certain of the 
Improvements authorized by such Act, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Fellowes, Mr. Ed- 
ward Ball and Mr. Hankey, 


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A. 1854, 


A Petition of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Rail- Lancashire 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable end Yorkshiry 
the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company to (yfiaaicton 
construct a Branch Railway to near Middleton, in Branch.) 
the County of Lancaster, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Brotherton, Mr. 

Wickham and Mr. Barnes. 


A Petition of the Eastern Union Railway Com- Eastern Uniog 
pany, for leave to bring ina Bill for granting further Railway. 
Powers to the Eastern Union Railway Company, 
with respect to the Extension to Woodbridge, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Cobbold and Mr. 

Cayley. 


A Petition of the Newport, Abergavenny and Newport, 
Hereford Railway Company, and of the London and Abergavenny 
North Western Railway Company, for leave to bring — 
ina Bill to enable the Newport, Abergavenny and ; 
Hereford Railway Company to transfer their Un- 
dertaking to the London and North Western Railway 
Company, and for authorizing Traffic Arrangements, 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Colonel Clifford, the 
Marquis of Chandos and Mr. Glyn. 


A Petition of the Australian Royal Mail Steam Australian 
Navigation Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to Royal Mail 
increase the Capital, extend the Powers, and change po — 
the Name of the Australian Royal Mail Steam Na- pany. 
vigation Company, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 


Mr. Malins and Mr. Isaac Butt. 


A Petition of the Patent Solid Sewage Manure Patent Solid 
Company, for leave to bring ina Bill to extend and Sewage 
alter the Patent Solid Sewage Manure Company’s a = 
Act, 1852, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Scholefield and Mr. Bright. 


A Petition of the Shropshire Union Railways and Shropshire 
Canal Company, and of the London and North Union Rai 
Western Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Casal 
Bill to reduce the Capital and define the Under- 
taking of the Shropshire Union Railways and Canal 
Company, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by the Marquis 
of Chandos and Mr. Glyn. 


A Petition of the York, Newcastle and Berwick York, New 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to castle and Ber 
confer additional Powers on the York, Newcastle and &lt; Constantin 
Berwick Railway Company, for constructing Docks of Docks, &amp;.) 
at Jarrow Slake, and a Branch Railway thereto, and 
to enable the Dean and Chapter of Durham to ap- 
propriate a portion of the Money payable to them for 
the purchase of Lands for the same to the Endow- 
ment of a Church, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 


| brought in accordingly, by Mr. Headlam and Mr. 


Ingham. 


A Petition of the Cardiff Gas-Light and Coke Cardiff Gas 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for more 
effectually lighting with Gas the Town otf Cardiff, 
and certain Parishes adjacent thereto, in the County 
of Glamorgan, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 

Coffin and Mr. Booker. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens Manchester 
of the City of Manchester, for leave to bring in a Improvemé 
Bill for enabling the Mayor, Aidermen and Citizens 
of the City of Manchester to widen certain Streets 
in, and otherwise improve the said City, to raise a 
further Sum of Money, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 

brought 





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


A Petition of the Burry Port Company, for leave 
to bring in a Bill to enable the Burry Port Com- 
pany to raise additional Capital, and to make Ar- 
rangements for the satisfaction of the Mortgage and 
other Debts due from the Company, and to amend 
the Acts relating to the Company, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Laing 
and Mr. Oliveira. 


Burry Port. 


London, 
Brighton and 
South Coast 
Railway. 


A Petition of the London, Brighton and South 
Coast Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill 
to enable the London, Brighton and South Coast 
Railway Company to enlarge their Stations at ew 
Cross, the Bricklayers’ Arms and Norwood, to widen 
the Branch Railway, called “ The Thames Junction 
Railway,” and their main Line of Railway in the 
Neighbourhood of such Branch, to increase their 
Capital, and to establish a Savings Bank for their 
Servants and Workmen, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Sir George Brooke Pe- 
chell and Mr. Laing. 


Hereford A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 

Improvement. cesses of the City of Hereford, for leave to bring in 
a Bill for the Improvement of the City of Hereford, 
and for other purposes, and of which the short Title 
is “ The Hereford Improvement Act, 1854,” was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Sir Robert Price and 
Colonel Clifford. 


Ballymena, A Petition of Directors of the Ballymena, Baliy- 

ee money, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway 

and Portrush Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a 

Junction Rail- Branch Railway to connect the Ballymena, Bally- 

way (No.1-) money, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway 
with the Londonderry and Coleraine Railway, was 
presented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders. 

Ballymena, A Petition of Directors of the Ballymena, Bally- 

reo money, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway 

and Portrush Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a 

Junction Rail- Branch Railway to connect the Ballymena, Bally- 

way (No.2) money, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway 
with the Londonderry and Coleraine Railway, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders. 

Belfast and A Petition of the Belfast and County Down Rail- 

—_—" way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable 

. the Belfast and County Down Railway Company to 

make a Railway from Comber to Downpatrick, with 
a Branch from Saintfield to Ballynahinch, all in 
the County of Down, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 

Congleton A Petition of Promoters of the Undertaking there- 

he inafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for 

4 making and maintaining Railways from the Parish 

of Biddulph, to the Congleton Station of the North 
Staffordshire Railway, and from thence to Congleton, 
in the Counties of Stafford and Chester; to autho- 
rize the use of a part of the North Staffordshire 
Railway, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Tollemache and Mr. Edward 
Egerton. 

nr oun The Order, That Viscount Milton and Mr. George 

Railway. do prepare, and —— in the Dublin and Wicklow 
Railway Bill, was read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That Mr. George and Mr. Fitzwilliam 
Hume do prepare, and bring in the Bill. 
Vox, 109. 


0° Februariz. 





Zehr: Bly 


45 


A Petition of the Ballast Office Committee for the Londonderry 
Lough and River, Port and Harbour of Lough Foyle, Pott 

for leave to bring in a Bill to consolidate the several 

Acts relating to the Port and Harbour of ZLondon- 

derry, for the Improvement of the Navigation of the 

Lough, and River of Lough Foyle, and to authorize 

the construction of a uniform line of Quays, Docks 

and other Works, was presented, and read; and a 

Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 

Captain Jones, Mr. Bateson and Sir Robert Ferguson. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to amend the Acts Tyne Keelmen 
relating to the Skippers and Keelmen employed upon Bil. 
the River Tyne, and to limit the Tax imposed by 
such Acts to Coals exported from the River, for the 
Shipment or Conveyance of which Keels are used : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for transferring to North Shields 
a Company the Powers vested in the Commissioners a = ae 
under “The North Shields Quay Act, 1851:” And Bil. is 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 


read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to repeal an Act Salford, 

of the fifty-third year of King George the Third, Stockport and 
chapter seventy-two, and an Act of the eighth year pjvision Bill. 
of Her present Majesty, chapter twenty-one, and for 

making provision for the Appointment and for Re- 
muneration of a Stipendiary Justice for the Division 

of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, and of 

Clerks to such Justice, and the Justices for the Bo- 

rough of Salford, and for other purposes: And the 

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

a second time. 


A Petition of Commissioners for the Improvement Ryde Im- 
of the Town of Ryde, inthe County of Southampton, provement. 
appointed in pursuance of an Act for paving, watch- 
ing, lighting, cleansing and otherwise improving the 
Town of Ryde, in the Isle of Wight, in the County of 
Southampton, and for establishing a Market within 
the said Town, and of Owners, Lessees and Occu- 
piers of Property and Ratepayers within the said 
Town, for leave to bring ina Bill for regulating and 
improving the Town of Ryde, in the Isle of Wight, 
and providing a supply of Gas and Water thereto, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 


by Colonel Harcourt, Mr. Compton and Mr. Massey. 


Mr. Lockhart presented a Bill for the better sup- Hamilton 
plying with Water the Parliamentary Burgh or Town Waterworks 
of Hamilton, and Suburbs thereof: And the same ~ 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. Lockhart presented a Bill for making a Rail- Ayr and May- 
way from the Ayr and Dalmellington Railway, near pole Junction 
the Cot-houses on the Farm of Pleasantfield; to the“ “*Y ™ 
Town of Maybole, to be called “ The Ayr and May- 
bole Junction Railway :” And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Thames 
reading of the Thames Improvement Bill ; icra 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon — 
this day month. 


The Committee of Selection was nominated of Committee of 
Mr. Sotheron, Sir John Yarde Buller, Sir Robert Selection. 
Ferguson, Mr. Bonham Carter, and the Chairman of 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Cowper presented a Bill to authorize the con- Devonport 
struction of a Tunnel between Her Majesty’s Dock- = = 
unne. 1 
yard at Devonport and Keyham Yard: And thesame  p:1) 9 
was read the first time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills; and be printed. 
G3 A Petition 





Paisley A Petition of the Paisley Water Company, for 

Waterworks. eave to bring in a Bill to enable the Paisley Water 
Company to construct additional Works for supplying 
Paisley, Johnstone, and Places adjacent with Water, 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Archibald Hastie 
and Colonel Mure. 


Sunderland A Petition of the Sunderland and South Shields 
ta Water Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal 


works. the Clauses, Powers and Provisions relating to the 
purchase of the South Shields Waterworks, by the 


0° Februari. 


A. 1854. 


Payments for Work done in previous years :—Of 
the Number and Amount of Money Orders issued 
and paid in the United Kingdom, during the year 
ending the 5th day of January 1840, and each sub- 
sequent year :—And, of the Expense of the Money 





Order Office, and the Amount received for Commis- 


Sunderland and South Shields Water Company, con- | 
tained in the Sunderland and South Shields Water- | 


works Act, 1852, and for amending the said Act, was 
—— and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 


sion during the year ending the 31st day of Decem- 
ber 1853; also, the Amount of Profit in that year, 
and in each of the four previous years. 


The Right honourable Sir George Grey, Sir Robert Controverteg 
Alexander Ferguson, John Wilson Patten, Esquire, Elections. 
the Right honourable Spencer Horatio Walpole and 
Thomas William Bramston, Esquire, being five of 
the Members appointed by Mr. Speaker to serve on 
the General Committee of Elections, and not objected 


rought in accordingly, by Mr. Seymour and Mr. ‘to by the House, were sworn by the Clerk at the 


Hudson. 


Public Petitions relating to Religious Opinions ;—Wine ; | 


Petitions. 


Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Police Force 


—Borough and County Police ;—Decimal Coinage ;' Return of the Number and Expense of the Police (reland.) 


Vide Second —Harbours of Refuge ;—Juvenile Crime ;—Medical | Force, both extra and established, in each County 


Report. Officers (Navy) ;— Mercantile Law ; — Newcastie- 
upon-Tyne Mail;—and, Ocean Penny Postage,— 


were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon | Dar . ¢ , 
their Establishment in each, together with the Aggre- 


the Table. 


Constabulary § Qrdered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to 

(Ireland.) request that their Lordships will be pleased to com- 
municate to this House, a Copy of the Report from 
the Select Committee appointed by their Lordships 
to consider the consequences of extending the func- 
tions of the Constabulary in Jreland to the suppres- 
sion or prevention of Illicit Distillation; together 
with the Minutes of Evidence, and an Appendix 
and Index thereto: And that Lord Claud Hamilton 
do carry the said Message. 


Rural Police. Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 


3 &amp; 4 Vic. c.88, in each County ; the Date of their 
Appointment ; the Total Cost annually since the 
Appointment charged upon the Rates of each County ; 
the Number of Annual Commitments in each County, 
either for Time or Trial, since the passing of the 
above recited Acts, drawn up in a Tabular Form. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Post-office. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return, as nearly as can be estimated, of the Number 
of chargeable Letters delivered in the United King- 
dom, in the year immediately preceding the first 
general Reduction of Postage on the 5th day of De- 
cember 1839, and for each complete year subsequent 
thereto; also, for the first year, the Number ot 
Franks, and for the last year, and up to as late a 
period as practicable, the Number of Letters for each 
Week in which they were counted :—Account, showing 
the Gross and Net Post-oftice Revenue, and the Cost 
of Management, for the United Kingdom, for the 
year ending the 5th day of January 1838, and for 
each subsequent year, excluding from the Account, 
whether of Gross Revenue or Cost of Management, 
any Advances that may have been made by the 
English to the Irish Post-oftice, and Advances to the 
Money Order Office; also, disregarding in the Re- 
turn for each year, any old Debts written off or 
Postage remitted, or any other deductions which 


and Police District in Ire/and, with the Number and 
Expense of any extra Force placed on particular 
Baronies, Parishes, or Townlands, with the Dates of 


gate Expense of such extra Force in each District, 
from the time of their Establishment, up to the 1st 
day of January 1854. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by Letter 


‘the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated Carriers. 


the 20th day of December in the last Session of Par- 
liament, for a Return showing the Rate of Wages 
paid to Letter Carriers in the United Kingdom, ar- 
ranging in Classes those Places in which Uniformity 
of Rate exists ; and showing in what Places there is 
a departure from such Uniformity ; to what Places 


‘the Regulation of the Post-oftice prohibiting the Re- 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to | 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, | in what cases Emoluments are received from Private 
a Return of the several Counties of England and | Boxes, Bags or other Sources, in addition to the 
Wales, their Population, the Number of Rural Police | ordinary Salary; and in what Places Letter Carriers 
appointed under the Acts 2 &amp; 3 Vic. c. 93, and | are entitled to Superannuation Allowances, and what 


the last Session of Parliament, for a Return by the (Paddington. 


ceipt of “ Christmas Gifts” does or does not extend ; 


is the Rate of such Allowances. 
Return to an Order, dated the 21st day of July in Vestries Act 


Churchwardens and Overseers of the Parish of Pad- 
dington, showing the Names and Residences of all 


| Persons qualified to vote for the adoption of the 


Vestries Act, 1 &amp; 2 Will. 4, c. 60, within the Parish 
of Paddington, in the month of March 1858 ; with 
a List of those who voted for the adoption of the said 
Act, and those who voted against it, m the month of 
March 1853 ; also, a List of those who were struck 


‘off from the List of Voters, with the Reasons for 


such disqualification. 
Return to an Order, dated the !st day of August Galway 
in the last Session of Parliament, for Returns of Extension 


the Total Cost of all the Works of the Ga/way Railway. 


Extension Railway for which the Counties of Ros- 


common and Galway are Guarantees, the Accounts 
_ to be furnished under the heads, Formation of Road, 
, Permanent Way, Stations and Miscellaneous :—Of 


relate to previous years :—Returns of the Payments | 


made by the Post-oftice during the year ending the 
5th day of January 1838, and each subsequent year, 
for the Conveyance of the Mails by Railway in the 
United Kingdom ; distinguishing, in each instance, 
the Payments for Work done within the year, from 





the Total Length, in Miles and Chains, of the above 
Line of Railway :—Stating whether the Bridge over 
the Shannon at Athlone is included in the above 
Charge :—Stating whether the Hotels at Athlone 
and (ralway, or either of them, are included in the 
above Charge :—Of the Gross Receipts of this Line, 
trom the opening to the 31st day of December 1851 ; 
from the Ist day of January 1852 to the 30th day of 
June 1852; from the 1st day of July 1852 to the 
31st day of December 1852; and, from the 1st day 
of January 1853 to the 30th day of June 1853 :— 
Of the Cost of working the Line during the above 
Periods :—Of the deficit in the Interest, during the 
above Periods, which the Counties of Galway and 
Roscommon are to make good :—And, of the Mileage 
of Trains during the above Periods. 


The 














Bankr 


Portu 
Claim 





Works 
Buildings. 


Bankruptcy. 


Portuguese 
Claims. 


Leader of the 
House. 


Court of 
Chancery. 


Trish and 
Scotch Mails. 


aime Act 
mendment 
Bill, 











17 Vicrortrz. 9°—10° Februariz. 


The following Papers, pursuant to the directions 
of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon 
the Table by the Clerk of the House,—Copy of Trea- | 1854-55. 
sury Warrants, establishing Rates of Postage. Ordered, That the said Estimates be referred to 

Copies of the Abstract Accounts of the Receipt | the Committee of Supply ; and be printed. 
and Expenditure of the Monies granted or otherwise | ; 
received and appropriated in the Department under 
the Control and Management of the Commissioners 
of Her Majesty’s Works and Public Buildings in the 
year ended 31st March 1853. 

Returns of the Official Assignees of the Court of 
Bankruptcy, showing the Total Amounts of their 
Receipts and Payments for the year ending the 81st} Ordered, That the Account relative to Queen Queen Anne's 
December 1853, upon every Estate under their! Anne’s Bounty, which was presented upon the 8th Bunty: 
Charge as such Official Assignees; and also, the! day of this instant February, be printed. No. 38. 
Balances appearing by their Books to be then in the | 
Bank of England, standing to the credit of the Ac-| 
countant in Bankruptcy of every such Estate ; and) ———— 
also the Balances of every such Estate then in the 
hands or under the power or control of such Official 
Assignees ; together with Returns showing the se- 
veral Sums allowed to them as Official Assignees for | 
Remuneration and for Petty Expenses, under every; Prayers. 


Estate under their Charge, during the year 1853. | \" r| R. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Ballymena, 
;, - , | one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Ballymoney, 
A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Bills, in respect of non-compliance with the Standing pe . 
las Semanal ; ‘are ‘Tes lia g, — 
That a Select Committee be appointed to investigate | O-ders in the case of the Petition for the Ballymena, Junetion Rail- 


») oe s 2 =. » Ss Pep. ° cvains ‘ . A ; 
ya + liter seni Hn. oe | Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Rail- way (No. 1.) 


&gt; : a a Ng way (No. 1) Bill. 
ineurred by them through Breach of Treaty ; Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
The House divided. 


. { ; S mo . Ss. 
The Yeas to the Right ; | Committee on Standing Orders 


The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the i Thomas Chambers,  \,5¢ | 
Yeas, Mr. Horsfall : — 
Tellers for the Mr. Hayter, 7 74 
* Noes, Mr. Grenville Berkeley: Jf °~ 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


47 


Sir James Graham presented, pursuant to an Ad- Navy. 


dress to Her Majesty,—Navy Estimates'for the year No, 37. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Mon- Coasting 
day next, the Coasting Trade Bill, was read, and Trade Bill. 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 27th day of this instant February. 





And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


em 


Veneris, 10° die Februari : 


Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1854. 








Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Ballymena, 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, ew 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- \9 Portrush 
ders in the case of the Petition for the Ballymena, Junction Rail- 
Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Rail- way (No. 2.) 
| way (No. 2) Bill. 


, , | Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
; . ered, Rey 1e Selec 
A Motion was made, and the Question was pro | Committee on Standing Orders. 


posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
consider the Duties of the Member leading the Go- | 
vernment inthis gener and the expediency of pany, and the London and Blackwall Railway Com- 
r + a - wth I ane ih "He a “d om ne ‘Sale’! pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to alter the Line of 
OFLON Was, WIEE leave OF the House, withdrawn. | the London, Tilbury and Southend Extension Rail- 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | _ peo aang yom age. _ - = 
; ell ; chase of the Railway, and certain parts of the Works 
Returns of the Number of Causes in the High Court | metre ; ; : apa 
- a4: - | belonging to the Thames Haven Dock and Railway 
of Chancery, whether commenced by Bill or Claim, in | Cc A ie : : 
‘a: «3 . _Company, and for other purposes, was presented, 
which Evidence was taken, between the Ist day of | Aw gaa 
are ; and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
November 1852 and the 1st day of November 1853 :— | 1: 1. 2 &gt; ML. 
~ - 2. ; - accordingly, by Mr. Alderman Thompson and Mr. 
Of the Number of such Causes in which the Evidence | 7:4 Wddinaton 
was taken orally :—Of the Number of such Causes in | _ 
a am ae ir taken by on ee | A Petition of the West End of London and Crystal West London 
of the Number of such Causes in which any Witness | Palace Railway Company, for leave to bring in a 2nd Crystal 
ur Party was examined therein, under the Act 15 &amp; 16 | Bill to enable the West End of London and Crystal te wn al 
Vic. c. 86, s. 39, before the Court when such Causes | Palace Railway Company to unite their Undertaking mation, Sale 
were heard, with the Names of the Judges before | with the London, Brighton and South Coast Rail- oF Lease.) 
whom such Examination took place. ' way, the South Eastern Railway and the London and 
oa ; : | South Western Railway Companies, or some or one 
Ordered, ‘That there be laid before this House, | of them, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
a Copy of any Report received at the General Post-| ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Geach 
office respecting the Non-arrival of the Mail Train| and Mr. Peto. 
carrying the Jrish and Scotch Mails, and due in ; ; ' 
London at 11 a.m. on Tuesday the 3d day of Fe-,; A Petition of the Midland Great Western Rail- midiawi 
bruary 1854, at the Hour fixed by the Contract with | way of Jreland Company, for leave to bring in a Bill Great Western 
the North Western Railway Company, and the to enable the Midland Great Western Railway of esate 4 of 
— ‘ ‘ om ’ &gt; . eland. 
Causes of its Detention; together with any subse-| Jreland to make a Branch Railway to Tullamore, 
quent Correspondence arising on the same subject. {and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
, and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
The Assessed Taxes Act Amendment Bill was,| by Sir Timothy O’ Brien and Mr. Blake. 
according to Order, read the third time. 
A Clause (Justices of the Peace in Zreland may | 
administer Oaths ,required by the Acts relating to 
the Income Tax) was thrice read ; and added to the 
Bill. 
Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
VoL. 109. 


— 





A Petition of the Eastern Counties Railway Com- London, 

Tilbury and 
outhend 

Railway. 








A Petition of Trustees for carrying into effect the Bideford 
Act thereinafte:-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Roads. 
Bill for more effectually repairing several Roads ad- 
| joining or near to the Town of Bideford, and for 
making several Lines of Road connected with the 
same, all in the County of Devon, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Sir Thomas Acland and Mr. Buck. 

G4 A Petition 











48 


Wells and A Petition of the there-undersigned, for leave to 
— bring in a Bill for making a Railway from the Town 
of Wells, to join the Norfolk Railway, at Fakenham, 
to be called “ The Wells and Fakenham Railway,” 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Bagge, Mr. Ben- 
tinck and Mr, Peto. 
Leeds, Brad- A Petition of the Leeds, Bradford and Halifax 
——— Junction Railway Company, for leave to bring ma 
Railway. Bill to enable the Leeds, Bradford and Halifax 
Junction Railway Company to construct a Railway 
in Extension of, and to alter the Levels of part of 
their Railway from Gildersome-street, to East Ardsley, 
in the West Riding of the County of York, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be heonght in accordingly, by Mr. 
Wickham and Sir George Goodman. 
York, New- A Petition of the York, Newcastle and Berwick, 
eg the York and North Midland, the Zeeds Northern, 
and North andthe Malton and Driffield Junction Railway Com- 


Midland and = for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize 
——— raffic Arrangements between the York, Newcastle 
Y and Berwick, the York and North Midland, and the 


Companies n . ‘ 
(Working Leeds Northern Railway Companies, and between 
Arrange- the same Companies or the two first-named Com- 


ments, &amp;c.) panies, or either of them, and the Malton and Drif- 


field Junction Railway Company, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. John George Smyth, Mr. Milner, 
Sir George Goodman and Mr. Headlam. 


Yok, Mowe A Petition of the York, Newcastle and Berwick, 
castie an Trawle ¢ T eee ; T . 
Berwick, York the York and North Midland, the Leeds Northern, 


and North and the Malton and Driffield Junction Railway Com- | 
Midland and panies, for leave to bring in a Bill to dissolve the 


10° Februari. 





5 = York and North Midland and Leeds Northern Rail- 

Companies Way Companies, and to vest their Undertakings in | 

Amalgama- the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway Company, 

“on. to be thenceforth called “ The North Eastern Rail- 
way Company,” and to alter the Constitution of that 
Company, and to authorize working Arrangements 
with the Malton and Driffield Junction Railway 
Company, and the Amalgamation of that Company 
with such united Company, and for other purposes, | 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to | 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. John George | 
Smyth, Mr. Milner, Sir George Goodman and Mr. | 
Headlam. 

Bolton Im- A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 

provement. ~_gesses of the Borough of Bolton, for leave to bring 


in a Bill for the Improvement of the Borough of 
Bolton, and for other purposes ; and of which the 
short Title is “The Bolton Improvement Act, 1854,” 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Barnes and Mr. 
Crook. 


Lanark Police 
and Improve- 
ment, 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Council 
of the Royal Burgh of Lanark, for leave to bring in 
a Bill for regulating the Police of the Royal Burgh 
of Lanark, and for paving, draining, cleansing, light- 
ing, watching and improving the same ; for regulating 
the Markets and Petty Customs thereof, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. William 
Lockhart and Mr. Baird. ; 


Camden Town 


A Petition of the Reverend Henry Mackenzie, 
Cemetery. ’ 


Clerk, Vicar of the Parish of Saint Martin-in-the- 
Fields, in the County of Middlesex, and of Francis 
Barron and George Gillott, of the same Parish, 
Churchwardens thereof, and of Edmund Folkard, 
William Hooper, William Hall, James Marshall, 
Philip Bowes, Benjamin Bochett Turner, Joseph 
Angeli, George Lock and Thomas Milo, for leave to 
bring in a Bill to enable the granting Building Leases 
of parts of the Camden Town Cemetery, belonging 








A. 1854. 


to the Parish of Saint Martin-in-the-Fields, which 
have not been used for the purpose of interment, and 
for providing out of the Rents for making up to the 
Vicar the deficiency in his Income, which may be 
caused by the closing of the Cemetery, and also for 
the payment of certain perpetual Annuities, which 
are primarily payable out of the Fees received by the 
Sanduetiann on account of Burials in the said 
Cemetery, and which, in consequence of the closing 
thereof, will be payable out of the Poor’s Rates of 
the Parish, and also for the purchase and extinguish- 
ment of the same Annuities, and for the purchase 
and removal of the Almshouses erected on part of 
the Cemetery, and for the raising Money by mort- 
gage or sale for effecting such purposes, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir 
De Lacy Evans and Mr. Thomas Duncombe. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto 
subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a 
Railway from Downpatrick, in the County of Down, 
to join the Ulster Railway, near Lisburn, in the 
County of Antrim, to be called “ The Downpatrick, 
Belfast and Dublin Railway,” and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Eastern Counties ere | Com- Eastern Cou. 


pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Eastern 
Counties Railway Company to make a Railway at 
Wisbech, in the Isle of Ely, and to enlarge and im- 
prove their Goods Station, in the Parish of Saint 
Matthew, Bethnal-green, in the County of Middle- 
sex, and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Lord Alfred Paget, Mr. David Waddingt6n and 
Mr. Bagshaw. 


A Petition of the Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Car- 
lisle Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill 


for authorizing the Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Car- ¥ 


lisle Railway Company to raise further Monies for 
the purposes of their Undertaking, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Beau- 
mont, Mr. Liddell, Mr. Headlam and Mr. Blackett. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Lon- 
don, Brighton and South Coast Railway Company 
to enlarge their Stations at New Cross, the Brick- 
layers’ Arms, and Norwood; to widen the Branch 
Railway, called “The Thames Junction Railway,” 
and their main Line of Railway in the Neighbour- 
hood of such Branch; to increase their Capital, and 
to establish a Savings Bank for their Servants and 
Workmen, and for other purposes: And the same 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Paisley Water 


Paisley Water Company to construct additional 
Works for supplying Paisley, Johnstone, and Places 
adjacent with Water: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the 


“ Burry Port Company ” to raise additional Capital, ® 


and to make Arrangements for the satisfaction of the 
Mortgage and other Debts due from the Company, 
and to amend the Acts relating to the Company, and 
for other purposes: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for more ettec- 
tually lighting with Gas the Town of Cardiff, and 
certain Parishes adjacent thereto, in the County of 
Glamorgan: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. M 

r. 





Downpatrick, 


Belfast and 


Dublin Rail- 
way. 


ties Railway 


(Station En- 
largement, &amp;e) 


Newcastle. 

upon-Tyne 
nd Carlisle 

Railway. 


London, 

Brighton and 
South Coast 
Railway Bill 


works Bill 


Burry Port 
ill. 


Cardiff Gas 
Bill. 




























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Bill, 








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‘AbergavenDy 
and Hereford : 
Railway Bill. 


Hereford . 
_— 


Shropshire 
Union _ 
ways ant 
Canal Bill. 


Stroud Roads 
Bill. 


York, New- 
castle and Ber- 
wick Railway 
(Construction 
of Docks, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


Eastern Union 
Railway Bill. 


Congleton 
and Biddulph 
Railway Bill. 


Manchester 
Improvement 
Bill, 


Patent Solid 


Sewage 
Manure Com- 


pany Bill. 


Lancashire 
and Yorkshire 
way 
(Middleton 
Branch) Bill. 


17 Vicroriz. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the 
Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway Com- 
pany to transfer their Undertaking to the London 
and North Western Railway Company, and for 
authorizing Traffic Arrangements: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for the Improve- 
ment of the City of Hereford, and for other pur- 
oses, and of which the short Title is ‘“‘ The Hereford 
mprovement Act, 1854: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to reduce the 
Capital and define the Undertaking of the Shropshire 
Union Railways and Canal Company : And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. ° 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for more eftec- 
tually repairing and maintaining the Roads and 
Highways in the Borough of Stroud, in the County 
of Gloucester, and for continuing and amending se- 
veral Acts relating to Roads beyond the said Bo- 
rough: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to confer ad- 
ditional Powers onthe York, Newcastle and Berwick 
Railway Company, for constructing Docks at Jarrow 
Slake, and a Branch Railway thereto ; and to enable 
the Dean and Chapter of Durham to appropriate a 
portion of the Money payable to them for the Pur- 
chase of Lands for the same to the Endowment of 
a Church, and for other purposes: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a se- 
cond time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for granting fur- 
ther Powers to the Eastern Union Railway Com- 
pany with respect to the Extension to Woodbridge : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making and 
maintaining Railways from the Parish of Biddulph, 
to the Congleton Station of the North Staffordshire 
Railway, and from thence to Congleton, in the Coun- 
ties of Stafford and Chester, to authorize the u e of 
a part of the North Staffordshire Railway, and for 
other purposes: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for enabling the 
Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the City of Man- 
chester to widen certain Streets in, and otherwise 
improve the said City, to raise a further Sum of 
Money, and for other purposes: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to extend and 
alter “ The Patent Solid Sewerage Manure Com- 
pany’s Act, 1852:” And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the 
Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company to con- 
struct a Branch Railway to near Middleton, in the 
County of Lancaster, and for other purposes: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to amend “ The 
Nene Valley Drainage Navigation Improvement Act, 
1852,” and to provide additional Funds for carrying 
out certain of the Improvements authorized by such 
Act: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 

Vou, 109. ; 


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49 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for the Conser- Swansea 
vancy and Improvement of Swansea Harbour, and Harbour Bill. 
for other purposes, and of which the short Title is 
“ The Swansea Harbour Act, 1854:” And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Dublin and 
Dublin and Wicklow Railway Company to extend Vicklow 
their Railway to Woodenbridge, in the County of“ "*? 
Wicklow, and for other purposes: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. Freshfield presented a Bill to consolidate the Royal Ex- 
Stock and Powers of the Corporation of “ The ——_ 
Royal Exchange Assurance of Houses and Goods ation Bill, 
from Fire,” with the Stock and Powers of the Cor- 
poration of the Royal Exchange Assurance, and 
to confer on the last-named Corporation the Powers 
of the Royal Exchange Assurance Annuity Com- 
pany, and the Royal Exchange Assurance Loan 
Company, and to give additional Powers to the 
Royal Tachengs Assurance: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Petition of some of the Parties who are Suitors Selkirk and 
for the Bill thereunto annexed, for leave to bring in Galashiels 
a Bill for making a Railway from the Town and Railway. 
Royal Burgh of Selkirk, to the Hawick Branch of 
the North British Railway, about a Mile south- 
wards from the Galashiels Station of the said Branch, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Elliot Lockhart, Mr. Elliot and Mr. James 
Johnstone. 


Mr. Adderley presented a Bill for promoting Edu- Manchester 
cation in the City of Manchester an: Borough of = Salford 
Salford: And the same was read the first time ; and pay" 


ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Thomas Greene presented a Bill to enable South Sea __ 
the South Sea Company to realize and divide their Company Bill. 
Capital Stock and Assets, and to enter into Arrange- 
ments with the Proprietors of the Stock of the Com- 
pany, and to undertake the administration of Private 
Trusts: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Colonel Harcourt presented a Bill for regulating Ryde Im- 
and improving the Tom of Ryde, in the Isle of Prvement 
Wight, and providing a Supply of Gas and Water 

thereto, and for other purposes: And the same was 

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

time. 


Mr. Bonham- Carter reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had examined Petitions 
the Petitions presented upon the 7th, 8th and 9th oan) 
days of this instant February ; and had directed him 
to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


A Petition of Inhabitants and Ratepayers of the West Brom- 
Parish of West Bromwich, in the County of Stafford, = — 
for leave to bring in a Bill for the better paving, oe 
draining, lighting, cleansing and otherwise improving 
the Parish of West Bromwich, in the County of 
Stafford, and for establishing « Local Board of 
Health in that Parish, and for constructing Ceme- 
teries there, and for making, maintaining and regu- 
lating Markets and Market-places therein, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 

Muntz and Mr.Scholefield. 
H The 











10° Februari. 


Devon 
and cavhade 
Tunnel Bill. 


The Order for referring the Devonport and Key- 
ham Tunnel Bill to the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Devonport 
and Keyham 
Tunnel (No. 2.) 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Dill to 
empower the Commissioners of the Admiralty to 
construct a Tunnel between Her Majesty’s Dock- 


see at Devonport and Her Majesty's Steam Factory | 
ard at Keyham, and to acquire certain Property| 


for Her Majesty’s Service: And that Mr. Cowper 
and Mr. Osborne do prepare, and bring it in. 


General 
Committee o: 
Elections. 


Robert Palmer, Esquire, one of the Members ap- 
t pointed by Mr. Speaker to serve on the General Com- 
mittee of Elections, and not objected to by the House, 
was sworn by the Clerk at the Table. 
Ordered, That the General Committee of Elections 
do meet upon Tuesday next, at One o'clock. 


Devonport 
and Keyham 
Tunnel (No. 2) 
Bill. 


Mr. Cowper presented a Bill to empower the Com- 
missioners of the Admiralty to construct a Tunnel 
between Her Majesty’s Dockyard at Devonport, and 
Her Majesty’s Steam Factory Yard at Keyham, and 
to acquire certain Property for Her Majesty’s Ser- 
vice: And the same was read the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills ; and be printed. 


Bill 10. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Third 
Report. 


Petitions relating to Gaols ;—Synods (Colonies) ; 
— Borough and County Police ;— Decimal Coinage ; 
— Education (Scotland) ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;— 
Juvenile Crime ;—Medical Officers (Navy) ;—and, 
Turhey,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Australia. Mr. Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
—Further * ec relative to the Discovery of Gold 
in Australia. 

Mr. Peel also presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 2d day of this instant 
February, for Copy of the Report of the Surveyor 
of the Ship “ Tayleur,” recently wrecked at Lambay, 
directed to be made under the Act 15 &amp; 16 Vic. 
c. 44, s. 16, previous to her clearance for Sea; and 
also of the Certificate of the Emigration Officer, 
directed to be made under the 10th section of the said 
Act. 

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


Ship 
“ Tayleur.” 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty's 
Command,—Copy of further Correspondence re- 
specting the Rights and Privileges of the Latin and 
Greek Churches in Turkey. 

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


Standing 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com- 
Orders. 


which were read, as follows : 


Guild of 
Literature 


yy Literature and Art Petition for leave to deposit a 


Petition for a Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be 
dispensed with ; that the Parties be permitted to de- 
posit a Petition accordingly. 

Birmingham 
Canal Navi- 


cations. Canal Navigations Petition, the Standing Orders 


ought to be dispensed with; that the Parties be per- 
mitted to proceed with their Bill. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the Shrewsbury 
and Hereford Railway (Leasing) Petition, the Stand- 
ing Orders ought to be dispensed with; that the 
Parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 

4. Resolved, That in the case of the Furness 
Railway Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be 
dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to 
proceed with their Bill. 


Shrewsbury 
and Hereford 
Railway 
(Leasing. ) 


Furness 
Railway. 


mittee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; | 


1. Resolved, That in the case of the Guild of 


2. Resolved, That in the case of the Birmingham | 


A, 1854, 


5. Resolved, That in the case of the Dowlais Dowlais 
Railway Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be Railway. 
dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to 
proceed with their Bill. 

6. Resolved, That in the case of the Great West- Great Western 
ern Railway (Berks and Hants, &amp;c.) Petition, Railway 
the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; (perks Sa) 
vo the Parties be permitted to proceed with their : 

ill. 

7. Resolved, That in the case of the South Eastern South Easteriy 
Railway (Lewisham to Bromley) Petition, the Stand- Railway 
ing Orders ought to be dispensed with; that the oy ae 
Parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. “i 

8. Resolved, That in the case of the Stockport Stockport 
Rectory Division Petition, the Standing Orders ought Rectory 
to be dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted Division. 
to proceed with their Bill. 
| The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
| were agreed to. 





The House was moved, That the Report from the stockport 
Select Committee on Standing Orders in respect of Rectory 
‘the Petition for the Stockport Rectory Division Bill, P!vi8o. 
| might be read ; and the same being read ; 

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

to ascertain the Periods when the Division under 

the Church Building Acts of the Parish of Stock- 

port, in the County Palatine of Chester, into the two 

‘distinct and separate Parishes of Saint Mary in 
Stockport and Saint Thomas in Stockport, shall take 

| complete effect, and the exercise of the Rights of 

| Presentation to the Rectories or Churches of the 

| same Parishes respectively shall commence, and for 

| other purposes: And that Viscount Barrington and 

| Viscount Anson do prepare, and bring it in. 

| 


The House was moved, That the Report from the South Eastern 


Select Committee on Standing Orders in respect of Railway 
rd Lewisham 


( 
to Bromley.) 


the Petition for the South Eastern Railway (Lewis- 
ham to Bromley) Bill, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 
| Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
_to enable the South Eastern Railway Company to 
make a Railway from Lewisham to Bromley, and to 
create Preferential Stock for the purpose of paying 
| off their Mortgage Debt, or in lieu of borrowing ; 
/and to make further Provision as to the raising of a 
| portion of the Capital which that Company is now 
authorized to raise by the creation of Preference 
| Shares, and for other purposes: And that Sir James 
| Duke, Sir Edmund Filmer and Mr. James MacGregor 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Steam Vessels. 
|a Return, in a Tabular Form, of the whole of the 


| Steam Vessels registered in the United Kingdom 


between the ist day of January 1852 and the 1st 
' day of January 1854 ; stating, in separate Columns, 
the following Particulars: 1. Vessels’ Names; 2. 
Port of Registry; 3. Date of Registry; 4. Regis- 
‘tered Owners; 5. Dimensions of Vessels in Length 
-and Breadth; 6. Tonnage (exclusive of Engine- 
room), and Gross Tonnage when practicable ; dis- 
tinguishing Vessels built of Iron, and also Vessels 
| having Screw Propellers ; and giving the Aggregate 
_Number of Vessels and Amount of Tonnage (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 219, of 
| Session 1852). 


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

a Return of the Number and Tonnage of Sailing 
Vessels registered at each of the Ports of Great 
Britain and Ireland, including the Isle of Man and 
the Channe) Islands; distinguishing those under and 
those above Fifty Tons Register, on the 31st day of 
December 1853 :—Similar Return of Steam Vessels 
and their Tonnage :—Return of the Number and 
Tonnage of Vessels that entered and cleared Coast- 
wise, at each of the Ports of Great Britain and Jre- 
land, Isle of Man and Channel Islands (including 
their repeated Voyages), distinguishing Steam from 

Sailing 





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Post-office. 


Courts of 
Equity. 


Western Mails, 


17 VicrorizZ. 


Sailing Vessels, between the Sgt cay of December 
1852 and the 31st day of D ber 1853 :—Like 
Return from and to the Coloffies; further distin- 
guishing British from Foreign Vessels ; also, from 
and to Foreign Ports; also distinguishing British 
from Foreign Vessels :— Return of the Number and 
Tonnage of Sailing Vessels registered at each of the 
Ports of the Colonies of the United Kingdom re- 
spectively ; distinguishing those under and_ those 
above Fifty Tons’ Register, on the 31st day of De- 
cember 1853 :—Similar Return of Steam Vessels 
and their Tonnage :—Returns of the Number of 
Vessels, with their Tonnage (distinguishing Steam 
from Sailing Vessels), that were built and registered, 
distinguishing Timber from [ron Vessels; also a 
similar Return of Vessels sold and transferred ; also 


10° Februarzz. 





a similar Return of Vessels wrecked ; also, a similar 
Return of Vessels broken up in the year 1853 :—Of | 
the Number of Colonial-built Vessels, and their Ton- ' 
nage, registered at each gf the Ports of the United | 
Kingdom in the year 1853; distinguishing the | 





SI 


October last to the 1st day of this instant February : 
—And, of the Time of Arrival of the same Trains at 
Plymouth ; and of the Time of Arrival of the Mail 
at Launceston. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Copper, &amp;e. 


an Account of the Quantity of Copper exported from 
the Port of London in the year ending the 5th day of 
January 1854, distinguishing each Sort, and to what 
Country exported :—Similar Return for the Port of 
Liverpool :—Accounts of all Copper Ore which has 
been imported into the United Kingdom for the year 
ending the 5th day of January 1854, showing the 
Quantity upon which Duty has been paid, the 
Countries from which the same has been imported, 
and the Per-centage Quantity of Metallic &amp; per 
contained in each Parcel of Ore upon which Duty 
has been paid, together with the Rate and Amount 
of Duty received thereon :—Of all Copper imported 
into the United Kingdom in the year ending the 5th 
day of January 1854, distinguishing each Sort of 


Number and Tonnage of each Colony respectively : | Copper, from what Country, and into what Ports im- 
—Similar Return of the Number of Foreign-built | ported:—Similar Return of Quantity exported :— 
Vessels and their Tonnage :—And, Return of the | Account of Tin imported into the United Kingdom 


Shipping employed in the Trade of the United King- | 


in the year ending the 5th day of January 1854, dis- 


dom, exhibiting the Number and Tonnage of Vessels | tinguishing from what Countries imported :— Similar 
that entered Inwards and cleared Outwards (includ- | Return of Exports of Tin :—And, Account of all 
ing their repeated Voyages), separating British| Zinc and Zinc Ore imported and exported during 
from Foreign Vessels, also Steam from Sailing} the year ending the 5th day of January 1854, and 


Vessels, and distinguishing the Trade with each | 
Country, in the year 185% (in continuation of Par- | 
liamentary Paper, No. 299, of Session 1852-53). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this | 
a Copy of Treasury Minute appointing Commis- | 


sioners to inquire into the Administration and Ma- | 
nagement of the Post-office Department. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Number of Appeals and Re- | 
hearings, Special Motions, Petitions, Causes, Claims, | 


the Duty paid thereon (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 903, of Session 1853). 


Ordered, That “ Sunderland” be added to the 
Return ordered on the Ist day of this instant Fe- 
bruary, with reference to the Night Mails to York 
and Mewcastle-upon- Tyne. 


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


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 25th day of July in the last Session of Parlia- 


Plaints and Further Directions, Pleas, Demurrers, | ment, for a Copy of Report from the Registrar of 


Objections and Exceptions, heard 
Chancellor, the Lords Justices, the 
Rolls and the Vice-Chancellors respectively, from the | 
2d day of February 1852 to the Ist day of February 
1854, both inclusive :—Of the Number of Appeals, 
Causes, Claims and Further Directions transferred 
from the Lord Chancellor, Master of the Rolls and 
each of the Vice-Chancellors, to other Branches of 
the Court in each year during the same Period, 
stating to which Judge the same were transferred :— 
Of the Number of Days each of the above Judges 
sat in the Court of Chancery in each year during the | 
like Period :—Of the Number of Appeals, Causes, ' 
Claims, Further Directions, Further Directions and | 
Exceptions, Exceptions, Pleas, Demurrers and Re- | 
hearings remaining to be heard on the first day of Mi- | 
chaelmas Term 1852, and the first day of Michael- 
mas Term 1853 :—Of the Number of Appeals, Causes, | 
Claims, Further Directions, Further Directions and | 
Exceptions, Exceptions, Pleas, Demurrers and Re- | 
hearings remaining to be heard on the Ist day of | 
February 1854 :— And, of the Number of Orders | 
issued, and References made and disposed of, by | 





the first day of Michaelmas Term 1852 to the 1st | 
day of February 1853, and from the 1st day of Fe- 
bruary 1853 to the 1st day of February 1854 (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 150, of 
Session 1852). 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Time of Arrival of the Zondon Mail 
Train at Exeter on each day from the Ist day of 

Vou, 109. 





by the Lord | 
Master of the | 


Deeds in Dublin, showing the Progress which has 
been made in forming Maps and Indexes, in com- 
pliance with the provisions of the Act 13 &amp; 14 Vic. 
c. 72; also, a Statement of the Extent to which 
Registration under the said Act has been carried, or 
of the Reasons for non-compliance with its pro- 
visions :—And, Return of the Charge and Discharge 
of the Office in each year, from 1838 (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 571, of Session 1839), 
containing all the Particulars of that Return, and any 
additional Sources of Income or Expenditure arising 
from Acts regulating Registration, passed subsequent 
to 1838. 


York and 
———— 
upon-Tyne 
Night Mails. 


Adjournment, 


Registrar of 
Deeds 
(Dublin.) 


Return to an Order, dated the 2d day of this in- CustomsHouse 


stant February, for Copy of any Correspondence with 
the Treasury in relation to the insufficiency of 
Customs, House Offices in the Port of London. 


ces 


(London. ) 


Return to an Order, dated the 2d day of this in- Mail Packet 
stant February, for Copy of any Treasury Minute (Orkney-) 


authorizing the Establishment of a Contract Packet 
for the Conveyance of the Mail from the Coast of 
Scotland to the Orkney Islands. 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of Soane’s 
each of the said Judges sitting in Chambers, from | an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table Museum 


by the Clerk of the House,—A Statement of the 
Funds of the Museum of the late Sir John Soane, 
on the 5th of January 1854. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Works and Works and 


Public Buildings, which was presented u 
day of this instant February, be printed. 


pon the 9th Public Build- 
ings. 


No. 39, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
H 2 


Ordered, 

















Controverted 
Elections, &amp;c. 


Settlement 
and Removal. 


Towns Im- 
provement 
(Ireland. ) 


Land Tax. 


Stage 
Carriages. 


Improvement 
of Towns 
(Ireland. ) 


Sligo Election. 


Prosecutions. 


10°—1 1°—-13° Februariz. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Bribery, 
Treating and undue Influence at Elections of Members 
of Parliament: And that Lord John Russell and Sir 
James Graham do prepare, and bring it in. 





Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Law for the Trial of Election Petitions, 
and for inquiring into the existence of Corrupt Prac- 
tices at Elections of Members to serve in Parlia- 
ment: And that Lord John Russell and Sir James 
Graham do prepate, and bring it in, 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to abolish 
in England and Wales the compulsory Removal of | 
the Poor on the ground of Settlement, and to make | 
provision for the more equitable distribution of the | 
Charge of Relief in Unions ; | 





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


Sabbati, 11° die Februari?, 1854: 
And the Question being put :—It was resolved in 
the Affirmative: And that Mr. Baines, Viscount 
Palmerston and Mr. Grenville Berkeley do prepare, 


and bring it in. 


| 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to make better provision for the Fo lighting, 
draining, cleansing, supplying with Water, and Regu- 
lation of Towns in Jreland: And that Sir John Young, 
Viscount Palmerston and Mr. Solicitor General for 


Ireland do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Amounts payable by each Parish or 
Place as Land Tax, showing the Amount set b 
Statute, and the Amount assessed and collected. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Amount of Mileage Duty and Licenses 
paid for the year 1853-54, ending the 5th day of 
January, by Stage Carriage Proprietors in England, 





showing the respective Amounts paid for the Me- 
tropolis. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill | 
to make better Provision for the lighting, cleansing, 
watching, Regulation and Improvement of Towns in 
Ireland : And that Mr. Ross Moore and Mr. Macart- 
ney do prepare, and bring it in. 





Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the General 
Committee of Elections to appoint the Select Com- | 
mittee agreed to, to inquire into the allegations of | 
the Petition of John Patrick Somers; and that such 
Select Committee consist of Five Members. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return from the Clerk of Assize of each Circuit, 
from the Clerk of the Peace of each County, Di- 
vision of a County, City and Borough, wherein are 
held Sessions of the Peace, of the following particu- 
lars, from the 31st day of December 1852 to the 
3ist day of December 1853, in cases of Felony and 
Indictable Misdemeanor : 





State the Amount 





Gross 
Cost of 
Prose- 


cutions. 


Of Expenses 
in Justice's 
Certificate on 
the Commit- 
ment of a 
Prisoner. 


Of Fees 
ordinarily 
allowed to 

Counsel 

with 
Briefs. 


Of other 
Allowances 
and Payments 
not being 
Court Fees, 


Allowed to Of extra 
Attorneys | Allow- 
for ance, by 

Brief and | Order of 
seme Court, 


Of all 
Court 
Fees on 
Trial. 























rized to be raised, charged on the Aids or Supplies 





A. 1854, 


State the Number of 











Prisoners Indictments 


committed for 
Trial. 


Briefs 
allowed to 
Counsel. 





For 
Misdemeanor. 


For 
Felony. 























State the Number 





Of Days 
the Assizes or 
Sessions lasted. 


Sworn on 


Of Witnesses. the Grand Jury, 


| 
| 


Of Prosecutors. 

















State the Scale of Allowance to Prosecutors and Witnesses for mileage and loss of time; 
State the Scale of Court Fees: 


And, Return of the Sums paid to Counsel and So- 
licitors in respect of Prosecutions by the Mint and 
Post-office for the same year. 

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


Mr. Baines presented a Bill to abolish in England Settlement 
and Wales the compulsory Removal of the Poor on 14 Removal 
the ground of Settlement, and to make Provision for Bill 11 
the more equitable distribution of the Charge of “' *™ 
Relief in Unions: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Friday the 10th day of March next; and to be 
printed. 


Sir John Young presented a Bill to make better Towns Im- 
Provision for the paving, lighting, draining, cleansing, rreland) Bil 
supplying with Water, and Regulation of Towns in Bj 
Ireland: And the same was read the first time ; and ill 12, 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday the 
20th day of this instant February ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Ross Moore presented a Bill to make better Improvement 
Provision for the lighting, cleansing, watching, Regu- 6 el 
lation and Improvement of Towns in Jreland : And Gn) 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be Bill 13. 
read a second time upon Monday the 20th day of 


this instant February ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Exchequer 
an Account of all Exchequer Bills raised, or autho- a , 

0. 40. 
of 1854, unprovided for. 

Mr. Wilson accordingly presented the said Ac- 
count. 

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


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








Luna, 13° die Februarii ; 
Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Bonham-Carter reported from the Select Public 
Committee on Public Petitions ; That they had Petitions 
. tag ? (Third 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 10th day Report.) 
of this instant February ; and had directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Dungarvas 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of Plec#o™ 
Recognizances, 








Stourbridge 
Waterworks. 


Irish South 
Eastern Rail- 
way. 


Belfast and 
County Down 
Railway. 


Great Southern 


and Western 
Railway. 


Downpatrick, 
Belfast and 
Dublin Rail- 
way. 


Great North 
of Scotland 
Railway. 


Darlington 
Local 
of Health. 


Stockton, 
Middles- 
brough and 


Yarm Water. 





17 Vicroriz. 


Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 
Election Petition of William Henry Gregory, Es- 
quire, relating to the Borough of Dungarvan, is un- 
objectionable. 


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

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 


Committee on Standing Orders. 


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

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for the Belfast and 
County Down Railway Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for the Great South- 
ern and Western Railway Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for the Downpatrick, 
Belfast and Dublin Railway Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respeet of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for the Great North 
of Scotland Railway Bill. 

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


A Petition of the Local Board of Health for the 
District of the Township of Darlington, and of 
Members of such Board of Health and Inhabitants 
of the said District, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
enable the Local Board of Health of the Township 
éf Darlington to supply Gas and Water within their 
District, and to tes: 9h the Works of the Darling- 
ton Gas and Water Company ; to establish and regu- 
late Markets and Slaughter-houses, and a Public 
Park ; to construct Sewage Works, and raise Money, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Lord Harry Vane and Mr. Cayley. 


A Petition of the Stockton, Middlesbrough and 
Yarm Water Company, for leave to bring in a Bill 
to enable the Stockton, Middlesbrough and Yarm 
Water Company to supply with Water the Township 
of Norton, in the County of Durham, and the Town- 
ships of Coatham and Redcar, in the North Riding 
of the County of York, and other Places on the line 
of the Mains and Pipes of the Company, and to 
enable the Company to raise a further Sum of Money, 
and to amend the Act relating to the Company, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be a in accordingly, by 


Lord Harry Vane and Mr. 


13° Februariz. 53 


A Petition of the Local Board of Health for the Barnsley 

District of the Township of Barnsley, in the Coun 

of York, andof Members of such Board of Health * 4&amp;** 
and Inhabitants of the said District, for leave to 
bring in a Bill for better supplying with Gas and 
Water the District of the Township of Barnsley, in 
the County of York, and for authorizing the Local 
Board of Health for the said District to purchase 
the Works and Powers of the Barnsley Gas Com- 
pany, and of the Company of Proprietors of the 
Barnsley Waterworks, and to raise Money, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Cobden and Sir George Goodman. 











vayley. 


VoL. 109. 


A Petition of the Bangor Waterworks Company, Bangor 
for leave to bring in a Bill for supplying with Water Waterworks, 
the Parishes of Bangor, Llandegai and Lianilechid, 
and with Gas the Parish of Bangor, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Sir Richard Bulkeley and Mr. Bul- 
keley Hughes. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act re- Trowbridge 
lating to the Trowbridge Roads thereinafter-men- Reads. 
tioned, for leave to bring in a Bill to create a further 
Term in the Trowbridge Roads, to add other Roads 
to the Trust, to amend and extend the Act relating 
to the said Roads, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Zong and Mr. 
Sotheron. 


A Petition of Thomas Billings, for leave to bring Leitrim Coal 
ina Bill to facilitate the working of Mines in Jreland, 2nd Iron 
and to incorporate a Company for that purpose, was veep 
— and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 

rought in accordingly, by Sir Robert Ferguson, Mr. 
Macartney and Mr. John M‘Gregor. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of, and Owners of Pro- Bethesda and 
perty in the Town and Neighbourhood of Bethesda, Lianlleched 
in the Parish of Llanileched, in the County of Car- *™Ptovement- 
narvon, for leave to bring in a Bill for the Improve- . 
ment of the Town of Bethesda, and Neighbourhood, 
in the County of Carnarvon, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought.in ac- 
cordingly, by Colonel Pennant and Mr. Bulkeley 
Hughes. 


A Petition of the London and North Western London and 
Railway Company, and of the Midland Railway pe ane 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for authorizing Railway i 
Traffic Arrangements between the London and North Companies 
Western and Midland Railway Companies, was pre- (Traffic Ar- 
sented, and read; and a Byll was ordered to be ne 
brought in accordingly, by the Marquis of Chandos, 

Mr. Glyn, Mr. Bass and Mr. William Philip Price. 


A Petition of Suitors for the Bill thereinafter- Yeovil 
mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for the Regu- 1™provement. 
lation of the Municipal Corporation of the Borough 
of Yeovil, in the County of Somerset, and for the 
Extension of the Boundaries of the said Borough, 
and for the Improvement of the said Borough, was 
presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Moody and Mr. Wil- 
liam Gore Langton. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Birmingham 
gesses of the Borough of Birmingham, in the County provement. 
of Warwick, for leave to bring in a Bill for esta- 
blishing Parks in or near to the Borough of Bir- 
mingham, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Muntz 
and Mr. Scholefield. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Birmingham 
gesses of the Borough of Birmingham, in the County #4 Midland 
. ° etiair : : Institute, 
of Warwick, for leave to bring ina Bill to incorporate 
H 3 the 





se 





13° Februarzt. 


the Birmingham «nd Midland Institute, to define its 
Constitution, and to enable the Council of the Bo- 
rough of Birmingham to grant a Site for the Institute 


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


ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Muntz, 
Mr. Scholefield and Mr. Spooner. 


Burnley A Petition of the Burnley Improvement Commis- 

Improvement. sioners, for leave to bring in a Bill for the Improve- 
ment of the Town of Burn/ey, and parts of the 
Neighbourhood thereof, and for other purposes, and 
of which the short Title is “ The Burnley Improve- 
ment Act, 1854,” was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Wilson Patten and Mr. Heywood. 


Padiham A Petition of Subscribers to the Undertaking 

Waterworks. thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for better supplying with Water the Town of Padi- 
ham and the Neighbourhood thereof, and the Villages 
of Hahergham or Cheapside, and Lower Houses or 
Thornhill Holme, all in the Parish of Whalley, im 
the County of Lancaster, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. Thomas Greene and 
Mr. Starkie. 


Caledoniav 
Railway 
(Lesmahagow 
Branches, &amp;c.) 


A Petition of the Caledonian Railway rm re 
for leave to bring in a Bill for altering the Lines 
authorized by “The Caledonian Railway ( Lesma- 


A. 1854. 


| their Tolls, to raise additional Capital, to sell, lease 

| or amalgamate their Undertaking to or with that of 

the South Wales Railway Company, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Talbot 

‘and Mr. Gwyn. 

| A Petition of the Birkenhead, Lancashire and Birkenheag 
| Cheshire Junction. and the London and North Railway 

| Western Railway Companies, for leave to bring in Teme aa 
'a Bill for a Lease of the Undertaking of the Birken- rangement) 
| head, Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Railwa 
‘Company to the London and North Westem Rail- 

| way Company, and to authorize, until the granting of 

such Lease, Traffic Arrangements between the said 

| two Companies, and between the Birkenhead, Lan- 
_cashireand Cheshire Junction Railway Company, and 

‘the Chester and Holyhead Railway Company, and 

| for other purposes, was presented, and read; and 

a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 

‘the Marquis of Chandos and Mr. Glyn. 


A Petition of Subscribers in the Shrewsbury and Shrewsbury 
_ Chester Railway Company, for leave to bring in a pi, a 
| Bill to enable the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway (Lease oral) 
Company to demise their Undertaking to the Zon- 
_donand North Western Railway Company, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Glyn and Mr. 
Mangles. 


hagow Branches) Act, 1851,’ and for otherwise | 


amending that Act, was presented, and read; and a | 


Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. William Lockhart and Mr. Archibald Hastie. 


A Petition of the thereunder-signed Promoters, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for making a Railwa 
from the Parish of Saint John-the-Evangelist, in 


Westminster 
Terminus 
Railway. 


A Petition of the North Staffordshire Railway Potteries, 
Biddulph and 

Congleton 

Railway. 


Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the 
North Staffordshire Railway Company to make a 
Railway from Stoke-upon-Trent to Congleton, with 
_ Branches therefrom, was presented, and read ; and 
_a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Lord Alfred Paget and Mr. Leveson Gower. 


the City and Liberty of Westminster, to Clapham, in | 


the County of Surrey, with a Branch from such 
Railway to join the authorized Line of the West 
End of London and Crystal Palace Railway at Long 
Hedge Farm, in the Parish of Saint Mary, Batter- 
sea, in the County of Surrey, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Peto and Mr. Geach. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto 
subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for improving 
the Harbour, re-constructing the Pier, and defining 
the Limits of the Port and Harbour of Saint Mawes, 
in the County of Cornwall, was presented, and read ; 


Saint Mawes 
Port, Harbour 
and Pier. 


and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, | 


by Sir Charles Lemon and Mr. Michael Williams. 
London and A Petition of the Zondon and North Western 
a Railway Company and the North Staffordshire 
Staffordshire Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
Railway authorize Trattic Arrangements between the London 
CTrattic At: and North Western and North Staffordshire Rail- 
rangements.) Way Companies, was presented, and read; and a 


Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by | 


the Marquis of Chandos and Mr. Glyn. 


Cheltenham A Petition of the Cheltenham Waterworks Com- 
Waterworks. pany, tor leave to bring ina Bill to consolidate and 
extend the Powers of the Cheltenham Waterworks 
Company, and to enable them the better to supply 
with Water the several Parishes of Cheltenham, 
Charlton Kings, Leckhampton, Swindon and Pres- 
bury, otherwise Prestbury, all in the County of Glou- 
cester, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 


ingly, by Mr. Craven Berkeley and Sir Christopher 


Codrington. 


Llynvi Valley 


A Petition of the Zlynvi Valley Railway Com- 
Railway. ; 4 


pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Lynvi 
Valley Railway Company to construct additional 
Works; and otherwise improve and extend their 
Undertaking, and to abandon Parts thereof; to alter 


A Petition of the Norfolk Railway Company, for Norfolk 
‘leave to bring in a Bill to authorize certain Improve- ®#ilway. 
ments in, or in connexion with, the Lowestoft Har- 

bour, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
'read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Wodehouse and Mr. Peto. 


| A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto Torquay 
| subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a Bailway. 
| Railway from the Pier or Harbour at Torquay to 

the Zorquay Branch of the South Devon Railway, 

‘with a Branch therefrom, and for other purposes, 

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

be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Divett, Sir John 
Shelley and Mr. Hussey Vivian. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Ipswich 
of the Borough of Jpswich, for leave to bring in Conpenni 
a Bill for better supplying Zpswich with Water, was baeaaasic 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Cobbold and Sir 
Edward Gooch. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the Dowlais 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of Railway: 
the Petition for the Dowlais Railway Bill, might 
be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Railway from the Dowlais Railway to 
the Vale of Neath Railway, and for other purposes, 
and of which the short Tide is “The Dowlais Rail- 
way Act, 1854:” And that Mr. Henry Austin Bruce 
and Mr. Divett do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the Great Westem 


| Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of the ae 
| Petition for the Great Western Railway (Berks and jyants, &amp;e.) 
| Hants, &amp;c.) Bill, might be read ; and the same being 
| read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
- enabling the Great Western Railway Company 
to 








and Hereford 
(Leasing: ) 


Birmingham 
Canal Navi- 
gations. 


Severn Valley 
Railway. 


Lanark Police 
and Improve- 
ment Bill. 


Camden Town Mr. 










17 Vicrori2z. 


to make a Branch Railway to connect the Berks and 
Hants Railway with the main Line of the Great 
Western Railway near Reading, for extending the 
Time for completion of parts of the Wilts, Somerset 
and Weymouth Railway, and for reviving the Powers 
for Purchase of Land for, and for completing other 
portions of that Railway, and for other purposes: 
And that Viscount Barrington and Lord Norreys do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of 
the Petition for the Shrewsbury and Hereford Rail- 
way (Leasing) Bill, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway 
Company to lease their Undertaking : And that Mr. 
Ormsby Gore and Viscount Newport do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect to 
the Petition for the Bivaieglen Canal Navigations 
Bill, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for enabling the Company of Proprietors of the Bir- 
mingham Canal Navigations to make new Canals, 
and other Works, and for other purposes: And that 
Mr. Littleton and Mr. Muntz do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


A Petition of the Severn Valley Railway Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for making and 
maintaining of the Severn Valley Railway, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Colonel 
Forester, Mr. Pritchard and Sir Thomas Winning- 
ton. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for regulating the 
Police of the Royal Burgh of Lanark, and for paving, 
draining, cleansing, lighting, watching and improving 
the same, for regulating the Markets and Petty 
Customs thereof, and for other purposes: And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the 
granting building Leases of parts of the Camden 
Town Cemetery, belonging to the Parish of Saint 
Martin-in-the-Fields, which have not been used for 
the purpose of Interment; and for providing out of 
the Rents for making up to the Vicar the deficiency 
of his Income which may be caused by the closing 
of the Cemetery, and also for the Payment of certain 
Perpetual Annuities which are primarily payable out 
of the Fees received by the Sinctineunlions on ac- 
count of Burials in the said Cemetery, and which, in 
consequence of the closing thereof, will be payable 
out of the Poor’s Rates of the Parish; and also for 
the Purchase and Extinguishment of the same An- 
nuities, and for the Purchase and Removal of the 
Almshouses erected on part of the Cemetery, and for 
raising Money by Mortgage or Sale for effecting 
such purposes, and for other purposes: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for authorizing 
the Newcastle-upon- Tyne and Carlisle Railway Com- 
any to raise further Monies for the purposes of their 
Indertaking, and for other purposes: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a 
coy Soe the Town and Royal Burgh of Selkirk, 
to o awick Branch of the North British Railway, 

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about a Mile southwards from the Gulashiels Station 
of the said Branch, and for other purposes: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Leeds, Brad- 
Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway Com- 2 4 ond Hell 
¢ ‘ ° ax Junction 
pany to construct a Railway in extension of, and to Railway Bill. 
alter the Levels of part of their Railway from Gil- 
dersome-street to East Ardsley, in the West Riding 
of the County of York, and for other purposes: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 


read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to increase the Australian 
Capital, extend the Powers, and change the Name of Royal Mail 
the Australian Royal Mail Steam Navigation Com- S%*™ Navi- 

. ; gation Com- 
pany: And the same was read the first time ; and pany Bill. 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to consolidate the Londonderry 
several Acts relating to the Port and Harbour of Port Bill. 
Londonderry, for the Improvement of the Navigation 
of the Lough and River of Zough Foyle, and to 
authorize the Construction of a uniform Line of 
Quays, Docks, and other Works: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Midland 
Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland to make Great Western 
a Branch Railway to Tullamore, and for other pur- ers A 
poses: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to alter the Line London, 
of the London, Tilbury and Southend Extension Tilbury and 
Railway, to authorize the Lease thereof, and the Railway Bill. 
Purchase of the Railway and certain Parts of the 
Works belonging to the T’hames Haven Dock and 
Railway Company, and for other purposes : And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for the Improve- Bolton Im- 
ment of the Borough of Bolton, and for other pur- provement 
poses, and of which the short Title is “The Bolton 
Improvement Act, 1854:” And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to ascertain the Stockport 
Periods when the Division, under the Church Build- Rectory 
ing Acts of the Parish of Stockport, in the County a 
Palatine of Chester, into the two distinct and separate 
Parishes of Saint Mary in Stockport and Saint 
Thomas in Stockport, shall take complete effect, and 
the exercise of the Rights of Presentation to the 
Rectories or Churches of the same Parishes re- 
spectively shall commence, and for other purposes : 

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


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the South Easterm 

South Eastern Railway Company to make a Railway een a 
from Lewisham to Bromley, and to create Preferential Bromley, &amp;e.) 
Stock, for the purpose of paying off their Mortgage Bill. 
Debt, or in lieu of borrowing, and to make further 
Provision as to the raising of a portion of the Capital 
which that Company is now authorized to raise by 
the creation of Preference Shares, and for other pur- 
poses: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for more effectually Bideford 
repairing several Roads adjoining or neai’to the Town Roads Bill. 
of Bideford, and for making several Lines of Road 
connected with the same, all in the County of Devon : 

And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 
H 4 Mr. 














13° Februarii. 


Eastern Coun- 
ties Railway 
(Station En- 
largement, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the 
Eastern Counties Railway Company to make a Rail- 
way at Wisbech, in the Tsle of Ely, and to enlarge 
and improve their Goods Station in the Parish of 
Saint Matthew, Bethnal-green, in the County of Mid- 
dlesex, and for other purposes: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a Rail- 
way from the Town of Wells to join the Norfolk 
Railway at Fakenham, to be called “The Wells and 
Fakenham Railway :” And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


West Brom- 
wich Improve- 
ment, &amp;c. Bill. 


Mr. Muntz presented a Bill for the better paving, 

draining, lighting, cleansing and otherwise improving 
the Parish of West Bromwich, in the County of Staf- 
ford, and for establishing a Local Board of Health 
in that Parish, and for constructing Cemeteries there, 
and for making, maintaining and regulating Markets 
and Market-places therein, and for other purposes : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Hertford, Ware 
and Welwyn 
Junction Rail- 
way. 


A Petition of Subscribers to the Undertaking 
thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for making a Railway from the Great Northern Rail- 
way at Welwyn, in the County of Hertford, to Ware, 
in the same County, to be called “The Hertford, 
Ware and Welwyn Junction Railway,” and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Cowper 
and Mr. Thomas Chambers. 


Sunderland 
and South 
Shields Water- 
works Bill. 


Mr. Digby Seymour presented a Bill to repeal the 
Clauses, Powers and Provisions relating to the Pur- 
chase of the South Shields Waterworks by the Sun- 
derland and South Shields Water Company, contained 
in “ The Sunderland and South Shields Waterworks 
Act, 1852,” and for amending the said Act: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Abergavenny 


The Abergavenny Improvement Bill was read a 
Improvement 
Bi 


second time; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Accrington 
Gas and Wa- 
terworks Bill. 


The Accrington Gas and Waterworks Bill was read 
a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ashton-under- 
Lyne and 
Dukinfield 
Bridge Bill. 


The Ashton-under-Lyne and Dukinfield Bridge 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Bangor and Caernarvon Railway Bill was read 
a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


Bangor and 
Caernarvon 
Railway Bill. 


Beccles Water The Beccles Water and Gas Bill was read a second 
and Gas Bill. time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Belfast Har- 


The Belfast Harbour Bill was read a second time ; 
bour Bill. . 


and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Birmingham 


The Birmingham Waterworks Bill was read a 
Waterworks 


second time; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 





A. 1854, 


The Blyth Harbour, Docks and Railway Bill was Blyth Hay 

read a second time; and committed. bour, Docks 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General Bi, Bailway 

Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Brighton and Hove Gas Bill was read a Brighton ang 
second time ; and committed. Hove Gas Bil | 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Caledonian Railway (Wishaw and Coltness Caledonian 
Railway, &amp;c.) Bill was read a second time ; and Railway 
committed. Nabe 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General way, &amp;e,) Bil 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Chester, Farndon and Worthenbury Road Bill Chester, 
was read a second time; and committed. Farndon and 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- nel ae 
mittee of Selection. 


The Chesterfield Waterworks and Gas Bill was Chesterfield 
read a second time ; and committed. Waterworks 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- *24 8 Bill 


mittee of Selection. 


The Clitheroe Waterworks Bill was read a second Clitheroe 
time; and committed. Waterworks 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 2 
mittee of Selection. 


The Cork, Blackrock and Passage Railway Bill Cork, Black- 
was read a second time; and committed. rock and 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General wives: 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 1 


The Crystal Palace Company Bill was read a se- Crystal Palace 
cond time ; and committed. Company Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire Derbyshire, 
Junction Railway (Revival of Powers, &amp;c.) Bill was Staffordshire 
read a second time ; and committed. pone 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General tion Railway 


Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. (Revival of 
— &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


The Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway Bill was pundalk and 
read a second time ; and committed. Enniskillen 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General ®4way Bill 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. ' 

The Grand Junction Railway of Jreland Bill was Grand June 
read a second time ; and committed. tion Railway, 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General * Ireland 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Glasgow New Street Bill was read a second 
time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Glasgow New 
Street Bill. 


The Great Jndian Peninsula Railway Company Great India 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. P ee i 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General car Bl 

Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Great Western, Shrewsbury and Birmingham, Great Westet 
and Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Companies ry 
Amalgamation Bill was read a second time; and jam, and 


Shrewsbury 
and Chester 
Railway, 
Companies — 
Amalgamation 
Bill. 

The Hatfield Chase Warping and Improvement Hatfield Chas 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- pi) 


mittee of Selection. 
The 


committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 








Fs 


C- 
Ay 
Bill 


lew 


A | 


vhase 
aod 


nent 











Havant and 
Hayling 
Railway Bill. 


EE 


Kingswoo 
Roads Bill. 


Lancashire 

and Yorkshire 

Railway (Li- 
Doc 


Lowestoft 


— 


Mallow and The Mallow and Fermoy Railway Bill was read a 
a Age second time; and committed. 
— Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 
Methwold The Methwold Drainage Bill was read a second 
Drainage Bill. time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
New River The New River (Hertford Sewerage Diversion, 
— p. &amp;¢:) Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 
vale dc.) Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
Bill, mittee of Selection. 
New River The New River (New Reservoirs, &amp;c.) Bill was 
= te) Bill read a second time; and committed. 
"Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
Petworth The Petworth Road Bill was read a second time ; 
Road Bill. and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
Radstock The Radstock and Buckland Dinham Roads Bill 
a eetied was read a second time; and committed. _ 
Roads Bill, Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
Ridghill, Lanes The Ridghill, Lanes and Holehouse Road Bill was 
Bill,’ read a second time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
atorough The Scarborough Market Bill was read a second 
“Bil. time; and commgitted. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
_ mnittee of Selection. 
afield Gas The Sheffield Gas Bill was read a second time; 
and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
Stockport, Ordered, That the Stockport, Disley and Whaley 
vat ace Pridge Railway Bill be read a second time To- 
Railway Bi), Morrow. 





; and committed. 
Branches) Bill. 


17 Vicroriz. 





a second time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Hexham Roads Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Kingswood Roads Bill was read a second 
time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Lancashize and Yorkshire Railway (Liver- 
ool Dock Branches) Bill was read a second time; 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Lowestoft Improvement Bill was read a se- 
cond time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


13° Februariz. 
The Havant and Hayling Railway Bill was read | 





57 


The Surrey Gas Bill was read a second time ; and Surrey Gas 

committed. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

mittee of Selection. 


} 


The West Hartlepool Improvement Bill was read West Hartle- 
a second time; and committed. pool Improve- 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- aa 
mittee of Selection. 


The Washingborough Rectory Division Bill was Washing- 
read a second time ; and committed. borough Rec- 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- mn on 
mittee of Selection. 


The York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway (Pon- York, New- 
top and South Shields, &amp;c.) Bill was read a second castle and Ber- 
time ; and committed. wanaee 4 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General South Shields, 


Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. &amp;c.) Bill. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Acts Dudley, 
thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill Halesowen 
for more effectually repairing the Roads in the Coun- roy = 9 
ties of Worcester and Stafford, known as the Dud- 
ley, Halesowen and Bromsgrove District of Roads, 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Benbow and Mr. 

Foley. 


A Petition of Promoters of the intended Under- Stourbridge 
taking for the Supply of Water to the Inhabitants of Waterworks. 
Stourbridge, and the Neighbourhood, for leave to 
bring in a Bill for supplying the Township of Stour- 
bridge, and the Neighbourhood thereof, with Water, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Petitions relating to Liverpool Election ;—Parlia- Public 
mentary Representation Bill;—Crystal Palace (Sy- Petitions. 
denham) ;— Gaols ; — Fire Insurance ; — Paper ;— vide Fourth 
Wine ;—Borough and County Police ;—Chobham Report. 
Inclosure ;— Decimal Coinage ;—Education (Scot- 
land) ;—Juvenile Crime ;—Medical Officers (Navy); 
—Mercantile Law ;—Ocean Penny Postage ;— Poor 
Law;— and, Wages,—were presented, and read_; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Mr. Cardwell presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- British Ships. 
mand,—-Returns of British Ships employed in the 
Trade of the United Kingdom in the year 1853, as 
compared with the Four previous years; not in- 
cluding repeated Voyages. 

. Copy of Report by Captain F. W. Beechey, R. N., Ship “ Annie 
of the Circumstancesand Causes attending the Wreck Jane.” 
of the Ship “ Annie Jane,” on Barra Island. 

Mr. Cardwell also presented, pursuant to the direc- Joint Stock 
tions of several Acts of Parliament,—Statement of Companies. 
the Licenses granted by the Lords of the Committee 
of Privy Council for Trade, from 22d November 
1852 to 21st January 1854, to Joint Stock Com- 
panies, to hold Lands, Tenements, &amp;c., specifying 
the Nature and Extent of the Powers contained in 
each License, and of the Lands so authorized to be 
held, and, ia case of Renewal or Extension of such 
Licenses, showing the Extent of Land actually held 
by the Company at the time of such Extension, 
and the Counties within which such Lands are 
situate. 

Coalwhippers :—Balance Sheet from 31st Decem- Coalwhippers. 
ber 1852 to 30th June 1853 :—Balance Sheet from 

30th June to 31st December 1853. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 


Ordered, That the corrected Alphabetical List of Controverted 
Members to serve on Election Committees be re- Elections. 
ferred to the General Committee of Elections. 





Vou. 109. 


Ordered, 


58 13° Februarit. A. 1854. 


Ordered, That the Petitions relating to the Elec- | of their Income from School Fees, and from accidental 
tion and Return for the Borough of Chatham, which | Sources :—(All according to the Census of 1851). 
were delivered in in the last Session of Parliament,| Ordered, That the said Address be presented 
be referred to the said Committee. to Her Majesty, by such Members of this House 

Ordered, That the Petitions complaining of an|as are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of Sligo, | Council. 
which were delivered in in the last Session of Par- 
liament, be referred to the said Committee. 

Ordered, That the Petition complaining of an 


i 
Bligo Election. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Police Office 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Uxbridge) 


undue Election and Return for the Borough of Dun- 
garvan, be referred to the said Committee. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Fines imposed 
by the Magistrates in the Police Office at Uxbridge, 
in the County of Middlesex, in the year 1853, stating 
the Offences committed, and the Amount of Fines 








- directions, that there be laid before this House, | imposed; also the Amount of Costs charged in each 
eturns of the Population of Scot/and, and of the | case ; stating also the Number of Persons committed 
Numbers belonging to each Religious Denomination | to Prison for Non-payment of Costs; the Number 
numbering not fewer than 25,000 Adherents :—Of) of Days confined in Prison for Non-payment ; the 
the Population of each of the Counties of Scotland | Total Amount of Money received for Fines and for 
(excluding Cities and Burghs); the Number of Day Costs, and to whom these Fines and Costs were 








Schools in each, distinguishing Parochial, Endowed | 
(other than Parochial), Adventure and Charity | 
Schools ; the Number of Teachers employed in oth | 
Schools, distinguishing Male and Female; and of| 
the Number of Scholars attending them ; also, dis- | 
tinguishing Male and Female, and stating how many | 
are educated gratuitously :—Of the Number of Pa-'| 
rochial Schools in each of the Counties of Scotland ; | 
the Number of Scholars attending them ; the Num- 
ber of Parochial Teachers ; their Salaries ; their In- 
come from School Fees; from Mortifications, or 
other Property inalienable from the Schools; from 
Privy Council Grants; and from other accidental 
Sources :—Of the Number of Endowed (other than 
Parochial), Adventure and Charity Schools, in each 
of the Counties of Scotland (excluding Cities and 
Burghs); the Number of Scholars attending them ; | 
the Number of Teachers ; their Salaries, and from | 
what Source derived; their Income from School | 
Fees; from Privy Council Grants ; and from other | 
accidental Sources :—Of the Number of Schools, | 


other than Parochial, in each of the Counties of | 
Scotland (excluding Cities and Burghs), which are | 


in connexion with Religious Bodies; of the Number 
of such Schools in connexion with each Religious 


Adherents ; the Number of Scholars in these Schools ; 


Denomination numbering not fewer than 25,000 | 


paid. 

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


to 
as are of Her 
Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Royal Forests, 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 


House, Copies of all Correspondence, not already 
before the House, between the Commissioner in 


Charge of Her Majesty’s Woods and Forests, and 


the eee of the Royal Forests, in re- 


lation to Mr. Brown’s Inspection of and Reports 
upon the Royal Forests, and Proceedings in con- 
nexion therewith, and of any Reports from Mr. 
Brown in answer to the Remarks of the Deputy 
Surveyors :—Of Reports of Mr. John Clutton to the 
Commissioner in Charge of Her Majesty’s Woods 
and Forests, on Mr. James Brown’s Reports on the 
Forests, and of any Reports from Mr. James Brown 
in answer to Mr. Clutton’s Observations :—And, of 
Correspondence between the Lords Commissioners 
of Her Majesty’s Treasury and the Commissioner in 
Charge of Her Majesty's Woods and Forests, on the 
subject of the Employment of Mr. Brown on an In- 
spection of the Forests ; and of a Treasury Minute 


the Number of Teachers; the Amount of their | oq subsequent Correspondence relating to the Com- 


Salaries, and whether derived from Endowments, | 


—Of the Population of each of the Cities and Burghs | 
in Scotland ; the Number of Day Schools in each, | 
distinguishing between Burgh, Endowed, Adventure | 
and Charity Schools ; the Number of Teachers em- | 
mae in such Schools, distinguishing Male and | 


emale ; and of the Number of Scholars attending | 
| 


them ; also distinguishing Male and Female, and stat- 
ing how many are educated gratuitously :—Of the | 
Number of Burgh Schools in each of the Cities and 
Burghs of Scotland, the Number of Scholars in | 


such Schools; the Number of Teachers; their In- 
come from mortified Funds, or other Property 
inalienable from the Schools ; from Municipal Funds ; 

from School Fees; from Privy Council Grants ; and 

from other accidental Sources :—Of the Number of | 
Schools, other than Burgh, in each of the Cities and 

Burghs of Scotland; the Number of Scholars in| 
such Schools; the Number of Teachers; their Sa- | 
laries, and from what Source derived ; their Income | 
from School Fees; from Privy Council Grants ; and | 


ber of Schools in each of the Cities and Burghs of. 
Scotland connected with Religious Bodies; of the 

Number of such Schools in connexion with each Re- 

ligious Denomination which does not number fewer | 
than 25,000 Adherents; the Number of Scholars | 
in these Schools; the Number of Teachers; the| 
Amount of their Salaries, and whether derived from 
Endowments, Societies or Individuals ; the Amount | 


eee a : missioner’s Second Annual Repor liament. 
Societies or Individuals; the Amount of their In- | esti al Report to Parliame 


come from School Fees, and from accidental Sources: | 


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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Pauper 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 


| House, a Return, from the Parochial Boards of 


Scotland, of the Number of Pauper Lunatics main- 
tained by them for Three years past; the Cost of 


‘the same; the Medical Treatment and Places of 


Detention ; distinguishing such as have been born 
in England and | reer respectively, and have ac- 
quired no Settlement in Scotland. 

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


Lunatics 
(Scotland.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Deficiency 
from other accidental Sources:—And, of the Num-| a Return of the Amount of Deficiency Bills issued, Bills 


or ordered to be issued, since the 5th day of January 
last. 


Mr. Peel presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 16th day of August in the 
last Session of Parliament, for a Return of the Num- 


| ber of Her Majesty’s Troops, including Artillery and 


Engineers, who have been employed in the Conan 
0 


Troops 
(Colonies.) 








es.) 





17 VicrorizZ. 


of Great Britain in each of the years 1851, 1852 
and 1853 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 566, of Session’ 1852). 

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


The following Papers were laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 8th day of August in the last Session of 
Parliament, for a Retarn of the Total Number of 
Acts passed in each Session since the year 1800, dis- 
tinguishing the Number of Public, Private and 
Local and Personal Acts, and the Number relating 
to Great Britain, England, Scotland and Ireland, 
and those relating to the United Kingdom. 

’ Return to an Order, dated the 2d day of this in- 
stant February, for a Statement as regards each of 
the several Stocks fot the commuting or paying off 
of which provision is made in the Acts 16 Vie. c. 23, 
and 16 &amp; 17 Vic. c. 152, setting forth, 1st. The Total 
Amount of each of such Stocks outstanding at the 
period of the passing of the Act 16 Vic. c. 23 (9th 
day of May 1853); 2d. The Amount thereof com- 
muted for any and which of the New Stocks pro- 

ed to be created under the said Act; 3d. The 

yments in liquidation of any part of the residue of 
such Old Stock made in Money, and out of what 
Fund; 4th. The Payments in liquidation of any part 
of such residue made in £.3. 5. per Centum Annui- 
ties (1844) created under the Act 16 &amp; 17 Vic. c. 132, 
and the Terms and Conditions on which such £. 3. 5. 
Centum Annuities were offered by the Treasury, 
and accepted by the Holders of any such Old Stock ; 
5th. The Amount of the residue of any of such Old 
Stock still outstanding :—Copies of any Treasury 
Warrant issued under the 3d Section of the Act 
16 &amp; 17 Vic. c. 132, specifying the Rate at which the 
£.3. 5. Annuities (1844) to be created under the said 
Act might be taken by the South Sea Company on 
any commutation into such Annuities of any part of 
the Annuity or Interest payable on their Trading or 
Capital Stock:—Of any Treasury Warrant issued 
under the 5th Section of the said Act, creating any 
£.3. 5. Annuities (1244) agreed to be taken by the 
South Sea Company :—And of any Treasury War- 
rant issued under the 8th Section of the said Act, 
for paying out of the Consolidated Fund any Money 
that may have been required for paying off any of the 

Proprietors of the Stock mentioned in the Act 16 Vic. 

c. 23, in respect of whose Annuities assents to com- 

mute may not have been signified according to the 

said Act, as also for paying to the South Sea Com- 
pany the Sum payable to said Company, under the 
said Act, in respect of the Amount of the Trading or 

Capital Stock of the said Company, or the part 

thereof, the Interest or Annuity on which may not 

have been commuted or exchanged under the Acts 

16 Vic. c. 28, and 16 &amp; 17 Vie. c. 132. 

Balances in Return to an Order, dated the 2d day of this in- 

theExchequer. stant February, for a Statement of the Balances in 

the Exchequer at the end of each Quarter since the 

5th day of January 1347. 

_ Return to an Order, dated the 10th day of this 

instant February, for Copy of Treasury Minute 

appointing Commissioners to inquire into the Admi- 
nistration and Management of the Post-oftice De- 
partment. 

The followin’ Paper, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—Copies of all 
Cases which have been stated and signed by Commis- 
sioners acting in the execution of the Acts relating 
to the Assessed Taxes, subsequent to the 9th day 
of Febroary last, being the Date of a like Return 
made under the directions of the same Act in the 
last Session of Parliament. 


Acts of 
Parliament. 


South Sea 
Stock, &amp;e. 


Assessed 


al Ordered, ‘That the Return relative to Customs 


(lendon,) House Offices (London), which was presented upon 
No, 41. ~ 10th day of this instant February, be printed. 
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5 
Ordered, That the Return relative to the Mail Mail Packet . 


Packet (Orkney), which was presented upon the (Orkney.) 
10th day of this instant February, be printed. No. 42, 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Miss Cunning, 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased heme. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of or Extracts from the Correspon- 
dence relating to the recent case of the Imprison- 
ment of Miss Cunninghame at Florence. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for: the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Parliamentary 
further to amend the Laws relating to the Represen- — 
tation of the People in England and Wales: And” 
that Lord John Russell and Sir James Graham do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Vacating of 
to amend the Law conceming the vacating of Seats Seats. 
of Members of the House of Commons: And that 
Lord John Russell and Sir James Graham do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill em -_ 
to facilitate the Apportionment of the Rent when 4) ‘cdsvent. 
Parts of Lands in Lease are taken for the purposes 
of the Church Building Acts: And that Sir William 
Molesworth and Mr. Attorney General do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Complaint. 
posed, That the Committee of Privileges agreed to 
on Tuesday last, to whom is referred the Complaint 
of the Paragraph contained in “The Times” News- 
paper of Monday last, do consist of Twenty Mem- 
hers :—And the said Motion was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Education. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of all Minutes, in a separate Form, 
that have been adopted by the Committee of the 
Privy Council on Education, so far as they affect 
the Distribution of the Parliamentary Grant for 
Education. 

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


A Petition of William Henry Gregory, of the City Dungarvan 
of Dublin, Esquire, a Candidate at the last Election Election. 
of a Member to serve in the present Parliament for 
the Borough of Dungarvan, was delivered in, and 
read ; settmg forth, That at the last Election of a 
Member to serve in Parliament for the Borough of 
Dungarvan, in Ireland, John Francis Maguire and 
the Petitioner were Candidates; that the said Elec- 
tion was heid on the Twenty-fifth day of August 
One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-three ; that 
a poll having been demanded, the same was proceeded 
with, and at the close of the poll the Srecuming 
Officer of the said Borough declared the said John 
Francis Maguire to have had a majority of votes 
over the Petitioner, and to have been duly elected as 
Member to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough, and that, as such, the said John 
Francis Maguire was returned accordingly; that 
such majority was only a colourable majority, and 
that in fact and in right the Petitioner had a majorit 
of good and legal votes over the said John Francis 

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Maguire, and ought to have been returned as the | 
Member duly elected at such Election in the place | 
and stead of the said John Francis Maguire ; that, | 
at the time of the said Election, held on the Twenty- 
fifth day of August One thousand eight hundred and 
Fifty-three, the said John Francis Maguire was not, | 
according to the true intent and meaning of the Act | 
passed in the second year of the reign of Queen 
Victoria, intituled, “ An Act to amend the Laws re- 
lating to the Qualification of Members to serve in 
Parliament,” duly qualified to be elected as a Mem- 
ber to serve in Parliament for the said Borough, nor 
was the said John Francis Maguire at the time of 
the said last Election, or at the time of his said Re- 
turn as such Member as aforesaid, seised or entitled, 
for his own use or benefit, of or to any estate, legal 
or equitable, in lands, tenements or hereditaments of 
any tenure whatsoever, situate, lying or being within 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain or Ireland, or 
in the rents or profits thereof, for his own life, or for 
the life or lives of any other person or persons then 
living, or for a term of years, either absolute or de- 
terminable on his own life, or on the life or lives of 
any other person or persons then living, of which 
term not less than thirteen years were at the time of 
the said Election unexpired, such estate being of the 
clear yearly value of not less than Three hundred 
pounds over and above all incumbrances affecting the 
same, nor was the said John Francis Maguire, at the 
time of the said Election, or at the time of his said 
Return as such Member as aforesaid, possessed and 
entitled, for his own use and benefit, at law or in 
equity, for his own life, or for the life or lives of any 
other person or persons then living, or for any term 


of years, either absolute or determinable on his own 
life, or for the life or lives of any other person or 
persons then living, of which term not less than 
thirteen years were, at the time of his said Elec- 
tion, unexpired, or of or to personal estate or effects 
of any nature or kind whatsoever, situate within the 
said United Kingdom, or the interests, dividends or 


annual proceeds, actually producing the clear yearly 
income of not less than Three hundred pounds over 
and above all incumbrances affecting the same, nor 
did the said John Francis Maguire at the time of 
the said last Election, or at the time of his said Re- 
turn as such Member as aforesaid, possess more than 
one of the several kinds of qualification hereinbefore 
mentioned which were jointly sufficient to qualify 
him to serve as a Member for the said Borough ; 
that the said John Francis Maguire was not, at the 
time of his said Return as such Member as aforesaid, 
the eldest son or heir apparent of any Peer or Lord 
of Parliament, or of any person qualified by the 
last-mentioned Act, or by any other Act, to serve as 
Knight of the Shire, and therefore that the said 
John Francis Maguire was not capable of being 
elected at the said Election a Member of the House 
for the said Borough of Dungarvan, and was not 
duly qualified as a Member to serve in Parliament 
for the said Borough, and the said Election and Re- 
turn of the said John Francis Maguire were and 
are wholly null and void; that at the time of the said 
Election the said John Francis Maguire was wholly 
ineligible and incapacitated to be elected as a Mem- 
ber for the said Borough by reason that he the said 
John Francis Maguire was not, at the time of the 
said Election, duly qualified by seisin or possession 
of real or personal estate or effects, of such a nature, 
or to such amount, as was and is by law necessary to 
qualify him to sit and to be elected, and to render 
him the said John Francis Maguire capable of being 
elected a Member for the said Borough, and for the 
want of such qualification and of the incapacity last 
aforesaid, the Election and Return of the said John 
Francis Maguire were and are wholly null and void ; 
that at the time of the said last Election, that is to 
say, on the Twenty-fifth day of August last, a request 
was made to the said John Francis Maguire on be- 
half of the Petitioner, in pursuance of the provisions 


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of the said statute (1 &amp; 2 Vic. c. 48), that he the 
said John Francis Maguire would make and sub- 
scribe a declaration of his qualification pursuant to 
the provisions of the before herein-mentioned Act ; 
that the said John Francis Maguire did, in conse- 
quence of such request as aforesaid, on the said 
‘Twenty-fifth day of August last, make and subscribe 
a declaration to the purport and effect following (that 
is to say—“ I, John Francis Maguire, of No. 4, Gren- 
ville-place, in the City of Cork, Esquire, do solemnly 
and sincerely declare that [ am, to the best of my 
knowledge and belief, duly qualified to be elected as 
a Member of the House of Commons, according to 
the true intent and meaning of the Act passed in the 
second year of the reign of Queen Victoria, intituled, 
‘An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Quali- 
fication of Members to serve in Parliament,’ and that 
my qualification to be so elected doth arise out of and 
from an annuity or yearly rent-chargeof Two hundred 
and twenty pounds for the term of three hundred 
ears, issuing out of and charged upon the towns and 
ands of Cahernacrin, Gortrol, Shandrum, or Shan- 
drummore and Shandrumbeg, respectively, situate 
in the Parish of Kilmacommague, Barony of Ban- 
try, and County of Cork, and also out of another 
annuity or yearly rent-charge of One hundred and 
fifty pounds for the term of fourteen years, if my 
life shall so long continue, issuing out of and charged 
upon the lands of Ballinvorrig, situate in the Parish 
of Whitechurch, Barony of Cork, and County of 
Cork, and also out of another annuity or yearly 
rent-charge of One hundred pounds for the term of 
twenty-one years, issuing out of and charged upon 
two lots of ground fronting Market-street, situate in 
the Parish of Saint Paul's, in the City of Cork, and 
out of the premises situate in Wyales-street, in the 
Parish of Saint Anne’s, Shandon, and in the City of 
Cork, and out of the dwelling-house in the north 
main street and Parish of Saint Peter’s, and City of 
Cork, and also out of an annuity or yearly rent- 
charge of Fifty pounds for my life, issuing out of and 
charged upon ground, houses and premises situate 
in Dunbar-street and Douglas-street, in the Parish 
of Saint Finn Baras and City of Cork.—John 
Francis Maguire ;” that the said declaration was 
made and subscribed before J. Nugent Humble, one 
of the Justices of the Peace for the County of Water- 
ford ;. that at the time of the Election and Return 
of the said John Francis Maguire, and of his making 
the said declaration as last aforesaid, the said John 
Francis Maguire was not so seised or entitled, 
either at law or in equity, and had not such an 
estate for his own use and benefit in or to the 
houses, lands, tenements and premises, situated as 
in the said declaration is mentioned, nor in or to 
such annuities, rents, charges and monies, situate, 
arising and being as in the said declaration men- 
tioned, nor was he so entitled or possessed for his 
own use and benefit to such houses, lands, tene- 
ments or premises, situate as in the said declaration 
is mentioned, nor in or to such annuities, rent-charges 
or monies, situate, arising and being, as in the said 
declaration is mentioned, as would qualify him the 
said John Francis Maguire to be elected as a Mem- 
ber of the House, for the said Borough of Dungar- 
van, according to the true intent and meaning of 
the said Act, intituled, ‘‘ An Act to amend the 
Laws relating to the Qualification of Members to 
serve in Parliament ;” that the qualification arising 
out of the houses, lands, tenements, premises, an- 
nuities, rent-charges and monies mentioned in the 
said declaration, was insufficient to qualify the said 
John Francis Maguire as a Member to serve in 
Parliament for the said Borough, and that the said 
John Francis Maguire was not, at the time of his 
said Election and Return, by reason of his said want 
of qualification, capable of being elected a Member 
for the said Borough, and was not qualified as a 
Member to serve in Parliament for the said Borough, 
and that the Election and Return of the said John 
Francis 











17 Vicroriz. 


Francis Maguire were and are wholly null and void ; 
that the said John Francis Maguire was, before, at and 
during the said last Election, further incapacitated 
and disqualified from serving as a Member of Par- 
liament for the said Borough in this present Parlia- 
ment, by reason and in roe of that at the last 
previous Election which took place for the said Bo- 
rough of Dungarvan, and which was holden on the 
Twelfth day of July One thousand eight hundred and 
Fifty-two, at which the said John Francis Maguire 
and Edmund O’ Flaherty, Esquires, were Candidates, 
and the said John Francis Maguire was then de- 
clared duly elected to serve as Member in Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough, and was so returned, the 
said last previous Election and Return of John 
Francis Maguire was effected and carried by bribery, 
corruption and treating; and that previously to, at 
and during and after the said Election, the said John 
Francis Maguire, by himself, his agents, his com- 
mittee and friends, and by many other persons em- 
ployed in his behalf, did, by gifts, presents, money, 
rewards, and by promises and agreements and secu- 
rities for money, gifts, employments and rewards, 
and by threats, intimidation, promises, undue in- 
fluence, and other corrupt and illegal practices, acts 
and means, corrupt and procure divers persons, hav- 
ing or claiming to have votes at the said Election, to 
give their votes in favour of him the said John Fran- 
cis Maguire, or to forbear to give their votes in 
favour of the said Edmund O’ Flaherty ; that the said 
John Francis Maguire, by the said corrupt and il- 
legal practices, was and is wholly incapacitated and 
ineligible to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough, and the said last Election and Return 
of the said John Francis Maguire were and are 
wholly null and void; that after the teste of the 
Writ for holding the said last previous Election, and 
before, at and during the said Election, the said 
John Francis Maguire did, by himself and his agents, 
friends and partisans, or by divers ways and means 
in this behalf, or at his charge, directly and indi- 
rectly, give, present and allow to persons having 
votes in and at the said last previous Election, 
money, meat, drink, entertainment and provision, 
and did make presents, gifts, rewards and entertain- 
ments, and did make promises, agreements, obliga- 
tions and engagements to give and allow money, 
meat, drink, provision, presents, rewards and enter- 
tainment to and for persons having votes in and at 
the said Election, and to and for the use, benefit and 
advantage, employment, profit and preferment of 
such persons, to induce such persons to vote at the 
said Election for the said John Francis Maguire, or 
to forbear to vote at the said Election for the said 
Edmund O’ Flaherty, or in order that he the said 
John Francis Maguire might be elected, or for being 
elected to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough ; that by reason of the said last-men- 
tioned corrupt and illegal practices the said John 
Francis Maguire was and is wholly incapacitated 
and ineligible to serve in this present Parliament for 
the said Borough, and the said Jast Election and 
Return of the said John Francis Maguire were and 
are wholly null and void; that before, during and 
after the said last previous Election, the said John 
Francis Maguire did, by himself and his agents, 
friends and partisans, or by or with divers persons, 
or in divers ways and manners, directly or indirectly 
give or provide, or did cause or did knowingly 
allow to be given or provided, wholly or partly at 
his expense, or did pay wholly or in part, divers 
expenses incurred for meat, drink, entertainment 
and provisions to and for divers persons, for the 
purpose of corruptly influencing divers of such 

ersons, or divers other persons, to give their votes 
in the said Election for the said John Francis Ma- 
guire, or to refrain from giving their votes in the said 
Election for the said Edmund O’ Flaherty, or for the 
purpose of corruptly rewarding divers of such per- 
sons, or divers other persons, for having given their 

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votes in the said Election for the said John Francis 
Maguire, or from having refrained from giving 
their votes at the said Election for the said Edmund 
O'Flaherty ; that, by reason of the said last-men- 
tioned corrupt and illegal practices, the said John 
Francis Maguire was and is totally incapacitated 
and ineligible to serve in this present Parliament 
for the said Borough, and the said last Election and 
Return of the said John Francis Maguire were and 
are wholly null and void ; that gross, extensive and 
systematic and open and notorious bribery, treating 
and corruption were practised and carried on at the 
said last previous Election by divers persons, being 
friends, supporters and partisans of the said John 
Francis Maguire, with a view to the Election of the 
said John Francis Maguire, and that the said last 
previous and last Election and Return of the said 
John Francis Maguire were procured by means of 
such bribery, treating and corruption ; that the said 
last-mentioned Election and Return of the said 
| John Francis Maguire were and are, by reason of 
the said illegal and corrupt practices, wholly null 
and void; that after the said last previous Election 
and Return of the said John Francis Maguire for the 
said Borough, a Petition was presented to the House 
by the said Edmund O’ Flaherty, Esquire, wherein 
he set forth the existence of the aforesaid illegal and 
corrupt practices at the said Election, and prayed 
that the House would take the premises into consi- 
deration, and would declare the said Election and 
Return of the said John Francis Maguire to be 
wholly null and void; that the said John Francis 
Maguire, weli knowing, and being sensible of the 
truth of the allegations in the said Petition, and 
being fully cognizant of the fact that before, at, 
during and after the said Election, he had by him- 
self, his agents, friends and partisans, been guilty 
of the aforesaid corrupt and illegal practices, and 
also well knowing that good and sufficient evidence 
to the effect before mentioned had been procured, 
and would be produced on behalf of the said Ed- 
mund O’ Flaherty betore the Select Committee ap- 
pointed by the House for the trial of the said Elec- 
tion Petition, did, subsequent to the presentation, 
and prior to the trial of the same, that is to say, on 
the Twelfth day of April One thousand eight hun- 
dred and Fifty-three, enter into an illegal and cor- 
rupt compromise with the said Edmund O’ Flaherty, 
of the words, tenor and effect following, that is to 
say: “April 12th, 1853. I have this day entered 
into an honourable engagement with Mr. Edmund 
O’ Flaherty, that, in consideration of the Petition 
now pending against me being withdrawn, I will 
accept the Chiltern Hundreds prior to the close of 
this Session, and in time for a new Writ to be moved 
for the Borough of Dungarvan. I solemnly declare 
and promise that no circumstance whatever shall 
prevent me from fulfilling this obligation, which, as 
a man of honour, I am bound under every contin- 
gency to discharge.—(Signed) John Francis Ma- 
guire;” that the said corrupt and illegal compro- 
mise and undertaking was witnessed by a Member 
of the House, George Henry Moore, Esquire, one 
of the representatives of the county of Mayo, in 
manner following: “ I am witness to this agreement, 
which I consider Mr. Maguire is honourably bound 
to fulfil—(Signed) G. H. Moore ;” that in pursuance 
of and in compliance with the terms of the said 
corrupt and illegal compromise, the said Petition of 
the said Edmund 0’ Flaherty was abandoned, and 
not proceeded with, and the said John Francis Ma- 
guire did sit and vote in the last Session of this pre- 
sent Parliament as Member for the said Borough 
of Dungarvan, and did further, at the close of the 
said last Session, accept the Stewardship of the said 
Chiltern Hundreds, although he weil knew that such 
compromise as aforesaid was wholly irregular, illegal 
and corrupt ; that before, at, during and after the 
last Election for the Borough of Dungarvan, and 
especially publicly on the hustings, on the day of 

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nomination for the said Borough, on the Twenty- | votes for the said John Francis Maguire, such votes. 
fifth day of August One thousand eight hundred | would be thrown away ; that on the Twenty -sixth 
and Fifty-three, the said John Francis Maguire did | day of August One thousand eight hundred and 
openly and repeatedly acknowledge and admit the Fifty-three, previous to the declaration of the result 
existence of, and his own engagement in, the said | of the poll by the Returning Officer of the said Bo- 
corrupt and illegal compromise ; that he also then | rough, a notice was served on the said Returning 


openly admitted and acknowledged that at the pre- 
vious Election, namely, in the month of July One 
thousand eight hundred and Fifty-two, he was by 
himself, his agents, friends and partisans, guilty of 
bribery, treating and other corrupt practices as be- 
fore mentioned, and that such facts were, at the 
time of the said last Election, matters of public 
notoriety in the said Borough ; that by reason, as 
well of such corrupt practices as of the entering into 


Officer on behalf of the Petitioner, and signed by 
‘his agent, of which the following is a copy: “To 
the Returning Officer for the Borough,—Sir, I here- 
by call upon you to declare William Henry Gregory 
,to have been duly returned as Member for this Bo- 
rough, inasmuch as John Francis Maguire, the only 
other Candidate, has, in your presence, and in the 
presence of the Electors, on the day of nomination, 
openly avowed and admitted that he had been guilty 
_of undue practices at the Election of One thousand 





the said corrupt and illegal compromise, the said 
John Francis Moguire was wholly incapacitated and | eight hundred and Fifty-two, and that he had com- 
disqualified from serving asa Member in this present | promised a Petition presented to the House of Com- 
Parliament for the said Borough of Dungarvan at | mons complaining of such practices, with a view of 
the said last Election, and the said Election and evading inquiry, such conduct being clearly illegal, 
Return of the said John Francis Maguire were and | and rendering the said John Francis Maguire wholly 
are wholly null and void ; that on the Twenty-third | ineligible to be returned as a Member of Parliament, 
day of August One thousand eight hundred and | or to serve in Parliament; and take notice, that 
Fin -three, being the day on which the Candidates | unless you comply with this requisition, I call upon 
for Election for the said Borough were nominated, you to give a Special Return to the Writ, stating 
a notice was served on the Returning Officer fcr the the application hereby made, and the reasons there- 
said Borough by the agent of the Petitioner on his | for, otherwise I shall take such proceedings as may 
behalf, of which the following is a copy: ‘‘ To the | be necessary to compel you to amend the Return, or 
Electors of Dungarvan, and to the Returning Officer | to have it set aside, as I may be advised. Dated 
for said Borough.—I hereby give notice to you, and | 26th August 1853.— Richard G. Hudson, Conduct- 
each of you, that John Francis Maguire, at present |ing Agent for W. H. Gregory ;” that on the said 
a Candidate for the Borough of Dungarvan, having | Twentv-sixth day of August last, notice was served 
been guilty by himself and his agents, previous to | on the said John Francis Maguire, in behalf of the 
and since the last Election for said Borough, of | Petitioner, and signed by his agent, of which the 
bribery and treating, with a view of corruptly pro- | following isa copy: “To John Francis Maguire, Es- 
curing his Return as Member for the said Borough | ae ee I hereby caution you against requiring 
at the said Jast Election, and having since corruptly the Returning Officer to declare you to have been 


compromised a Petition to the House of Commons, duly returned as a Member for this Borough, inas- 
charging him with such bribery and treating, with | much as you have admitted and avowed on the 
a view of preventing the investigation of such | day of nomination, that you had been guilty of 
charges, and having been previous to, at and since | undue practices at the Election of One thousand 


the issuing of the Writ for the — of holding | eight hundred and Fifty-two, and had compromised 
the coming Election for said Borough, guilty of | the Petition to the House of Commons, complaining 
bribery and treating, for the purpose of corruptly , of such practices, with a view of evading inquiry ; 
te 3 his re-election as Member for the said! and as inasmuch as by such conduct you have 
orough, and not being possessed of any sufficient disqualified and rendered yourself wholly ineligible 
property qualification to entitle him by law to be | to be returned as a Member of, or to sit in Parlia- 
returned to serve in Parliament as Member for said ment, take notice, that in case you persist in seeking 
Borough, is wholly disqualified for the reasons afore- to claim the seat, proceedings will be immediately 
said to be a Candidate at the approaching Election | taken with a view to have William Henry Gregory, 
for such Borough, or to be returned as Member | Esquire, declared to have been duly returned, and 
therefor, and I therefore caution you, and each of it will be sought to render you liable for all costs to 
you, against tendering or giving, or accepting, if so be incurred by reason of a frivolous and vexatious 
tendered or given, any votes for the said John Francis | defence. Dated this 26th August 1853.— Richard 
Maguire, and | apprize you that all votes so given for, G. Hudson, Conducting Agent for the said W. H. 
the said John Francis Maguire will be wholly lost and Gregory;” that, notwithstanding such notices so 
thrown away, and that this notice will be hereafter signed and delivered, the said Returning Officer did 
made use of, if necessary, with a view of establishing then declare the said John Francis Maguire to be 
the disqualification of the said John Francis Maguire, | duly elected as a Member to serve in Parliament 
—W. H. Gregory ;” that from and after the period | for the said Borough, and did so return the said 
of such nomination, printed placards, containing a | John Francis Maguire; that the Petitioner submits 
similar notification of the disqualification of the that the votes of all persons who voted for the said 
said John Francis Maguire, were extensively circu- | John Francis Maguire, having had notice of the in- 
lated and posted throughout the Borough of Dun-| capacity, disyualitication and ineligibility of the said 
garvan, and continued so affixed up to the close of | John p awe, Maguire to be elected as aforesaid, 
the poll, and for some days afterwards, and that the | were lost, thrown away, bad and illegal, and ought 
said notice and warning was well known and noto-| not to have been received and reckoned at the said 
rious to all the Electors of the said Borough of) Election, and ought now to be struck off the poll 
Dungarvan, both before and during the time of the | of the said John Franste Maguire; that the number 
said Election ; that on the said Twenty-fifth day of | of persons, if any such there were, who voted for the 
August last, when the poll had commenced, due | sai i John Francis Maguire at the said Election, to 
notice was given on behalf of the Petitioner to all | whom the incapacity and disqualification of the said 
such Electors as tendered their votes for the said | John Francis Maguire were unknown at the time of 
John Francis Maguire, that the qualification of the | their so voting as aforesaid, was much less than the 
said John Francis Maguire had been duly questioned, | number of voters whose votes were good and valid, 
and would he ienpenteed before a Committee of the | and were given at such Election for the Petitioner, 
House; and the said John Francis Maguire was, | and that the Petitioner ought, by reason of the pre- 
by reason of — practices, incapable of sitting | mises, to have been returned to serve in this present 
in Parliament as Member for the said Borough, and Parliament for the said Borough ; that the Election 
they were severally informed that if they gave their | and Return of the said John Fransie Maguire were 
and 




















17 Vicroriz. 


-and are, under the circumstances before set forth, 
wholly null and void; that the said John Francis 
Maguire has since the said last Election, and on the 
first day of this Session of the present Parliament, 
taken his seat in the House without having pre- 
viously made and subscribed or delivered in at the 
table of the House any sufficient declaration or par- 
ticulars of his property qualification as entitling him 
to be elected and sit as a Member in the House, 
that the only declaration and particulars of his 
property qualification delivered in at the table of 
the House by the said John Francis Maguire on 
taking his seat in the present Session of Parliament, 
and in consequence of his said last Election and 
Return, are wholly insufficient, and do not comply 
with the terms of the Acts of Parliament in that 
case made and provided, and that his said Election 
and Return are thereby rendered wholly null and 
void, and he is incapacitated from sitting and voting 
-as Member for the said Borough in this present Par- 
liament; and praying that the House will take the 
premises into consideration, and will find and declare 
the said Election and Return of the said John Francis 
Maguire to be wholly null and void, or will find and 
dotlrn the said Election and Return of the said John 
Francis Maguire were wholly nuli and void, and that 
the said John Francis Maquire was not duly elected, 
and ought not to have been returned at the said 
Election, and that the Petitioner was duly elected, 
and ought to have been returned at the said Election, 
and will cause the Return to be amended by erasing 
the name of the said John Francis Maguire, and 
substituting that of the Petitioner in its stead, or 
that the House will give to the Petitioner such 
further and other relief in the premises as to the 
House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
General Committee of Elections. 

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


Church Sir William Molesworth presented a Bill to fa- 
a cilitate the Apportionment of the Rent when parts 
3 of Lands in Lease are taken for the purposes of the 
Bill 14, Church Building Acts: And the same was read the 
‘first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday the 27th day of this instant February ; 

and to be printed. 
Shrewsbury Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the 


— Shrewsburyand Hereford Railway Company to lease 
(Leasing) pi, their Undertaking: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Furness 


The House was moved, That the Report from the 
Railway. 


Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of 
the Petition for the Furness Railway Bill, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable the Furness Railway Company to raise a 
further Sum of Money, and for the Amendment of 
the Acts relating to the said Company: And that 
Mr. George Cavendish and Colonel Tynte do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Birmingham 
nal Navi- 
gations Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for enabling the 
Company of Proprietors of the Birmingham Canal 
Navigations to make new Canals and other Works, 
and for other purposes: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


pieat Western Mr. Brotherton 


me a Bill for enabling the 
, Great Western Railway Company to make a Branch 


(Ber ; 
Resta be) Railway to connect the Berks and Hants Railway 
Sl with the main Line of the Great Western Railway 


near Reading, for extending the Time for completion 

of parts of the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Rail- 

way, and for reviving the Powers for Purchase of 
OL, 109. 


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63 


Land for, and for completing other portions of that 
Railway, and for other purposes: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be reada 
second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the:Furness 
Furness Railway Company to raise a further Sum of Bailway Bilt. 
Money, and for the Amendment of the Acts relating 
to the said Company: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Secretary-at-War presented, pursuant to an Army 
Address to Her Majesty,—Estimates of Effective Estimates. 
and Non-effective Army Services, from ist April No, 43. 
1854 to 31st March 1855. 

Ordered, That the said Estimates be referred to 
the Committee of Supply ; and be printed. 


Mr. Osborne presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Local Acts. 
mand,—Reports from the Admiralty relative to Ap- No. 44. 
plications for Local Acts. 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Martis, 14° die Februarii ; 
Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


ORDER ED, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Cardigan __ 
Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make County Writ. 
out a new Writ for the electing of a Knight of the 

Shire to serve in this present Parliament for the 

County of Cardigan, in the room of William Ed- 

ward Powell, Esquire, who, since his Election for 

the said County, hath accepted the Office of Steward 

of Her Majesty’s Manor of Northstead. 





Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Londonderry 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, —— Har- 
P . . . ur, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for the Londonderry 
Port and Harbour Bill. 

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

Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Aboyne, Bal- 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, oe 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for the Aboyne, Bal- 
later and Tarland Road Bill. 

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


Tormoham 
and Saint 
Mary Church 
Gas, 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for the Tormoham 
and Saint Mary Church Gas Bill. 

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


A Petition of the Great Southern and Western oan haan 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to Wot pa: 
enable the Great Southern and Western Railway a a 
Company to make a Railway from Tullamore to 
Athlone, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on Stand- 


ing Orders. 


Ordered, That Mr. John Lewis Ricardo and Lord London and 


Alfred Paget be added to the Gentlemen appointed Nort) Western 


to prepare, and bring in the London and North Wes- staffordshire 
? Railway Com- 


tern and North Staffordshire Railway Companies 








(Traffic Arrangements) Bill. 2 — 
14 A Petition ments.) 





64 
A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
esses of the City of Manchester, for leave to bring 
in a Bill to repeal an Act passed in the ninth year 
of the reign of Her present Majesty, intituled, “ An 
Act for more effectually constituting and regulating 
the Court of Record within the Borough of Man- 
chester, and for extending the Jurisdiction of the 
said Court,” and to extend the Powers and Juris- 
diction of the said Court, and to simplify and other- 
wise improve its Practice and Proceedings, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; anda Bill 


was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Milner Gibson, Mr. Bright and Mr. Brotherton. 


Manchester 
Court of 
Record. 


Bradford, A Petition of Persons whose names are there- 

row and ynto subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for 

way, + ‘making a oe from the Leeds, Bradford and 
Halifax Junction Railway, near Leeds, to Wakefield, 
all in the West Riding of the Connty of York, to 
be called “The Bradford, Wakefield and Leeds 
Railway,” and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Baines and Mr. Sandars. 


Catholic Law 
and General 
Life Assurance 
Company. 


A Petition of Directors of the Catholic Law and 
General Life Assurance Company, for leave to bring 
in a Bill for changing the Name of “ The Catholic 
Law and General Life Assurance Company,” to 
“ The London, Dublin and Continental Life Assur- 
ance Company,” was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Bowyer and Mr. Brady. 


Winchester 
and Peters- 
field Road. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Winchester and Pe- 
tersfield Turnpike-road, for leave to bring in a Bill 
to continue the Term, and to amend and extend the 
Provisions of the Act relating to the Winchester and 
Petersfield Turnpike-road, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Sir William Jolliffe 
and Mr. Bonham-Carter. 


Oxford Poor- 


= A Petition of the Chancellor, Masters and Scho- 
rate. 


lars of the University of Oxford, and the Guardians 
of the Poor of the City of Oxford, for leave to bring 
in a Bill to repeal an Act “for better regulating 
the Poor within the Citygof Oxford,” and to grant 
further and more effectual Powers in lieu thereof, 
and also to provide for a Contribution to the Poor- 
rates by the University of Ozford, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Sir William Heathcote and Captain 
Hanbury. 


‘Edinburgh 
Police and 
Improvement, 


A Petition of a Quorum of the General Com- 
missioners of Police of the City of Edinburgh, ap- 
pointed and acting under the provisions of the Act 
11 &amp; 12 Vic. c. 113, thereinafter-recited, for leave to 
bring in a Bill to amend “ The Edinburgh Police 
Act, 1848,” and to make further provision for 
Sewerage, Drainage and Improvement of the City 
of Edinburgh; for deepening and cleansing the 
Water of Leith, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Macaulay and Mr. Cowan. 


Horsmonden 


A Petition of Trustees for executi 
orn ustees for executing the Act 


thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill 
to renew the Term and continue the Powers of an 
Act passed in the ninth year of the reign of his 
Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled, “ An 
Act for more effectually repairing and improving the 
Roads from Kipping’s Cross to Wilsley Green, and 
from a Place near Goudhurst Gore to Stilebridge, 
and from Underden Green to Wanshutts Green, all 
in the County of Kent,” was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 


by Sir Edmund Filmer and Mr. Masters Smith. 


14° Februari. 





A. 1854, 


A Petition of the Londonderry and Coleraine Rail- Londonderry 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to autho- 9%4 Coleraine 
rize a Deviation of the Extension Line of the Lon- “”™*™ 
donderry and Coleraine Railway, and the Construc- 
tion of two short Branches, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Sir Robert Ferguson, 

Captain Jones and Mr. Bateson. 


A Petition of the Londonderry and Enniskillen Londonderry 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to a 
enable the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway “? ““™Y 
Company to make a Branch Railway to Fintona, 
and to extend their Line at Londonderry, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir 
Robert Ferguson and Mr. Bateson. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto Border Coun 
subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a ts Railway, 
Railway from the Newcastle-upon- Tyne and Carlisle 
Railway, at or near Hexham, in the County of North- 
umberland, to or near the Belling, in the Parish of 
Falston, in the same County, to be called “ The 
Border Counties Railway (North Tyne Section),” 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Lord Lovaine, Mr. Beaumont and Mr. Henry 
George Liddell. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Stockton, 
Stockton, Middlesbrough and Yarm Water Com- be 
pany to supply with Water the Township of Norton, Water Bill 
in the County of Durham, and the Townships of 
Coatham and Redcar, in the North Riding of the 
County of York, and other Places on the Line of 
the Mains and Pipes of the Company ; and to enable 
the Company to raise a further Sum of Money, and 
to amend the Act relating to the Company, and for 
other purposes: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to create a fur- Trowbriege 
ther Term in the Trowbridge Roads ; to add other Roads Bill 
Roads to the Trust ; to amend and extend the Act 
relating to the said Roads, and for other purposes : 

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


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Darlington 
Local Board of Health of the Township of Darling- ery ‘ 
ton to supply Gas and Water within their District, “* 
and to purchase the Works of the Darlington Gas 
and Water Compfny; to establish and regulate 
Markets and Slaughter-houses and a Public Park ; 
to construct Sewage Works and raise Money, and 
for other purposes: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for better sup- Barnsley 
plying with Gas and Water the District of the Town- ere * 
ship of Barnsley, in the County of York, and for 
authorizing the Local Board of Health for the said 
Disirict to purchase the Works and Powers of the 
Barnsley Gas Company, and of the Company of 
Proprietors of the Barnsley Waterworks, and to 
raise Money, and for other purposes: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for altering the Caledonian 
Lines authorized by the Caledonian Railway ( Les- ie 
mahagow Branches) Act, 1851, and for otherwise Branches, &amp;) 
amending that Act: And the same was read the Bill. 


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


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to incorporate Biri d 
the Birmingham and Midland Institute, to detine its T stitute Bile 
Constitution, and to enable the Council of the Bo 

rough 








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sc.) 





17 VicrorizZ. 


rough of Birmingham to grant a Site for the Insti- 
tute Buildings: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


West London = Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the 

and ae West End of London and Crystal Palace Railway 

Pay (Awelge- Company to unite their Undertaking with the Lon- 

mation, Sale don, Brighton and South Coast Railway, the South 

or Lease) Bill. po stern Railway, and the Zendon and South West- 
ern Railway Companies, or some or one of them: 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize cer- 
tain Improvements in or in connexion with the 
Lowestoft Haibour, and for other purposes : And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Norfolk Rail- 
way Bill. 


Saint Mawes Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for improving 

Port, Harbout the Harbour, re-constructing the Pier, and defining 

and Pier Bill the Limits of the Port and Harbour of Saint 
Mawes, in the County of Cornwal/: And the same | 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a| 
second time. ' 


Potteries, Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the 
Biddulph and North Staffordshire Railway Company to make a 
cote Bill Railway from Stoke-upon-Trent to Congleton, with 
Branches therefrom: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 
Burnley Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for the Improve- 
ment of the Town of Burnley and Parts of the 
Neighbourhood thereof, and for other purposes, and 
of which the short Title is “The Burnley Improve- 
ment Act, 1854: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 
Birmingham Mr, Brotherton presented a Bill for establishing 


— Parks in or near to the Borough of Birmingham: 
; And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Liynvi Valley Mr, Brotherton presenied a Bill to enable the 

Railway Bill. Z/ynvi Valley Railway Company to construct addi- 
tional Works, and otherwise improve and extend 
their Undertaking, and to abandon Parts thereof; 
to alter their Tolls ; to raise additional Capital; to 
sell, lease or amalgamate their Undertaking to or 
with that of the South Wales Railway Company, 
and for other purposes: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Severn Valley Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for the making 

Railway Bill. and maintaining of the Serern Valley Railway, and 
for other purposes: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


York, New- Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize Tiaf- 
castle and Ber- fic Arrangements between the York, Newcastle and 


pn Sabet Berwick, the York and North Midland and the 


Midland and Leeds Northern Railway Conipanies, and between 
_ — the same Companies or the two first-named Com- 
lemmeaden ” panies, or either of them, and the Ma/ton and Drif- 
(Working Ar. field Junction Railway Company: And the same 


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

_ New. Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to dissolve the 

— York and North Midland and Leeds Northern Rail- 

and North way Companies, and to vest their Undertakings in 

eo and the York, Newcastle and Berwich Railway Com- 

em Railway. pany, to be thenceforth called “The North Eastern 


panies Railway Company,” and to alter the Constitution of 


fi *mation that Company, and to authorize Working Arrange- 
ments with the Malton and Driffield Junction Rail- 
Vou. 109. 





14° Februari. 








65 


way Company, and the Amalgamation of that Com- 
pany with such united Company, and for other pur- 
poses : And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to consolidate Cheltenham 
and extend the Powers of the Cheltenham Water- Waterworks 
works Company, and to enable them the better to” 
supply with Water the several Parishes of Chelten- 
ham, Charlton Kings, Leckhampton, Swindon and 
Presbury, otherwise Prestbury, all in the County of 
Gloucester, and for other purposes: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for the Improve- Bethesda and 
ment of the Town of Bethesda and Neighbourhood, Llanlleched 
in the County of Caruarvon: And the same was read — 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for supplying pangor Water- 
with Water the Parishes of Bangor, Llandegai and works Bill. 
Llaullechid, and with Gas the Parish of Bangor: 

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


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for moreeffectually Dudley, Hales- 
repairing the Roads in the Counties of Worcester and owen and 
Stafford, known as the Dudley, Halesowen and Bromsgrove 

. Leng : ? Roads Bill. 
Bromsgrove District of Roads: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Bretierton presented a Bill to enable the shrewsbury 
Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Company to demise 204 Chester 
their Undertaking to the London and North Western rye Sale) 

. ‘ . is 
Railway Company: And the same was read the first Bill. 


time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for better sup- Padiham 
plying with Water the Town of Padiham, and the Waterworks 
Neighbourhood thereof, and the Villages of Haberg- ®" 
ham or Cheapside, and Lower louses or Thornhill 
Holme, all in the Parish of Whalley, in the County 
of Lancaster: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to facilitate the Leitrim Coal 
working of Mines m Ireland, and to incorporate a 2d Tron Com- 
Company for that purpose: And the same was read PY Bill. 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Brotheton presented a Bill for making a Torquay 
Railway from the Pier or Harbour at Torquay to the Railway Bill. 
Torquay Line of the South Devon Railway, with a 
Branch therefrom, and for other purposes: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for a Lease of Birkenhead 
the Undertaking of the Birkenhead, Luncashire and Railway 
Cheshire Junction Railway Company to the London —— y~ 
and North Western Railway Company,and to autho- rangements) 
rize until the granting of such Lease, Traffic Ar- Biil. 
rangements between the said two Companies, and 
between the Birkenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire 
Junction Railway Company, and the Chester and 
Holyhead Railway Company, and for other purposes : 

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


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for authorizing rondon and 
Traffic Arrangements between the London and North pete oh nr 
Western and Midland Railway Companies: And —— Co 

y Com- 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be panies (Traffic 


read a second time. Arrange- 
K Mr ments) Bill. 


66 14° Februariz. 

Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a 

1, Railway from the Parish of Saint John-the- Evange- 
list, in the City and Liberty of Westminster, to Clap- 
ham, in the County of Surrey, with a Branch from 
such Railway to join the authorized Line of the West 
End of London and Crystal Palace Railway at Long 
Hedge Farm, in the Parish of Saint Mary, Battersea, 
in the County of Surrey: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Westminster 
Terminus 
Railway B 


Table. 


Yeovil Mr. Moody presented a Bill for the Regulation 
a of the ae ay Corporation of the Borough of 
, Yeovil, in the County of Somerset, and for the Ex- 
tension of the Boundaries of the said Borough, and 
for the Improvement of the said Borough: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 

be read a second time. 


Mr. Thomas Chambers presented a Bill for making 
a Railway from the Great Northern Railway at 
Welwyn, it. the County of Hertford, to Ware, in the | 
same County, to be called “ The Hertford, Ware | 
and Welwyn Junction Railway,” and for other pur- | 
poses: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Hertford, 
Ware and 
Welwyn Junc- 
tion Railway 
Bill. 





Address to 


A. 1854. 


Licenses (Public-houses) ;--Medical Officers (Navy); 
—Ocean Penny Postage;—Poor Law Guardians ; 
—and, Public-houses and Beer-shops,-—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Mr. Fitzroy presented,—Further Return to an Population, 

er Majesty, dated the 30th day of &amp;. 

June in the last Session of Parliament, fora Return 

of the Population of each County, Division of a 

County, City and Borough in the United Kingdom, 

within the Parliamentary Boundaries, and the Num- 

ber of Members returned to the House of Commons 

by each; also, of the Population of each City and 

Borough returning Memb 

its Municipal Boundaries ; and also, the Population 

in Boroughs and Towns containing 5,000 Inha- 

bitants and upwards, not returning Members to 

Parliament. 
Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Criminal 

29th day of July in the last Session of Parliament, Prosecutions, 

for a Return showing the Amount paid for Expenses 

of Criminal Prosecutions in each County, County 

of a City, and County of a Town in England and 

Wales, at each Assizes and Sessions since 1846 : 


ers to Parliament within 





Ipswich 
Corporation 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Mr. Adair presented a Bill for better supplying | 
Ipswich with Water: And the same was read the | 
first time; and urdered to be read a second time. 


Name 
of 
| County, &amp;e. 


Date of each 
Assizes 


and Sessions. 


Sum paid for Ex- 
penses of Prose- 
cutions in Fe- 
lony Cases at 
each Assizes and 
Sessions. 


Sum paid for Ex- 


penses of Prose- 
cutions in Mis- 
demeanor Cases 
at each Assizes 
and Sessions. 


Fund out of which 
Sum was pai 
whether Conso« 
lidated Fund or 
Local Rates, 


Amicable The Amicable Society Assurance Bill was read | 

Society Assur- second time; and committed. 

ence Bill Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 





Ss « ¢€ Se a &amp;@ 


The Ayr and Maybole Junction Railway Bill was 
read a second time; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General | 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. And, similar Return as to Jre/and. 
| Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Rural Police 
The Hamilton Waterworks Bill was read a second | 9th day of this instant February, for a Return of 
time ; and committed. the several Counties of England and Wales, their 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- | Population, the Number of Rural Police appointed 
mittee of Selection. |under the Acts 2 &amp; 3 Vic. c. 93, and 3 &amp; 4 Vie. c. 
88, in each County; the Date of their Appointment ; 
The North Shields Quays and Improvements Bill | the Total Cost annually since the Appointment 
was read a second time ; and committed. | charged upon the Rates of each County; the Num- 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ber of Annuai Commitments in each County, either 
for Time or Trial, since the passing of the above 
recited Acts ; drawn up in a Tabular Form. 
Salford,Stock- The Salford, Stockport and Manchester Division | | Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
—_ = Man- Bill was read a second time; and committed. lable. 
—— Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ayr and May- 
bole Junction 
Railway Bill. 























en 





Hamilton 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


North Shields 
Quays and 
Improvements 
Bill. 


mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to British British Ships. 
Ships, which was presented upon the 13th day of No, 45. 
The Order of the day being read, for the second | this instant February, be printed. 
reading of the Stockport, Disley and Whaley Bridge 
Railway Bill ; | Ordered, That the Return relative to Troops (Co- Troops 

And a Motion being made, and the Question | lonies), which was presented upon the 13th day of (Colonies), 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second | this instant February, be printed. No. 46. 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be | 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“pow” stand part of the Question:—It was re- 
solved in the Affirmative. 

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

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


Stockport, 
Disley and 
Whaley Bridge 
Railway Bill. 





Ordered, That the Return relative to Acts of Acts of 
Parliament, which was presented upon the 13th day Parliament. 
of this instant February, be printed. No. 47. 


Ordered, Tiat the Return relative to South Sea gouth Sea 
Stock, &amp;c., which was presented upon the 13th day Stock, &amp;. 
of this instant February, be printed. No. 48. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Balances in Balances inthe 
the Exchequer, which was presented upon the 13th Exchequer. 
day of this instant February, be printed. No. 49. 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directiéns ee 
of an Act of Parliament, was laid upon the Table ¢fo Com- 
by the Clerk of the House,—A Return of the Con- pany, 


tingency Fund of the Imperial Gas-Light and Coke 


Petitions relating to Barnstaple Borough ;—Jews ; 
-— Religious Opinions ;— Ministers’ Money (Jre- 
land) ; — Paper ;—Wine ;— Borough and County 
Police ;—County Courts Act ;—Juvenile Crime ; — 


Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Fifth 


Report. Company. 





Sir 











Controverted 
Elections. 


Controverted 
Elections. 


Controverted 
Elections. 


Sligo Election. 


17 Vicrori2. 


Sir George Grey reported from the General Com- 
mittee of Elections, That they had selected the 
following six Members to be the Chairmen’s Panel, 
and to serve as Chairmen of Election Committees 
for the present Session:—The Right honourable 
Sir Francis Thornhill Baring, George Medd Butt, 
Esquire (Weymouth), Richard Budden Crowder, 

uire, the Right honourable Joseph Napier, the 
Right honourable Sir John Trollope, the Right ho- 
nourable James Stuart Wortley. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Tabie. 


Sir George Grey a from the General Com- 
mittee of Elections ; That they had divided into five 
Panels the List of Members to serve on Election 
Committees. 

Whereupon the Clerk decided by lot, at the Table, 
the order of the said Panels, and distinguished each 
of them by a number, denoting the order in which 
they were respectively drawn, as follows :—Panel 
E, No.1; D, No.2; A, No. 3; C, No. 4; and B, 
No. 5. 

Ordered, That the said Panels be printed. 


Sir George Grey reported from the General Com- 
mittee of Elections, That they had appointed Mon- 
day the 6th day of March, at half-past Two o’clock, 
to choose, from Panel No. 1, the Select Committee 
to try and determine the Chatham Boreugh Election 
Petition. 

Ordered, That the leport do lie upon the Table. 


Sir George Grey reported from the General Com- 
mittee of Elections, who were instructed to appoint 
the Select Committee agreed to, to inquire into the 
allegations of the Petition of John Patrick Somers ; 


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67 





The House was moved, That the Report from the Cork and 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of Waterford 


the Petition for the Cork and Waterford Railway 
Bill, might be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
extend the Powers of the Cork and Waterford 
Railway Company, and to enable them to abandon 
part of their Railway to Waterford, and the Branch 
to Tramore, and for other purposes: And that Mr. 
Isaac Butt and Mr. Roche do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


way. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Agricultural 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Statistics 


a Copy of a Letter from the Secretary to the High- 
land and Agricultural Society of Scotland to the 
Board of Trade, transmitting an Estimate of the 
Crops in the Counties of Roxburgh, Haddington and 
Sutherland, in the year 1853. 

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


to Rive directions, that there be laid before this House, Seotland.) 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Troops 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Colonies.) 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of any Correspondence 
which has taken place between the Colonial Office 
and the Governors of the West India Colonies, re- 
lating to the Removal of the Troops. 

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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill succession to 
to amend the Law of Succession to Real Estate ; Real Estate, 


And that Mr. Locke King, Mr. Phinn and Mr. Had- 





and that such Select Committee consist of Five 
Members; That they had selected a Committee of 
Five Members accordingly; viz.:—Henry Ker 
Seymer, Esquire, the Honourable Edwin Lascelles, 


| field do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Public 
to provide for the Appointment of Public Prosecu- Prosecutors, 


Robert Ingham, Esquire, John Arthur Roebuck, 
Esquire, Edward Christopher Egerton, Esquire. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 







tors, and for the Amendment of Criminal Proce- 
'dure in England and Wales: And that Mr. John 
| George Phillimore and Mr. Hume do prepare, and 
| bring it in. 


Tormoham 
and Saint 
Mary Church. 


Aboyne, Bal- 
later and Tar- 
land Roads. 


Standing 
Orders. 


Shrewsb 

and Chester 

Railway (Ex- 
tion of 


&amp;e.) 


Belfast and 
West of Ire- 
land Railway. 


oan and 
aterford 
Railway. 


A Petition of Promoters of the Undertaking | 
thereafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill to. 
incorporate a Company for the purpose of lighting 
with Gas the Parishes of Zormoham and Saint 
Mary Church, in the County of Devon, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders. 


} 


A Petition of Persons whose names are there- 
under signed, for leave to bring in a Bill for making | 
and maintaining Turnpike-roads from Aboyne to | 
Ballater and Tarland respectively, in the County of | 
Aberdeen, was presented, and read ; and referred to | 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com- | 


mittee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; 
which were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Shrewsbury 
and Chester Railway (Explanation of Acts, &amp;c.) 
Petition, the Standing Orders ought not to be dis- 
pensed with. 


2. Resolved, That in the case of the Belfast and 
West of Ireland Railway Petition, the Standing 
Orders ought not to be dispensed with. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the Cork and 
Waterford Railway Petition, the Standing Orders 
ought to be dispensed with; that the Parties be 
permitted to proceed with their Bill. 

The third Resolution, being read a second time, 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Accidents in 
to inquire into the Causes of the numerous Acci- Coal Mines. 


dents in Coal Mines, with a view of suggesting the 
_ best means for their Prevention :—And a Committee 
was appointed of Mr. Hutchins, Mr. Cayley, Mr. 
| Stephenson, Mr. Ingham, Mr. Cumming Bruce, Mr. 
| Hussey Vivian, Mr. Henry Austin Bruce, Mr. Mos- 
| tyn, Mr. Locke, Mr. Cobbett, Mr. Farrer, Mr. Baird, 


| Mr. Fitzroy,.Colonel Pennant and Mr. Child; with 
| Power to send for persons, papers and records. 


Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, public Works 
Copies of the Reports of the Commission on Public (India.) 


Works at Bombay, and of the Second Report of the 
Commissioners on Public Works at Madras, toge- 
ther with the Minutes or Reports of the Governor 
and Members of Council at Madras to the Gover- 
nor General or Court of Directors, respecting those 
Reports :—Of all Minutes or Reports of the Go- 
vernor General to the Court of Directors in answer 
to or respecting those Reports :—Of any Memorials 
from the Commissioners on Public Works at Madras 
to the Court of Directors respecting those Reports : 
-—And, of any of the Answers of the Court of 
Directors to the said Memorials, Minutes and 
Reports. 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 





was agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
VoL. 109, 








House, a Return to show, in Columns, the Name, 
Designation and Place of Residence of each Sheriff 
K2 in 





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Sheriffs 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Scotland.) 


Guano. 


London 
Markets. 


Consolidated 
Annuities 
(Ireland. 


Complaint. 


Exports, 
Imports, &amp;c. 


day next. 


68 14°—15° Februari. a. 1854, 


in Scotland respectively ; also, their former Annual | exported to the British Possessions in North Ame- 
Salaries and Income from all Sources, together with | rica :—Similar Accounts from each, of the Goods 
their present Annual Income, as made up under the | and Produce imported during the same Period :— 
Sheritf Court Act, passed in 1853 :—Similar Return | Account of the Number and Tonnage of British 
for the Sheriff Substitutes in each County of Scot- | Ships cleared Outwards for the United States of 
land respectively, including any Additions which | America, during the same Period :—Similar Account 
have been made to their Number under the provi- | of British Ships entered Inwards :—And, Account 
sions of the said Act:—Return, in Columns, to | of the Number and Tonnage of Vessels belonging to 
show the Number and Names of the Sheriffs and | the United States, entered Inwards and Outwards 
Sheriff Substitutes respectively, who have been al- | in each year, during the same Period. 
lowed to retire, or given in their Resignations, since . . : 
the Act of 1853 was passed, with the Amount of The Select Committee on Portuguese Claims was Portuguese 
the Superannuation Salary or Allowance to each of nominated of Mr. Thomas Chambers, Mr. Horsfall, Claims. 
the above respectively ; the said Return to show the | Mr. William Brown, Mr. Strutt, the Judge Advo- 
Amount of Superannuation allowed to Sheriffs and | case, Mr. Henry Austin Bruce, Mr. a homne Greene, 
Sheriff Substitutes respectively, if any, previous to | Viscount Goderich, Sir Francis Baring, Sir James 
the passing of the Act in 1853 :—Return to show, | Duke, Mr. George Butt, Mr. Kinnaird, Mr. James 
in full and in abstract, the Total Annual Amount | MacGregor, Mr. Spooner and Mr. Dunlop; with 
awarded to Sheriffs and Sheriff Substitutes respec- | Power to send for persons, papers and records, 
tively, under the above Act, and also under former | Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 
Acts, so as to show the additional Amount to be | 
paid annually by the Country for the Maintenance | 
of Sheriff Courts in Scotland :—And, Return to; - : J 
show, in Columns, the Name, Designation and Place | eflective Ordnance Services, for the year 1854-55. 
of Residence of each Sheriff Clerk in Scotland re- Ordered, That the said Estimates be referred to 
spectively ; also, their present Annuai Salaries and the Committee of Supply ; and be printed. 
Income from all Sources. 

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





Mr. Monsell presented, pursuant to an Address to Ordnance 
er Majesty,—Estimates of Effective and Non- Estimates. 
r No. 50. 


Mr. John George Phillimore presented a Bill to Public Prose. 
provide for the Appointment of Public Prosecutors, utors Bill. 
and for the Amendment of Criminal Procedure in — Bill 16. 
England and Wales: And the same was read the 

first time; and ordered to be read a second time 

upon Thursday the 9th day of March next; and to 

be printed. 


Resolved, That an hunble Address: be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
whieh the Government have had with the Perurian| _ Mt Locke King presented a Bill to amend the Sucresion 
scene “angst ingen fy secrete wire Law of Succession to Real Estate: And the same — 
soverament, on the sunject of the importation Of | wos read the first time; and ordered to be read a 


S | 
"Ordered That the said Address be presented to second time upon Wednesday the 8th day of March 

a re. a re 'mext; ¢ rinted. 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are | antl 5 cuneate geen 


of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 





Bill 16. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


| 





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | 
to Her Majesty, that She will Le graciously pleased | 
to give directions, that there be laid before this _ 
House, Copies of any Correspondence which may | 
have passed between the Government, and the Cor- | 
poration of the City, in reference to the providing 
a Dead Meat Market in conjunction with a Live | 
Stock Market at the new Market in Copenhagen | 
Fields. 

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


Mercurii, 15° die Februarii ; 
Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Duncan reported from the Select Com- public 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had Petitions 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 13th day tere 
ese . ~ Report.) 
of this instant February; and had directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House,| 4 Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Bradford 
a Return of the Poor Law Unions and Electoral | gesses of the Borough of Bradford, in the County Corporation 
Divisions in Ireland, where the Arrears of the Cou- | of York, for leave to bring in a Bill for better sup- Waterworks. 
solidated Annuities are in process of Collection. plying with Water the Borough of Bradford, in the 
/County of York, was presented, and read; and a 
The Committee of Privileges on the matter of the | Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Complaint made to the House of an Article in| Mr. Milligan and Mr. Wickham. 
“ The Times” Newspaper, as containing calumnious | 
reflections on the Zrish Members of the House, was| A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens Manchester 
nominated of Mr. Jsaac Butt and Mr. Henley. of the City of Manchester, for leave to bring in a Coes 
A Motion was made, and the Question bemg pro- | Bill for the Extension of the Manchester Corporation eer 
posed, That Mr, Attorney General be one other; Waterworks, and for other purposes, and of which 
Member of the said Committee :—And a Debate|the short Title is “The Manchester Corporation 
arising thereupon ; | Waterworks Act, 1854,” was presented, and read ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Thurs- | and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Milner Gibson, Mr. Bright and Mr. Bro- 


therton. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of the Quantities and Declared Value of} A Petition of the Portsmouth Railway Compahy, Portsmouth 
the Produce and Manufactures of the United King-| for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Portsmouth Railway. 
dom exported to the United States in each of the | Railway Company to make certain Alterations in 
past Seven years, ending the 5th day of January | the Line and Levels of their Railway, and to extend 
1854 :-—Sinilar Account of the Quantities and De-| their said Line from Godalming to Shalford, and for 
clared Value of British Produce and Manufactures me purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill 

was 









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17 Vicrortz. 


was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. | 
Bonham Carter and Mr. Mangles. 


Londonderry A Petition of the thereunder-signed, for leave to 

Port and bring in a Bill to consolidate the several Acts re- 

aaa lating to the Port and Harbour of Londonderry, 
and to authorize the construction and maintenance 
of Quays and other Works, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 

Rast Suffolk A Petition of the Halesworth, Beccles and Had- 

Railway. discoe Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill 


for making a Railway in Deviation and Extension 
of the Halesworth, Begcles and Haddiscoe Railway, 
from Westhall Low Common to Iloodbridge, and 
certain Branches therefrom, and for changing the 
Name of the Company to “ The East Suffolk Rail- 
way Company,” was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Sir Edward Gooch, Sir FitzRoy Kelly and Mr. 


Peto. 
Border Coune Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a 
= Railway Railway from the ewcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle 


Railway, at or near Hevham, in the County of 
Northumberland, to or near The Belling, in the Pa- 
rish of Falstone, in the same County, to be called 
“ ‘The Border Counties Railway (North Tyne Sec- 
tion),” and for other purposes: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 


time. 
Londonderry Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize a 
and Coleraine Deviation of the Extension Line of the Londonderry 
Railway Bill. 


and Coleraine Railway, and the Construction of two 
short Branches, and for other purposes: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


Bradford, Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a 
Wakefield and Railway from the Leeds, Bradford and Halifax 
Leeds Railway ‘. ; 
Bill, Junction Railway, near Leeds, to Wakefield, all in 
the West Riding of the Connty of York, to be called 
“ The Bradford, Wakefield and Leeds Railway,” 
and for other purposes: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 
Manchester Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to repeal an Act 
coh assed in the ninth year of the reign of Her present 
“y Majesty, intituled, “ An Act for more effectually 
constituting and regulating the Court of Record 
within the Borough of J/anchester, and for extend- 
ing the Jurisdiction of the said Court,” and to extend 
the Powers and Jurisdiction of the said Court, and 
to simplify and otherwise improve its Practice and 
Proceedings, and for other purposes: And the same 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 
second time, 
anion and Mr. Brotherton presented-a Bill for authorizing 
jada Traffic Arrangements between the London and North 


Staffordshire Western and North Staffordshire Railway Compa- 
Railway Com- nies; And the same was read the first time; and 


— ordered to be :ead a second time. : 

ments) Bill. 

Catholic Law Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for changing the 
eel Name of “ The Catholic Law and General Life As- 


Company Bill, Surance Company,” to “ ‘The London, Dublin and 
Continental Life Assurance Company:” And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 





dr Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to extend the 
vey Bil Powers of the Cork and Waterford Railway Com- 


pany, and to enable them to abandon part of their 
Railway to Waterford, and the Branch to Tramore, 
and for other purposes: And the same was read the 


15° Februarit. 





first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 
VoL. 109. 


69 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Londonderry 
Londonderry and Euniskillen Railway Company to _ Eanie- 
make a Branch Railway to Fintona, and to extend jy, —v 
their Line at Londonderry, and for other purposes : 

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





Ordered, That in the case of the Dowlais Rail- Dowlais 
way Bill, the 164th Standing Order be suspended ; B#ilway. 
and that leave be given to read the Bill the first 
time forthwith. 


Mr. Wilson Patten presented a Bill for making a Dowlais 
Railway from the Dowlais Railway to the Vale of Railway Bill. 
Neath Railway, at Merthyr Tydfil, and for other pur- 
poses, and of which the short Title is “* The Dowdlais 
Railway Act, 1854:” And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


The Burry Port Bill was read a second time; 
committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


and Burry Port 
Bill. 


The Cardiff Gas Bi'l was read a second time; Cardiff Gas 
and committed. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


The Congleton and Biddulph Railway Bill was Congleton and 
read a second time; and committed. Biddulph — 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General ®*!w*y Bill 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Dublin and Wicklow Railway Bill was read Dubiin and 
a second time; and committed. Wicklow 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General ney 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Eastern Union Railway Bill was read. a se- Eastern Union 
cond time; and committed. Railway Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Hereford Improvement Bill was read a second Hereford 
time ; and committed. Improvement 


Ordered, Vhat the Bill be referred to the Com-*"" 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the .Kingston-upon-Thames Im- Kingston- 


provement Bill be read a second time To-morrow. UPou-Thames 
Improvement 


‘ Bill. 
The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (Middleton Laneashire- 


Branch) Bill was read a second time; and com- 2% Yorkshire 
. Railway 
mitted. ; (Middleton 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General Branch) Bill. 


Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway London, 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. ep tory 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General Railway Bill. 


Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Manchester Improvement Bill was read a Manchester 
second time ; and committed. — 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-—~ 
mittee of Selection. 


The Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Railway Newport, 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. pay ene 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General Raitway Bill. 
Committee ou Railway and Canal Bills. 


Nene Valley 
Drainage and 
Navigation 
Bill. 


The Nene Valley Drainage and Navigation Bill 
was read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Paisley Waterworks Bill was read a second Paisley a 
time; and committed. ee 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. é 


kK 3 The 





70 


The Patent Solid Sewage Manure Company Bill 
was read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Patent Solid 
Sewage Ma- 
nure Company 
Bill. 


Royal Ex- The Royal Exchange Assurance Consolidation 

ney a Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 

‘ation Bill, Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ryde 


The Ryde Improvement Bill was read a second 
re ti 


me; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Shropshire 
Union Rail- 
ways and 


Canal Bill. 


The Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Bill 
was read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


South Devon 
and Tavistock 
Railway Bill. 


The South Devonand Tavistock Railway Bill was 
read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


South Sea 
Company 
Bill. 


The South Sea Company Bill was read a second 
time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Swansea The Swansea Harbour Bill was read a second 
Harbour Bill. time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Tyne Keelmen 


4 The Tyne Keelmen Bill was read a second time ; 


and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


York, New- 
castle and Ber- 
wick Railway 
(Construction an 
of Docks, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


The York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway (Con- 
structien of Docks, &amp;c.) Bill was read a second time; 
d committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


Oxford, 
Worcester and 
Wolverhamp- 


A Petition of the Oxford, Worcester and Wolver- 
hampton Railway Company, for leave to bring in a 


15° Februari. 





Bill for enabling the Oxford, Worcester and Wol- 
verhampton Railway Company to construct a Branch 
Line of Railway to the Town of Chipping Norton, | 
in the County of Oxford, and for regulating the | 
working and use of the same yy such Company, 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Langston and 
* Colonel Rushout. 


ton Railway 
(Chipping 
Norton 
Branch.) 


Edinburgh 


A Petition of Trustees of the Middle District of 
Roads. 


Roads in the County of Edinburgh, or City of Edin- 
burgh Paving Board, acting under the Act of the ninth 
and tenth year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen 
Victoria, chapter 365, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
removal of Toll-bars beyond the Parliamentary 
Boundaries of the City of Edinburgh, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Cowan 
and the Earl of Dalkeith. 


Hull and 
Holderness 
Railway. 


A Petition of the Hull and Holderness Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the 
Hull and Holderness Railway Company to lease 
their Undertaking, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Lord Hotham and Mr. 
Marshall. 


Population, 
&amp;e. 
No. 51 a 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Population, 
&amp;c., which was presented — the 14th day of this 
instant February, be printed. 





A. 1854. 


Petitions relating to Surrey (Western Division) Public 
Register ;—Gaols ;— Paper ;— Copyholds ; — Edu- Petitions 
cation (Scotland); — Juvenile Crime ; — Medical Vide Fith 
Officers (Navy) ;— and, Public-houses and Beer- Report, 
shops,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Emigratin 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Names, Stations, Dates of 
Appointment, and Salaries of the Emigration Officers 
in the United Kingdom ; with a Copy of the General 
Instructions issued for their guidance; and, of the 
Names, Dates of Appointment, and Emoluments of 
the Medical Inspectors at the several Ports at which 
Emigration Officers are stationed. 

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


Mr. Cowan presented a Bill to amend the Edin- Edinburg 
burgh Police Act, 1848, and to make further Pro- velco tal 
vision for Sewerage, Drainage and Improvement of pat ™ 
the City of Edinburgh ; for deepening and cleans- 
ing the Water of Leith, and for other purposes: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Commit- supply, 
tee of Supply ; 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Population, 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased &amp; 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Population and Number of 
Houses according to the Census of 1851 (exclusive 
of represented Towns), and also of the Number of 
registered Electors in every County, and Parlia- 
mentary Division of a County, in England and 
Wales, at the last Registration of 1853-54 (to be 
arranged according to Population) :—Of the Num- 
ber of Electors in each County, and Parliamentary 
Division of a County, in England and Wales, regis- 
tered at the last Registration of 1858-54; distin- 
euishing the Number under each Qualification :— 
Of the Population and Number of Houses according 
to the Census of 1851; also, of the Number of 
Registered Electors in Cities and Boroughs return- 
ing Members to Parliament, at the last Registration 
of 1853-54 (to be arranged according to Popula- 
tion) :—Of the Number of Electors in each City 
and Borough in England and Wales, registered at 
the last Registration, 1853-54, distinguishing the 
Number under each Qualification :—Of the Number 
of Municipal Electors on the Burgess List in each 
Municipal Borough in England and Wales, for the 
year 1853-54, specifying the instances where the 
Parliamentary and Municipal Boundaries do or do 
not coincide :—Of the Population of the Hundreds 
of Lonsdale, Amounderness and Blackburn ; also, of 
the Hundreds of West Derby and Leyland; also, of 
the Hundred of Salford (exclusive of represented 
Towns), in the County of Lancaster, accompanied 
by a sketch Map of the above Divisions :—Of the 
Population of the Wapentakes of Staincliffe and 
Ewecross, Claro, Skyrack and Morley ; also, of the 
Wapentakes of Barkston Ash, Osgoldcross, Straf- 
forth and Tickhill, Staincross and Aybrigg (exclu- 
sive of represented Towns), in the West Riding of 
the County of York, accompanied by a sketch Map 
of the said Divisions :—Of the Population and Num- 
ber of Houses, according to the Census of 1851, 
and of the Number of Registered Electors, of the 
Cities and Boruughs returning Members to Parlia- 
ment (exclusive of Metropolitan Boroughs), which 
have a Population above 100,000 (to be arranged 
according to Population); and the same of — 

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17 VictrortizZ. 


and Boroughs returning one Member only, and 
which have a Population of above 50,000 :—Of the 
Population and Number of Houses, according to 
the Census of 1851, of the Parishes of Chelsea and 
Kensington :—Of the Population and Number of 
Houses, according to the Census of 1851, of all 
unrepresented Towns containing a Population of 
20,000 and upwards (to be arranged according to 
Population) :—Of the Number of Persons rated to 
the Poor at the Sum of £.10 and upwards in each 
County of England and Wales, exclusive of repre- 
sented 'lowns; distinguishing, as far as possible, 
the Number who are Householders :—And, of the 
Number of Persons rated to the Poor at Sums ex- 
ceeding £.6 in every City and Borough returning 
Members to Parliament ; distinguishing the Num- 
ber of those who are already on the List of Parlia- 
mentary Electors. 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





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Jovis, 16° die Februari ; 
Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


Bannow PETITION of the there-undersigned, for 

Reclamation. leave to bring in a Bill for the Embankment, 
Reclamation and Drainage of Lands in the Bay of 
Bannow and Loughs of the Lady's Island and 
Tacumshin, in the County of Wexford, was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 

Traethbach A Petition of Inhabitants of the Counties of Car- 

— narvon and Merioneth, Suitors for a Bill for the pur- 


oses thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a 
Bill for making a Turnpike-road from Garth-Pen- 
bryn to Adwyddu, in the County of Merioneth, with a 
Bridge over the Estuary of Zraethbach, in the said 
County, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Colonel 
Pennant and Mr. William Wynne. 


A Petition of the Dublin and Wicklow Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the 
Dublin and Wicklow and the Dublin and Kingstown 
Railway Companies, to alter certain existing Con- 
tracts therein-mentioned, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. George and Mr. Fitz- 
william Hume. 





A Petition of the Londonderry Bridge Commis- 
sioners, for leave to bring in a Bill to alter the Site 
of the New Bridge authorized to be erected over the 
River Foyle at Londonderry, and to make Approaches 
thereto, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was or- 
dered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir Robert 
Ferguson, Captain Jones and Mr. Buteson. 


Londond 
Bridge, _ 


A Petition of the Newport Dock Company, for 
leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Newport Dock 
Company to construct a new Dock and other Works, 
and for other purposes, was presented, and read ; and 
a Bill was pak we to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Octavius Morgan and Mr. Crawshay Bailey. 


A Petition of the Newport and Pillgwenlly Water- 
works Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable 
the Newport and Piligwenlly Waterworks Company 
to imcrease and extend their Supply of Water, and 
to construct new Works, and for other purposes, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Octavius Morgan and 
Mr. Crawshay Bailey. 

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15°—16° Februari. 


71 


A Petition of the Great Western Railway Com- Great Western 


Railway . 
(Stratford, 
&amp;c.) 


pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the 
Great Western Railway Company to provide ad- 
ditional Station Accommodation at Birmingham, Wol- 
verhampton and Bushbury, and for other purposes, 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Viscount Barrington 
and Lord Norreys. 


A Petition of the Jrish South Eastern Railway Irish South 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to revive and Eastern Rail- 
extend the Powers conferred on the Jrish South “™ 
Eastern Railway Company, by the Wexford, Carlow 
and Dublin Junction Railway Act, 1846, for the 
— Purchase of Lands and the Construction 
of Works, and to enable that Company to make a 
Railway from or from near Scarawalsh Bridge to 
the Town of Wexford, and to correct a mistake in the 
Trish South Eastern Railway Act, 1849, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act there- South Shields 
inafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill to 204s. 
renew the Term and continue certain of the Powers 
of an Act passed in the seventh year of the reign of 
his Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled, ‘* An 
Act for making and maintaining a Turnpike-road 
from South Shields to White Mere Pool, and from 
thence to join the Durham and Newcastle Turnpike- 
road at Vigo-lane, with a Branch from Jarrow Slake 
to East Boldon, all in the County of Durham, was 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Viscount Seaham, Mr. 
Ingham and Mr. Headlam. 


A Petition of the Commissioners for the Exhibition Exhibition of 
of 1851, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the 1851 Commis- 
: . . : sloners, 
making certain Roads, and stopping up certain Lanes 
and Footways between Kensington Gore and Bromp- 
ton, in the County of Middlesex, and for otherwise 
facilitating the formation of a Site for Institutions 
connected with Science and the Arts, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, 

Mr. Disraeli and Mr. Cardwell. 


A Petition of the International Telegraph Com- International 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for granting certain — 
Powers to the International Telegraph Company, 7 ?""™ 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of Subscribers to the Undertaking Ennis and 
thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill Shannon 
for forming a Navigation from the Town of Ennis to N#vigation 

o 5 and Reclama- 
the River Shannon, and for the Reclamation of cer- tion of Land. 
tain Lands in Poulnasherry Bay, Clonderalaw Bay, 
and the Estuary of the River Fergus, all in the 
County of Clare, was presented, and read; and a 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Sir John Fitzgerald, Mr. Joha Fitzgerald and Mr. 

Phinn. 


A Petition of Commissioners for carrying into Hilgay Great 
effect the Act thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to West Fen 
bring in a Bill for more effectually draining certain veteaes 
Fen Lands and Wet Grounds, called “ The Great West 
Fen,” in the Parish of Hilgay, in the County of Nor- 
folk, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Bagge and Mr. 

Bentinck. 


A Petition of the Rossendale Waterworks Com- Rossendale 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the Ros- Waterworks. 
sendale Waterworks Company to raise a further Sum 
of Money, was presented, and read ; anda Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Wilson 
Patten and Mr. Heywood. 





K4 A Petition 

















72 16° Februarze. A, 1854. 


Horncastle A Petition of Subscribers to the Undertaking, | Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to continue the Winchester 

ene named “ The Horncastle and Kirkstead Great North-| Term and to amend and extend the Provisions of and Pete 

Railway. ern Junction Railway,” for leave to bring in a Bill for the Act relating to the Winchester and Petersfield 
making a Railway from /orncastle in Lincolushire, Turnpike-road, and of which the short Title is “ The 
to the Kirkstead Station of the Great Northern Rail- | Winchester and Petersfield Turnpike-road Act, 1854,” 
way, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered | and for other purposes: And the same was read the 
to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Christopher | first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 
and Mr. Stanhope. 

Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for the Extension Manchester 

Leominster A Petition of Promoters of the intended Leo-| of the Manchester Corporation Waterworks, and for ry 

a ninster and Kington Railway, for leave to — in other purposes; and of which the short ‘Title is pj) th 

’ a Bill for making a Railway from the Shrewsbury |“ ‘The Manchester Corporation Waterworks Act, 

and Hereford Railway at Leominster, to Kington |1854:” And the same was read the first time; and 

in Herefordshire, was presented, and read; and a ordered to be read a second time. 

Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 

Mr. King hing, Mr. Hanbury and Mr. Booker. | Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for enabling the Oxford, We, 

Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway Wokn = 

National A Petition of Directors of the National Assurance | rae ww to construct a Branch Line of Railway to ton Railwee 

Assurance and Inves’ nent Association, for leave to bring in athe Town of Chipping Norton, in the County of (Chipping 

ment Associa. Bill for incorporating and granting certain Powers Ozford, and for regulating the working and use of — 

tion. to the National Assurance and Investment Associa- | the same by such Company: And the same was read i 
tion, was presented, and read; and a Bill was or- | the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


dered to be brought in accordingly, by Lord George | 


Paget, Mr. Fitzroy and Mr, Wells. | Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for better supply- Bradford 
ing with Water the Borough of Bradford, in the a tae 
Leeds North- A Petition of the Zeeds Northern Railway Com- | County of York: And the same was read the first pin, 
ern Railway. Hany, for leave to bring in a Bill for defining and | time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 
adjusting the Rights and Interests of the several | 


Classes of Shareholders in the Leeds Northern Rail-| Mr, Brotherton presented a Bill for making a East Suftik 
way Company, and for other purposes, was presented, Railway in Deviation and Extension of the Ha/es- Railway Bil 
and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in | yo7th, ‘Beccles and Haddiscoe Railway from West- 
accordingly, by Mr. Beckett and Sir George Good-| hall Low Common to Woodbridge, and certain 

man. ; Branches therefrom, and for changing the Name of 

the Company to the East Suffolk Railway Com- 

Tralee and A Petition of the Tralee and Killarney Railway | pany: And the same was read the first time; and 
ew Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the | ordered to be read a second time. 

- Tralee and Killarney Railway Act, 1853, was pre- , 
sented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Bannow 
brought in accordingly, by Viscount Castlerosse, Mr. | one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Reclamation 
Henry Herbert and Mr. Daniel O'Connell. in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 

ders in the case of the Petition for the Bannow Re- 

Great Western A Petition of the Great Western Railway Com-| clamation Bill. 

Railway (Ox- pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for securing the! Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
ter and Wol. Completion, on the Kroad Gauge, of the Oxford, | lect Committee’on Standing Orders. 

verhampton.) Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway, and for con- 


ferring certain Powers on the Great Western Railway| Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Internation 
Company in relation thereto, was presented, and | one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Telegraph 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in| jpn respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- a 
accordingly, by Viscount Burrington and Lord} ders in the case of the Petition for the Interna- 
Norreys. tional ‘lelegraph Company Bill. 

Ordered, ‘That the Report be referred to the Se- 
Bagenalstown A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto | lect Committee on Standing Orders. 

and Wexford subscribed; for leave to bring in a Bill for making a 


any Railway from the Zrish South Eastern Railway, at} The Order of the day being read, for the second Kingston- 
Bagenalstown, to Wexford, to be called “ The Bage- | reading of the Kingston-upon-Thames Improvement Toeeovenl 
nalstown and Wexford Railway,” was presented, and | B3}] ; a - 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on| Anda Motion being miade, and the Question being 
Standing Orders. proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 
The Amendments following were proposed to be 
West London _A Petition of the West End of Zondon and Crystal | made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
whey Palace Railway Company, for leave to bring in a|“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
way (Bromley Bill to enable the West End of London and Crystal | words “ upon this day six months.” 
and Farnbo- Palace Railway Company to make a Railway from| And the Question being put, That the word “ now” 
rough.) Norwood to Bromley and Farnborough, and for other | stand part of the Question ; 
purposes, was presented, and read; anda Bill was| The House divided. 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Geach| ‘lhe Yeas to the Right; 
and Mr. Peto. The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Bouverie, 1 g4 
Horsmonden Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to renew the Yeas, \ Mr. Alcock ; ' Pig 
wed yy Term and continue the Powers of an Act passed in Tellers for the { Sir Fi rederic Thesiger, } 116. 
* the ninth year of the reign of his Majesty King Noes, | Sir William Jolliffe : 
George the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for more} 50 it passed in the Negative. 
effectually repairing and improving the Roads from And the Question being put, That the words 
Kippings Cross to Kilsley Green, and from a Place |“ upon this day six months” be added at the end 
near Goudhurst Gore to Stilebridge, and from Un- | of the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 
derden Green to Wanshutts Green, all in the County| Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
of Kent: And the same was read the first time; and| Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
ordered to be read a second time. this day six months. 











A Petition 











Road Bil, 


soe 


axe oQ 


Skeid 





cS 





Rhymney 
Railway. 


Carmarthen 
and Cardigan 
Railway and 


Harbour. 


Edinburgh 
Roads Bill. 


Perth and 
Dunkeld 
Railway. 


Tacumshin 
Embankment, 


Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Fifth 
Report. 


Rye Election 
(1852-3. ) 


17 Vicroriz. 


A Petition of Promoters of a Railway from 
Rhymney to the Llancaiach Branch of the Taff Vale 
Railway, with Branches, and a Deviation in the said 
Llancaiach Branch, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
making a Railway from Rhymney to the Llancaiach 
Branch of the Zaff Vale Railway, with Branches, 
and a Deviation in the said Llancaiach Branch, all 
in the County of Glamorgan, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir George 
Tyler and Mr. Henry Austin Bruce. 


A Petition of Promoters of a Railway from Car- 
marthen to Newcastle Emlyn, in the County of Car- 
marthen, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a 
Railway from the South Wales Railway, at or near 
the Borough of Carmarthen, to the Town of New- 
castle Emlyn, with a view of being hereafter ex- | 
tended to the Town and Harbour of Cardigan, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill | 





Saunders Davies and Mr. Henry Austin Bruce. 

Colonel Blair presented a Bill for Removal of | 
Toll-bars beyond the Parliamentary Boundaries of | 
the City of Edinburgh, and for other purposes : And | 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be | 
read a second time. | 


| 
| 


A Petition of the Most noble John Marquis of | 
Breadalbane, the Right honourable William David | 
Earl of Mansfield, the Right honourable Fox Lord | 
Panmure, and of other Persons whose names are | 
thereunto subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for | 
making a Railway from the Scottish Midland Junc- 
tion Railway, near Stanley, to Birnam, near Dun- | 
held, in the County of Perth, was presented, and | 
read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- | 


cordingly, by Mr. Kinnaird and Mr. Bouverie. | 


A Petition of William Radley Standish Motte, of | 
Bentinch-street, Manchester-square, in the County of | 
Middlesex, Esquire, for leave to bring in a Bill to) 
embank and reclaim from the Sea certain Waste | 
Lands subject to be overflowed by the Tide, called | 
“ Tacumshin Lake,” in the County of Weaxford, was | 
——_ and read; anda Bill was ordered to be 

rought in accordingly, by Sir Thomas Burke and 
Mr. Daniel O’ Connell. 


Petitions relating to Gaols ;— Ministers’ Money 
(Treland) ;—Paper :—Wine;—Borough and County 
Police ;—Education (Scotland) ;—Juvenile Crime; 
— Medical Officers( Navy) ;—Ocean Penny Postage; 
—Public-houses and Beer-shops ;—Public-houses 
(Scotland) Act ;—and, Wages,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


16° Februari. 





A Petition of Francis $Yobler, of Buchklersbury, in 
the City of London, Gentleman, was presented, and | 
read ; setting forth, That the Petitioner is Attorney | 
for the Prosecution of an Indictment of The Queen | 
against Jeremiah Smith for Pexjury, which Indict-| 
ment was preferred at the last Session of the Central | 
Criminal Court, and is intended to be tried at the| 
Central Criminal Court, Old Bailey, in the next en-| 
suing Session of the said Court, to be holden at 
the Old Bailey, in the City of London, on the 
Twenty-seventh day of this present month of Fe- 
bruary; that the Petitioner is advised that the 
a of the short-hand.writer’s notes of the | 

roceedings of the Committee of the House, to 
whom the Rye Election Petition was referred in the 
last Session of Parliament upen that Petition, and 
also upon the further inquiry and investigation re- 
garding bribery at that Election, and also of the 
short-hand writer’s notes of the Evidence taken 
before that Committee upon the said Petition, and 
also upon the said further inquiry and investigation, 
is essential to the prosecution of the said Indictment ; 


and praying that the said notes and documents may 
VoL. 109, 








73 


be produced at the trial of the said Indictment; and 
that the proper Officer of the House may have leave 
to attend, and produce the same. 

Ordered, That leave be given to the proper Officer 
to attend accordingly. 





A Petition of certain of the Kensington Improve- Kensington 
ment Commissioners, and Inhabitants and Rate- !™provement. 


payers of the Parishes of Saint Mary Abbott's, 
Kensington, and Saint Margaret, Westminster, for 
leave to bring in a Bill to alter, amend and enlarge 
“The Kensington Improvement Act, 1851;” and to 
empower the Commissioners to purchase Land for 
the purpose of forming and making a new Carriage- 
road and Footway at the North end of Brompton- 
square, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Lord Ro- 
bert Grosvenor and Mr. Digby Seymour. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Portsmouth 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr.| Portsmouth Railway Company to make certain Al- Railway Bill. 


terations in the Line and Levels of their Railway, 
and to extend their said Line from Godalming to 
Shalford, and for other purposes: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Hull and 
Hull and Holderness Railway Company to lease Holderness 


their Undertaking, and for other purposes: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Railway Bill. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by Slave Trade. 


the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 3d day of this instant February, for a Return of 
the manner in which the Sum of £.2,175 was dis- 
posed of, as voted in the Civil Service Estimates, 
1853, for Payment of Rewards for Services con- 
nected with the Liberation of Slaves on Shore in the 
Territories of the King of Biombo; stating the Au- 
thority on which such Grant or Award was made, 
with the Amount allowed for each Slave, and the 
Amount apportioned to the Flag Officer, and each 
lass respectively, for Distribution. 

Return to an Order, dated the 6th day of this in- 
stant February, for a Return of any Banks. being 
Banks of Issue previously to the passing of the Act 
7 &amp; 8 Vic. c. 32, which have ceased to issue their 
own Notes, and of the Amount of Circulation of 
such Banks respectively. 


Banks of Issue. 


Return to an Order, dated the 13th day of this Deficiency 
instant February, for a Return of the Amount of Bills. 
Deficiency Bills issued, or ordered to be issued, 


since the 5th day of January last. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented,—Return to an Address to Public 


Her Majesty, dated the 2d day of Au 
last Session of Parliament, for Returns of the Num 
ber of Public Carriages, distinguishing the Names 
or Designation of each Public Carriage, whether 
Omnibus or Cab, whether drawn by one, two or 
more Horses, and that have taken out Licenses for 
the Conveyance of Passengers within the Metropolis 
or within the Bills of Mortality ; the Number of any 
such Description of Carriages belonging to each se- 
parate Proprietor ; the Sum paid for each Carriage, 
and Total Amount of the Sums paid to or received 


| by the Excise Office in each year for the Licenses 


thereof, during the last Three years, up to the latest 
Period to which such Return can be made:—And, 
of the Number of Complaints and of Summonses 
that have been made by Persons or Parties in any 
way connected with the Employment, Engagement, 
or Use of Public Carriages or Conveyances within 
the Metropolis or Bills of Mortality, by whom made, 
whether Employer or Employed, the Convictions, 
and Description of Penalties inflicted thereupon, 
whether Imprisonment, or Amount of Fines paid in 
lieu thereof, and Amount of each Fine within — 
L ast 





ited Carriages 
ust in the (retropolis.) 


Nuisances 
Removal and 
. Disease Pre- 
vention Act 
Ireland.) 


Commission. 


Valuations. 


Schools (Ire- 
land.) 


Police Offices 
( Metropolitan 
District.) 


74 


last Three years (the Return to be made up to the 
latest Period that such Return can be rendered). 

Mr. Fitzroy also presented, pursuant to the di- 
rections of several Acts of Parliament,—Copy of a 
sealed Order issued by the Poor Law Commissioners 
for Ireland under the Nuisances Removal and Dis- 
ease Prevention Act, 1848. | 

Copy of First Report of the Charity Commission- | 
ers for England and Wales, with Appendix, 1854. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of fresh Valuations which 


16° Februari. 





have taken place in the Parishes and Townships in | 
England and Wales under the Parochial Assessment | 
Act, since the Ist day of October 1842. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return, showing the Names of the Schools in imme- | 
diate connexion with the Commissioners of Educa- | 
tion in Zreland, and where situated, with the Number 
of Boys in each, on the 1st day of November 1853, | 
and 1st day of February 1854; also, the Number | 
of Boys taught in each School gratis, during the | 
year 1853. 


A. 1854. 


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


Lord John Russell presented a Bill further to 
amend the Laws relating to the Representation of 
the People in England and Wales: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Monday the 13th day of March 
next ; and to be printed. 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Correspondence relative to the 
Neutrality of Denmurk and Sweden and Norway. 

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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to regulate the Proceedings at the Election of Mem- 
bers to serve in Parliament for Places in England 
and Wales, to prevent Bribery, Corruption, Intimida- 
tion and undue Influence at Elections, and to diminish 
the Expenses of Elections: And that Sir Fitz Roy 
Kelly, Mr. Packe and Mr. George Butt do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


Parliamen 
ee 
tion Bill. 


Bill 17, 


Denmark and 
Sweden and 
orway, 


Bribery Pre- 


vention, 


Payment of 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | to alter and amend the Act which prohibits the Pay- V#8es- 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 

a Return of the Number of Fines imposed by the | 
Magistrates in the Police Offices of the Metropolitan | 
District not presided over by Stipendiary Magistrates, | 
in the year 1803 stating the Offences committed, | 
and the Amount of Fines imposed, also the Amount 

of Costs charged in each Case; stating also the | 


. Number of Persons committed to Prison for Non- 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Assessed Taxes 
Act Amenid- 
ment Bill. 


Constabulary 
(Ireland. ) 


Mauritius. 


‘Jamaica. 


5 pag of Costs ; the Number of Days confined in 
rison for Non-payment ; the Total Amount of 
Money received for Fines and for Costs, and to 
whom these Fines and Costs were paid. 

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


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Tinney : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Assessed Taxes | 
Act Amendment Bill, without any Amendment: | 
And also, 

The Lords communicate a Copy of the Report 
from the Select Committee appointed by their Lord- 
ships in the last Session, to consider of the Conse- 
quences of extending the Functions of the Consta- 
bulary in Zreland to the Suppression or Prevention | 
of Illicit Distillation ; together with the Minutes of 
Evidence and Appendix and Index thereto, as de- 
sired by this House :—And then the Messenger | 
withdrew. 


Mr. Pee/ presented, pursuant to the directions of 
several Acts of Pavrliament,— Mauritius :—Copy of 
Ordinance for securing in that Colony the Rights on 
Works entitled to Copyright in the United King- | 
dom; and Order of Her Majesty in Council, 1st | 
April 1853, approving of said Ordinance. | 

Copy of “ Act to authorize the Importation into | 
Grenada of Books, being Foreign Reprints of Books | 
first composed or written, or printed or published in 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
and in which there shall be Copyright ;”” and Order 
of Her Majesty in Council, dated 29th December 
1853, approving of the said Act. 

Jamaica :—Copy of Act to secure and protect in 
this Island the Rights of British Authors, and for 
carrying into effect the Provisions of the Act of the 
Imperial Parliament, passed in the Session of Par- 
liament holden in the tenth and eleventh years of the 
reign of Her present Majesty, chapter 95, and Order 
of Her Majesty in Council, 29th December 1853, 
approving of the said Act. 





ment of Wages in Goods, commonly called “The 
Truck Act:” And that Mr. Charles Forster, Mr. 
Littleton, Lord Paget and Mr. Henry Austin Bruce 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to provide Compensation for Improvements made by 
Tenants in /reland ; And that Mr. Serjeant Shee and 
Mr. Pollard-Urquhart do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Persons flogged in the 
Army of Great Britain and Ireland in the year 
1853, specifying the Offence, the Regiment, the 

lace of Station, the Time, the Sentence and the 
Number of Lashes inflicted (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 956, of Session 1853). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of all Correspondence between the Admiralty 
and the Owners of Steam Ships and other Vessels 
navigating the Mediterranean, respecting the ne- 
cessity fora Lighthouse upon Keith’s Reef, in the 
Sherki Channel :—And, Abstract of such Recom- 
mendations and Estimates for a Lighthouse on 
Keith's Reef as may have been submitted to the 
Admiralty, or the Hydrographical Department of 
the Admiralty. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Nautical Almanacs pub- 
lished in each of the years 1851, 1852 and 1853, 
stating the Expense for the same in each year, the 
Numbers sold, and the Price at which sold, and the 
Amount of Profit or Loss thereby ; stating also what 
Arrangements have been made for the Sale of the 
same, and what Allowance is made to the Persons 
who sell Nautical Almanacs :—Copy of the Regula- 
tions respecting the Sale of Charts, and the Prices 
for the same; and a Statement of the facilities af- 
forded for their Sale to the Mercantile Marine, and 
what Allowances are made to the Persons appointed 
to sell the same:—And, Statement of the means 
adopted for the Publication of all Notices from the 
British Colonies, and from Foreign Countries, re- 
specting the Establishment of Lighthouses, Beacons 
and Buoys in any part of the World. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Females, with their L- 
legitimate Child or Children, Inmates of the several 

orkhouses in the Poor Law Unions in Jreland, on 
the 1st day of January 1854; together with the re- 

lative 


Tenants’ 
Compensation 
(Ireland.) 


Army 


Keith’s Reef. 


Nautical 
Almanacs. 


Workhouses 
(Ireland.) 





Re tet tee 


Phe}, 





17 Vicroriz. &gt;» 
lative proportion of the Number of such Females to 
the other Females, Inmates of such Workhouses, 
under Fifty years of Age :—And, of the Number of 
Children born in the several Workhouses in Jreland, 
during the half-year ending the 1st day of January 
1854, and how many of the same were illegitimate. 


Ordered, Tisat there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Gallons of Rum con- 
tacted for during the Months of January and Fe-| 
bruary 1854 for the use of the Navy, distinguishing | 
how much thereof was Leeward Island, and how 
much East Indian ; together with the Prices thereof 


Rum, &amp;e. 
(Navy-) 


16°—17° Februariz. 


75 


A Petition of Trustees of the Birkenhead Docks, Birkenhead 
and of Thomas Brassey, of Adum-street, in the Docks. - 
County of Middlesex, and William M‘Cormick, of 
Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, Contractors 
for Public Works, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
authorizing Arrangements with respect to the South 
Reserve at Birkewhead, and for other purposes, and 
of which the short Title is *‘ The Birkenhead Dock 
Trustees Act, 1854,” was presented, and read; and 
a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Cobbold and Mr. Hutchins. 


A Petition of Sir Peter Hesketh Fleetwood, Ba- Rossall Sea 





in the Weeks ending the 6th, 13th, 20th and 27th 
days of January, and the 3d and 10th days of Fe-| 
bruary ; and also the Average Price of same, and of 
Trish Whiskey, each calculated at 25 per cent. over 
Proof, during the same Periods, such Average to be | 
taken from the London Price Current, or otherwise : 
—And, of the Number of Gallons of Rum in Bond 
on each of said days in the years 1853 and 1854, 
showing the Inc:ease or Decrease thereof — 
said Periods (such Returns to state whether all 
Tenders, or the lowest Tender only, were accepted 
for such Contracts). 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon 
the 14th day of this instant lebruary, That Mr. At- 
torney General be one other Member of the Com- 
mittee of Privileges appointed to consider the matter 
of the Complaint of an article in “ The Times” 
Newspaper, as containing calumnious reflections on 
the Irish Members of the House :—And the Ques- 
tion being again proposed :—-The House resumed 
the said adjourned Debate :—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Then Mr. Solicitor General for Ireland, Lord 
Hotham, Mr. Bright, Mr. George Moore, Mr. Ker 
Seymer, Mr. Macartney, Mr. Muntz and Mr. Ben- 
tinck, were nominated other Members of the said 
Committee. 

Ordered, That Nine be the Quorum. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Complaint. 





Veneris, 17° die Februarii ; 
Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 
R. Bonham Carter reported from the Select 
. Committee on Public Petitions; That the 
had examined the Petitions presegjted upon the 14th, 
15th and 16th days of this instant February, and 
had directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Fifth Report.) 


Sligo Election. Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 
Election Petition of Juhn Patrick Somers relating 


to the Borough of Sligo is unobjectionable. | 


Perth and 
Dunkeld 


Railway. 


The Order that Mr. Kinnaird and Mr. Bouverie 
do prepare, and bring in the Perth and Dunkeld 
Railway Bill was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That Mr. Kinnaird and Mr. Duncan do 
prepare, and bring in the Bill. 


_ Glasgow 


A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and 
spension 


Council of the City of Glasgow, for leave to bring 
in a Bill for constructing a Bridge for Foot Passen- 
gers across the River Clyde, opposite to the North 

nd of MacNeitl-street, in the City of Glasgow, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Alexander Hastie, 
Mr. John M‘Gregor and Sir James Anderson. 





Vou. 109. 














ronet, John Horrocks, Esquire, and of the Very re- Wl 
verend George Hull Bowers, Clerk, the Reverend 
Saint Vincent Beechy, Clerk, and Charles Roger Jac- 
son, Esquire, the Trustees of Rossail College, for 
leave to bring ina Bill for more effectually protecting 
certain Lands forming part of the Rossail Estate, in 
the Township of Thornéon, in the Parish of Poulton- 
le- Fylde, in the County of Lancaster, from Inunda- 
tion by the Sea, was presented, and read ; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Wilson Patten and Mr. Thomas Greene. 


A Petition of Directors of the Louth Waterworks Louth 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for better sup- Waterworks. 
plying with Water the Parish and Environs of Louth, 
in the County of Lincoln, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Christopher and Mr. Stanhope. 

A Petition of the Festiniog Railway Company, for Festiniog 
leave to bring in a Bill to consolidate into one Act, Railway. 
and to amend the provisions of the several Acts 
relating to the Festiniog Railway Company; to autho- 
rize the Construction of a new Line of Railway from 
Duffws to the Machno Slate Quarries, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Colonel 
Pennant and Mr. Wynne. 


A Petition of the Electric Telegraph Company, Electric} 
for leave to bring in a Bill for granting additional Telesraph 
Powers to the ‘Blectrie Telegraph Company, was ~"?*"% 
— and read ; and a Bill was ordered to be 

rought in accordingly, by Mr. John Lewis Ricardo 
and Lord Alfred Paget. 


A Petition of Proprietors of the Kingston Gas Kingston. 
Works, for leave to bring in a Bill to incorporate | rca 
. ‘ . as. 
the Kingston-upon- Thames Gas'Company, and to 
enable them to light with Gas the Parishes of Kings- 


Y| ton, Long Ditton and Thames Ditton, in the County 


of Surrey, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Locke 
King and Mr. Alcock. 


A Petition of the Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Liverpool, 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to Crosby and 
explain and amend some of the provisions of the Lancashire 
Liverpool, Crosby and Southport Railway Amend- and Yorkshire ; 
ment Act, 1853, was presented, and read; and a ast Lanca-, | 
Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 


shire ; and 
Manchester 
Mr. Cheetham and Mr. William Brown. 


and South 
Railway ei 


Companies. 
A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act re- Thirsk and 
lating to the Thirsk and Yarm Turnpike-road there- Yarm Road. 
inafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
repeal the Act relating to the Thirsk and Yarm 
Turnpike-road, and to make other provisions in lieu 
thereof, and to nt a further Term in the said 
Road, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accord- 
ingly, by Mr. Cayley and Mr. Farrer. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Blackburn 
gesses of the Borough of Blackburn, and of Over- Improvement, 
seers of the Poor of the Township of Blackburn, for 
leave to bring in a Bill for transferring to the Mayor, 

L2 Aldermen 


Derbyshire, 
Staffordshire 
and Worces- 


tershire Junc- 
tion Railway. 


Chapel-en-le- 
Frith Roads. 


Great North 
of Scotland 
Railway. 


Bolton Gas 
Bill. 


Sunderland 
7as, 


West London 


and Crystal 
Palace Rail- 


way (Bromley 


and Farn- 


borough) Bill. 


Londonderry 
Bridge Bill. 





Great Western 
Railway (Ox- 
tord, Worces- 
ter and Wol- 


alhe 


76 


Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Black- 
burn all the Powers and Property now vested in the 
“ Blackburn Improvement Commissioners,” and cer- 
tain Powers and Property by the Private Act of the 
fourth and fifth years of the reign of Her present 
Majesty, chapter forty-six, vested in the Overseers 
of the Poor of the Township of Blackburn, autho- 
rizing the Corporation to purchase the Property of 
the Blackburn Gas and Water Companies, and con- 
ferring on them further Powers for the Improvement 
and Regulation of the Borough, and for other pur- 
poses, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Wilson 
Patten, Mr. Pilkington and Mr. Feilden. 


A Petition of Shareholders in the Company incor- 
porated by the name of “The Derbyshire, Stafford- 
shire and Worcestershire Junction Railway Com- 
pany,” for leave to bring in a Bill to alter the Line 
of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire 
Junction Railway, and to amend the provisions re- 
lating thereto, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Charles Forster and Mr. Oliveira. 


A Petition of Trustees acting in execution of the 
Act thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a 
Bill to repeal the Act for more effectually repairing 
and maintaining the Turnpike-road from Chapel- 
en-le-Frith, to or near to Travchess Bridge, in the 
County of Derby, and other Roads therein-men- 
tioned, in the County of Derby, and in the County 
Palatine of Chester, and to make other provisions in 
lieu thereof, was presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Great North of Scotland Rail- 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill fo autho- 
rize the Great North of Scotland Railway Company 
to deviate their Railway, and to make certain short 
Branches, and to amend the Acts relating to that 
Railway, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Stand- 
ing Orders. 


A Petition of the Bolton Gas-Light and Coke 
Company, praying that provision may be made in 
the Bolton Gas Bill, authorizing the Petitioners to 
furnish a Supply of Gas to the Township of Over 
Hulton, and certain detached Portions of the Town- 
ship of Little Bolton, was presented, and read; and 


referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


A Petition of the Sunderland Subscription Gas- 
Light Company, for leave to bring ina Bill for in- 
corporating the Sunderland Gas Company; extend- 
ing the Distribution ; for enabling the Company to 
raise a further Sum of Money; for better supplying 
the Borough of Sunderland and neighbouring Places 
with Gas, and for other purposes, was presented, 
and read; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in 
accordingly, by Mr. Hudson and Mr. Digby Seymour. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the 
West End of Zondon and Crystal Palace Railway 
Company to make a Railway from Norwood to 
Bromley and Farnborough, and for other purposes : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to alter the Site 
of the new Bridge authorized to be erected over the 
River Foyle, at Londonderry, and to make Ap- 
proaches thereto: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be reada second time. 





Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for securing the 
Completion, on the Broad Gauge, of the Ozford, 


Worcester aud Wolverhampton Railway, and for 


verhampton) conferring vertain Powers on the Great Western 





17° Februarit. 





A. 1854. 


Railway Company in relation thereto: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for enabling the Great Westen 
Great Western Railway Company to provide addi- veel 
tional Station Accommodation at Birmingham, Wol- ee.) BL 
verhampton and Bushbury, and for other purposes : 

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


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Dublin ana 
Dublin and Wicklow and the Dublin and Kings- Wicklow, ana 


Cc. 
° . ° . 2 D 
town Railway Companies to alter certain existing cme 
Contracts therein-mentioned, and for other pur- Railways Bil, 
poses: And the same was read the first time ; and 


ordered to be read a second time. 


A Message by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of the Royal Assent, 
Black Rod: 

Mr. Speaker, 

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

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

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 
desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Commission, had been at the House of Peers, 
where a Commission under the Great Seal was read, 
giving, declaring and notifying the Royal Assent to 
the Act therein-mentioned ; and that the Lords, there- 
by authorized, had declared the Royal Assent to the 
said Act, as followeth : 

An Act to explain and amend an Act of the last Assessed Taxes 
Session, relating to the Duties of Assessed Taxes ; Act Amend- 
and to authorize Justices of the Peace in Jreland to ™* 
administer Oaths required in matters relating to In- 
come Tax. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for forming a Ennis and 
Navigation from the Town of Ennis to the River pe at 
Shannon, and for the Reclamation of certain Lands fpr at 
in Poulnasherry Bay, Clonderalaw Bay, and the of Land Bill. 
Estuary of the River Fergus, all in the County of 
Clare: And the same was read the first time ; and 


ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for more effec- Hilgay West 
tually draining certain Fen Lands and Wet Grounds, Fer Drainage 
called “ The Great West Fen,” in the Parish of ~ * 
Hilgay, in the County of Norfolk: And the same 
was read the firs##time ; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to embank and Tacumshin 
reclaim from the Sea certain Waste Lands subject to ae 
be overflowed by the Tide, called “ Tacumshin Lake,” * 
in the County of Wexford: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for defining and Leeds North- 
adjusting the Rights and Interests of the several Bill Railway 
Classes of Shareholders in the Leeds Northern Rail- ~~ 
way Company, and for other purposes: And the 
same was read the first time ; at ordered to be read 
a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to amend the Tralee and 
Tralee and Killarney Railway Act, 1853: And the Raitway Bill 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 






Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the Rossendale 
Rossendale Waterworks Company to raise a further Waterw? 
Sum of Money: And the same was read the first ~~ 


time ; and ordered to be read a second time. “ 
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flomneastle Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making e | bankment and Railway (London and West London) 
end Kiskotes Railway from Horncastle, in Lincolnshire, to the | Bill. 
ae pil. Kirkstead Station of the Great Northern Railway:| Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
And the a ey the first time; and ordered | Committee on Standing Orders. 
to be read a.second time. 
Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Chapel-en-le- 
Leominster Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a| ne of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Frith Roads. 
and King Railway from the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway, | 2 respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
Railway *" at Leominster, to Kington, in Herefordshire: And | ders in the case of the Petition for the Chapel-en-le- 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be | Frith Roads Bill. 
read a second time. ” Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
ommittee on Standing Orders. 
National Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for incorporating : : 
Assurance and and granting certain Powers to the National Assur- a ge laid upon the Table,—Report from pe ery 
ried ance and Investment Association: And the same | 0¢ of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
Bill. was read the first time; and ordered to be read a| ™ Tespect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
cncenl dae. ders in the case of the Petition for the Bagenalstown 
and Wexford meron“ Bill. 
Exhibition of | Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize the C Ordered, That the | eport be referred to the Select 
ya making certain Roads, and stopping up certain Lanes | “O™™!ttee on Standing Orders. 
and Footways between Kensington Gore and Bromp-| The Burnley Gas Bill was read a second time; B 
ton, in the County of Middlesex, and for otherwise | and committed. Bill. 
facilitating the Formation of a Site for Institutions | , Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
connected with Science and the Arts: And the same | mittee of Selection. 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. Ordered, That the Glasgow Bridges Bill be read Glasgow _ 
' a second time upon Friday the 3d day of March next. Bridges Bill. 
Oxford Poor = Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to repeal an Act 
Rate Bill. = for better regulating the Poor within the City of} The Ouse and Derwent, &amp;c. Drainage Bill was read Ouse and Der- 
Oxford, and to grant further and more effectual | a second time ; and committed. Dra ae ae 
Provisions in lieu thereof, and also to provide for a| Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- — 
Contribution to the Poor Rates by the University of | mittee of Selection. 
bo “ os peti — the first time; and! ‘The South Devon Railway Bill was read a second Seth Devon 
’ time ; and committed. 
Perth and Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a re oe Bg, neater ne pan the General 
Malay Bll Railway from the Scottish Midland Junction Rail- y een 
way, near Stanley, to Birnam, near Dunkeld, in the} _ Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Sligo Sligo Election. 
County of Perth: And the same was read the first | Election have Power to send for persons, papers and 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. records. 
Traethbach Mr. Wynne presented a Bill for making a Turn- Ordered, That the Committee of Privileges ap- Complaint. 
— pike-road from Garth-Penbryn to Adwyddu, in the pointed to consider the matter of the Complaint of 
County of Merioneth, with a Bridge over the Estuary | *" article in “ The Times” Newspaper, as containing 
of Traethbach, in the said County: And the same calumnious reflections on the Jrish Members of the 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a on have Power to send for persons, papers and 
second time. a 
, . , ’ Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com- Standin 
ond Cardigan Mr. Davies presented a Bill for making a Railway | mittee on Standing Orders several Resolutions ; Orders. 
sy , a &gt;) I» 
Railway and from the South Wales Railway, at or near the Bo-| which were read, as follow : 
ea rough of Carmarthen, to the Town of Newcastle) 1, Resolved, That in the case of the Middlesex Middlesex 
— rag with q Ha b f mage a aly me 9 ge Industrial Schools Petition for leave to deposit ——" 
the niggas eee coggpesccolingeithaiaghin. and for ot €r| Petition for a Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be 
a pe Fy the same was read the first time ; dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to 
and ordered to be read a second time. deposit their Petition accordingly. 
Newport Dock Mr. Octavius Morgan presented a Bill to enable pas i a sr R = ~~ + sa —— — | se er 
the Newport Dock Company to construct a new ao me mi oe di coe th +: ro Ps Ins Du 
Dock, and other Works, and for other purposes : | T0¢rs Qugnt to be dispensed with; that the Parties way. 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered | be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 
t» tie anil 0 aenanel tine , 3. Resolved, That in the case of the Ballymena, Ballymena, 
" . Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Rail- a 
Newportand Mr. Octavius Morgan presented a Bill to enable | W@Y (No, 1) Petition, the Standing Orders ought to Portrush 
Pillgwenlly the Newport and Piilawenlly Waterworks Company | be dispensed with ; that the Parties be permitted to Junction Rail- 
Waterworks ; P J “gh =P pen) eed with their Bill way (No. 1.) 
Bill, to increase and extend their Supply of Water, and | Proceed with their Dill. 
to construct new Works, and for other purposes:| 4+ Aesolved, That in the case of the Ballymena, Ballymena, 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered | Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Rail- wr ey AP 
to be read a second time. way (No. 2) Petition, the Standing Orders ought to portrush 
be dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to Junction Rail- 
a, Sir George Tyler presented a Bill for making a | proceed with their Bill. way (No. 2.) 
ay Railway from Rhymney to the Lianciach Branch of| 5. Resolved, That in the case of the Aboyne, Bal- Aboyne, Bal- 
the Taff Vale Railway, with Branches, and a De-| later and Tarland Road Petition, the Standing Or- Ister and Tar- 
viation in the said Llanciach Branch, all in the} ders ought to be dispensed with; that the Parties ee 
County of Glamorgan, and for other purposes: And | be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be| 6. Resolved, That in the case of the Zormoham Tormoham 
read a second time. and Saint Mary Church Gas Petition, the Standing 2"4 Saint 
7 Orders ought to be dispensed with ; that the Parties } — 
ames Em- = Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from | be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 
bankment and P : I pp ‘ep &gt; P . 
Railway (Lon. One of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills,| 7. Hesolved, That in the case of the Glasgow Glasgow 





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ton and West in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for the T’iames Em- 
VoL, 109. 


London.) 





17° Februarit. 








17 


Bridges Petition for dispensing with the Standing Or- 
der, No, 172, the said Standing Order ought to be 
L3 dispensed 


Bridges Bill. 


Belfast and 
County Down 
Railway. 


Great South- 
ern and West- 
ero Railway. 


Stourbridge 
Waterworks. 


Downpatrick, 
Belfast and 
Dublin Rail- 
way. 


Great South- 
ern and West- 
ern Railway. 


Aboyne, Bal- 
later and Tar- 
land Road. 


Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Sixth 
Report. 


78 


dispensed with ; that the time for the second read- 
ing of the Bill be extended until Friday the 3d day 
of March. 

8. Resolved, That in the case of the Belfast and 
County Down Railway Petition, the Standing Orders 
ought to be dispensed with; that the Parties be 
permitted to proceed with their Bill, provided they 
deposit an amended section of the line from a point 
at 9 miles, to another at 17 miles; and also that 
notices be given to the several owners and occupiers 
of houses and land within the limits of deviation at 
the crossing of a certain road, No. 79, in the Town- 
land of Crossgar, in the Parish of Killmore ; that 
the Committee on the Bill do report how far such 
Orders have been complied with, on the Report of 
the Bill. 

9. Resolved, That in the case of the Great Southern 
and Western Railway Petition, the Standing Orders 
ought to be dispensed with; that the Parties be 
permitted to proceed wita their Bill; that a Sub- 
scription Contract be entered into as required by 
Standing Order, No. 61, and a copy thereof forth- 
with deposited in the Private Bill Office; and that 
the amount required by Standing Order, No. 65, be 
forthwith deposited in the Court of Chancery in [re- 
land ; that the Committee on the Bill do report how 
far such Orders have been complied with, on the Re- 
port of the Bill. 

10. Resolved, That in the case of the Stourbridge 
Waterworks Petition, the Standing Orders ought to 
be dispensed with ; that the Parties be permitted to 
proceed with their Bill, provided that notices be in- 
serted in the County Newspapers for three successive 
weeks, and once in the London Gazette; and that 


the Bill be not read a second time until after Monday 


the 20th day of March next; that the Committee on 
the Bill do report how far such Orders have been 
complied with, on the Report of the Bill. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of 
the Petition for the Downpatrick, Belfast and Dub- 
lin Railway Bill, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Railway from Downpatrick, in the 
County of Down, to join the U/ster Railway near 
Lisburn, in the County of Antrim, to be called “ The 
Downpatrick, Belfast and Dublin Railway,” and for 
other purposes: And that Lord Edwin Hill and Mr. 
Richardson do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of 
the Petition for the Great Southern and Western 
Railway Bill, might beread; andthe same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable the Great Southern and Western Railway 
Company to make a Railway from Tullamore to Ath- 
lone, and for other purposes : And that Mr. Wyndham 
Goold and Mr. Beamish do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of 
the Petition for the Aboyne, Ballater and Tarland 
Road Bill, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, ‘That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making and maintaining Turnpike-roads from 
Aboyne to Ballater and Tarland whe in the 
County of Aberdeen: And that Mr. Hutchins and 
Mr. Layard do prepare, and bring it in. 


Petitions relating to Kingston-upon-Hull Corrupt 
Practices Commission ;—- Established Church ( Wales); 
—Gaols; —Public-houses and Beer-shops;—A ustra- 
lian Colonies (Steam Communication) ;—Fire In- 
surance;—Light Dues, &amp;c. ;— Newspapers ;—Paper ; 
—Paper, Newspaper Stamps, Foreign Books, «c. ; 


17° Februari. ‘ 


A. 1854, 


—Borough and County Police ;— Decimal Coinage ; 
—Education (/reland);—Education (Scotland) ;— 
Juvenile Crime ;— Medical Officers (Navy) ;—Me- 
dical Practitioners Bill ;—Ocean Penny Postage ;— 
and, Parochial Schoolmasters (Scotland),—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Inmates of the Workhouse in each Union in Ireland, 
to the latest date in 1853 to which the Information 
may have been made up, showing the Extent of 
Land held with the Workhouse, available for Culti- 
vation, the portion cultivated by Boys, the Number 
of Boys under Fifteen Years of Age employed in 
Agriculture, the Total Number of Boys from Nine 
to Fifteen Years of Age in the Workhouse, and the 
Number of Hours daily devoted to the Industrial 
Training of the Boys ; also, the Number of Boys em- 
ployed at each Trade taught in the Workhouse ; also 
the Nature of the Industrial Training or Employment 
of the Girls in the Workhouse, the Number of Girls 
receiving an Industrial Education, the Number of 
| Girls in the Workhouse from Nine to Fifteen Years 
of Age, and the Number of Hours daily devoted to 
_the Industrial Training of the Girls ; also, any Causes 
| which may have prevented the Guardians from em- 
| ploving the Boys in Agriculture; also, the Number 
of Children under Fifteen Years of Age, known to 
have obtained Employment outside the Workhouse 
|in the year 1852; with any Observations or Particu- 
_lars given which may have been made by the Clerk 
| of any Union on the Return forwarded by him. 





to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of any Reports to the Colonial Office, 
within the Six Months ending the 31st day of Ja- 
nuary 1854, of the Loss of Vessels carrying Emigrants 
from the United Kingdom to America and Australia; 
giving the Number of Emigrants in each Vessel at 
the time of Departure ; the Number lost; the ascer- 
tained or supposed Cause of Wreck ; together with 
any Reports touching such Vessels from the Emigra- 
tion Offices. 

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


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Memorial presented to the 
Duke of Newcastle by a Deputation from the Mer- 
chants of Gibraltar; and, Copies or Extracts of any 
Correspondence relating thereto, between the Colo- 
nial Office and the Governor of Gibraltar; and of 
the Despatches dated the 21st day of March 1853, 
and the 15th day of October 1853. 

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


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Annual Average Gazette Price 
of Wheat, Barley and Oats, in each year from 1850 
to 1853, both inclusive :—Of the Quantities of Wheat, 
Barley and Oats imported, exported and cleared for 
Consumption, from 1850 to 1853, both inclusive :— 
Of the Weekly Average Price of Wheat, Barley and 
Oats, in each year since the passing of the Corn Bill 
of 1815, brought down to the latest date, from 1849 
to 1853, both inclusive :—Of the Annual Aggregate 
Quantities of Wheat, Barley and Oats returned by 
the Corn Inspectors as sold in the Towns from 
which the Averages were computed by the Act of 
1815, from that year to the end of 1849, with a 





separate 


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


Return of the Industrial Employment of the Juvenile (eland.) 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Emigrant 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Vessels. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Gibraltat. 


Resolved, ‘That an humble Address be presented Wheat, &amp;¢ 





Savin 
Banks, 


17 VicToriz. 


separate Column, showing the Quantities sold in each 
year from 1850 to 1853, both inclusive, in the new 
Towns added by the Act of that year :—Of the 
Quantities of Wheat and Flour, given in Quarters 
of Wheat imported from each Country, in each year 
since 1828, inclusive; with a Column showing the 
Average Quantity imported from 1850 to 1853, both 
inclusive :—Of the Official Average Annual Price of 
Wheat in each of the Ten Regions of France, and for 
the whole of France, in each year from 1849 to 1853, 
both inclusive, to the latest date for which it can be 
given, converted into English Measures and Money, 
and stating the Ratio at which such Conversions have 
been made; also showing the Annual Average Price 
for the whole of France during the whole Period :— 
Of the Average Annual Price of Wheat in Belgium, 
for each year from 1849 to 1853, both inclusive, 
showing the Average Annual Price for the whole 
Period, converted into English Measures and Money, 
and showing the Ratio at which such Conversions 
have been made :—Of the Average Annual Price of 
Wheat in each of the Seven Russian Provinces, in 
each year from 1850 to 1853, both inclusive ; also, 
the Annual Average Price for the whole of Prussia, 
in each of the said years; also, the Average Annual 
Price for the whole Period, converted into English 
Measures and Money, and stating the Ratio at which 
such Conversions have been made :—Of the Quan- 
tities of Wheat and Flour imported into and ex- 
ported from France, from 1849 to 1853, both inclu- 
sive: —Of the Average Price of Butcher’s Meat, 
distinguishing the various kinds as sold at the London 
Markets, in each Month of each year, from 1850 to 
1853, both inclusive, and exhibiting the Annual 
Average Price of each kind :—Of the Prices of Beef 
and Mutton at Lady-day and Michaelmas, in each 
year, paid at Saint Thomas's Hospital, from 1850 to 
1853, both inclusive:—Of the Quantities of Beef, 
Pork and Bacon, fresh, slightly salted or salted, 
imported and cleared for Consumption, from 1850 to 
1853, both inclusive :—Of the Numbers of Cattle, 
Sheep and Swine imported, in each year from 1850 
to 1853, both inclusive :—Of the Quantities of Butter 
and Cheese imported and cleared for Consumption, 
in each year from 1850 to 1853, both inclusive :— 
Of the Total Quantity of Foreign Wool imported, in 
each year from 1850 to 1853, both inclusive, show- 
ing the Rate of Duty chargeable thereon, and dis- 
tinguishing the Quantities imported in each year 
from Spain, Germany, the rest of Europe, South 
America, the Cape of Good Hope, the Possessions 
of the East India Company and the Australian 
Colonies, including Van Diemen’s Land:—Of the 
Price of Gold in each year from 1850 to 1853, both 
inclusive :—And, of the Quantity of British Ship- 
ping, distinguishing Sailing and Steam Vessels, built 
and registered, in each year from 1849 to 1853, both 
inclusive, in the United Kingdom, and also in the 
British Colonies (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 460, of Session 1850). 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return, in continuation of the Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 12, of Session 1852, giving, under the head 
No. 1, the altered Form of Classification of De- 
a. Balances, as rendered by the Banks to the 

ational Debt Commissioners, for 1851 and 1852; 
and, under head No. 5, showing, in addition to the 
detailed Statements there given, the Aggregate 
Amount of Stocks and Securities sold and purchased 
by the Commissioners on account of Savings Banks, 
for each of the years 1851, 1852 and 1853, ending 
on the 20th day of November. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return, in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No, 214, of Session 1852, showin 

Vou. 109, 


g, in addition to 





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79 


the detailed Statements there given, the Aggregate 
Amounts, under Column 1 to Column 6 inclusive, for 
each of the years 1851, 1852 and 1853, ending on 
the 20th day of November, and giving under Co- 
lumn 5 a detailed Account of the Incidental Ex- 
penses defrayed by the National Debt Commis- 
sioners out of the Funds of the Savings Banks. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to pre directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Persons rated to the 
Poor at the Sums of £.50, £.40, £.30, £.20, £.10, 
and upwards respectively, in each County or Divi- 
sion of County, exclusive of the represented Cities 
and Towns in England and Wales; distinguishing, 
as far as possible, the Number who are House- 
holders. 

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


in Parliament for Places in England and Wales ; to 
prevent Bribery, Corruption, Intimidation and undue 
Influence at Elections ; and to diminish the Expenses 
of Elections: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Friday 
the 3d day of March next ; and to be printed. 


to Her Majesty an humble Address, that She would 
be graciously pleased to give directions, that there be 
laid before this House, Returns of the Population 
and Number of Houses according to the Census of 
1851 (exclusive of represented Towns), and also of 
the Number of registered Electors in every County, 
and Parliamentary Division of a County, in England 
and Wales, at the last Registration of 1853-54 (to be 
arranged according to Population) :—Of the Number 
of Electors in each County, and Parliamentary Di- 
vision of a County, in England and Wales, registered 
at the last Registration of 1853-54; distinguishing 
the Number under each Qualification :—Of the Po- 
pulation and Number of Houses according to the 
Census of 1851; also, of the Number of Registered 
Electors in Cities and Boroughs returning Members 
to Parliament, at the last Registration of 1853-54 (to 
be arranged according to Population) :—Of the Num- 
ber of Electors in each City and Borough in England 
and Wales, registered at the last Registration, 
1853-54, distinguishing the Number under each Qua- 
lification :--Of the Number of Municipal Electors 
on the Burgess List in each Municipal Borough in 
England and Wales, for the year 1853-54, specifying 
the instances where the Parliamentary and Municipal 
Boundaries do or do not coincide :—Of the Popula- 
tion of the Hundreds of Lonsdale, Amounderness 
and Blackburn; also, of the Hundreds of West 
Derby and Leyland ; also, of the Hundred of Salford 
(exclusive of represented Towns), in the County of 
| Lancaster, accompanied by a Sketch Map of the 
above Divisions :—Of the Population of the Wa- 
pentakes of Staincliffe and Ewecross, Claro, Shy- 
rack and Morley; also, of the Wapentakes of 
Barkston Ash, Osgoldcross, Strafforth and Tickhill, 
Staincross and Aybrigg (exclusive of represented 
Towns), in the West Kidding of the County of York, 
accompanied by a Sketch Map of the said Divisions : 
—Of the Population and Number of Houses, ac- 
cording to the Census of 1851, and of the Number 
of Registered Electors, of the Cities and Boroughs 
returning Members to Parliament (exclusive of Me- 
tropolitan Boroughs), which have a Population above 
100,000 (to be arranged according to Population) ; 
and the same of Cities and Boroughs returning one 
Member only, and which have a “Population above 
50,000 :—Of the Population and Number of Houses, 

L4 according 








Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Ratepayers. 


Sir FitzRoy Kelly presented a Bill to regulate Bribery Pre- 
the Proceedings at the Election of Members to serve Vention Bill. 


Bill 18. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon Population, 
the 15th day of this instant February, for presenting &amp;e. 





Electors, 


Smithfield 
Market. 


London 
Markets. 


Agricultural 
Statistics 
(Scotland.) 


Education 
(ireland. ) 





80 


according to the Census of 1851, of the Parishes of 
Chelsea and Kensington :—Of the Population and 
Number of Houses, according to the Census of 1851, 
of all unrepresented Towns containing a Population 
of 20,000 and upwards (to be arranged according to 
Population) :—Of the Number of Persons rated to 
the Poor at the Sum of £.10 and upwards in each 
County of England and Wales, exclusive of repre- 
sented Towns ; distinguishing, as far as possible, the 
Number who are Householders :—And, of the Num- 
ber of Persons rated to the Poor at Sums exceeding 
£.6 in every City and Borough returning Members 
to Parliament; distinguishing the Number of those 
who are already on the List of Parliamentary Elec- 
tors, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the Order for presenting so much 
of the said Address as relates to the Number of the 
Electors in each County, and Parliamentary Division 
of a County, in England and Wales, registered at the 
last Registration of 1853-54, distinguishing the Num- 
ber “a each Qualification, be discharged. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of the Electors in 
each County, and Parliamentary Division of a 
County, in England and Wales, registered at the last 
Registration of 1853-54, distinguishing the Number 
under each Qualification. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of any Correspondence which has 
taken place, in reference to the Removal of Smithfield 
Market, between the Authorities of Saint Bartho- 
lomew’s Hospital and the Commissioners of Woods 
and the Treasury. 


17° Februariz. 








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

| 

Mr. Fitzroy presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 14th day of this instant 
February, for Copies of any Correspondence which | 
may have passed between the Government and the 
Corporation of the City, in reference to the pro- 
viding a Dead Meat Market in conjunction with a 
Live Stock Market at the New Market in Copen- 
hagen Fields. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
14th day of this instant February, for Copy of a 
Letter from the Secretary to the Highland and Agri- 
cultural Society of Scotland to the Board of Trade, | 
transmitting an Estimate of the Crops in the Coun- 
ties of Roxburgh, Haddington and Sutherland, in 
the year 1853. 

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


The following Papers were laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 22d day of February in the last Session of 
Parliament, for Summaries from the Returns of the 
Commissioners of National Education in Jreland, for 
the year 1851—of, 1. Total Number of School Fees 
received by the Teachers of National Schools in the 
year 1851; 2. Total Number of Schools in which the 
Amount of School Fees received in the year 1851 
was under £.5; 3. Total Number of Schools the 
Teachers of which received no Income from School 
Fees in the year 1851; 4. Total Amount of Local 
Contributions (not School Fees) towards the Pay- 
ment of Teachers’ Salaries in the year 1851; 5. Total 
Number of Schools which received no Aid from Loca! 
Contributions (not School Fees) in the year 1851; 6. 
Total Number of Schools the Teachers of which re- 














4, 1854. 


ceived neither School Fees nor any other Local Con- 
tribution; 7. Total Number of Schools without a 
Dwelling Rent-free for the Teacher ; 8. Total Number 
of Teachers whose Total Income from their Schools, 
in the year 1851, was under £.20; 9. Total Number 
of Teachers trained in the Training Schools since 
they were first opened, distinguishing Male from 
Female ; 10. Total Number of Teachers employed 
in National Schools in the year 1851, who had been 
trained, distinguishing Male from Female; 11. Total 
Number of Teachers employed in the year 185], 
who had not been trained, distinguishing Male from 
Female. 

Return to an Order, dated the 2d day of this in- London ang 
stant February, for a Return, showing the Hours Holyhead 
fixed for the Arrival of the Mail Trains carrying the — 
Mails from London to Holyhead, at Rugby, Crewe 
and Holyhead, and the Hours at which those Trains 
respectively arrived on each day of the year ending 
the 31st day of December 1853; and a similar 
Return, showing the Hours at which the Mail Trains 
from Holyhead to London respectively arrived at 
Crewe, Rugby and in London, during the same period. 

Return to an Order, dated the 3d day of this iN- Metropolitan 
stant February, for a Return of all Warrants, and Stage Car- 
Orders for Warrants, issued by the Commissioners ™“8* 
of the Board of Inland Revenue against Metropo- 
litan Stage Carriage Proprietors in January 1854; 
together with Information on these respective mat- 
ters; Dates of Warrants; Dates of Orders; Names 
of Parties; Number of Warrants in each case ; Sums 
in each ; and Expenses in each; Date when paid to 
Officer; Date when Officer paid in the Sum to wy 
and Names of Officers to whom Warrant granted. 

; Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of this City of Londo 
instant February, for a Return of the Amount col- Tolls. 
lected by way of Toll by the Corporation of the City 

of London, or by their Lessees on account of the 

said Toll, on the Carts and Waggons of Non-free- 

men, from the 1st day of January 1852 to the pre- 

sent time; together with the Sum paid by such 

Lessees to the Corporation, and the Purposes to 

which the same is applied. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Deficiency Deficiency 
Bills, which was presented upon the 16th day of this Bills. 
instant February, be printed. No, 54. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Charity charity 
Commission, which was presented upon the 16th Commission 
day of this instant February, be printed. No. 52. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Constabulary Constabulary 
(Jreland), which was communicated from the Lords (Ireland) 
upon the 16th day of this instant February, be No-5%. 
printed. 


Sir John Young presented, by Her Majesty’s Agricultura! 
Command,—Returns of Agricultural Produce in Jre- on 
land in the year 1852. (aay 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Ordered, That the Account of all Exchequer Bills Account of 
raised or authorized to be raised, charged on the Aids ape 
or Supplies of 1854 unprovided for, which was pre- 
sented upon the 10th day of this instant February, 
be referred to the Committee. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Charr ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the Assistant Sur 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to sees (Na &gt; 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
‘“‘ whereas the House passed a Resolution on the 
“ sth day of April 1850, to the effect, ‘That the 
“ accommodation provided for Assistant Surgeons 
‘ on board Her Majesty’s Ships of War is inade- 

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¢. 








Adjournment. 


Militia. 


Property 
Qualification. 


Complaint. 


Bankruptc 
Court ( i 
land.) 


17 Vicroriz. 


“ quate and insufficient for securing the full benefit 
“ of their professional services,’ the Admiralty Re- 
“ gulations, since the passing of the aforesaid Act, 
“ have not been in the spirit of, nor have they ful- 
“ filled the intention of, the said Resolution,—it is 
“ the opinion of this House, that the above Reso- 
“‘ lution should be forthwith carried into effect,” in- 
stead thereof. 

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

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. , 


Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, loa P 
Yeas, |The Earl of Mulgrave : pee 
Tellers for the {Colonel Boldero, 104 
Noes, Mr. Montagu Chambers: jo 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair:—And a De- 
bate arising thereupon ; 


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


Sabbati, 18° die Februarii, 1854: 


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


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


Resolved, That an humble Address: be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Quota of Militia for each 
County in England and Wales, for the year 1853 ; 
of the Number of Volunteers for the Militia enrolled 
in each County, at the latest period for which Re- 
turns have been received ; and of the Number who 
in the year 1853 attended Training and Exercise ; 
also the Expenses which have been incurred to the 
present time in providing Store-rooms and Places 
for the keeping of Arms and Clothing for the 
Militia ; stating the Expense in each County. 

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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to abolish Property Qualifications for Members of 
Parliament: And that Mr. Tufnell, Sir Benjamin 
Hall and Mr. Ewart do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That Mr. Granville Vernon be added to 
the Committee of Privileges appointed to consider 
the matter of the Complaint of an article in “ The 
Times ” Newspaper, as containing calumnious reflec- 
tions on the Lrisk Members of the House. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Specific Fees and Salary (if any) 
payable to the Lord Chancellor’s Secretary of Bank- 
rupts in [reland ; the Date of any Order or Orders 
of the Lord Chancellor of Zreland, or the Act of 
Parliament under which the said Fees or Salary are 
made payable ; the Gross Amount of all such Fees re- 
ceived from the 1st day of July 1836, to the 31st 
day of December 1836, and in every year from that 
date to the 31st day of December 1852 respectively, 
distinguishing the Number of Bankrupts’ Certificates 
of Conformity, and the Amount of Fees received in 
each year for the said Certificates; the Number of 
Dockets lodged in the Office of the said Secretary 
of Bankrupts on which no Commission of Bank- 
ruptcy issued ; the Number of Supersedeas issued in 
each year, as aforesaid, by reason of Commissions 
of Bankruptcy having been returned by the Court 
of Bankruptcy to the said Secretary of Bankrupts in 
consequence of no Adjudication of Bankruptcy 


having been effected, and the Amount of Fees re- 
VoL. 109. 


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ceived in each such case, and in each year as afore- 
said; the Name and Amount of Salary of any Clerk 
in the Office of the said Secretary of Bankrupts ; 
the Specific Fees (if any) payable by the said Secre- 
tary of Bankrupts, and to whom, and under what 
Order, with the Date thereof, or Act of Parliament ; 
the Amount of Salary paid to the said Clerk, and 
the Amount of Fees (if any) paid by him thereout ; 
and the Net Amount of Emoluments received by the 
said Secretary of Bankrupts in each year as afore- 
said :—And, of the Specific Fees and Salary (if any) 
payable to the Clerk of Enrolments in Bankruptcy 
in Ireland; the Amount of Fees received by him 
from the 1st day of July 1836, to the 31st day of 
December 1836, and thence in each year to the 31st 
day of December 1852. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Education 
Summaries from the Returns of the Commissioners of (Ireland. ) 


National Education in Jreland for the year 1851, of 
—1. Total Number of School Fees received by the 
Teachers of National Schools in the year 1851; 2 

Total Number of Schools in which the Amount of 
School Fees received in the year1851 was under £. 5 ; 
3. Total Number of Schools the Teachers of which re- 
ceived no Income from School Fees in the year 1851 ; 
4. Total Amount of Local Contributions (not School 
Fees) towards the Payment of Teachers’ Salaries in 
the year 1851; 5. Total Number of Schools which 
received no Aid from Local Contributions (not 
School Fees) in the year 1851 ; 6. Total Number of 
Schools the Teachers of which received neither 
School Fees nor any other Local Contribution ; 7. 
Total Number of Schools without a Dwelling Rent- 
free fur the Teacher; 8. Total Number of Teachers 
whose Total Income from their Schools in the year 
1851 was under £. 20; 9. Total Number of Teachers 
trained in the Training Schools since they were first 
opened, distinguishing Male from Female; 10. 
Total Number of Teachers employed in National 
Schools in the year 1851, who had been trained, dis- 
tinguishing Male from Female; 11. Total Number 
of Teachers employed in the year 1851, who had not 
been trained, distinguishing Male from Female. 


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


Luna, 20° die Februarii ; 


Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


PETITION of Members of the Provisional Fxecutor 


Executive Council of the Executor and Trus- =~ a 
ociety. 


tee Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to incorpo- 
rate the Executor and Trustee Society, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Headlam, Mr. Mon- 
tagu Chambers and Mr. Cobbold. 


A Petition of Provisional Directors of the Znver- Inverness and 
ness and Nairn Railway Company, for leave to bring Nairn Rail- 
in a Bill for making a Railway from the Town of “ 


Inverness to the Town of Nairn, was presented, and 
read; and a Bill-was ordered to be brought in ac- 
cordingly, by Mr. Henry James Buillie, Mr. Mathe- 
son and Mr. Laing. 


ay. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of Lands Dublin, 


and Houses in the Barony of Coolock, in the County Clontar!, &amp;c. 


of Dublin, or Persons otherwise interested in the 
abolition of the Tolls payable on the Turnpike-road 
leading from Dublin to Malahide, and the other 
Turnpike-roads leading to Dublin and Ballybough 
and Annesley Bridges, in the Barony of Coolock and 
County of Dublin aforesaid, for leave to bring in a 

M Bill 


oads, 





20° Februariz. A. 1854. 


Bill to repeal the Acts relating to the Turnpike-road| _ A Petition of the Deptford Gas-Light and Coke Deptford Gag, 
leading from Dublin to Malahide, and the other; Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for lighting 
Turnpike-roads leading to Dublin over Ballybough with Gas the Parishes of Saint Paul and Saint 
and Annesley Bridges, and to discontinue the taking | Nicholas, Deptford, in the County of Kent, was 
of Tulls thereon, and to provide for the future main- | presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 


tenance of such Roads by Grand Jury Presentment, 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to 


brought in accordingly, by Mr. Masters Smith and 
| Mr. Rolt, 


be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Grogan and Mr. | 


Vance. 


Dublin and 
Mullingar 
Road. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of Lands in 
the Counties of Dublin, Kildare, Meath and West- 
meath, or Persons otherwise interested in the abo- 
lition of the Tolls pavable on the Dublin and Mul- 
lingar ‘Vurnpike-road, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
provide for discharging the Debentures and other 
Liabilities owing on the Dublin and Mullingar Turn- 
pike-road, to abolish the Tolls on the said Road, and 
to repeal “ The Dublin and Mullingar ‘Vurnpike- 
road Act, 1848,” was presented, and read; anda Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 
Grogan and Mr. Vance. 


London and 
North Western 
Railway 
(Haydon- 
square, &amp;c.) 


A Petition of the London and North Western Rail- 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for autho- 
rizing the Transfer to the London and North Western 


the London and Blackwall Railway, and for other 


Railway Company of the Haydon-square Branch of 


A Petition of the London and North Western London ang 
Railway Company, and of the North Staffordshire = Western 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to Staffordshine 

_amalgamate the North Staffordshire Railway Com- Railway 
pany with the London and North Western Railway Companies. 
| Company, was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 
‘ordered to be brought in accordingly, by the Mar- 

quis of Chandos, Mr. Glyn, Lord Alfred Paget and 

| Mr. John Lewis Ricardo. 

A Petition of Directors, Subscribers to and Pro- Thames 
'moters of the Undertaking thereinafter referred to, E™&gt;ankment 
for leave to bring in a Bill for making an Embank- (74¢"™ 

34 £ (London and 
ment Railway on the North Side of the River Thames, West London) 
between the City of London and the West London 
| Railway, was presented, and read; and referred to 

the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of Provisional Directors of the Wandle Wandle 
Sewerage and Water Company, for leave to bring in Sewerage and 
S Water. 





&gt; 


See ote we OOO 


purposes, and of which the short Title is “‘ The Lon-! a Bill for draining certain ‘owns and Places situate 
don and North Western Railway (Haydon-square) | on or near the River Wandle, in the County of Sur- 
Act, 1854,” was presented, and read; and a Bill was | yey, and for the better supplying with W ater certain 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by the Marquis} parts of the Metropolis South of the Thames, and 
of Chandos and Mr, Glyn. | Places adjacent, was presented, and read; and re- 
| ferred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 





Islington 
Cattle Market. 


Great Western, 
Shrewsbury 
and Birming- 
ham, and 
Shrewsbury 
and Chester 
Railway 
Companies 
(Traffic Ar- 
rangements. ) 


Saint Mary, 
Stoke Newing- 
ton, Church. 


Universal 
Electric 

Telegraph 
Company. 


Canada, New 
Brunswick and 
Nova Scotia 
Railway. 


A Petition of Owners or Occupiers of Property in, | 
adjoining or near to the Market thereinafter-men- | 
tioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for repealing an | 
Act passed in the sixth year of the reign of his late | 
Majesty King Wi//iam the Fourth, for establishing | 
a Market for the Sale of Cattle in the Parish of 
Saint Mary, Islington, in the County of Middlesex, | 
was presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to | 


} 


be brought in accordingly, by Lord Robert Grosvenor | 
and Mr. Brotherton. 
A Petition of the Great Western Railway Com- | 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize Traffic | 
Arrangements between the Great Western, the | 
Shrewsbury and Birmingham, and the Shrewsbury 
and Chester Railway Companies, and otherwise to | 
provide for the transmission of Traffic upon their | 
Railways or part thereof, and for other purposes, was | 
presented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be | 
brought in accordingly, by Viscount Barrington, Lord | 
Norreys and Sir Philip Egerton. 

A Petition of the there-undersigned, for leave to | 
bring in a Bill for the Erection of a new Parish 
Church for the Parish of Saint Mary, Stoke New- 
ington, and for other purposes, and of which the 
short Title is “The Stoke Newington Parish Church | 
Act, 1854,” was presented, and read ; and a Bill was | 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. John 
Forster and Mr. Humphrey Brown. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto | 
subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for incorpo- 
rating the Universal Electric Telegraph Company, | 
and for other purposes, and of which the short Title 
is “ The Universal Electric Telegraph Company’s 
Act, 1854,” was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 


Moffatt, Mr. Phinn and Mr. Collier. 


Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of 


A Petition of the Canada, New Brunswick and 
Nova Scotia Railway Company, for leave to bring 
in a Bill to confer additional Powers on the Canada, 
New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Railway Company, 
Canada, 10 &amp; 11 Vie. c. 122, was presented, and | 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- 


cordingly, by Lord Paget and Mr. Brotherton, 


The House was moved, That the Report from the Tormcham 


Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of 224 Saint 
the Petition for the Tormoham 


and Saint Mary — Church 


Church Gas Bill, might be read ; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
incorporate a Company for the purpose of lighting 
with Gas the Parishes of Tormohum and Saint Mary 
Church, in the County of Devon: And that Sir 
Thomas Acland and Lord Seymour do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the Belfast and 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of County Down 


Railway. 


the Petition for the Belfast and County Down Rail- 
way Bill, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enable the Belfast and County Down Railway Com- 
pany to make a Railway from Comber to Down- 


| patrick, with a Branch from Saintfield to Ballyna- 


hinch, all in the County of Down, and for other 
purposes: And that Mr. Ker, Mr. Davison, Mr. 
Hardinge «nd Mr. Kirk do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the Ballymena, 


Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of Ballymoney, 
Pe ; &gt; nt ’ Coleraine an 
the Petition for the Ballymena, Ballymoney, Cole- poptrush 


raine and Portrush Junction Railway (No. 1) Bill, Junction Rail 
might be read; and the same being read ; 


way (No. lL.) 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


| for making a Branch Railway to connect the Bally- 


mena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction 
Railway with the Londonderry and Coleraine Rail- 


'way: And that Mr. Macartney, Captain Pakenham 


and Mr. Davison do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the Ballymens, 
Ballymoney, 
oe leraine an 
the Petition for the Ballymena, Ballymoney, Cole- Seana 


raine and Portrush Junction Railway (No. 2) Bill, Junction Rr 

might be read ; and the same being read ; way (A0% 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

for making a Branch Railway to connect the Bally- 

mena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction 


Railway with the Londonderry and Coleraine Rail- 


way: 








17 Vicrortaz. 


way: And that Mr. Macartney, Captain Pakenham 
| Mr. Davison do prepare, and bring it in. 

A Petition of the Belfast Water Commissioners, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for carrying into effect 
Agreements between the present and late Marquis 


Belfast Water. 


of Donegal and the Belfast Water Commissioners, | 


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


Napier. 
Liverpool, Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to explain and | 
Crosby 201 omend some of the Provisions of the Liverpool, | 
ee ehies Crosby and Southport Railway Amendment Aci, 
andYorkshire; 1853: And the same was read the first time; and 
oy ordered to be read a second time. 


Manchester and Southport 
Railway Companies Bill. 


Festiniog — Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to consolidate 
Railway Bill. into one Act, and to amend the Provisions of the se- 
veral Acts relating to the Festiniog Railway Com- 
pany ; to authorize the Construction of a new Line 
of Railway from Duffws to the Machno Slate Quar- 


ries, and for other purposes: And the same was | 


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


time. 
Louth Water- Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for better supply- 
works Bill. ing with Water the Parish and Environs of Louth, 
in the County of Lincoln: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 
Thirsk and Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to repeal the Act 


Yarm Road yelating to the T’hirsk and Yarm Turnpike-road, and 
to make other Provisions in lieu thereof, and to grant 
a further Term in the said Road, and for other pur- 
poses: And the same was read the first time ; and 


ordered to be read a second time. 


Downpatrick, 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a 
Belfast and 


Railway from Downpatrick, in the County of Down, 


vy Bil to join the Ulster Railway, near Lisburn, in the 
County of Antrim, to be called “The Downpatrick, 
Belfast and Dublin Railway,” and for other purposes : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 

Derbyshire, Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to alter the Line 

&gt; meme of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire 


shire Junction Junction Railway, and to amend the Provisions re- 
Railway Bil. lating thereto: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Great Southern 
and Western 
Railway Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable the 
Great Southern and Western Railway Company to 
make a Railway from 7udlamore to Athlone, and for 
other purposes: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Glasgow 
Suspension 
Bridge Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for constructing 
a Bridge for Foot Passengers across the River Clyde, 
opposite the North End of Mac Neil-street, in the 
City of Glasgow : And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Sunderland 


Gas Bill: Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for incorporating 


the Sunderland Gas Company ; extending the Dis- 
tribution ; for enabling the Company to raise a further 
Sum of Money; for better supplying the Borough 


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


Birkenhead 
Docks Bill, 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for authorizing 
Arrangements with respect to the South Reserve at 
Birkenhead, and for other purposes, and of which 
the short Title is ““ The Birkenhead Docks Trustees 
Act, 1854:” And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 

Vou. 109, 


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83 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for granting ad- Electric 
ditional Powers to the Electric Telegraph Company : Telegraph 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered ©°™PS2Y Bill 
to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to incorporate Kingston- 
the Kingston-upon-Thames Gas Company, and to tpon-Thames 
enable them to light with Gas the Parishes of King- &amp;* Bil 
ston, Long Ditton and Thames Ditton, in the County 
of Surrey: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to renew the South Shields 


Term, and continue certain of the Powers of an Act Roads Bill. 








| a second time; and committed. 





passed in the seventh year of the reign of his Ma- 

jesty King George the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act 

for making and maintaining a Turnpike-road from 

South Shields to White Mere Pool, and from thence 

to join the Durham and Newcastle Turnpike-road : 
at Vigo-lane, with a Branch from Jarrow Slake to 

Kast Boldon, all in the County of Durham:” And 

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

read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to alter, amend Kensington 

and enlarge the Kensington Improvement Act, 1851, — 
and to empower the Commissioners to purchase” 
Land for the purpose of forming and making a new 
Carriage-road and Footway at the North End of 
Brompton-square : And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for more effectu- Rossall Sea 
ally protecting certain Lands forming part of the Wall Bill 
Rossall Estate, in the Township of Thornton, in the 
Parish of Poulton-le-Fylde, in the County of Lan- 
caster, from Inundation by the Sea: And the same 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making and Aboyne, 
maintaining Turnpike-roads from Aboyne to Ballater Ballater and 
5 Z ; . Tarland Road 
and Zarland respectively, in the County of Adber- pin, 
deen: And the same was read the first time; and 


ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Promoters for making a Railway Caterham 
from the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Railway. 
to Caterham, for leave to bring ina Bill for making 
a Railway from the London, Brighton and South 
Coast Railway to Caterham, in the County of Surrey, 
was presented, and read ; and a Bill was ordered to 
be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Alcock, Mr. Locke 
King and Mr. Fitzgerald. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Devonport 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, and Keyham 
That in the case of the Devonport and Keyham Tunnel (No.2) 
Tunnel (No. 2) Bill, the Standing Orders have been 
complied with. 


Ordered, That the Devonport and Keyham Tun- Devonport 


nel (No. 2) Bill be read a second time upon Friday and Keyham 
nex Tunnel (No.2 ) 
xt. Bill. 


The Bangor Waterworks Bill was read a second Bangor Water- 
time ; and committed. works Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


— 4 : | mittee of Selection. 
of Sunderland and neighbouring Places with Gas, | 


The Barnsley Local Board of Health Bill was read Barnsley 
Local Board of 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ent 


mittee of Selection. 


The Bethesda and Llanileched Improvement Bill Bethesda and 


was read a second time ; and committed. ron menenll 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Bill ca 


mittee of Selection. 
3 


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20° Februari. A. 1854, 


Bideford The Bideford Roads Bill was read a second time;| The Edinburgh Police and Improvement Bill was Edinburgh 
Roads Bill. and committed. read a second time; and committed. + olice and 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-| Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- jj) "°V™nt 
mittee of Selection. mittee of Selection. 


Birkenhead The Birkenhead Railway (Lease and Traffic Ar-| The Furness Railway Bill was read a second time ; Furness 
Railway (Lease ranoements) Bill was read a second time ; and com-| and committed. Railway Bill, 
and Traffic . ‘ 
Arrange- mitted. : Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
ments) Bill. Ordered, That the Rill be referred to the General | Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 
' The Great Western Railway (Berks and Hants, Great Wester 
ean The Birmingham Improvement Bill was read a &amp;e.) Bill was read a second time ; and committed. Railway 
Bh’ second time ; and committed. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General — Pe 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- | Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. Bi 
mittee of Selection. 
: , : Ipswich ion W lw Ipswi 
Birmingham § The Birmingham and Midland Institute Bill was | , ae oe : poe rons pacman BBiwes vend eae 
Institute Bu, Te2d @ second time ; and committed. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- }yvteT™ors 
‘ Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- asinenn of Galetti : 


mittee of Selection. 

, The Lanark Police and Improvement Bill was Lanark Poli 

erator | = nr eaten: manga Bill was read a second | read a second time ; and sennlibed. a = 
Bill. ; ' ° hat tl i re - 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- a a ae ea Ae ee Se 

mittee of Selection. 

The Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Rail- Leeds, Brad 


way Bill was read a second time; and committed. 4 and Hali- 


Border Coun- The Border Counties Railway Bill was read a se- 
fax Junction 


ties Railway cond time; and committed. : 
_ Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General C Ordered, ie _ Bill re —— the General Railway Bil, 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. | ommittee on Kailway and Canal bills, 





Bradford, Ordered, That the Bradford, Wakefield and Leeds | The Leitrim Coal and Iron Company Bill was Leitrim Coal 
ee ay oe and Railway Bill be read a second time To-morrow. /read a second time; and committed. pe — Com 
— | Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ?*"¥ Bill 


way Bill. Fs . 
BurnleyIm- | The Burnley Improvement Bill was read a second | mittee of Selection. 


= time ; and committed. | 
, Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- | d ated 
mittee of Selection. | and committed. 

| 


The Londonderry Port Bill was read a second time ; Londonderry 
Port Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


Caledonian The Caledonian Railway (Lesmahagow Branches, mittee of Selection. 


Railway &amp;c.) Bill was read a second time; and committed. P . , ' 
(Lesmahagow (dered, That the Bill be referred to the General The Londonderry and Coleraine Railway Bill was Londonderry 


Branches, &amp;c.) : : read a second time : d itted and Coleraine 
Bill. Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. TERR &amp; SCCORE TIMC 5 ANE COMICS. i : 
, s | Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General ®#!!"4y Bil 


CamdenTown Ordered, That the Camden Town Cemetery Bill | Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


Cemetery Bill. he read a second time To-morrow. , 7 
The Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway Bill was Londonderry 


Catholic Law The Catholic Law:and General Life Assurance | read a second time; and committed. iillen Raileay 


and General Company Bill was read a second time ; and com- Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General pi, 
Compeny Ba mitted. Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. | The London, Tilbury and Southend Railway Bill London, ‘ 
' ; " ., | Was read a second time; and committed. Tilbury ss 
Cheltenham Ordered, That the Cheltenham Waterworks Bill Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General Railay B 2 


Waterworks . . Re jf ‘i a 
Bill. be read a second time To-morrow. Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 





ig M M 4 
eal . benny or “ a ven an a Bill was read The London and North Western and Midland Rail- Lantos and 
. , se Bs : - oo ft “tear te Way Vorth Western 
maioy Sa. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General aged Companies (Traffic Arrangements) Bill was read and Midland 
a second time ; and committed. Railway 


Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General Companies 


. ~ : Traffic Ar- 
Darlington The Darlington Local Board of Health Bill was Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. scone 


ae read a second time ; and committed, ; Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- The Manchester Court of Record Bill was read a Manchester 
mittee of Selection. second time ; and committed. Court Le 
, ? . aud Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Record B 
Dowlais The Dow/ais Railway Bill was read a second time; | mittee of Selection. 
Railway Bill. and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General; Ordered, That the Manchester and Salford Edu- Manchester 


Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. | cation Bill be read a second time To-morrow. ae 





sed The Dudley, Halesowen and Bromsgrove Roads | The Midland Great Western Railway of Zreland Midland 
treat W 


Halesowen and Bil] was read a second time ; and committed.) | Bill was read a second time ; and committed elo ie: 
as &gt; . Railway 0 


Bromsgrove, i TY... . : o 
Roads Bill. Binge tv Bill be referred to the Com- | Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General Jreland Bill. 
ee Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle Railway Newcastle. 
. . : «Lyne 
Bill was read a second time; and committed. oP Canisle 


- nab wap sid ment, &amp;c.) Bill was read a second time; and com- 
largement, ‘mitted. 


&amp;e.) Bill, Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General | Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General jgaijyay Bill 


Eastern Coun- The Eastern Counties Railway (Station Enlarge- | 
| 
| 
| 


Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The 








17 Vicroriz. 


Norfolk The Norfolk Railway Bill was read a second time ; 
Railway Bill. and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Padiham Waterworks Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Padi 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Potteries The Potteries, Biddulph and Congleton Railway 
Biddulph and Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 
Congleton | Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Railway 8. Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


gaint Mawes The Saint Mawes Port, Harbour and Pier Bill was 
Port, Harbour read a second time ; and committed. 
and Pier Bill. = Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


The Selkirk and Galashiels Railway Bill was read 
a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Kailway and Canal Bills. 


Selkirk and 
Galashiels 
Railway Bill. 


Severn Valley The Severn Valley Railway Bill was read a second 
Railway Bill. time; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


Shrewsbury Ordered, That the Shrewsbury and Chester Rail- 
and Chester way (Lease or Sale) Bill be read a second time To- 


Railwa - 
(Lease &gt; Sale) morrow. 
Bill. 


hrewsbury The Shrewsbury and Hereford Raiiway (Leasing) 
and Hereford Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 

Railway Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
(Leasing) BY. Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


South a The South Eastern Railway (Lewisham to Brom- 
Railwa, ley, &amp;c.) Bill was read a second time; and com- 
— a&gt; mitted. 

Bil,” - Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 


Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


Stockton, The Stockton, Middlesbrough and Yarm Water 


~_ Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 


Water Bill. f : 

mittee of Selection. 
Sunderland Ordered, That the Sunderland and South Shields 
a. Waterworks Bill be read a second time To-morrow. 
works Bill, 
Torquay The Zorquay Railway Bill was read a second time ; 


Railway Bill. and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


Trowbridge The Trowbridge Roads Bill was read a second 
Roads Bill. time; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
Wells and The Wells and Fakenham Railway Bill was read 
—s. a second time; and committed. 
y*™ Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 
oa Brom- The West Bromwich Improvement, &amp;c. Bill was 
ag read a second time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mitiee of Selection. 
. London The West London and Crystal Palace Railway 
eee ans. (Amalgamation, Sale or Lease) Bill was read a second 
Way(Amal. time; and committed. 
fanation Sale Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 


se) Bill. Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 
Von, 109. 





20° Februariz. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 








The Westminster Terminus Railway Bill was read Westminster 
a second time; and committed. Terminus 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General ny a 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Yeovil Improvement Bill was read a second Yeovil 
time ; and committed. om 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- Episcopal 
nesday next, the Episcopal and Capitular Estates et 
Bill, was read, and discharged. ne 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the sth day of March next. 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had examined — 
the Petitions presented upon the 17th day of this in- Seen 
stant February ; and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House. 

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


Petitions relating to Universal Suffrage, &amp;c. ;— Public 

Gaols ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;—Public-houses and Petitions. 
Beer-shops ;— County Cess (Dublin) ;— Fire In- vige seventh 
surance ;—Paper ;—Paper and Newspaper Stamps ; Report. 
—Stage Carriages ;— Borough and County Police ; 
—Coasting Trade Bill ;—Decimal Coinage ;—Edu- 
cation (Scotland):— Incumbered Estates Court 
(Ireland) ;—Juvenile Crime ;—Zondon and North- 
East of England Postal Communication ;— Medical 
Officers (Navy); — Poor Law ;— Poor Law (Jre- 
land);—and, Wages,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie wpon the Table. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Deficiency 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated Bills- 
the 2d day of this instant February, for a Statement of 
the Amount of Deficiency Bills issued during each 
of the years 1852 and 1853, with the Dates of the 
Issues and Dates of Redemptions, and the Amount 
of the Deficiency Bills outstanding on the 5th day of 
January 1853 and 1854 respectively, 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of Assessed 
an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table nuk — 
by the Clerk of the House,—Copy of Cases re-  — 
specting Assessed Taxes determined by the Judges 
in Scotland, 1853. ; 


Sir John Young presented,—Return to an Order, Cholera 
dated the 2d day of this instant February, for a Re- (Ireland. 
turn of all Reports addressed to the Commissioners 
of Poor Laws in Jreland, relative to the appearance 
and spread of Cholera in that Country, and of all 
Correspondence arising thereon; together with a 
Return of all cases of Cholera hitherto reported to 
the Commissioners from each Poor Law Union in 
Ireland. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to University 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to Degrees. 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Rates of Duty upon the several De- 
grees as conferred by the Universities of Oxford, 
Cambridge, Durham, London, Dublin, the Queen’s 
University in Ireland, and the several Scotch Uni- 
versities :—And, of the Total Produce of this Duty, 
distinguishing each Place, and each Degree, for the 
year 1853, and of the Acts by which these several 
Duties are imposed, and any Exemptions therefrom 
granted. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to Cholera 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to (Jamaica.} 
M 3 cive 











River Murray, 
Australia. 


Wandlc 
Sewerage and 
Water. 


Newcastle- 
upon-Tyn« 
Docks. 


Gibraltar. 


Western Mail. 


Fees, &amp;c. 
(Courts of 
Law.) 


Civil Servicc 


Public Offices, 
&amp;e. 





20°—921° 


give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of the Report made by Dr. Milroy to the 
Colonial Office, on the Cholera Epidemic in Jamaica, 
1850-51; and Copies or Extracts of Despatches 


addressed to and received from the Governor of 


Jamaica in relation to the said Report. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Copies or Extracts of Despatches from the Governor 
of South Australia, on the subject of the Navigation 
of the River Murray. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for the Wandle Sewer- 
age and Water Bill. 

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


. ‘ “ : | 
Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 


one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for the Newcastle- 
upon- Tyne Docks Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 


Committee on Standine Orders. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Copy or Extracts of a Despatch of the Governor 


of Gibraltar to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, | 


dated the 18th day of June 1853. 

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


Ordered, That a “ Return of the Time at which 
the Mail from London is due at Exeter, Plymouth and 
Launceston,” be added to the Return ordered on the 
10th day of this instant February, with reference to 
the Arrival of the Mail ‘Trains at Eveter and Ply- 
mouth, and the Arrival of the Mail at Launceston. 


Resolved, That ai humble Address be presented to 
ller Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
xive directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Returns of all the Fees received by the Masters or 
other Officers of the Courts of Queen’s Bench, Com- 


Februarii. A. 1854. 


Mr. Cardwell presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Trade ang 
mand,—Accounts relating to Trade and Navigation, Navigation, 
Month ended 5th January 1854, and Twelve Months 
ended 5th January 1854. 

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


Sir Benjamin Hall presented a Billto abolish Pro- Property 
perty Qualifications for Members of Parliament : Qualification 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered “&lt;. 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday the 8th Bill 19, 
day of March next; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Agricultural Agricultura 
Statistics (Scotland), which was presented upon the Statistics 
17th day of this instant February, be printed. ary 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Education Education 
(Zreland), which was presented upon the 17th day of (Iteland.) 
this instant February, be printed. No. 56, 


Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Prisons 
mand,—Copy of Fifteenth Report of the General (Scotland) 
3oard of Directors of Prisons in Scotland, to the 
Right honourable the Viscount Palmerston, one of 
Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State, of their 
Proceedings under the Acts 2 &amp; 3 Vic.c. 42, 7&amp;8 
Vic. c. 34, and 14 &amp; 15 Vie. c. 27. 

Copy of Report of the Commissioners appointed Tynemouth 
under Her Majesty’s Royal Sign Manual to inquire Borough. 
into the existence of Corrupt Practices in the Bo- 
rough of Tynemouth ; together with the Minutes of 
| Evidence. 

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





, The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Supply. 
adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon 
the 17th day of this instant ee That Mr. 


| 
| 


Speaker do now leave the Chair (for Committee of 
Supply) :—And the Question being again 
—The House resumed the said adjourned 


seg 
| ebate. 

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


Martis, 21° die Februarii, 1854: 


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

The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
| Comuiittee. 


(In the Committee.) 


| 1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixteen Exchequer 
millions twenty-four thousand one hundred ‘pounds, Bills. 

be granted to Her Majesty, to pay off and discharge 
Exchequer Bills charged on the Aids of 1854, un- 
provided for. 


mon Pleas and Exchecuer of Pleas, from the first| | &gt;: Resolved, That Fifty-eight thousand five hun- Seamen, &amp;. 
day of Michaelmas Term 1852 to the day before | dred Men be employed for the Sea Service for the 
Michaelmas Term 1853, inclusive, distinguishing the | year ending on the 3 lst day of March 1855, including 
Amounts received for each respective Class of Fees ; | Fifteen thousand five hundred Royal Marines, and 
—Of the Salaries ‘and Expenses paid out of such | I'wo thousand Boys. aD id . 
Receipts during the same Period, distinguishing the |, 3: Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two mil- Wages tod’. 
Amount of Salaries from the Expenses :—Of the Pen- | lions one hundred and ninety-two thousand six hun- 
sions paid during the same Period to Retired Officers | dred and seventy-one pounds, be granted to Her 
of those Courts :—And, of the Compensations paid | Majesty, to defray the Charge of Wages to Seamen 
during the same Period to the Holders of abolished | 224 Marines, which will come in course of payment 
Offices of such Courts. during the year ending on the 31st day of March 1855. _ a 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to}. + Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight Victuals © 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are | hundred and seventy thousand three hundred and 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council, | twenty-four pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
“A. defray the Charge of Victuals to Seamen and Ma- 
Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, by rines in Her Majesty's Fleet, which will come in 
Iler Majesty's Command,—Copy of me on the | course of payment during the year ending on the 
Organization of the Permanent Civil Service, together | 31st day of March 1855. 
with a Letter from the Reverend B. Jowett. — Resolutions to be reported. 
Copy of Reports of Committees of Inquiry into | 
Public Offices, and Papers connected therewith. Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the | verie reported, That the Committee had come to 
Table. several Resolutions. 


Ordered, 











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Ordered, That the Report be received upon Wed- 


nesday next. 


Mr. Bouverie also’acquainted the House, That he 


was directed to move, that the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 


next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Valuation of 
Lands (Scot- 
jand) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 


reading of the Valuation of Lands (Scot/and) Bill; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 


Monday next. 


nae ment 
Improveme’ 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Improvement 
of Towns 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Library of 
the House. 


Wheat, &amp;c. 


Ballycotton 
Harbour and 
er, 


| pitc-houses, 






The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Towns Improvement (Ireland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 


reading of the Improvement of Towns (Jreland) 
Bill; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


Ordered, That a Standing Committee of Sixteen 
Members be appointed to asstst Mr. Speaker in the 
direction of the Library, and to whom shall be re- 
ferred all matters relating thereto: —And a Committee 
was appointed of Mr. Wilson Patten, Lord John 
Russell, Mr. Goulburn, Mr. Chancellor of the Exche- 
quer, Mr. Napier, Sir James Graham, Mr. Monckton 
Milnes, Mr. Disraeli, Sir John Young, the Lord Ad- 
vocate, Mr, Macaulay, Lord Naas, Mr. Secretary- 
at-War, Sir William Heathcote, Sir Thomas Acland 
and Mr. Walpole. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return, in a Tabular Form, of the Average Prices of 


Wheat and Oats per Barrel, calculated upon the Re- | 


turns advertised in the Dublin Gazette, for the Period 
of Seven years next preceding and ending on the 
1st day of November in each of the following years, 
viz. 1821, 1830, 1838, 1845, 1851, 1852 and 1553: 
—And, like Return of the Average Prices of Barley 
per Barrel, calculated in the like manner for each 
year ending the 1st day of November, since the ist 
day of November 1829. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the following Documents relative to the 
Construction of a Harbour and Pier at Ballycotion, 
in the County of Cork, under the provisions of the 
Act 9 &amp; 10 Vic. ¢.3 :-—Of the Memorial of the Pro- 
prietors and Occupiers of Land, praying for its exe- 
cution; the provisional Declaration of the Commis- 
sioners of Public Works, and the Plans, Estimates 


20°—21° Februari. 





amendment of the Law can be made for the better 
preservation of Public Morals, the protection of the 
Revenue, and for the proper accommodation of the 
Public:—And a Committee was appointed of Mr. 
William Brown, the Judge Advocate, Sir George 
Goodman, Sir George Grey, the Earl of March, Sir 
John Pakington, Mr. Beckett, Mr. Barrow, Mr. Greg- 
son, Lord Dudley Stuart, Lord Ernest Bruce, Mr. 
Packe, Mr. Sotheron, Mr. Lowe and Mr. Ker Sey- 
mer ; with Power to send for persons, papers and 
records. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


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


Martis, 21° die Februarii ; 


Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1854, 





PRAYERS. 
\ ] R. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Bolton Gas 
VJ. one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bill. 
Bills, in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Petition for additional 
provision in the Bolton Gas Bill. 

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


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





Orders in the case of the Petition for the Stamford 

‘and Kettering Road Bill. 

| Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 

| Committee on Standing Orders. 

| A Petition of the Scottish Central Railway Com- scottish Cen- 
tral and Scot- 


‘ ‘ . aa ee ° - anahiin,y tish Midland 
| Company, for leave to bring ina Bill for enabling jy nction 


the Scottish Central Railway Company, and the Railways. 
| Scottiss Midland Junction Railway Company, to 

|make Arrangements for the Joint Working of their 

Traffic, was presented, and read; and a_ Bill was 

| ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Stir- 

ling and Mr. Forbes. 

| 

| A Petition of the Caledonian Railway Company, Caledonian 
'and the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company,.and Edin- 
for leave to bring in a Bill to authorize the Joint fae 
| Working and Management of the Undertakings of ways) 

| the Caledonian Railway Company, and of the Edin- 

| burgh and Glasgow Railway Company, was pre- 

'sented, and read; anda Bill was ordered to be 


pany, and the Scottish Midland Junction Railway 


| sen 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. William Lockhart, 
| Mr. Cowan and Mr. Archibald Hastie. 


and Surveys of the Engineers of the Commissioners | 


referred to in such Declaration ; of the Report of the | 


Officer appointed by the Commissioners to hold the 


District Meeting; aud of the final Declaration of 


=p? 


the Commissioners, and final Notice, as published | 


inthe Dublin Gazette :—And, of any Correspondence 
which has taken place in the year 1851 or 1852, be- 
tween the Reverend George Cotter Hingston, Per- 
petual Curate of Ballycotton, and Sir William Somer- 


A Petition of the Caledonian Railway Company, Caledonian 
'for leave to bring in a Bill for vesting in the Caledo- Railway 
\nian Railway Company certain Portions of the Lo meg gy 
Undertaking of the General ‘Terminus and Glasgow _— 
Harbour Railway Company, was presented, and 

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

Baird. 


ville, the then Chief Secretary of Zreland, and the | 


Commissioners of Public Works in Jre/and, relative 


to the alleged Non-completion of the Pier; and, of 


any Reports made by the Officers appointed by the 

‘ . . bed . ° »* 
Commissioners to examine into the matter of such 
Complaints. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
examine into the System under which Public-houses, 
Hotels, Beer-shops, Dancing Saloons, Coffee-houses, 
Theatres, Temperance Hotels and Places of Public 
Entertainment, by whatever name they may be called, 
are sanctioned, and are now regulated, with a view 
of reporting to this House whether any alteration or 

VoL, 109, 





A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act re- Buckingham 
lating to the Buckingham and Towcester Road there- and Towcester 
inafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill to ®°#4- 
create a further Term in the buckingham and Tow- 
cester Road, and to amend and extend the Act re- 
lating thereto, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read: and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by ‘Mr. Farrer and Mr. 
Brotherton. 
| A Petition of the thereunder-signed, acting in Stamford and 
execution of the several Acts thereinafter-mentioned, Kettering - 
‘for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal an Act for en- “°*™ 

M 4 larging 


91° Februari. A. 1854. 


larging the Term and Powers of an Act of his late The Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Rail- Oxford, Wor. 
Majesty George the Third, for repairing the Road | way (Chipping Norton Branch) Bill was read a se- Wolvem 
from Saint Martin, Stamford Baron, to Kettering, | cond time; and committed. ion Railway 
and from Oundle to Middleton-lane, in the County| _ Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General (Chipping 
of Northampton, and to make other provisions in | Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. —— me 
lieu thereof, was presented, and read; and referred | 
to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. | The Portsmouth Railway Bill was read a second Portsmout 
92 | time; and committed. Railway Bi, 
Stroud, Pains- A Petition of Trustees acting in execution of the) | Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
wick and Acts thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a | Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 
gee Bill to repeal the Acts relating to. the Turnpike- | 
road from Gloucester, through Painswick, to Stroud,| The Winchester and Petersfield Road Bill was read Winchester 
and make other provisions in lieu thereof, was pre- | a second time ; and committed. pp ee 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be | Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- pi, - 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Poulett Scrope and | mittee of Selection. 
Mr. Horsman, 
| The Bradford, Wakefield and Leeds Railway Bill Bradford, 
Exeeutorand Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to incorporate | was, according to Order, read a second time ; and pao 
Society Bill the Executor and Trustee Society: And the same | committed. , 
~ was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a| Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
second time. Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


Great West- Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize; The Order of the day being read, for the second Camden Tom 
oan tae 9 Traftic Arrangements between the Great Western, | reading of the Camden Town Cemetery Bill; Cemetery Bill 
mingham, and the Shrewsbury and Birmingham, and the Shrews-| Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Shrewsbury bury and Chester Railway Companies, and otherwise | Monday the 13th day of March next. 
allway Com- to" provide for the Transmission of Traffic upon their 
panies (Traffic Railways, or part thereof, and for other purposes:| ‘The Order of the day being read, for the second Cheltenham 
Arrange- = And the same was read the first time ; and ordered | reading of the Cheltenham Waterworks Bill ; ne 
ments) Bill. + be read a second time. And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 
Tormoham Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to incorporate a| The Amendments following were proposed to be 
ee Company for the purpose of lighting with Gas the | made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
Gas Bill. Parishes of T'ormoham and Saint Mary Church, in|“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
the County of Devon: And the same was read the | words “upon this day six months.” 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand per of the Question ; 
Universal Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for incorporating | The House divided. 


Electric Tele- the Universal Electric Telegraph Company, and for| The Yeas to the Right; 
graph Com- 5 A 


pany Bill. other purposes, and of which the short Title is “The | The Noes to the Left. 
Universal Electric Telegraph Company’s Act, 1854: | Tellers for the (Mr. Grenville Berkeley, 85 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered Yeas, \|Mr. Bouverie: ' Baas 
} 


to be read a second time. Tellers for the (Mr. Mullings, 83 
Noes, Sir William Jolliffe: eos 
Dukinficld A Petition of the Dukinfield Gas Company, for| So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Gas. leave to bring in a Bill to confer further Powers on Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time : 
the Dukinfield Gas; Company, was presented, and | —The Bill was accordingly read a second time ; and 
read ; and a Bill was ordered to be brought in ac- | committed. 
cordingly, by Mr. Tatton Egerton and Mr. Edward| Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
Egerton. mittee of Selection. 


Bradford The Bradford Corporation Waterworks Bill was| The Order of the day being read, for the second Shrewsbury 
—— read a second time; and committed. reading of the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway (Lease — 
Bill. : Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- | or Sale) Bill; (Lease or Sale) 
mittee of Selection. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon Bill. 
Monday the 27th day of this instant February. 
East Suffllk = The East Suffolk Railway Bill was read a second 
Railway Bill. time; and committed. The Order of the day being read, for the second Sunderland 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General | reading of the Sunderland and South Shields Water- 974 South 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills rks Bill; pore 
2 y an al Bills. wo : works Bill 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
Edinburgh The Edinburgh Roads Bill was read a second | being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
Roads Bil. time; and committed. time ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-| The Amendments following were proposed to be 
mittee of Selection. made to the Question; viz. 'l'o leave out the word 
“ now,’ and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
Hertford, Ware The Hertford, Ware and Welwyn Junction Rail- | words “upon this day six months.” 
— " way Bill was read a second time ; and committed. And the Question being put, That the word 
Railway Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General | “ now” stand part of the Question ; 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
eel The Hull and Holderness Railway Bill was read| The Noes to the Left. 
Railway Bill, ® Second time ; and committed. Tellers for the { Mr. Digby Seymour, lo 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General Yeas, UMr. Atherton: ' oeae 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. Tellers for the (Mr. Henry George Liddell, \ , 98 
: Noes, (Mr. Spooner : 
- cman The Manchester Corporation Waterworks Bill was| So it passed in the Negative. 
Warcrworks read a second time; and committed. And the Question being put, That the words 
Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-|“ upon this day six months” be added at the end of 
mittee of Selection, the Question :—It was resolved in the —— 
en 





sO some’ ce Oss 





= 


Committee of 

Selection 

(First Report. 
No. 58. 


Controverted 
Elections. 


Standing 


Orders. 


Cornwall 
Railway. 


Londonderry 
Port and Har- 
bour. 


Bannow 
Reclamation. 


International 
Telegraph 
Company. 


Trish South 
Eastern 
Railway. 


Bagenalstown 
and Wexford 
Railway. 


Chapel-en-le- 
Frith Roads. 


Caterham 
Railway Bill. 


Tenants’ 
Ompensation 
(Ireland) Bill, 


Bill 20, 


Chapel-en-le. 
Frith Roads, 


17 Vicroriz. 


Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a_ second time upon 
this day six months. 


Mr, Wilson Patten reported from the Committee 
of Selection; That they had formed into Groups cer- 
tain Private Bills, which, in their opinion, it is ex- 
pedient to submit to the same Committee ; and had 
agreed to report the same to the House. 

Oreered, That the Report do lie upon the ‘lable ; 
and be printed. 


Sir George Grey reported from the General Com- 
mittee of Flections; That they had appointed Mon- 
day the 13th day of March, at half after Two o’clock, 
to choose from Panel No. 2 the Select Committee 
to try and determine the Sligo Borough Election 
Petitions. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders, several Ki esolutions ; which 
were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Cornwall 
Railway Petition for leave to deposit a Petition for 
a Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed 
with ; that the Parties be permitted to deposit their 
Petition accordingly. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Londonderry 
Port and Harbour Petition, the Standing Orders 
ought to be dispensed with; that the Parties be per- 
mitted to proceed with their Bill, provided that an 
amended section of the Graving Dock proposed to 
be constructed be forthwith prepared and deposited, 
as required by the Standing Orders ; that the Com- 
mittee on the Bill do report how far such Order has 
been complied with on the Report of the Bill. 

3. Jeesolve/, That in the case of the Bannow Re- 
clamation Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be 
dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to 
proceed with their Bill. 

4, Resolved, That in the case of the International 
Telegraph Company Petition, the Standing Orders 
ought not to be dispensed with. 

5. Leesolved, That in the case of the Jrish South 
Eastern Railway Petition, the Standing Orders ought 
not to be dispensed with. 

6. Resolred, That in the case of the Bugenalstown 
and Wexford Railway Petition, the Standing Orders 
ought not to be dispensed with. 

7. Resolved, That in the case of the Chapel-en-le- 
Frith Roads Petition, the Standing Orders ought to 
be dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to 
proceed with their Bill. 

‘lhe first, second, third and seventh Resolutions, 
being read a second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Sevmour Fitzgerald presented a Bill for 
making a Railway from the London, Brighton and 
South Coast Railway to Caterham, in the County of 
Surrey: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Serjeant Siee presented a Bill to provide Com- 
pensation for Improvements made by Tenants in Jre- 
lund: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday the 
20th day of March next ; and to be printed. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of 
the Petition for the Chapel-en-le- Frith Roads Bill, 
might be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, Tivat leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to repeal the Act for more effectually repairing and 
maintaining the Turnpike-road from Chapel-en-le- 
Frith to or near to Enterclough Bridge, in the County 
of Derby, and other Roads therein-mentioned, in the 
County of Derby, and in the County Palatine of 
Chester, and to make other Provisions in lieu thereof : 

VoL. 109. 


21° Februari. 





89 


And that Mr. George Henry Cavendish and Lord 
Edward Howard do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the Londonderry 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of Port and 
the Petition for the Londonderry Port and Harbour epee 
Bill, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to consolidate the several Acts relating to the Port 
and Harbour of Londonderry, and to authorize the 
Construction and Maintenance of Quays and other 
Works: And that Mr. Jsaae Buti, Sir John Shelley 
and Mr. Brotherton do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the Bannow 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of Reclamation. 
the Petition for the Baxnow K.eclamation Bill, might 
be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, ‘that leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the Embankment, Reclamation and Drainage of 
Lands in the Bay of Baunow and Loughs of the 
Lady's Island ee Tacumshin, in the County of Wex- 
ford: And that Mr. Grogan and Mr. Sullivan do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of the British Guarantee Association, British 
for leave to bring in a Bill to alter and amend the Guarantee 
Act for incorporating the Bri/ish Guarantee Associa- a 
tion, and to make further Provisions as to the manage- 
ment and regulation thereof, was presented, and read ; 
and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, 
by Mr. Cowan and Mr. Hankey. 


Petitions relating to Gaols ;— Nunneries ;—Public- publie 
houses and Beer-shops ; — Religious Opinions ;— Petitions. 
Adhesive Receipt Stamps ; Education (Scotland) ; Vide Seventh 
Juvenile Crime ;—Medical Officers (Navy) ;—uand, neport. 
Medical Practitioners Bill,—were presented, and 

read; and ordered to lie upon the Vable. 





Ordered, That Mr. Miles have leave of absence Leave of 
for a fortnight, on account of illness in his family, Absence. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to Poor Law 

Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to (Scotland.) 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Inquiries in the Counties 
of Inverness, Ross and Argyll, instituted by the Board 
of Supervision for the Relief of the Poor in Scotland, 
under the Powers contained in the tenth and eleventh 
Clauses of the Act 8 &amp; 9 Vie. c. 83; stating in each 
case the Names of the Commissioners employed, 
and the Time occupied in each such Inquiry. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be preseuted Poor Law 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to (Scotland.) 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 

a Return in reference to the record of App'ications 

to the Board of Supervision for Relief of the Poor 

in Scotland ; stating in each case, from the Counties 

of Argyll, Inverness and Ross, the Amount of Relief 

whether in Money, Food, Clothing, or any other 

shape (but if not in Money, then giving the Money 

Value of such other description of Relief), which 

formed the subject of Complaint ; the decision of the 

Board as to such Allowance being insufficient, or 

the contrary; and in cases where the ground of Com- 

plaint was removed, stating the additional Amount 

and Kind of Relief that was granted, from the 1st 

day of July 1852 to the 31st day of December 1853. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 

Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 

of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Grand Jury 
a Return of the Poundage allowed to Collectors in Cess, &amp;c. ” 
Ireland upon Grand Jury Cess and Poor’s Rate, for “te!@n4.) 
the years 1852 and 1853; such Return to be in a 

Tabular Form, by Electoral Divisions. 








N Ordered, 








Tilicit Distilla- 
“tion (Ireland. ). 


90 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of Order of 1842, to the Constabulary of Jre- 
land, in respect to the prevention of Illicit Distilla- 
tion, and now re-issued for the information of that 
Body, and of the six Questions to be answered con- 


fidentially by Officers in charge of Districts, and 


Poor Rates, 
&amp;e. 


Constables in charge of Sub-districts. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Returns, in a Tabular Form, in addition to the In- 
formation moved for on the 1st day of April 1852, of 
the Average Rate in the Pound of each whole Union, 
calculated on the Annual Value of rateable Property 
in 1852:—Of the Amount of the Estimates of the 
Annual Value of Real Property in each Parish, as 
assessed to the Property ‘Vax in April 1815 :—Of the 
Amount of the Estimates of the Annual Value of 
Real Property in each Parish, as assessed to the 
Property Tax in April 1843 :—And, of the Increase 
or Decrease (in Columns) of the Annual Value in 
each Parish, between April 1315 and April 1843. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 


21° Februari. 


A. 1854. 


the Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“‘ Eaucation to be supported by Public Rates is a 
“ subject which ought not, ut the present time, to be 
“ dealt with by any Private Bill,” instead thereof. 
And the eecdion being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out, stand part of the Question ; 
he House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for ther Mr. Adderley, 
Yeas, { Mr. Thomas Chambers : 
Tellers for the; Mr. Mi/ner Gibson, lios 
Noes, Mr. Bright: J P 
So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
“ Education to be supported by Public Rates is a 
“ subject which ought not, at the present time, to be 
“ dealt with by any Private Bill,” be added instead 
thereof :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put; 


} 76. 


Resolved, That Education to be supported by Education, 


Public Rates is a subject which ought not, at the 
present time, to be dealt with by any Private Bill. 


Mr. Forster presented a Bill to alter and amend Payment of 
the Act which prohibits the Payment of Wages in W4ses Bill 
Goods, commonly called “ The ‘I'ruck Act:’ And — Bill 21. 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Wednesday the 15th day of 
March next; and to be printed. 


of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ship 
“ Tayleur.” 


Mr. Cowper presented, by Her Majesty's Com- 
maud,—Copy of Report of an Investigation into the 
Loss of the “ Zuyleur,” made by direction of the 
Board of Trade by Captain W. H. Walker. 

Mr. Cowper also presented,—Return to an Order, | 
dated the 15th day of August in the last Session of | | Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Gloucester, 
Parliament, for a Return of all Admiralty and other | Return of the ‘lime at which the Night Mail from &amp;«. Night 
Reports on Harbours of Refuge in the Bristol Chan- | London is due at Gloucester, Newport (Monmouth) - 





Harbours of 
Refuge (Bris- 
tol Channel. ) 


Banks of Issue. 
No, 59. 


Deficiency 
Bills. 
No. 60, 


Trade and 
Navigation. 
No. 57. 


Dover 
Harbour. 


Manchester 
and Salford 
Education 
Bill. 


nel, from King’s Road to Cape Cornwall, and from 
Cardiff to Tenby, available at every state of Tide, 
more particularly of Padstow Harbour. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Banks of 
Issue, which was presented upon the 16th day of 
this iustant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Deficiency 
Bills, which was presented upon the 20th day of this 
instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Trade and 
Navigation, which were presented upon the 20th day 
of this instant February, be printed. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 16th day of June in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, for a Return of all Sums received by the 
Warden and Assistants of Dover Harbour, on ac- 
count of Tonnage Duties, from the 10th day of 
October 1849 to the 10th day of October 1852 (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 488, of 
Session 1850). 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Manchester and Salford Education 
Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That”’ to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“* Education to be supported by Public Rates is a 
“ subject which ought not to be dealt with by any 
*“ Private Bill,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out, stand part of the 
Question :—'l he said proposed Amendment was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
Bill be now read a second time ; 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 


and Lridgwater respectively, under the present Ar- 
rangement; of the Date when such Arrangement took 
effect, and of the actual Time of Arrival at Glou- 
cester, Newport and Bridgwater, in each day from 
the Ist-day of November 1853 to the 1st day of 
February 1854. 


Statement showing the Quantity of Land under Cul- 
tivation in each of the Districts of the Madras Pre- 
sidency, distinguishing the Quantity in Acres or 
Cawnies of Land irrigated, with the Amount in 
Rupees of the Government Assessment rated thereon, 
and the Quantity of Land in Acres or Cawnies under 
Dry Cultivation, with the Amount of Government 
Assessment rated thereon; the Total Land Revenue 
‘in each District, Gross and Net, and the Total Area 
of each District in Acres or Cawnies, which are 
barren, not cultivated or alienated in Enaum; also, 
an Abstract of the Total Area, in Acres or Cawnies, 
in the several Districts of the Madras Presidency, 
‘comprising cultivated and uncultivated Lands :— 
And, Copies of all Applications from the Govern- 
ment of Madras to the Government of Jndia, and to 
the Honourable Court of Directors, during the Seven 
| years from 1847 to 1853, both inclusive, for sanction 
‘for Expenditure for Public Works connected with 
the Improvement of the Country, or connected with 
the Revenue, Works, or Works of Irrigativn, or for 
| Works on which the Cultivation of the Country de- 

ends; together with Copies of the Replies and 

etters from the Honourable Court of Directors and 
Government of Zndia to the Government of Madras 
to such Applications, during the Seven years from 
| 1847 to 1853, both inclusive. 





‘facilitate the more speedy Arrest of absconding 
Debtors in Jreland: And that Mr. Davison, Mr. 
Cairns and Mr. Napier do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Dublin Im- 
Copies of all Correspondence between the Lord provement 


| Lieutenant of Zreland and the Lords Commissioners 
of Her Majesty’s Treasury, upon the subject of a 
| Memorial 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a East India 


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


Uniform 
Assessmen 


Meean Oomaid 
Sing. 


Irish and 
Scotch Mails. 


University 
Matricula- 
tions. 


Friendly 
Societies Bill. 


Absconding 
Debtors 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Bill 22. 


Uniform As- 
sessment Bill. 


Bill 23. 


Fisheries 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Public 

Petitions 

(Seventh 
rt.) 











17 Vicrortiz. 


Memorial presented on the 26th day of December | 
1853, by the Right honourable the Lord Mayor, 
Aldermen and Burgesses of Dublin, praying for a 
Grant of .Money for the purpose of opening a new 
Street, and effecting other Improvements in the City 
of Dublin. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bringin a Bill for 
the uniform Assessment of Property for the pur- 
poses of Rating: And that Mr. Petoand Mr. Hadfield 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Correspondence between the Court of 
Directors of the East India Company and the Go- 
vernor General of India in Council, between the said 
Governor General and his local Officers, or any other 
Persons in India, and between the said Court of 
Directors and any Persons in this Country purport- 
ing to act on behalf of Meean Oomaid Sing, with 
reference to the Claim of the said Meean Oomaid 
Sing to the Chiefship of Bughaz. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of any Report received at the General Post 
Office respecting the Non-arrival of the Mail Train 
carrying the Jrish and Scotch Mails, and due in| 
London at 11 a.m. on Tuesday the 31st day of Ja- | 
nuary 1854, at the hour fixed by the Contract with the 
North Western Railway Company, and the Causes 
of its detention ; together with any subsequent Cor- 
respondence arising on the same subject. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Rates of Stamp Duty upon Matricu- 
lations in the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, 
Durham, London, Dublin, the Queen’s University in 
Trelund, and the several Scotch Universities :—And, 
of the Produce of this Duty, distinguishing each 
Place, for the year 1853, and of the Acts by which 
these Duties are imposed, and any Exemptions there- 
from granted. 


The Friendly Societies Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 
15th day of March next. 


Mr. Davison presented a Bill to facilitate the more 
speedy Arrest of absconding Debtors in Ireland: 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday the 8th 
day of March next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Peto presented a Bill for the uniform Assess- 
ment of Property for the purposes of Rating: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Wednesday the Lith day 
of March next; and to be printed. 


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, 
the Fisheries (Jreland) Bill, was read, and dis- 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 15th day of March next. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Mercurii, 22° die Februarii ; 
Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


M®:: Bonham Carter reported from the Select 
Committee on Public Petitions; That the 
had examined the Petitions presented upon the pow | 
and 21st days of this instant February, and had 
ae him to make a Report thereof to the 

ouse. 


Vou. 109. 


21°—29° Februariz. 





91 


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


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for enabling the Scottish 
Scottish Central Railway Company and the Scuttish Central and 
Midland Junction Railway Company to make Ar- pco}'s Mid- 
rangements for the Joint Working of their ‘l'raffic : Railways Bill. 
And the same was read the first tme; and ordered 


to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton 
Acts relating to the 
through Painswick, to Stroud, and make other pro- jgoad Bill. 
visions in lieu thereof: And the same was read the 

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


— a Bill to repeal the Stroud, Pains- 


urnpike-road from Gloucester, Wick and 
Gloucester 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to consolidate Londonderry 
the several Acts relating to the Port and Harbour Port and Bill 
of Londonderry, and to authorize the Construction esr 
and Maintenance of Quays and other Works: And 

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

read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to create a further Buckingham 
Term in the Buckingham and Towcester Koad, and om —_— 
to amend and extend the Act relating thereto, and nti 

for other purposes: And the same was read the first 

time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for lighting with Deptford 
Gas the Parishes of Saint Pauland Saint Nicholas, &amp;* Bill. 
Deptford, m the County of Kent: And the same 

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

cond time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for vesting in the Caledonian 
Caledonian Railway Company certain Portions of ren 
the Undertaking of the General Terminus and Gilas- (Gener | “a 
gow Harbour Railway Company : And the same was Bill. ’ 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize the Caledonian 
Joint Working and Management of the Undertak- and Edinburgh 
3 5 a P .and Glasgow 
ings of the Caledonian Railway Company, and of Roitways Bill. 
the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company: 

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


Mr. Brotherton presented a Vill to alter and British 
amend the Act for incorporating the British Gua- jenn 
rantee Association, and to make further provisions pj), — 
as to the Management and Regulation thereof: Ad 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 


read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for the Embank- Bannow _ 
ment, Reclamation and Drainage of Lands in the —_—— 
tay of Bannow, and Loughs of the Lady’s Island ~~ 
and ZYacumshin, in the County of Wexford: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to amalgamate London and 
the North Staffordshire Railway Company with the North Western 
London and North Western Railway Company: staffordshire 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered Railway Com- 


to be read a second time. panies Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a Inverness 
Railway from the Town of Inverness to the Town of pe ey 
Nairn: And the same was read the first time; and ““'"*? 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for transferring Blackburn 
to the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Bo- on. 
rough of Blackburn, all the Powers and Property oe. 
now vested in the “The Blackburn Improvement 
Commissioners,” and certain Powers and Property 
by the private Act of the fourth and fifth years of 





nN 2 the 





Electric 
Telegraph 
Company Bill. 


Private Bills. 


Ballymena, 
Ballymoney, 
Coleraine and 
Portrush 
Junction Rail- 
way (No. 1) 
Bill. 


Bal ymena, 
Ballymoney, 
Coleraine and 
Portrush 
Junction Rail- 
way (No. 2) 


Bill. 


Belfast and 
County Down 
Railway Bill. 


Dukinfield 
Gas Bill. 


Stourbridge 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Birmingham 
Canal Navi- 
gations Bill. 


Carmarthen 
and Cardigan 
Railway and 
Cardigan 
Harbour Bill. 


Dublin and 
Wicklow, and 
Dublin and 
Kingstown 


Railways Bill. 


92 


the reign of Her present Majesty, chapter forty-six, 
vested in the Overseers of the Poor of the Township 
of /slackburn, authorizing the Corporation to purchase 
the Property of the Blackburn Gas and Water Com- 
panies, and conferring on them further Powers for 
the Improvement and Regulation of the Borough, 
and for other purposes: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 

The House was moved, That the Order for read- 
ing a second time the Electric Telegraph Company 
Bill, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the said Order be discharged :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


The House was moved, That the Standing Order 
of the House, No. 164, relative to the presentation 
of Private Bills, might be read ; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That the said Standing Order be re- 

ealed, 

Resolved, That no Private Bill shall be read a first 
time unless it be presented not later than three clear 
days after the presentation of the Petition for leave 
to bring in the same; or, where the Petition has 
been referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders, then not later than three clear days after the 
House shall have given leave to the Parties to pro- 
ceed with the Bull. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the said Resolution be a Standing 
Order of this House. 


Mr. Wilson Patten presented a Bill for making a 
Branch Railway to connect the Bal/ymena, Baily- 
money, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway with 
the Londonderry and Coleraine Railway: And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


Mr. Wilson Patten presented a Bill for making a 
Branch Railway to connect the Bal/ymena, Balily- 
money, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway with 
the Londonderry and Coleraine Railway: And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


Mr. Wilson Patten presented a Bill to enable the 
Belfast and County Down Railway Company to make 
a Railway from Comber to Downpatrick, with a 
Branch from Saintfield to Ballynahinch, all in the 
County of Down, and for other purposes: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Wilson Patten presented a Bill to confer 
further Powers on the Dukinfield Gas Company : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Mr. Wilson Patten presented a Bill for supplying 
the Township of Stourbridge and the Neighbourhood 
thereof with Water: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


The Birmingham Canal Navigations Bill was read 
a second time; and conmitted. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committce on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway and Car- 
digan Harbour Bill was read a second time ; and 
committed. 

Ordered, Tlat the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Dublin and Wicklow, and Dublin and Kings- 
town Railways Bill was read a second time; and 
committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee ou Railway and Canal Bills. 





92° Februarii. 


A. 1854. 


The Ennis and Shannon Navigation and Recla- Ennis ang 
mation of Land Bill was read a second time; and Shannon Nyy, 
committed. | pee 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to, the Com- of Land Bil | 
mittee of Selection. 


The Exhibition of 1851 Commissioners Bill was Exhibition 
read a second time; and committed. 1851 Commis, 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- %*s Bill, 
mittee of Selection. 


i ha &gt; howl 


The Great Western Railway (Oxford, Worcester Great Westen 
and Wolverhampton) Bill was read a second time ; ®ailway 
‘ (Oxford, Wor. 
and committed. cester and 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General Wolverhamp. 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. ton) Bill. 


The Great Western Railway (Stratford, &amp;c.) Bill 
was read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, Vhat the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


Qeair-do 


Great Wester 
Railway 
(Stratford, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


The Hilgay Great West Fen Drainage Bill was Hilgay Great 
read a second time ; and committed. West Fen 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Drainage Bill 
mittee of Selection. 


The Horncastle and Kirkstead Junction Railway Horncastle 


Bill was read a second time ; and committed. ~ — 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General Railway Bu, 


Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Leeds Northern Railway Bill was read a Leeds North. 
second time; and committed. ao ae 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Leominster and Kington Railway Bill was Leominster 
read a second time ; and committed. a 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General “YY ®™ 


Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The National Assurance and Investment Associa- National 
tion Bill was read a second time; and committed. a 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Association | 


mittee of Selection. Bill. 


The Newport and Pillgweni/y Waterworks Bill Newport and 
was read a second time ; and committed. Le deters 8 
Ordered, Thut the Bill be referred to the Com- pi), ; 


mittee of Selection. 


The Newport Dock Bill was read a second time ; Newport 
and committed. Dock Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


The Rhymney Railway Bill was read a second Rhymney 
time ; and committed. Railway Bill 
| Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 


| Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


| 
| 


| The Rossendale Waterworks Bil! was read a second Rossendale 
time ; and committed. ns 
| Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

| mittee of Selection. 

| The Perth and Dunkeld Railway Bill was read a 

| second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill Le referred to the General 


Committee on Ra‘lway and Canal Bills. 
| } 





Perth and 
Dunkeld Rail- 
way Bill. 


Traethbach 
Bridge and 
Road Bill. 


_ The Traethbach Bridge and Road Bill was read a 
second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Biil be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Petitions relating to Intoxicating Liquors ; — Public 
Jews;— Oaths Bill; — Public-houses and Beer- PeOto™® 
| shops ;— Ministers’ Money (Ireland) ;— Paper ; — vide Bighth 
Borough and County Police ;—Education (Scot- Report 
land) ;—Incumbered Estates Court (Ireland) ;—J - 
venile 








17 Vicroriz. 


venile Crime ;—Medical Officers (Navy) ;—Medical 
Practitioners Bill ;—and, Ocean Penny Postage,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


, the Table. 






Ordered, That the Return relative to the Slave 


Slave Trade. 
N Trade, which was presented upon the 16th day of 


No. 61. 


92°: Februarie. 





this instant February, be printed. 

Galway Ordered, That the Return relative to the Galway | 
Extension 
Railway. 

Ne. 62. 


Corrupt 
Practices at 
Elections 
Commissions. 


No. 63. 


9th day of this instant February, be printed. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by | 
the Clerk of the House,— Return to an Order, dated 
the 3d day of this instant February, for a Return of | 
the ‘Total Expenses incurred under the Commissions | 
appointed during last Session, to inquire into the ex- | 
istence of Bribery and other corrupt practices at | 
Elections for Members to serve in Parliament; in- | 
cluding the Expenses of Printing and Paper, and | 
Number of Copies of those printed and delivered to | 
Parliament ; and an estimated Expense of those in 
Progress (the Expense of each Commission to be | 
given separately, and the various Payments made to 
be shown under distinct Heads). | 

Ordered, That the said Return be printed. 
ad | 

Brevet | Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Promotions. Return of the Number of Colonels promoted to the | 
Rank of Major General at the Brevet of the 9th) 
” day of November 1846, distinguishing the Officers 
of Artillery, Engineers and Marines, from the rest 
of the Army :—NSimilar Return as regards the Brevet 
of the 11th day of November 1851 :—lieturns of the 
Average Length of Service of the Colonels of 1841, | 
who were not included in the Brevet of 1851 :— 
Stating the Number of General Officers of all Ranks 
who died or retired from the Service between the 
9th day of November 1846 and the 11th day of No- | 
vember 1851 :—And, similar Return from the 11th 
day of November 1851 to the present time. 


nd 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to | 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to | 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, | 
a Return of the Number of Persons, being Males, | 
who have had Sums of £.50 and upwards invested | 
on their Account, for the Three preceding years, in | 
the Savings Banks of the United Kingdom; dis- | 
tinguishing England, Scotland and Ireland. 

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


: | 
—.. The Order of the day being read, for the second | 
Bi," reading of the Medical Practitioners Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. | 
Medical 
Practitioners 
(No, 2.) 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the Registration of qualified Practitioners, and 
for amending the Law relating to the Practice of | 
Medicine in Great Britain and Ireland : And that | 
Mr. Brady, Mr. Phinn, Mr. Digby Seymour and | 
Mr. Montagu Chambers do prepare, and bring it in. 
Supply. Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee of 
Supply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixteen 
millions twenty-four thousand one hundred pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay off and discharge 
Exchequer Bills charged on the Aids of 1854, un- 
provided for. 

2. Resolved, That Fifty-eight thousand five hun- 
dred Men be employed for the Sea Service for the 
_ ending on the 31st day of March 1855, including 

ifteen thousand five hundred Royal Marines, and 
Two thousand Boys. 

VoL. 109. 


Ex 
- _ 


Seamen, &amp;, 


h 





Extension Railway, which was presented upon the | 


-and Jreland: And the same was read the first time ; 


_ give directions, that there be laid before this t!ouse, 








93 


3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two mil- Wages to a”. 
lions one hundred and ninety-two thousand six hun- 
dred and seventy-one pounds, be granted to iler Ma- 
jesty, to defray the Charge of Wages to Seamen and 
Marines, which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending on the 31st day of March 
1855. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight Victuals to a. 
hundred and seventy thousand three hundred and 
twenty-four pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of Victuals to Seamen and Ma- 
rines in Her Majesty’s Fleet, which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1855. 

‘The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, Ways and 
resolve itself into a Committee to consider of Ways Mess. 
and Means for raising the Supply granted to Her 
Majesty. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Marine 
for the Regulation of Her Majesty's Royal Marine Mutivy- 
Forces while ou Shore: And that Sir James Graham 
and Mr. Osborne do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House wiil, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Brady presented a Bill for the Registration of Medical 
qualified Practitioners, and for amending the Law (Nes) Bu 
relating to the Practice of Medicine in Great Britain “ Bill °4 fj 
and ordered to be read a second time upon We:nes- 
day the 8th day of March next; and to be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to Trans- 


Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to Prveland.) 


| Returns of the Number and Names of the Persons 


who have been transported from Jreland to Penal 
Colonies under Convictions for High ‘Treason, or Of- 


| fences against the Treason Felony Act, in 1848 and 


1849 :—And, of the Number and Names of such of 
these Persons as have escaped from the Colonies to 


| which they were transported. 


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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Parliamentary 
Return of the Number of Parliamentary Voters Voters (Ire- 
whose Names appear on the last Revised Lists of *"* 
Parliamentary Voters for the several and respective 
Counties, Cities or Parliamentary Boroughs in Jre- 
land, pursuant to the Act 13 &amp; 14 Vic. c. 69, whose 
Rating Qualifications amount to £.25, and do not 
exceed £.30; the Number whose Rating amounts 
to £.30, and does not exceed £.40; the Number 
whose Rating Qualifications amount to £. 40, and do 
not exceed £.50; and the Number whose Rating 
Qualification amounts to £.50, and does not exceed 
£.100; also, the Number of Voters whose Names 
appear in said several and respective Kevised Lists, 
by virtue of a Freehold Qualification amounting to 
£.20, and not exceeding £.50; and the Number 
whose Freehold Qualification amounts to £. 50. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


NX3 


94 


Juvis, 23° die Februarii; 
Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 
PETITION of Subscribers to the Under- 


taking thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to 
bring in a Bill for making and maintaining Docks in 
the Borough and County of Newcastle-upon- Tyne, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders, 


Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne 
Docks. 


West London 
Railway. 


A Petition of the Zondon and North Western 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
determining the existing Lease of the West London 
Railway to the London and North Western Railway 
Company, and for enabling the last-mentioned Com- 
pany and the West London Railway Company to 
enter into fresh Arrangements for the Sale or Lease 
of the Undertaking of the West London Railway 
Company to the London and North Western Rail- 
way Company, and for the Settlement of all Dis- 
putes between the said Companies, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; wnd a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by the Marquis 
of Chandos and Mr. Glyn. 


Saint Mary, 
Stoke Newing- 
ton, Church 
Bill. 


Ordered, That Lord Robert Grosvenor be added 
to the Gentlemen who are appointed to prepare and 
bring in the Saiat Mary, Stoke Newington, Church 


Bill. 


Great London 


A Petition of Persons thereto subscribing, for leave 
Drainage. 


to bring in a Bill to incorporate a Company to relieve 
the River J'hames from Impurities by means of 
Tunnel Sewers, and to collect and dispose of the 
Sewage Manure for agricultural purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Mr. Drummond and Mr. 


Apsley Pellatt. 

Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to repeal the Act 
for more efiectually repairing and maintaining the 
Turnpike-road from Chapel-en-le-Frith to or near to 


Chapel: en-le- 
Frith Roads 
Bill. 


23° Februariz. 


A. 1854. 


Gentleman, stands indicted for Perjury, alleged to 
have been committed by him on certain Evidence 
given before a Select Committee of the House, to 
whom the Rye Election Petition was referred in the 
last Session of Parliament; that the Petitioners are 
retained for the defence of the said Jeremiah Smith 
on the said Indictment; that the said Indictment 
stands for trial at the Central Criminal Court, Old 
Bailey, to be holden on Monday next; that it is 
material to the defence of the said Jeremiah Smith, 
that the Minates of the Evidence given by him on 
the said inquiry, and also on the further inquiry 
directed by the House, and the short-hand writer's 
notes of such Evidence, and the transcripts thereof 
respectively, should be produced and proved by the 
proper Officer of the House upon the trial of the said 
Indictment, and that the said defendant and his 
counsel and attorneys should have leave to refer 
thereto for his de'ence ; and praying that the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before the Select Committee to 
whom the said Rye Election Petition was referred, 
and also on the further inquiry ordered by the House, 
together with the short-hand writer’s notes of such 
Evidence, and the transcripts thereof respectively, 
may be severally produced by the proper Officer of 
the House upon the trial of the said ledbaneni at 
the Central Criminal Court for the purposes of the 
said defence. 

Ordered, That leave be given to the proper Officer 
to attend accordingly. 


dians in Jreland, and the Poor Law Commissioners 
in Ireland, respecting the Removals of Paupers ; 
together with all Correspondence relating thereto 
with the Poor Law Commissioners in Exgland, or 
the Board of Supervision of the Poor in Scotland :— 
And, of a'!l Resolutions passed by Boards of Guar- 
dians in Jreland, relating to the power of Removal 
possessed by the English and Scotch Parochial 
Authorities, and suggesting alterations in the Law. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Co- Poor Remora 
pies of all Correspondence between Boards of Guar- (Ireland) 


Petitions relating to Barnstaple Borough ; — Public 
Kingston-upon- Hull Corrupt Practices Commission ; Petitions. 
—Episcopal and Cuapitular Estates ;—Gaols ;—In- Vide Kighth 
toxicating Liquors ;— Oaths Bill ;—Public-houses Report. 


Enterclough Bridge, in the County of Derby, and 
other Roads therein mentioned, in the County of 
Derby, and in the County Palatine of Chester, and 


to make other provisions in lieu thereof: And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


Islington Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for repealing an 


Cattle Market Act passed in the sixth year of the reign of his late | 


—_ Majesty King William the Fourth, for establishing a 


Market for the Sale of Cattle in the Parish of Sait 
Mary, Islington, in the County of Middlesex : And 
the same was read thie first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


London and 
North West- 
ern Railway 
(Haydon- 
square, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for authorizing the 
Transfer to the London and North Western Railway 
Company, of the Haydon-square Branch of the Lon- 
don and Blackwall Railway, and for other purposes, 
and of which the short Title is “ The London and 
North Western Railway (Haydon-square) Act, 1854:” 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Education. Mr. Fitzroy presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 13th day of this instant 
February, for Copy of all Minutes, in a separate 
Form, that have been adopted by the Committee of 
the Privy Council on Education, so far as they affect 
the Distribution of the Parliamentary Grant for 
Education. 

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

A Petition of Charles Wells Lovell and Charles 
Henry Lovell, of Gray’s Inn, Gentlemen, was pre- 
sented, and read; setting forth, That Jeremiah Smith, 
of Springfield Lodge, Rye, in the County of Sussex, 


Rye Election 
(1852-3. ) 


and Beer-shops ;—Australian Colonies (Steam Com- 
munication) ;—Fire Insurance ; — Paper ;— Paper, 
Newspaper Stamps, Foreign Books, &amp;c. ;—Stage 
Carriages ;— Borough and County Police ; — De- 
cimal Coinage ;—Euvcat:on (Scotland) ;—Juveuile 
| Crime ;— London and North-East of England Postal 
| Communication ;—Medical Officers (Navy) ;—and, 
Medical Practitioners Bill,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





mand,—Commissariat Estimate for the year 1854-55. 


Mr. Wilson also presented,—Return to an Order, Exchequer 
dated the 2d day of this instant February, for State- Bile. 


ments of the several Alterations made, since the 1st 
day of January 1852, in the Rate of the Interest on 
Exchequer Bills, specifying the nature of such Al- 
terations, andthe Amountof the Reduction or Increase 
of Interest, with the Date thereof; and the Amount 
of Exchequer Bills out-tanding at the period of such 
Alteration :—Of the Number and Amount of Exche- 
quer Bills issued since the 1st day of January 1852, 
specifying the Amount and Date of each particular 
Issue; of the Amount of Exchequer Bills for the 
Service of the year 1852-53 exchanged for Exchequer 
Bills for the Service of the year 1853-54; of the 
Amount of Exchequer Bills paid off in Money since 
the Ist day of January 1852, with the Dates of such 
Payments :—And, of the Date of any Purchases of 
Exchequer Bills or other Stock by the Commissioners 
for the Reduction of the National Debt since the 1st 
day of January 1852, and of the Price at which such 
Purchases were made. 

Ordered, 











Mr. Wilson presented, by Her Majesty's Com- Commissariat 





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17 VicrorizZ. 


Ordered, That the said Estimate be referred to 
the Committee of Supply, and be printed; and that 
the said Return do lie upon the Table. 


Micit Distilla- Sir John Young presented,—Return to an Order, 
tin (Ireland.) dated the 21st day of this instant February, for Copy 
ot Order of 1842 to the Constabulary of Jreland in 
respect to the Prevention of Illicit Distillation, and 
now re-issued for the information of that Body ; and 
of the six Questions to be answered confidentially 
by Officers in charge of Districts, and Constables in 
charge of Sub-districts. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


The Order for referring the Birmingham Canal 
Navigations Bill to the Committee of Selection, was 
read, and discharged. 

Ordered, Vhat the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


Birmingham 
Canal Navi- 
gations Bi 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into and report upon the expediency of 
the &gt; el made from the Public Funds to the 
Hospitals in the City of Dub/in, and how far the 
circumstances of these Institutions, and their utility 
as a Medical School, require the continuance of such 
Grants. 


Dublin 
Hospitals. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the State and Condition of the Bridges 
over the Thames in the Metropolis ; to report whe- 
ther they are adequate to the present vastly increasing 
Traffic ; whether it be desirable to construct one or 
more Bridges over the River; and, if so, at what 
Point or Points; whether it would be desirable to 
provide, out of Local Funds, the means of throwing 
open to the Public the present Toll-paying Bridges, 
and, if so, upon what Terms such Bridges could be 
thrown open. 


Metropolitan 
Bridges. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
make further provision for the Education of the 
People in Scotland, and to amend the Laws relating 
thereto: And that the Lord Advocate, Lord John 
Russell and Viscount Palmerston do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Education 
(Scotland.) 


Valuation 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
(Ireland. ) 


further to amend an Act relating to the Valuation of 
Rateable Property in Jre/and: And that Sir John 
Young and Mr. Solicitor General for Jreland do 
prepare, and bring it in. 

Surrey (West- 
ern Division) 
Register, 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
inquire into the allegations contained in a Petition 
presented upon the 15th day of this instant February, 
from certain Persons until lately registered Electors 
of the Western Division of the County of Surrey: | 
—And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


Coroners 


Ordered, That the Clerk of the Crown and Hana- 
(Westmeath. ) pe 


r in Jreland do make a Return, specifying the 
Number of Coroners now holding Office in the 
County of Westmeath, and the Dates of their Ap- 
pointments respectively; and also return, whether, 
in fact, any vacancy now exists in the Office of Co- 
roner for the said County. 


ll Sir John Young presented a Bill further to amend 
Bill - an Act relatmg to the Valuation of Rateable Pro- 


perty in Ireland: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Monday next; and to be printed. 

And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Vou. 109. 


23°—24° Februariz. 








Veneris, 24° die Februarii ; 
Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1844. 


PRAYERS. 


\ R. Bunham-Carter reported from the Select Public 
| ‘A Committee on Public Petitions; That they Petitions 
had examined the Petitions presented upon the 22d Sens) 
and 23d days of this instant February; and had 
directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


The Order for reading a second time the Llynvi Llynvi Valley 
Valley Railway Bi!l, was read, and discharged. Railway Bal. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for leave Llynvi Valley 

to bring in the Liynvi Valley Railway Bill, might neat 

be read ; and the same being read ; wes 
Ordered, ‘Vhat leave be given to bring in a Bill 

to consolidate and amend the Acts relating to the 

Llynvi Valley Railway Company ; to enable them to 

alter and improve their Railways, and to abandon 

parts thereof; to grant further Powers to the Com- 

pany, and for other purposes: And that Mr. Talbot 

and Mr. Gwyn do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order for reading a second time the Flectrie Electric 


Telegraph Company Bill, was read, and discharged. Company Bill. 
Ordered, ‘\hat the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for leave Electric 


- A eons ‘ * +1) Telegraph 
to bring in the Electric Telegraph Company Bill, Guapale 
might be read ; and the same being read ; (No. 2.) 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for granting additional Powers to the Electric Tele- 
graph Company: And that Mr. John Lewis Ricardo 
and Lord Alfred Paget do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of the South Wales Railway Company, South Wales 
for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the South Railway. 
Wales Railway Company to acquire additional Lands 
at Swansea, and for enlarging the Powers of Lease 
or Sale to, and contribution by, the Great Western 
Railway Company, and for authorizing Arrange- 
ments between the South Wales Railway Company 
and the Vale of Neath Railway Company, and for 
other purposes, was presented, and read ; and a Bill 
wus ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. 

Talbot and Mr. Davies. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for carrying into Belfast Water 
effect Agreements between the present and late Bill 
Marquis of Donegal and the Be/fast Water Commis- 
sioners: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for determining West London 
the existing Lease of the West London Railway to Railway Bill. 
the Loudon and North Western Railway Company, 
and for enabling the last-mentioned Company and 
the West London Railway Company to enter into 
fresh Arrangements for the Sale or Lease of the 
Undertaking of the West London Railway Company 
to the London and North Western Railway Com- 
pany, and for the Settlement of all Disputes between 
the said Companies, and for other purposes: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr, Brotherton presented a Bill to provide for Dublin and 
discharging the Debentures and other Liabilities asa 
owing on the Dublin and Mullingar ‘Vurnpike-road, ; 
to abolish the Tolls on the said Road, and to repeal 
“The Dublin and Mullingar Turnpike Road Act, 

1848 :” And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


N4 Mr. 





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sounguenmnvensie re ’ 


OF 94° Februarii. 


Dublin, - Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to repeal the Acts 
&gt; ne relating to the Turnpike-road leading from Dublin 
' to Malahide, and the other Turnpike-roads leading 
to Dublin over Ballybough and Annesley Bridges, 
and to discontinue the taking of Tolls thereon, and 
to provide for the future Maintenance of such Roads 
by Grand Jury Presentment: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Great London Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to incorporate a 

Drainage Bill. Company to relieve the River James from Impu- 
rities by means of Tunnel Sewers, and to collect and 
dispose of the Sewage Manure for agricultural pur- 
poses: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordeied to be read a second time. 


Saint Mary, Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for the Erection 
Stoke Newing- of a vew Parish Church for the Parish of Saint 
—— Mary, Stoke Newington, and for other purposes, 
and of which the short Title is “ The Stoke New- 
ington Parish Church Act, 1854:” And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 


second time. 


Canada, New Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to confer addi- 
Brunswick — tional Powers on “ The Canada, New Brunswick, 
Se, and Nova Scotia Railway Company, Canada,” 
way Bill. 10 &amp; 11 Vic. c. 122: And the same was read the 


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


Stourbridge Notice being taken, That the Stourbridge Water- 

_— works Bill had been presented, and read the first 

F time upon Wednesday last, without leave having 
been granted to bring in the same ; 

Ordered, That the Proceedings of the House of 
Wednesday last, in relation to the said Bill, be null 
and void. 

The House was moved, That the Report from the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of 
the Petition for the ‘said Bill, might be read ; and 
the same being read ; 

Ord-red, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for supplying the Township of Stourbridge, and the 
Neighbourhood thereof, with Water: And that Co- 
lonel Rushout aud Mr. Foley do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

Ordered, That Standing Order, No. 164, be sus- 
pended, in respect of the said Bill:—And that leave 
be given to present the Bill forthwith. 

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


Dungarvan Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
Election. this day received a Report from the Examiner of 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 
Election Petition of William Henry Gregory, relat- 
ing to the Borough of Dungarvan, is unobjection- 


able. 


Australian Ordered, That the Australian Royal Mail Steam 
—— ed Navigation Company Bill be read a second time 
Steam Navi- av aa 

gation Com- UPOu Monday next. 


pany Bill. 


Horsmonden The Florsmonden and Marden Roads Bill was read 

and Marden gq second time ; and committed. 

Roads Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Stockport Ordered, That the Stockport Rectory Division 


Rectory — Bill be read a second time upon Monday next. 
Division Bill. 


York, New- The York, Newcastleand Berwick, York and North 
castle and Midland, and Zeeds Northern Railway Companies 
Berwick, York : . 7 os 

and North Amalgamation Bill was read a second time; and 
Midland and committed. 





A. 1854. 


Ordered, That the Bill Le referred to the General Leeds 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


Amalgamation Bil 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Devon 
reading of the Devonport and Keyham ‘tunnel (No. 2) ~ Keyhan 
Bill ; Bi 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select Standing 
Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; Orders, 
which were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, ‘that in the case of the Bacup Im- Bacup Im. 
provement Bill Petition for dispensing with Standing he 
Orders 112 and 178, in respect of the Petition of the 
Haslingden and Rawtenstall Waterworks Company 
against the Bill, the said Standing Orders ought not 
to be dispensed with. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Great North Great North 
of Scotland Railway Petition, the Standing Orders : cootand 
ought to be dispensed with ; that the Parties be per-  "™ 
mitted to proceed with their Bill. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the Wandle Sewer- Wandle 
age and Water Petition, the Standing Orders ought to Sewerage mi 
be dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to |“ 
proceed with their Bill. 

4. Resolved, That in the case of the Stamford and Stamford 
Kettering Road Petition, the Standing Orders ought 904 Kettering 
to be dispensed with ; that the Parties be permitted a 
to proceed with their Bill. 

The second, third and fourth Resolutions, being 
read a second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, ‘V hat the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Com- Committee ¢ 
mittee of Selection; That they had formed into Selection 
additional Groups certain other Private Bills, which — Re. 
in their opinion it is expedient to refer to the same yyy ¢5 
Committee ; and had agreed to report the same to oe 
the House. 

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


A Petition of Promoters of and Subscribers to the Padiham 
Undertaking thereinafter-mentioned, praying that Waterworks 
— may be made in the Pudiham Waterworks ” 

ill, authorizing the Petitioners to furnish a supply 
of Water to so much of the Township of Hapton as 
lies on the North side of the Leeds and Liverpool 
Canal, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the Stamford _ 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of and Kettering 
the Petition for the Stamford and Kettering Road “° 
Bill, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, "hat leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to repeal an Act for enlarging the Term and Powers 
of an Act of his late Majesty George the Third, for 
repairing the Road from Saint Martin, Stamford 
Baron, to Kettering, and trom Oundle to Middleton- 
lane, in the County of Northampton, and to make 
other Provisions in lieu thereof: And that Mr. Ver- 
non Smith and Mr. Stafford do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Lee Water, 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 5°¥*8* 


in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- ne 
ders in the case of the Petition for the Lee Water, 
Sewage and Navigation Bill. 

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


Petitions relating to Gaols ;—Oaths Bill;— Public- Public 
houses and Beer-shops ;—Fire Insurance ;—Militia Petition 
Stores ;— Muscovado Sugar ;— Paper ;—Borough yiae Ninth 
and County Police ;—Decimal Coinage;—Educa- Report. 
tion (Scotland) ;— Harbours of Refuge ;—Juvenile 

Crime ; 








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of 





BF 


einds 
(Seotland.) 


Court of 
Chancery. 


Savings 
Banks, 


Dublin Im- 
provements. 


Arundel Port, 


Exchequer 
Bills. 
No. 66, 


National 
Vaccine Esta- 
hment, 


Poor Relief 
(Strath. ) 


17 VictrorizZ. 


Crime ;—and, Medical Officers (Navy),—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of a Letter upon the subject of Crown 
or Bishops’ Teinds in Scotland, addressed by the 
Commissioners of Woods and Forests to the Trea- 
sury, in or about June 1842 ; and of any subsequent 
Treasury Minutes thereon. 

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


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 9th day of this instemt February, for Returns of 
the Number of Causes in the High Court of Chan- 
cery, whether commenced by Bill or Claim, in which 
Evidence was taken, between the 1st day of Novem- 
ber 1852 and the 1st day of November 1853 :—Of 
the Number of such Causes in which the Evidence 
was taken orally :—Of the Number of such Causes 
in which the Evidence was taken by Affidavit :— 
And, of the Number of such Causes in which any 
Witness or Party was examined therein, under the 
Act 15 &amp; 16 Vie. c. 86, s. 39, before the Court when 
such Causes were heard, with the Names of the 
Judges before whom such Examination took place. 

Return to an Order, dated the 2d day of this instant 
February, for Statements of the Amount received 
and paid by the Commissioners for the Reduction of 
the National Debt, on account of Banks for Savings 
and Friendly Societies in Great Britain and Ireland, 
during the — 1853-54 :—Of any Purchases of Ex- 
chequer Bills made by the said Commissioners during 
the year 1853-54 with Funds derived from Savings 
Banks, or Friendly Societies, or on account of the 
Sinking Fund ; specifying the Date of such Pur- 
chase and the Premium or Rate of Purchase :—And, 
of the Amount of Three per cent. Stock created and 
placed to the credit of the said Commissioners, under 
the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 92, or any other Acts, in Ex- 
change for such Exchequer Bills, during the year 
1853-54, and the Rate at which the said Three per 
cents. were assigned to the Commissioners. 

Return to an Order, dated the 21st day of this in- 
stant February, for Copies of all Correspondence 
between the Lord Lieutenant of Jreland dnd the 
Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, 
upon the subject of a Memorial, presented on the 
26th day of December 1853, by the Right honour- 
able the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of 
Dublin, praying for a Grant of Money for the pur- 
= of opening a new Street, and effecting other 

ee in the City of Dublin. 

he following Paper, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—The Report and General 
Account of the Receipts and Disbursements of the 
Monies which have been received and paid by the 
Commissioners of Arundel Port, since the 31st day 
of December 1852, up to and including the 31st day 
of December 1853. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Exchequer 
Bills, which was presented upon the 23d day of this 
instant February, be printed. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty's Com- 
mand,—Copy of Annual Report of the National 
Vaccine Board to the Secretary of State. 

Mr. Fitzroy also presented,— Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 6th day of this instant 
February, for Copies of all Communications made to 
or by the Board of Supervision for the Relief of the 
Poor in Scotland, respecting the state of Poor Persons 
in the Parish of Strath, and especially with reference 
to se circumstances connected with the Death of 

OL. 109. 





24° Februarii. 








Alexander Matheson, and the Relief afforded to his 
Family. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Population, 


15th day of this instant February, for Returns of the *« 
Population and Number of Houses, according to the 
Census of 1851 (exclusive of represented Towns), 
and also of the Number of Registered Electors in 
every County, and Parliamentary Division of a 
County, in England and Wales, at the last Registra- 
tion of 1853-54 (to be arranged according to Popula- 
tion) :—Of the Population and Number of Houses 
according to the Census of 1851; also of the Num- 
ber of Registered Electors in Cities and Boroughs 
returning Members to Parliament at the last Regis 
tration of 1853-54 (to be arranged according to 
Population) :—Of the Number of Electors in each 
City and Borough in England and Wales, registered 
at the last Registration, 1853-54, distinguishing the 
Number under each Qualification :— Of the Number 
of Municipal Electors on the Burgess List in each 
Municipal Borough in England and Wales for the 
year 1853-54, specifying the instances where the 
Parliamentary and Municipal Boundaries do or do 
not coincide :—- Of the Population of the Hundreds 
of Lonsdale, Amounderness and Blackburn ; also, of 
the Hundreds of West Derby and Leyland ; also, of 
the Hundred of Salford (exclusive of represented 
Towns), in the County of Lancaster, accompanied 
by a Sketch Map of the above Divisions :—Of the 
Population of the Wapentakes of Staincliffe and 
Ewecross, Claro, Skyrack and Morley; also, of the 
Wapentakes of Burkston Ash, Osgoldcross, Straf- 
forthaud Tickhill, Staincross and Aybrigg (exclusive 
of represented Towns), in the West Riding of the 
County of York, accompanied by a Sketch Map of 
the said Divisions :—Of the Population and Number 
of Houses, according to the Census of 1851, and of 
the Number of Registered Electors, of the Cities 
and Boroughs returning Members to Parijiament (ex- 
clusive of Metropolitan Boroughs), which have a 
Population above 100,000 (to be arranged according 
to Population); and the same of Cities and Boroughs 
returning one Member only, and which have a Popu- 
lation above 50,000 :—Of the Population and Num- 
ber of Houses, according to the Census of 1851, of 
the Parishes of Chelsea and Kensington :—Of the 
Population and Number of Houses, according to the 
Census of 1851, of all unrepresented Towns con- 
taining a Population of 20,0:0 and upwards (to be 
arranged according to Population):—Of the Num- 
ber of Persons rated to the Poor at the Sum of £.10 
and upwards in each County of England and Wales, 
exclusive of represented Towns ; distinguishing, as 
far as possible, the Number who are Householders : 
—And, of the Number of Persons rated to the Poor 
at Sums exceeding £.6 in every City and Borough 
returning Members to Parliament; distinguishing 
the Number of those who are already on the List of 
Parliamentary Electors. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a District 
Copy of the Treasury Minute recently passed, in —— 


relation to the establishment of District Pauper 
Schools. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Islands of 
Copy of all Correspondence which has taken place 4‘ 


with the Postmaster General, relative to the esta- 
blishment of regular Postal Communication with the 
Islands of Arran, on the West Coast of Jreland. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to LS wr ye 
) 


Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to }, 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Names and Places of Residence of 
the Procurators Fiscal in Scotland, stating the Amount 
of Salary, if any, paid to each, and the Amount of 
Charge in their Accounts against the Crown for the 

O Services 


Bri! , &amp;c. 
ei 
Bill 26. 


Controverted 
Elections, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


Bili 27. 


Exhibition 
of Industry 
(New York.) 


Land Forces. 


Charge of d°. 


General Staff 
Officers. 


Public Mili- 
tary Depart- 
ments. 


Royal Military 
College. 


Royal Military 


24° Februari. 


Services of their Office as Procurators Fiscal in the 
year 1852-53; and also an Abstract of the Total 
Charge to the Crown for Procurators Fiscal in the 
same year. 

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


Lord John Russell presented a Bill to consolidate 
and amend the Laws relating to Bribery, Treating 
and undue Influence at Elections vf Members of 
Parliament : And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Friday 
the 10th day of March next; and to be printed. 


Lord John Russell presented a Bill to amend the 
Law for the Trial of Election Petitions, and for 
inquiring into the existence of Corrupt Practices at 
Elections of Members to serve in Parliament: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Friday the 10th day of 
March next; and to be printed. 


Lord John Russell presented,—Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 6th day of this 
instant February, for Copies of the Reports made to 
the Foreign Office, or to any other Department, by 
the Commissioners appointed toattend the Exhibition 
of Industry in the City of New York. 

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


The House, according tc Order, resolved itself into 
the Committee of Supply. 
(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a number of Land Forces, not 
exceeding One hundred and twelve thousand nine 





hundred and seventy-seven Men (exclusive of the | 
Men employed in the Territorial Possessions of the | 
East India Company), Commissioned and Non- | 
commissioned Officers included, be maintained for | 
the Service of the United Kingdom of Great Britain | 
and Jreland, from the 1st day of April 1854 to the | 
31st day of March 1855, inclusive. | 
2. Resvlved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three | 
millions nine hundred and twenty-three thousand | 
two hundred and eighty-eight pounds, be granted to | 


Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Her Ma- | 


jesty’s Land Forces in the United Kingdom of Great | 


Britain and Ireland, and on Foreign Stations (ex- | 
cepting Jndia), which will come in course of payment | 
from the ist day of April 1854 to the 31st day of | 
March 1855, inclusive. 
3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One | 
hundred and fifty-one thousand three hundred and | 
eighty-two pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for | 
defraying the Charge of General Staff Officers and | 
Officers of the Hospitals serving with Her Majesty’s | 
Forces in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and | 
Ireland, and on Foreign Stations (excepting Jndia), | 
which will come in course of payment from the 1st | 
day of April 1854 to the 31st day of March 1855, | 
inclusive. | 
4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One hun- | 
dred and five thousand and ninety-three pounds, be | 
granted to Her Majesty, for deiraying the Charge of | 
Allowances and Contingent Expenses of the several | 
Public Departments of Her Majesty’s Land Forces, 
which will come in course of payment from the 1st | 
jay of April 1854 to the 3ist day of March 1355, | 
inclusive. | 
5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven- 
teen thousand four hundred and one pounds, be | 
granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of the Royal Military College, which will come in | 
course of payment from the Ist day of April 1854 | 
to the 31st day of March 1855, inclusive. 
6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty 


A. 1854. 


— to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of 
e Royal Military Asylum and Hibernian Military 
School, which will come in course of payment from 
the 1st day of April 1854 to the 31st day of March 
1855, inclusive. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eighty- Volunteer 
eight thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, Corps. 
for defraying the Charge of Volunteer Corps, which 
will come in course of payment from the 1st day of 
April 1854 to the 31st day of March 1855, inclusive. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty Rewards for 
thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her distinguished 
Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Allowances as 5*vices. 
Rewards for distinguished Services, of Allowances 
to Officers of Her Majesty’s Garrisons, including 
the Garrison of the Tower of London, and of Allow- 
ances to Serjeants as Rewards for distinguished or 
meritorious Service, which “vill come in course of 
payment from the 1st day of April 1854 to the 31st 
day of March 1855, inclusive. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- Pay of Gene. 
six thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for tal Officers. 
defraying the Charge of the Pay of General Officers 
of Her Majesty’s Poxess, which will come in course 
of payment from the 1st day of April 1854 to the 
31st day of March 1855, inclusive. 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- Full Pay 
nine thousand six hundred pounds, be granted to Her poodle 
Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Full Pay for omen mn 
Reduced and Retired Officers of Her Majesty’s 
Forees, which will come in course of payment from 
the 1st day of April 1854 to the 31st day of March 
1855, inclusive. 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three Half-Pay 
hundred and fifty-six thousand pounds, be granted to Reduced 
to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Half- =o 
Pay and Military Allowances to Reduced and Retired 
Officers of Her Majesty's Land Forces, which will 
come in course of payment from the 1st day of 
April 1854 to the 31st day of March 1855, in- 
clusive. 

12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- Half-Pay 
three thousand six hundred and seventy-one pounds, to Foreign 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge tees: 
of Half-Pay and Reduced Allowances of Disbanded 
Foreign Corps, of Pensions to wounded Foreign 
Officers, and of the Allowances to the Widows and 
Children of deceased Foreign Officers, which will 
come in course of payment from the 1st day of April 
1854 to the 31st day of March 1355, inclusive. 

13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Widows’ 
hundred and fifteen thousand eight hundred and Pensions. 
eighty-nine pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
defraying the Charge of Pensions to be paid to Wi- 
dows of Officers of Her Majesty’s Land Forces, 
which Will come in course of payment from the Ist 
day of April 1854 to the 31st day of March 1855, 
inclusive. 

14. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventy- Compassion- 
five thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to te List, &amp; 
Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Allowances 
on the Compassionate List, of Allowances as of Her 
Majesty’s Royal Bounty, and of Pensions, Gratuities 
and Allowances to Officers for Wounds, which will 
come in course of payment from the 1st day of April 
1854 to the 31st day of March 1855, inclusive. 

15. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty Chelsea and 
thousand six hundred and ninety-four pounds, be ary 
granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of _ 
Chelsea and Ki/mainham Hospitals, and the In- 
Pensioners thereof, which will come in course of 
payment from the 1st day of April 1854 to the 31st 
day of March 1855, inclusive. 

16. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding 
million two hundred and fifteen thousand seven 
hundred and twelve pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, for defraying the Charge of the Out-Pensioners 
of Chelsea Hospital, of Pensions granted to dis- 
charged Negro Soldiers, of Pensioners from Hano- 


One Out-Pension- 
ers of Chelsea 
Hospital, &amp;e. 


Asylum, &amp;. thousand seven hundred and fifty-six pounds, be | verian Corps which served with the British Army in 


1793, 





Superannua- 


Admiralty 
Office. 


Ways and 
Means, 


Consolidated 
Fund, 


Towns Im- 
provement 
(Ireland) Bill, 


Improvement 
owns 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Adjournment. 


Colonial 
Disabilities, 








17 Vicrortiz. 


1793, 1794 and 1795, and of the Military Organi- 
zation of Out- Pensioners, which will come in course 
of payment from the Ist day of April 1854 to the 
31st day of March 1855, Sadan 

17. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
eight thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
for defraying the Charge of Allowances, Compensa- 
tions and Emoluments, in the nature of Superannua- 
tion or Retired Allowances, to Persons formerly 
belonging to Public Departments, which will come 
in course of payment from the 1st day of April 1854 
to the 31st day of March 1855, inclusive. 

18. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and thirty-eight thousand four hundred and 
sixty-seven pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Salaries of the Officers and the Contingent 
Expenses of the Admiralty Office, which will come 
in course of payment uring the vear ending on the 
81st day of March 1855. 

Resolutions to be reported. 

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


Sabbati, 25° die Februarii, 1854: 


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

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Monday 
next. 

Mr. Bouverie also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, ger to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Ways and Means. 


(In the Committee.) 
Resolved, That, towards making good the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of £.8,000,000 


be granted out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to a 
Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
7. 


r. Bouverie also acquainted the House, that he 


was directed to move, That the Committee may have 


leave to sit again. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Towns Improvement (Jre/and) Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time ; and committed 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Friday the 
24th day of March next. 


The Improvement of Towns (Jreland) Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Fri- 
day the 24th day of March next. 


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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
relieve the Clergy of the United Church of England 
and Ireland ae « a in the Colonies, from any Disa- 
bility as to the holding of Meetings in such Colonies 
for the Regulation of Ecclesiastical Affairs therein : 
And that Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. Chancellor of 
the Exchequer and Mr. Peel do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

Vou. 109. 


94°—- 95°—97° Februariz. 





Ordered, That Mr.Ker Seymer be discharged from Complaint. 
further attendance on the Committee of Privileges, 
appointed to consider the matter of the Complaint 

of an article in “‘ The Times” Newspaper, as contain- 

ing calumnious reflections on the Lrish Members of 

the House. 

Ordered, That Viscount Barrington be added to 

the Committee 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Borough 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Population, 
to give directions, that there be laid before this ~ 
House, an Abstract of the Population ; of the Ave- 
rage Amount in the years 1851, 1852 and 1853, of 
the Assessed Taxes, and of the Income and Property 
Tax; the Number of Inhabited Houses; the 
Amount of Property rated under the Poor Relief 
Act ; Number of Ratepayers, and Number of Par- 
liamentary Voters, classified under their several 
Qualifications, in all Boroughs in England contain- 
ing, under the Census of 1851, a Population not 
exceeding 13,000 :—And, Return enumerating each 
of the above Boroughs, in the order in which they 
would stand, according to the principle of combined 
Taxation and Population laid down in the Letter of 
Instruction from. Lord Melbourne to Lieutenant 
Drummond, on the 24th day of November 1831, 
and in Lieutenant Drummona’s Report thereon on 
the 12th day of December 1831, as shown in Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 17, of Session 1831 (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 352, of Ses- 
sion 1832). 

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


Mr. Solicitor General presented a Bill to relieve Colonial 
the Clergy of the United Church of Englund and Clersy Dis- 
Ireland resident in the Colonies, from any Disability °”2"** me, 
as to the holding of Meetings in such Colonies for Bas. 
the Regulation of Ecclesiastical Affairs therein : 

And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday the 8th 
day of March next ; and to be printed. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Mon- Oaths Bill. 
day next, the Oaths Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 20th day of March next. 


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





Luna, 27° die Februari ; 


Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 185 4. 





PRAYERS. 

M R. Owen Stanley reported from the Select Public 
Committee on Public Petitions; That the ae 

had examined the Petitions presented upon the 24t \ - ) ie 
day of this instant February; and had directed him 
to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


A Petition of Members of the Council of the Guild of 
Guild of Literature and Art, for leave to bring in a Literatore 
Bill to incorporate the Guild of Literature and Art, 
and to enable it to hold Land, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Shrewsbury and Hereford Rail- Shrewsbury 
way Company, praying that provision may be made Pm oe 
in the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway (Stations) (Stations) Bill, 
Bill, for enabling the Petitioners to raise Capital for 


laying down an additional Line of Rails, was pre-~ 
O02 sented, 








Royal Mail 
Steam Navi- 
gation Com- 
pany Bill. 


Great North 
of Scotland 
Railway. 


Wandle 
Sewerage 
and Water. 


Electric 
Telegraph 
Compan 
(No. 2) Bill 


Stamford 
and Kettering 
Road Bill. 


Aboyne, 
Ballater and 
Tarland Road 
Bill. 


Ballymena, 
Ballymoney, 
Coleraine and 
Portrush 
Junction Rail- 


way (No. 1) 
Rill. 


Ballymena, 
Ballymoney, 
Coleraine and 
Portrush 
Junction Rail- 
way (No, 2) 
Bill. 


Bannow 
Reclamation 
Bill. 


Belfast and 
County Down 
Railway Bill. 


Birkenhead 
Docks Bill. 


Blackburn 
. Improvement, 
&amp;c. Bill. 


. A ee oe 
WA ae SR TT, eam REET +” ms 


97° Fobrunsti ' 


sented, and read ; and referred to the Examiners of 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Australian Royal Mail Steam Navi- 
gation Company Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of 
the Petition for the Great North of Scot/and Railway 
Bill, might be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
authorize the Great North of Scotland Railway 
Company to deviate their Railway, and to make 
certain short Branches, and to amend the Acts relat- 
ing to that Railway, and for other purposes: And 
that Mr. George Thompson and Mr. Laing do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of 
the Petition for the Wandle Sewerage and Water 
Bill, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for draining certain Towns and Places situate on or 
near the River Wandle, in the County of Surrey, 
and for the better supplying with Water certain 
to of the Metropolis South of the Thames, and 

laces adjacent: And that Mr. Alcock and Mr. 
Locke King do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for granting ad- 
ditional Powers to the Electric Telegraph Company : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to repeal an Act 
for enlarging the Term and Powers of an Act of his 
late Majesty George the Third, for repairing the 
Road from Saint Martin, Stamford Baron, to Ket- 
tering, and from Oundle to Middleton-lane, in the 
County of Northampton, and to make other Provi- 
sions in lieu thereof: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


The Aboyne, Ballater and Tarland Road Bill 
was read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Port- 
rush Junction Railway (No.1) Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and Port- 
rush Junction Railway (No. 2) Bill was read a se- 
cond time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Bannow Reclamation Bill was read a second 
time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selecticn. 


The Belfust and County Down Railway Bill was 
read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Birkenhead Docks Bill was read a second 


time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


The Blackburn Improvement, &amp;c. Bill was read 
a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


“ — is pte i 2 
IE A SCP RT cane 








A, 1854, 


The British Guarantee Association Bill was read British 
a second time; and committed. Sessentas 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Ri) 
mittee of Selection. 


The Buckingham and Towcester Road Bill was Buckingham 
read a second time ; and committed. and Towcester 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Road Bill 

mittee of Selection. 


The Caledonian Railway (General Terminus, &amp;c.) Caledonian 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. rete 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General fninus; key” 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. Bill. 


Ordered, That the Caledonian and Edinburgh Caledonian 
and Glasgow Railways Bill be read a second time #nd Edinburgh 
upon Thursday next. Railveneen 


The Caterham Railway Bill was read a second Caterham 
time; and committed. Railway Bill 

Ordered, Viat the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Deptford Gas Bill was read a second time ; Deptford 

and committed. Gas Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 

mittee of Selection. 


The Downpatrick, Belfast and Dublin Railway Downpatrick, 
Bill was read a second time ; and committed. Belfast and 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General msg 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Executor and Trustee Society Bill was read Executor 
and Trustee 
Society Bill, 


a second time; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Festiniog Railway Bill was read a second Festiniog 
time ; and committed. Railway Bill 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Glasgow Suspension Bridge Bill was read a Glasgow 
second time ; and committed. Suspension - 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Pridse Bill 

mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Great Southern and Western Great Southem 
Railway Bill be read a second time To-morrow. and Western 
Railway Bill. 

The Great Western, Shrewsbury and Birmingham, Great Wester, 
and Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Companies Shrewsbury 
(Traffic Arrangements) Bill was read a second time ; ee aa 
and committed. Shrewsbury 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 04 Chester 


Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. perth a 


The Jnverness and Nairn Railway Bill was read Inverness 
a second time ; and committed. and ny 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General ®4!"*F 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Kingston-upon- Thames Gas Bill was read a Kingston- 
second time; and committed. ae 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Cos om 

mittee of Selection. 


The Liverpool, Crosby and Southport ; Lancashire Liverpool, 
and Yorkshire; East Lancashire; and Manchester ne 9, 
and Southport Railway em Bill was read [oncsshire 
a second time ; and committed. and Yorkshire; 

Ordered, That the Bull be referred to the General nd —_ 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. Manchester 

and Southport Railway Companies Bill 


The London and North Western and North Staf- Londen se 
fordshire Railway Companies Bill was read a second NTN un 
time ; and committed. Staffordshire 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General Lory 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. i conven? 

e 





BS RBEEESEZSE © 


SEES Bey EeeS 


aay 


BELLS reas Sbeses Fes rea 





London and 
Western 
sa North 


Railway Com- 
panies (Trafic 


i 


Bridge Bill 


Water- 
Bill. 


South Shields 
Roads Bill. 


Stroud, Pains- 
wick and 


Gloucester 
Road Bill. 


Sunderland 
Gas Bill, 


Tacumshin 
Embankment 
Bill. 


Thirsk and 
Yarm Road 
Bill. 

Tormoham 


ay 
urch 
Gas Bill. 


Tralee and 
Killarney 
Railway Bill. 


West London 
and 


tal 
= 
and Farn. 7 
borough) Bill, 
ras Hew 
Ber- 
Vick, York —e 
wh Midlana 
i Rail. 
pani 
orking oy 


Tangements, 
ke.) Bill. 


Shrewsbury 
and Chester 
Railwa 


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- tion Railways Bill was read a second time; and 


17 Vicroriz. 


' The London and North Western and North Staf- 
fordshire Railway Companies (Traffic Arrangements) 
Bill was read a second time; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Londonderry Bridge Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Louth Waterworks Bill was read a second 
time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Ozford Poor Rate Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Rossall Sea Wall Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Scottish Central and Scottish Midland Junc- 


committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General | 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. | 


The South Shields Roads Bill was read a second 
time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Stroud, Painswick and Gloucester Road Bill 
was read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Sunderland Gas Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


The Tacumshin Embankment Bill was read a se- 


cond time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Thirsk and Yarm Road Bill be 
read a second time To-morrow. 


The Tormoham and Saint Mary Church Gas Bill 
was read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Tralee and Killarney Railway Bill was read 
a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The West London and Crystal Palace Railway 
(Bromley and Farnborough) Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The York, Newcastle and Berwick, York and 
North Midland, and Leeds Northern Railway Com- 
panies (Working Arrangements, &amp;c.) Bill was read 
a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway (Lease 
or Sale) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 


morrow, 


97° Februariz. 


101 


_ The Stockport Rectory Division Bill was, accord- 
ing to Order, read a second time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for the Kilkenny and 
Great Southern and Western Railway Bill. 

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


in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for the Guild of 
Literature and Art Bill. 

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


the Sligo Election, informed the House, That Mr. 
Lascelles was absent from the Committee this day, 
in consequence of a domestic affliction. 

Ordered, That Mr. Lascelles be discharged from 
further attendance on the said Committee. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the General 
Committee of Elections, to appoint another Member 
to serve on the said Committee. 


—Nunneries ;— Oaths Bill;— Public-houses and 
Beer-shops ; — Fire Insurance ;— Horse-racing ;— 
Mines ;--Paper;—-Stage Carriages ;--Bastardy Laws; 
—Coasting Trade Bill ;— Decimal Coinage ;—Edu- 
cation (Scotland) ;—Juvenile Crime ;—Medical Offi- 
cers (Navy) ;—Medical Practitioners Bill ;—Metro- 
politan Drainage (Saint Mary, Newington) ;— 
Ocean Penny Postage ;—and, Settlement and Re- 
moval Bill,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


was presented, and read ; setting forth, That at the 
Session holden for the jurisdiction of the Central 
Criminal Court, in the month of January 1854, a 
bill of indictment was preferred and returned into 
court by the grand jury, a true bill against Jeremiah 
Smith, of Rye, in the county of Sussex, for a Mis- 
demeanor, under the statute of the 11th &amp; 12th years 
of the reign of Her present Majesty, chapter 98, 
intituled, An Act to amend the Law for the ‘l'rial of 
Election Petitions; that is to say, for having wil- 
fully given false evidence before a Select Committee 
of the House appointed to try the merits of a cer- 
tain Election Petition presented to the House against 
the Return of William Alexander Mackinnon, Fs- 
quire, for the Borough of Rye, which Petition had 
been referred to the said Select Committee by the 
House ; that the Petitioner acted and is still acting 
as the Attorney for the said prosecution; that the 
said Jeremiah Smith hath, with two sureties, entered 
into Recognizances to appear and take his trial upon 
such indictment in due course at the now ensuing 
Session of the Central Criminal Court; that the 
Petitioner is advised that it will be material and ne- 
cessary on the part of the prosecution that certain 
documents and proceedings be produced upon the 
said trial which are affiled in the House or inserted 
upon the Journals thereof, which said documents 
and proceedings are as follows; namely, a certain 
Writ issued on or about the Ist July 1852 by the 
House for the Election of a Member to serve in the 
House for the Borough of Rye, together with certain 
Precepts thereon, and Returns thereto, and also the 
Poll-books filed sane in the office of the — 
3 ce) 





Vou. 109. 


Petitions relating to Barnstaple Borough Corrupt Public 
Practices Commission ;—Kingston-upon-Hull Cor- Petitions. 
rupt Practices Commission ;-—Ecclesiastical Titles y:3. Tenth 
Assumption Act ;—Gaols ;—Intoxicating Liquors ; Report. 





Stockport 
Rectory 
Division Bill. 


Kilkenny and 
Great Southern 
and Western 
Railway. 


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


an 


Mr. Ker Seymer, from the Select Committee on Sligo Election. 


A Petition of Francis Hobler, of Bucklersbury, Rye Election 
in the City of Zondon, Gentleman, Attorney-at-Law, ('852-3-) 


27° Februarii. 


of the Crown ; a certain Petition signed by Thomas 
Smith Pyx, George Augustus Lamb, Robert Horton 
and William Fuiier, presented to the House on or 
about the 23d day of November 1852, praying, 
amongst other things, that the House would declare 
that the Election of the saii William Alerander 
Mackinnon for the Borough of Rye was wholly null | 
and void; also a certain Recognizance entered into 
relating to the said Petition of the said Thomas 
Smith Pyx and others, with an Affidavit annexed 
thereto ; also the Minutes of the House, referring the 
said Petition to the Select Committee of the House 
to try the merits of the same ; also the Minutes and 
Proceedings of the House, whereon and whereby the 
Right honourable Sir John Somerset Pakington, Ba- | 
ronet, the Right honourable James Moncrieff, Robert 





A. 1854, 


of Patients therein respectively, the ist day of Ja- 
nuary 1854, the Number of Attendants kept at each 
House at the same Date, and the Number of Atten- 
dants dismissed for Misconduct from each House 
since the 1st day of November 1853. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the several Counties, Counties of Cities 
and Counties of Towns in [re/and, the Valuation in 
Tenements of which has been completed under the 
Acts 9 &amp; 10 Vic. c. 110, and 15 &amp; 16 Vic. c. 63 :— 
And, of the several Counties, Counties of Cities and 
Counties of Towns, the Tenement Valuation of 
which has been commenced under the Act 15 &amp; 16 


Valuation 
(Ireland, ) 


Charles Tudway, Esquire, Matthew Elias Corbally, | n L t AA 
Esquire, and Brownlow Knox, Esquire, were chosen, | Vic. c. 63, stating the Period when it is expected 
appointed and sworn a Select Committee to try the | that the Valuation of each of such Counties will be 
matter of the said Petition, and whereon and whereby completed and ready for rating. 
the said Sir John Somerset Pakington, Baronet, was 
appointed Chairman of the said Committee; that 
the Petitioner is further advised that it will be ma- 
terial and necessary to have the following persons in 
attendance as witnesses, to give evidence on the _ 
of the prosecution, upon the trial of the said indict- 
ment; that is to say, the Clerk of the Journals, to 
produce the Petition of the said Thomas Smith Pyx 
and others ; the Clerk of the Examiner, to produce 
the said Recognizanceand Affidavit; a Clerk or Clerks, 
to produce the Minutes of the House, referring the 
said Petition to the said Select Committee ; also the 
Minutes of the House relating to the appointment 
and swearing of the Members of the Select Com- 
mittee ; and praying that the House will be pleased 
to allow the proper Officers of the House, as above 
mentioned, to attend and produce the documents 
and proceedings above referred to, upon the trial cf | 
the said Jeremiah Smith upon the said indictment. 
Ordered, That leave be given to the proper Offi- 
cers to attend accordingly. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Dover Har- Dover 
bour, which was presented upon the 21st day of Harbour, 
this instant February, be printed. No. 67, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Savings SavingsBaiy 
Banks, which was presented upon the 24th day of No, @g, 
this instant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Population, Population, 
&amp;c., which was presented upon the 24th day of this &amp;e. 
instant February, be printed. No, 69, 


Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Chancery 
mand,—Copy of the Second Report of Her Ma- Commis- 
jesty’s Commissioners appointed to inquire into the “™ 
Process, Practice and § stem of Pleading in the 
Court of Chancery ; and the Law and Jurisdiction of 
the Ecclesiastical and other Courts in relation to 
Matters Testamentary, &amp;c. 

Copy of Third General Report from the Church Church 
Estates Commissioners, with an Appendix (under =states 
14 &amp; 15 Vic. c. 104, s. 10). 


A Petition of William Purch, of Sewardstone 
Mills, in the County of Esser, for leave to bring in 
a Bill for incorporating a Company, under the name 
of “ The Lee Water, Sewage and Navigation Com- 
pany,” for providing an improved Supply of Water 
from the River Zee and Springs of the Lee Valley, | 
for the use of the Inhabitants of the Metropolis, and | 


Lee Water, 
Sewage and 
Navigation. 


Copy of Sixth General “ye from the Eccle- Ecclesiastical 


siastical Commissioners for England, with an Ap- Commission 
pendix (under 13 &amp; 14 Vic. c. 94, s. 26.) 

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


Mr. Cardwell presented,—Return to an Address Railways 
to Her Majesty, dated the 19th day of August in (London) 


Uastamped 


Publications. 


for other purposes, was presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of Correspondence since April 1853 to the 
present time, between the Solicitor and Secretary of 
the Board of Inland Revenue and the Publishers of 





the last Session of Parliament, for a Return of the 
Quantity of Coal and Grain, and of the Number of 
Cattle and Sheep, carried into and out of London 
by each of the different Railways annually, for the 
years 1850, 1851 and 1852. 

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


Unstamped Publications, with cases of Proceedings, | 

&amp;c. (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. | The following Papers were laid upon the Table by Brewers, &amp; 

683, of last Session) :—And, ef all Correspondence | the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 

during the same Period, between the Board of In- | the 31st day of January last, for an Account of the 

land Revenue and other Parties, where Application | Number of Persons in each of the several Collec- 

has been made for Newspaper Stamps and been re-| tions in the United Kingdom licensed as Brewers, 

fused. | Victuallers, to sell Beer to be drunk on the Pre- 

, | mises, and to sell Beer not to be drunk on the Pre- 
Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | mises; stating the Number of each Class who brew 

to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | their own Beer, and the Quantity of Malt consumed 

to give directions, that there be laid before this | by them, particularizing each Class in each Collec- 

House, Returns by Commissioners in Lunacy, of | tion, from the 10th day of October 1852 to the 10th 

present Lists of Visitors appointed by Justices of ;day of October 1853 (in continuation of Parlia- 


Lunacy. 


Counties and Boroughs to visit Provincial Houses | 
licensed for the Reception of Lunatics :—Of Num-| 
ber and Dates of Visits made to each Provincial 
licensed House by the Visitors during the statutory 
year ending Michaelmas 1853 :—Of Number and 
Dates of Visits made by the Commissioners in 
Lunacy during the statutory year ending the 3d day 
of August 1853, to each licensed House; 1. Metro- 
seared 2. Provincial: — And, Lists of licensed 
Touses, Metropolitan and Provincial, the Numbers 
for which they are respectively licensed, the Numbers 





mentary Paper, No. 221, of Session 1852-53). 
Return to an Order, dated the 31st day of January 
last, for a Return of the Total Number of Quarters of 
Malt made between the 5th day of January 1852 and 
the 5th day of January 1853, in the United Kingdom; 
distinguishing the Quantity made in each Country, 
and the Quantity used by Brewers, by Victuallers, 
and by Retail Brewers :—And, similar Account for 
the year ending the 5th day of January 1854 (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 925, of 
Session 1852-53). 
Return 


Malt. 























PE 


Traffic with 
France. 


i: 


‘Savings Banks. 
No. 70. 


Savings Banks. 
No. 71. 


District 
Pauper Schools, 


Workhouses 
{Iteland. ) 











17 Victor xz. 27° Februariz. 


Return to. several Orders, dated the 1st and 16th 
days of this instant February, for a Return of the 
Time at which the Night Mail from London is due 
at York and Newcast/e-upon-Tyne respectively under 
the present arrangement; of the Date when such 
arrangement took effect ; and of the actual Time of 
Arrival at York and Newcastle in each day, from that 
Date to the last day of December 1853 : ———_—. 
And, that “ Swnderland” be added to the Return 
ordered on the Ist day of this instant February, with 
reference to the Night Mails to York and Newcastle- 
upon- Tyne. 

Return to an 
instant February, for a Return of the Number of | Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
Passengers between this Country and France for the | follow : 
year 1853, showing the Ports of Embarkation and | 
Disembarkation, and the Value of Exports and Im- | excee.‘ing 112,977 Men (exclusive of the Men em- 
ports to and from France during the same year (in| ployed in the Territorial Possessions of the East 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 462, of! Zndia Company), Commissioned and Non-commis- 
Session 1853). sioned Officers included, be maintained for the Ser- 

Return to an Order, dated the 10th day of this | vice of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
instant February, for a Return of the Amount of | Zreland, from the 1st day of April 1854 to the 31st 
Mileage Duty and Licenses paid for the year 1853-54, | day of March 1855, inclusive. 
ending the 5th day of January, by Stage Carriage Pro- | 
prietors in England, showing the respective Amounts millions nine hundred and twenty-three thousand two 
paid for the Metropolis. hundred and eighty-eight pounds, be granted to 

Return to an Order, dated the 17th day of this Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Her Ma- 
instant February, for a Return, in continuation of the | jesty’s Land Forces in the United Kingdom of Great 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 12, of Session 1852, giving, | Britain and Ireland, and on Foreign Stations (ex- 
under the head No. 1, the altered Form of Classifica- | cepting Zndia), which will come in course of pay- 
tion of Depositors’ Balances, as rendered by the ment from the 1st day of April 1854 to the 31st day 
Banks to the National Debt Commissioners, for 1851 of March 1855, inclusive. 
and 1852; and, under head No. 5, showing, in addi- | 
tion to the detailed Statements there given, the Aggre- | 
gate Amount of Stocks and Securities sold and pur- 
chased by the Commissioners on account of Savings 
Banks, for each of the years 1851, 1852 and 1853, 
ending on the 20th day of November. 

Return to an Order, dated the 17th day of this 
instant February, for a Return, in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 214, of Session 1852, 
showing, in addition to the detailed Statements there 
given, the Aggregate Amounts, under Column 1 to 
Column 6 inclusive, for each of the years 1851, 1852 
and 1853, ending on the 20th day of November, 
and giving under Column 5, a detailed Account of 
the Incidental Expenses defrayed by the National | 
Debt Commissioners out of the Funds of the Savings 
Banks. 

Return to an Order, dated the 24th day of this 
instant February, for a Copy of the Treasury Minute 
recently passed, in relation to the establishment of 
District Pauper Schools. 

Ordered, That the Returns relative to Savings 
Banks be printed. 


in the year 1852 ; with any Observations or Particu- 

lars given which may have been made by the Clerk 

of any Union on the Return forwarded by him. 

" a That the said Return do lie upon the 
able. 


tions in Search of Sir John Franklin and the Crews 
of Her Majesty’s Ships “ Erebus” and “ Terror.” 

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





eighty-two pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
detraying the Charge of General Staff Officers and 
Officers of the Hospitals, serving with Her Majesty’s 
Forces in the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Jreland, and on Foreign Stations (excepting In- 
dia), which will come in course of payment from 
the Ist day of April 1854 to the 31st day of March 
1855, inclusive. 


of Allowances and Contingent Expenses of the se- 
veral Public Departments of Her Majesty’s Land 
Forces, which will come in course of payment from 
the 1st day of April 1854 to the 31st day of March 
1855, inclusive. 


to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of the 
Royal Military College, which will come in course 
of payment from the 1st day of April 1854 to the 
31st day of March 1855, inclusive. 
Sir John Young presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 17th day of this instant February, for a | 
Return of the Industrial Employment of the Juvenile | granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
Inmates of the Workhouse in each Union in Ireland, | of the Royal Military Asylum and Hidernian Mili- 
to the latest date in 1853 to which the Information tary Schoo!, which will come in course of payment 
may have been made up, showing the Extent of from the 1st day of April 1854 to the 31st day of 
Land held with the Workhouse, available for Culti-| March 1855, inclusive. 
vation, the portion cultivated by Boys, the Number , 
of Boys under Fifteen Years of Age employed in 
Agriculture, the Total Number of Boys from Nine | for defraying the Charge of Volunteer Corps, which 
to Fifteen Years of Age in the Workhouse, and the | will come in course of payment from the 1st day of 
Number of Hours daily devoted to the Industrial) April 1854 to the 31st day of March 1855, inclusive. 
Training of the Boys; also, the Number of Boys em- | 
ployed at each Trade taught in the Workhouse ; also | thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her 4 
the Nature of the Industrial Training or Employment | Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Allowances as 
of the Girls in the Workhouse, the Number of Girls | Rewards for distinguished Services, of Allowances 
receiving an Industrial Education, the Number of to Officers of Her Majesty’s Garrisons, including 
Girls in the Workhouse from Nine to Fifteen Years | the Garrison of the Tower of London, and of Allow- 
of Age, and the Number of Hours daily devoted to | ances to Serjeants as Rewards for distinguished or 
the Industrial Training of the Girls ; also, any Causes | meritorious Service, which will come in course of 
which may have prevented the Guardians from em- | payment from the 1st day of April 1854 to the 31st 
ploying the Boys in Agriculture; also, the Number | day of March 1855, inclusive. 
of Children under Fifteen Years of Age, known to| 9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceedin 
have obtained Employment outside the Workhouse | six thousand pounds, gee to Her 
4 


Vou. 109. for 






Mr. Osborne presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Arctic 
mand,— Papers relative to the recent Arctic Expedi- Expeditions. 


Order, dated the ist day of this} Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee of supply. 


1. Resolved, That a Number of Land Forces, not Land Forces. 


2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three Charge of a’. 


3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One hun- General Staff 
dred and fifty-one thousand three hundred and Officers, &amp;c. 


4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One hun- public Mili- 
dred and five thousand and ninety-three pounds, be tary Depart- 
granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge ™™* 


5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventeen Royal Military 
thousand four hundred and one pounds, be granted College. 


6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty Royal Military 
thousand seven hundred and fifty-six pounds, be Asylum, &amp;c. 


_7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eighty- Volunteer 
eight thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, Corps. 


8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty Rewards for 


istinguished 


Services. 


Forty- Pay of Gene- 
ajesty, ral Officers. 





Widows’ 
Pensions. 


Compassion- 
ate List, &amp;c. 


Chelsea and 
Kilmainham 
Hospitals. 


Out-Pension- 
ers of Chelsea 
Hospital, &amp;c. 


Superannua- 
tions. 


97° Februariz. 


for defraying the Charge of the Pay of General Of- 
ficers of Her Majesty's Forces, which will come in 
course of payment from the 1st day of April 1854 
to the 31st day of March 1855, inclusive. 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- 
nine thousand six hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Full Pay 
for Redeens: and Retired Officers of Her Majesty’s 
Forces, which will come in course of payment from 
the ist day of April 1854 to the 31st day of March 
1855, inclusive. 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 
hundred and fifty-six thousand pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Half- 
Pay and Military Allowances to Reduced and Re- 
tired Officers of Her Majesty’s Land Forces, which 
will come in course of payment from the 1st day of 
April 1854 to the 31st my | of March 1844, inclusive. 

12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
three thousand six hundred and seventy-one pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of Half-Pay and Reduced Allowances of Disbanded 
Foreign Corps, of Pensions to wounded Foreign 
Officers, and of the Allowances to the Widows and 
Children of deceased Foreign Officers, which will 
come in course of payment from the 1st day of April 
1854 to the 31st day of March 1855, inclusive. 

13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One hun- 
dred and fifteen thousand eight hundred and eighty- 
nine pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for defray- 
ing the Charge of Pensions to be paid to Widows of 
Officers of Her Majesty’s Land Pesaes, which will 
come in course of payment from the 1st day of April 
1854 to the 31st day of March 1855, inclusive. 

14. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventy- 
five thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Allowances on 
the Compassionate List, of Allowances as of Her 
Majesty’s Royal Bounty, and of Pensions, Gratuities 
and Allowances to Officers for Wounds, which will 
come in course of payment from the 1st day of April 
1854 to the 31st day of March 1855, inclusive. 

15. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty 
thousand six hundred and ninety-four pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of 
Chelsea and Kilmainham Hospitals, and the In-Pen- 
sioners thereof, which will come in course of payment 
from the ist day of April 1854 to the 41st day of 
March 1855, elon. 

16. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
million two hundred and fifteen thousand seven hun- 
dred and twelve pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
for defraying the Charge of the Out-Pensioners of 
Chelsea Hospital, of Pensions granted to discharged 
Negro Soldiers, of Pensioners from Hanoverian Corps 
which served with the British Army in 1793, 1794 
and 1795, and of the Military Organization of Out- 
Pensioners, which will come in course of payment 
from the 1st day of April 1854 to the 31st day of 
March 1855, inclusive. 

17. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
eight thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
for defraying the Charge of Allowances, Compen- 
sations and Emoluments in the nature of Superan- 
nuation or Retired Allowances, to Persons formerly 
belonging to Public Departments, which will come 
in course of payment from the 1st day of April 1854 
to the 31st day of March 1855, inclusive. 

18. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and thirty-eight thousand four hundred 
and sixty-seven pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, to defray the Salaries of the Officers and the 
Contingent Expenses of the Admiralty Office, which 
will come in course of payment during the year ending 
on the 31st day of March 1855. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the better 


A, 1854, 


Payment of the Army and their Quarters: And that 
Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Secretary-at-War and the Judge 
Advocate do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Supply, 
the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty Royal Nayy 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to —— Volun 
defray the Charges for the Royal Naval Coast Volun- “"™ 
teers, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1855. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty-one Scientific 
thousand seven hundred and twenty-two pounds, be Departments 

ranted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of the ° the Mary. 
fficers and the Contingent Expenses of the several 
Scientific Departments of the Navy, which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1855. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One hun- Naval Byty. 
dred and thirty-one thousand four hundred and fifty- blishments 
one pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray ** Home, 
the Salaries of the Officers and the Contingent Ex- 
penses of Her Majesty’s Naval Establishments at 
Home, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1855. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding ‘Twenty- Naval Esta. 
two thousand two hundred and ninety-seven pounds, yr ie 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of ©” 
the Officers and the Contingent Expenses of Her 
Majesty’s Naval Establishments Abroad, which will 
come in course of payment during the year ending 
on the 31st day of March 1855. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight Wages to 
hundred and eighty-three thousand six hundred and Attificers at 
forty-eight pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to °"™ 
defray the Charge of Wages to Artificers, Labourers 
and others employed in Bee Majesty’s Naval Esta- 
blishments at Home, which will come in course of 


| = during the year ending on the 31st day of 


arch 1855. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- Wages to 
seven thousand two hundred and fifty-nine pounds, —— 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Wages to Artificers, Labourers and others employed 
in Her Majesty’s Naval Establishments Abroad, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1855. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Naval Stores. 
million one hundred and forty-two thousand seven 
hundred and thirty-two pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of Naval Stores for 
the Building, Repair and Outfit of the Fleet, the 
Purchase of Steam Machinery, and for other pur- 
poses connected therewith, which will come in course 
of payment during the year ending on the 31st day 
of March 1855. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 
hundred and seventy-two thousand six hundred and 
forty-two pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of New Works, Improvements 
and Repairs in the Naval Establishments, which will 
come in course of payment during the year ending 
on the 31st day of Sees 1855. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- ep 
two thousand pounds, be granted to Her SLanjenty, — 
to defray the Charge of Medicines and Medical 
Stores, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1855. 

10. Resolved, Vhat a Sum, not exceeding Fifty- Naval 
four thousand six hundred and fifty-three pounds, be oo ices, 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
divers Naval Miscellaneous Services, which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1855. 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six hun- Half-Pay- 
dred and fifty-seven thousand five hundred and 
seventy-five pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 


defray the Charge of Half-Pay, Reserved pelt. 
an 


Works 
a 
















Be 


ivil Pensions 
Ci Allow. 


and 
ances. 


Military 
Pensions and 
Allowances. * 


Freight of 


Ships. 


Ordnance Mi- 
litary Corps. 


Pay, &amp;c. of 
Ordnance Mi- 
litary Corps. 


at 


Commissariat 
and Barrack 
Supplies, &amp;c. 


Ordnance 
Office. 


Ordnance 
Establish. 


Tents, 


Ordnance 










and Retirement to Officers of the Navy and Royal 
Marines, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1855. 

12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four 
hundred and seventy-six thousand six hundred and 
fifty-nine pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of Military Pensions and Allow- 
ances, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1855. 

13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and forty-eight thousand seven hundred 
and ninety-eight pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray the Charge of Civ:l Pensions and Allow- 
ances, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1855. 

14. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 
hundred and twenty-five thousand and fifty pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge for 
the Freight of Ships, and for the Victualling and 
Conveyance of Troops and Stores on account of the 
Army and Ordnance Departments, which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 185. 

15. Resolved, That a Number, not exceeding Nine- 
teen thousand two hundred and sixty-six Men, Com- 
missioned and Non-commissioned Officers included, 
composing the several Ordnance Military Corps, be 
maintained for Her Majesty’s Service at Home and 
Abroad, from the 1st day of April 1854 to the 31st 
day of March 1855, inclusive. 

16. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Nine 
hundred and two thousand eight hundred and seven- 
teen pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
the Expense of the Pay, Allowances and Contin- 
gencies of Ordnance Military Corps, which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending the 31st 
day of March 1855. 

17. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five 
hundred and fifty-seven thousand one hundred and 
seventy-six pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Expense of Commissariat and Barrack 
Supplies for Her Majesty’s Forces, Great Coats for 
the’Army, and Clothing for the Militia, &amp;c., which 
will come in course of payment during the year ending 
the 31st day of March 1855. 

18. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventy- 
three thousand seven hundred and nineteen pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense 
of the Ordnance Office, which will come in course of 
lag during the year ending the 31st day of 

arch 1855. 

19. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 
hundred and eighty-one thousand six hundred and 
forty-five pounds, nted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Expense of the Establishments at Home 
and Abroad, which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending the 31st day of March 1855. 

20. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and sixty-two thousand three hundred and 
thirty-four pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Expense of Wages at Home and Abroad, 
which will come in course of payment during the year 
ending the 31st day of March 1855. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Sum, 
not exceeding Six hundred and thirty-nine thousand 
five hundred and fifty-two pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of Ordnance Stores 
for Land and Sea Service, which will come in course 
of payment during the year ending the 31st day of 
March 1855 :—Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

2!. Motion made, and Question, That a Sum, 
not exceeding Five hundred and thirty-nine thousand 
five hundred and fifty-two pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of Ordnance Stores 
for Land and Sea Service, which will come in course 
of payment during the year ending the 31st day of 
March 1855,—put, and agreed to. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





Vou. 109, 


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105 


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


Martis, 28° die Februarii, 1854: 


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

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Wed- 
nesday next. 

Mr. Bouverie also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee of Ways and 
Ways and Means, a Resolution; which was read, as Means. 
followeth : 

Resolved, That, towards making good the Supply Consolidated 
granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of Eight millions Fund. 
be granted out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolution: And that Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Chancellor 
of the Exchequer and Mr. Wi/sen do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; a 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Coasting 
reading of the Coasting Trade Bill ; Trade Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


The Church Building Acts Amendment Bill was, Church 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- ae —_ 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Friday — 


next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Valuation of 
reading of the Valuation of Lands (Scotland) Bill; ands (Scot- 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon etieaes 

Monday the 27th day of March next. 


The Valuation (Ireland) Bill was, according to Vatuation 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a (Ireland) Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till One of the clock on Tuesday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 





Martis, 28° die Februarii ; 
Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERs. 


OR DERED, That the Select Committee on Standing 
Standing Orders have leave to sit this day till O™er- 
Five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


The Order for reading a second time the Universal Universal 
Electric Telegraph Company Bill, was read, and Electric 
‘ Telegraph 
discharged. Company Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order for reading a second time the Electric Electric 
Telegraph Company (No. 2) Bill, was read, and dis- a 
charged. ( No.2) Bill 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for draining cer- Wandle 
tain Towns and Places situate on or near the River S¢werge 27d 
the better 








Wandle, in the County of Surrey, and for Var oe 
P supplying 





106 


supplying with Water certain parts of the Metro- 
polis South of the Thames, and Places adjacent : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


South Wales © Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for enabling the 
Railway Bill. South Wales Railway Company to acquire addi- 
tional Land at Swansea, and for —~ the 
Powers of Lease or Sale to and Contribution by the 
Great Western Railway Company, and for autho- 
rizing Arrangements between the South Wales Rail- 
way Company and the Vale of Neath Railway Com- 
pany, and for other purposes: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 


time. 
Great North 


of Scotland 
Railway Bill. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to authorize the 
Great North of Scotland Railway Company to 
deviate their Railway, and to make certain short 
Branches, and to amend the Acts relating to that 
Railway, and for other purposes: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 


second time. 


Chapel-en-lee =The Chapel-en-le-Frith Roads Bill was read a se- 
a, Roads cond time ; and committed. 
. Ordered, ‘That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


London and 
North West- 
ern Railway 
(Haydon- 
square, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


The London and North Western Railway (Hay- 
don-square, &amp;c.) Bill was, according to Order, read a 


second time; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Great Southern and Western Railway Bill 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and 


committed. 
Ordered, ‘That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


Great Southern 
and Western 
Railway BilL 


Shrewsbury The Order of the day being read, for the second 
— reading of the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway 
(Lease 4 Sale) (Lease or Sale) Bill ; 

Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 


morrow. 


Thirsk and 
Yarm Road 
Bill. 


The Thirsk and Yarm Road Bill was, according f 
Order, read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


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

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


Salisbury 
and Yeovil 
Railway. 


Padiham 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for the additional 
Provision in the Padiham Waterworks Bill. 

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


Sir George Grey — from the General Com- 


mittee of Elections, who were instructed to appoint 
a Member on the Siigo Borough Election Com- 
mittee in place of Mr, Lascelles; That they had ac- 
cordingly appointed Mr. Deedes to be a Member of 
the said Committee. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Controverted 
Elections. 


Sir George Grey reported from the General Com- 
mittee of Elections ; ‘Ihat they had appointed Mon- 
day the 20th day of March, at half after Two o'clock, 
to choose, from Panel No, 3, the Select Committee 


98° Februarit. 





A. 1854. 


to iy ont determine the Dungarvan Borough Elec- 
tion Petitions. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee Committee 
of Selection ; That they had made certain alterations Sélection 
in the Groups of Private Bills already formed, and son 
had agreed to report the same to the House. No 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


Petitions relating to Barnstaple Borough ;— Par- Public 
liamentary Representation Bull ;— Oaths Bill ; — Petitions, 
Public-houses and Beer-shops ;—Fire Insurance ;— vide Fy, 
Paper ;—Daper, Newspaper Stamps, Foreign Books, Report, 
&amp;e.;—Decimal Coinage ;— Education (Jreland) ; — 
Harbours of Refuge ;—Juvenile Crime ;—Medical 
Practitioners Bill;—Poor Law Board ;—and, Set- 
tlement and Removal Bill,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Cardwell presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Trade ana 
mand,—Accounts relating to Trade and Navigation, Navigation, 
Month ended 5th February 1854, and Month ended 
5th February 1852 and 1853. 

A Return of the Number and Nature of the Acci- Railway 
dents, and the Injuries to Life and Limb which have A¢cidents 
occurred on all the Railways in Great Britain and 
Ireland, from the 1st July 1853 to the 3)st December 
1853, in continuation of the Return of Accidents for 
the preceding half-year, presented in the last Session. 

“ ow That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 


Ordered, Tirat there be laid befure this House, a Towns 
Return of the Names of Towns in Jreland containing (Ireland) 
One thousand Inhabitants or upwards. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Cniversity 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Graduates 
to give directions, that there be laid before this Leeda 
House, Returns of the Number of Graduates of the 
University of Durham, distinguishing their several 
Degrees, and also distinguishing those admitted ad 
eundem, and those upon whom Honorary Degrees 
have been conferred, and, in the case of Graduates 
who are of the Degree of Bachelor of Arts, distin- 
guishing those who are of not less than Three years’ 
standing, and those who have passed their Exami- 
nation for the Degree of Master of Arts :—And, of 
the Number of Graduates of the University of Lon- 
don, distinguishing their several Degrees, and also 
distinguishing those admitted ad eundem, and those 
upon whom Honorary Degrees have been conferred, 
and, in the case of Graduates who are of the Degree 
of Bachelor of Arts, distinguishing those who are of 
not less than Three years’ standing. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Hops. 
Returns of the Quantity of Hops imported into 
Great Britain during each Month, from the 1st day 
of September 1853 to the Ist day of March 1854, 
with the Countries from whence they were imported, 
and the Amount of Duty paid thereon :—And, of 
all Hops exported during the same |’eriod, stating 
whether they are British or Foreign, with the 
Amount of the Drawback or Duty allowed thereon. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment. 
the House this day, adjourn till To-morrow, at Two 
of the clock. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com- standing 
mittee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; Orders 
which were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Cannock Rail- Cannock Bill 
way Petition for dispensing with Standing Orders Railway 
112 and 178, for leave to be heard on Petition i 

e 





ve=2a 8060 6B OOO 


a? 


nm 


London 

Necropolis 

and National 
um. 


Tyne 
Docks. 


Prince Ed- 
ward's Island. 


Metropolitan 
Police. 


Army. 
No, 72. 


Brewers, &amp;c. 
No. 7&amp; 


Malt, 
No. 75. 


District Pauper 
No. 76, 


Turkey, 


17 Vicroriz. 


the Bill from Trustees of Birmingham and Wednesbury 
Turnpike-road, the said Standing Orders ought to 
be dispensed with ; that the Parties be permitted to 
be heard on their Petition against the Bill, notwith- 
standing the same shall have been deposited later 
than Seven clear days after the second reading of 
the Bill; but so far only as it affects public safety 
and convenience at the four crossings of the Bir- 
mingham and Wednesbury Turnpike-road referred to 
in their Petition. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the London Ne- 
cropolis and National Mausoleum Petition for leave 
to depcait a Petition for Bill, the Standing Orders 
ought not to be dispensed with. 

8. Resolved, That in the case of the Newcastle- 
upon-T'yne Docks Petition, the Standing Orders 
ought to be dispensed with; that the Parties be 
permitted to proceed with their Bill, provided that 
the deposit m respect of the sum required to be 
subscribed for the Undertaking be made with the 
Court of Chancery forthwith ; that the Committee 
on the Bill do report how far such Order has been 
complied with on the Report of the Bill. 

The first and third Resolutions, being read a se- 
cond time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, ‘That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Speech of his Excellency the 
Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward’s Island, on 
the opening of the present Session of the Legisla- 
ture, on the 9th day of February 1854. 

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


Mr. Fitzroy presented, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of agi see showing the 
Sums received and expended for the purposes of the 
Metropolitan Police, Police Superannuation Fund, 
and Police Courts, in the year ended the 31st De- 
cember 1853. 

’ Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the 

able. 


Mr. Secretary-at-War presented, by Her Majesty's 
Command,—Supplemental Estimate of the Charge 
which will probably be incurred for the Pay, Clothing, 
and Incidental Expenses of an Augmentation of 
15,000 of all Ranks; and of the General and Medi- 
cal Staff required for Foreign Service. 

Ordered, That the said Estimate be referred to 
the Committee of Supply ; and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Brewers, &amp;c. 
which was presented upon the 27th day of this in- 
stant February, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Malt, which 
was presented upon the 27th day of this instant Fe- 
bruary, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to District 


Pauper Schools, which was presented upon the 27th 
day of this instant February, be morse | 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Part IV. Eastern Papers : Instructions 
of the British and French Governments for the joint 
protection of British and French Subjects and Com- 
merce. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
inquire into the Number and Rate of Increase of 
Conventual and Monasti¢ Institutions in the United 


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107 


Kingdom, and the: relation in which they stand to 
existing Law; and to consider whether any, and, if 
any, what further legislation is required on the sub- 
ject ; 

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


Mercurii, 1° die Martii, 1854: 


And the Question being put ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the {Mr. Thomas Chambers, 
Yeas, Mr. Napier : 

Tellers for the Mr. John Ball, 
Noes, Mr. Roche: 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


lise. 


. 
J 


119, 


illegal the Sale of the next Presentation to any Ec- 
clesiastical Benefice: And that Mr. Robert Philli- 
more and Viscount Goderich do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


for enabling the Vestries of Parishes in England 
and Wales to exercise certain Powers for effecting 
local Works and Improvements in their respective 
Parishes, and for promoting the common welfare of 
the Inhabitants: And that Mr. Eve/yn and Mr. Van- 
sittart do prepare, and bring it in. 


cution the Act of the fourteenth and fifteenth years 
of the reign of Her present Majesty, for the better 
Management and Control of Highways in South 
Wales: And that Sir Joseph Baiiey and Mr. Gwyn 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
posed, That there be laid before this House, a 
turn of the Number of Newspaper Stamps at One 
Penny issued to Newspapers in England, /reland, 
Scotland and Wales, for the years 1851, 1852 and 
1853; specifying each Newspaper by Name, and the 
Number of Stamps issued in each of the above years 
to each Newspaper (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 42, of Session 1852):—And a Debate 
arising thereupon ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That this House do now adjourn ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Lett. 


Tellers for the { Mr. Brotherton, 135 


Yeas, UMr. Heyworth : 
Tellers for the {Mr Craufurd, 66 
Noes, Mr. Milner Gibson: : 


So it passed in the Negative. 

Then the main Question being put ; 
Ordered, That there be laid Refore this House, a 
Return of the Number of Newspaper Stamps at One 
Penny issued to Newspapers in England, Ireland, 
Scotland and Wales, for the years 1851, 1852 and 
1853 ; specifying each Newspaper by Name, and 
the Number of Stamps issued in each of the above 
years to each Newspaper (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 42, of Session 1852). 


to continue Her Majesty’s Commission for Building 
New Churches: And that Mr. Fitzroy and Viscount 
Palmerston do prepare, and bring it in. 





’ Vou. 109. 


for 





Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to simony Law 
amend the Law respecting Simony, and to render Amendment, 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill vestries. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Highways 
for extending the Time limited for putting into exe- (South Wales.) 


R ~ Newspaper 
e- Stamps. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Church 
Building Acts 
Continuance. 


Ordered, That leave be pen to bring in a Bill Commons 
to authorize the Inclosure of certain Lands, in pur- Melosure. 
suance of a Report of the Inclosure Commissioners 
P2 


(South Wales 
Bill. &gt; the 


108 


for England and Wales: And that Mr. Fitzroy and 
Viscount Palmerston do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of the Total Quantities and Declared Value 
of all the Exports from the United Kingdom to 
France, in the years 1852 and 1853, distinguishing 
British and Irish Produce avd Manufactures from 
Foreign and Colonial Merchandize ; and further 
distinguishing the Quantity and Value of each Article 
so exported, of which the Declared Value shall have 
amounted, in any one year, to the Sum of £.3,000 
or upwards, with a Statement of the Rates of Duty 
payable, and of the Produce of the Duties received 
on each of the above Articles in France, during each 
year of the above period ; adding thereto a Summary 
of the several Total Amounts of the Values and 
Duties for each year :—And, of the Total Quantities 
and the Declared or Official Value, as the case may 
be (as far as the same can be made out), of all the 
Imports from France into the United Kingdom in 
the years 1852 and 1853, distinguishing the Quantity 
and Value of each Article imported, of which the 
Declared or Official Value, as the case may be, shall 
have amounted, in any one year, to the Sum of 
£.%3,000 or upwards, with a Statement of the Rates 
of Duty payable, and of the Produce of the Duties 
received on each of the above Articles in the United 
Kingdom, during each year of the above period ; 
adding thereto a Summary of the several Total 
Amounts of the Values and Duties in each year (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 15, of 
Session 1852-53). 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to take into consideration the Evidence and Report 
of the Commission appointed in 1842 to revise and 
amend the Grand Jury Laws of Jreland, to take fur- 
ther Evidence, and report to this House, with the 
view to early Legislation thereon. 


Mr. Robert Phillimore presented a Bill to amend 
the Law respecting Simony, and to render illegal the 
Sale of the next Presentation to any Ecclesiastical 
Benefice: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Wednes- 
day the 22d day of this instant March; and to be 
printed. 


Sir Joseph Bailey presented a Bill for extending 
Time limited for putting into execution the Act 
of the fourteenth and fifteenth years of Her present 
Majesty, for the better Management and Control of 
Highways in South Wales: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Thursday next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented a Bill to continue Her 
Majesty’s Commission for Building New Churches : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Monday next; and 
to be printed. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented a Bill to authorize the In- 
closure of certain Lands, in pursuance of a Report 
of the Inclosure Commissioners for England and 
Wales: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Friday next ; 
and to be printed. 


Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to apply a Sum out 
of the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the year 
One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-four: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Friday next. 


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


28° Februarit.—1° Marti. 





A. 1854. 


Mercurii, 1° die Martii ; 
Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 
M R. Duncan reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions ; That they had examined Petitions 
the Petitions presented upon the 27th day of Fe- (Tenth Re. 
bruary last ; and had directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. 


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


The Order of the day being read, for the second Shrewsbury 
reading of the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway ga 
- way 
(Lease or Sale) Bill ; (Lease or Sale) 
Ordered, Vhat the said Order be discharged. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the Newcastle. 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of | a 
the Petition for the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Docks ‘ 
Bill, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making and maintaining Docks in the Borough 
and County of Newcastle-upon-Tyne: And that Mr. 
Headlam aud Mr. Blackett do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

Ordered, That the Committee of Selection shall, Railway and 
from time to time, nominate a sufficient number of ©44 Bills. 
Members of the General Committee on Railway and 
Canal Bills, to act as Chairmen of Sub-committees 
on such Bills. 


Ordered, That the Dukinfield Gas Bill be read a Dukinfield 
second time To-morrow. Gas Bill. 


Ordered, That the Great London Drainage Bill be Great London 
read a second time To-morrow. Drainage Bill, 


West London 


The West London Railway Bill was read a second Railway Bill, 


time; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


Petitions relating to Gaols;—Intoxicating Liquors; Public 
—Maynooth College Act ;—Oaths Bill ;— Public- Petitions 
houses and Beer-shops ;— Religious Opinions ;— vide Eleventh 
Fire Insurance;— Criminal Prosecutions ;— Harbours Report. 
of Refuge ;—Juvenile Crime ;—Poor Law ;—Poor 
Law (/reland);—and, Valuation (Jre/and) Act,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Mr. Evelyn presented a Bill for enabling the Ves- Vestries Bill 
tries of Parishes in England and Wales to exercise _ Bill 32. 
certain Powers for effecting Local Works and Im- 
provements in their respective Parishes, and for pro- 
moting the Common Welfare of the Inhabitants: 

And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday the 22d 
day of this instant March ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Workhouses Workhouses 
(Ireland), which was presented upon the 27th day of (Ireland) 
February last, be printed. No, 77. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Trade and Fee - 
Navigation, which were presented upon the 28th Tee, wn 
day of February last, be printed. es 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Metro- ages 
politan Police, which was presented upon the 28th ahs s 
day of February last, be printed. 0. 1% 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Bullion, &amp;- 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Amount of Bullion purchased 
and sold by the Bank of England, —— 
Gold from Silver, and Bar Gold from Foreign Gol 


Coin, in each Month, from the Ist day of July to the 
31st 





New Zealand. 





Carrickma- 
cross National Return exhibiting the Amount earned by Females 


Poor Law. 


Royal Naval 


Coast Volun- 


Scientific 


Departme! 
of the Navy. 


nts 


Naval Esta- 


at Home. 


Naval Esta. 
nts 


ae 
s 


ff 


17 VicToriz. 


3ist day of December 1853 ; also, the Excess of 
Payments to, or of Receipts from, the Public of 
British Gold Coin; and also the Amount received 
from the Mint during the same period (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 10, of the present 
Session). e 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her 4 by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Speech of his Honor the 
Superintendent of Canterbury, New Zealand, at the 
opening of the First Session of the New Legislative 
Council of that Province. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 


attending the Central and Seven District National 
Schools of Carrickmacross in Ireland, on combining 
Literary Education with Industrial Instruction. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 1st day of February 1852, for a Return of the 
Names of the different Unions throughout England 
and Wales into which, for the purposes of the Poor 
Law, the Countries are divided ; specifying the Pa- 
rishes included in each Union, together with the 
Population and Extent ; the Sums of Money raised 
for the Relief of the Poor in each Parish, specifying 
the Amount in the Pound assessed in each Parish 
for the Poor Law, year ending the 25th day of 
March 1852. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee of 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charges for the Royal Naval Coast Vo- 
lunteers, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending on the 41st day of March 1855. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty- 
one thousand seven hundred and twenty-two pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of 
the Officers, and the Contingent Expenses of the 
several Scientific Departments of the Navy, which 
will come in course of payment during the year ending 
on the 31st day of March 1855. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One hun- 
dred and thirty-one thousand four hundred and 
fifty-one pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Salaries of the Officers, and the Contin- 
gent Expenses of Her Majesty’s Naval Establish- 
ments at Home, which will come in course of pay- 
ment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1855. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
two thousand two hundred and ninety-seven pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries 
of the Officers, and the Contingent Expenses of 
Her Majesty’s Naval Establishments Abroad, which 
will come in course of payment during the year 
ending on the 31st day of March 1855. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight 
hundred and eighty-three thousand six hundred and 
forty-eight pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of Wages to Artificers, Labourers 
and others employed in Her Majesty's Naval Esta- 
blishments at Home, which will come in course of 


poyment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
arch 1855. 
6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
pe &gt; thousand two hundred and fifty-nine pounds, 
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109 


be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Wages to Artificers, Labourers, and others employed 
in Her Majesty’s Naval Establishments Abroad, 
which will come in course of a during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1855. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One mil- Naval Stores. 
lion one hundred and forty-two thousand seven hun- 
dred and thirty-two — be granted-to Her Ma- 
jesty, to defray the Expense of Naval Stores for the 
Building, Repair and Outfit of the Fleet, the Pur- 
chase of Steam Machinery, and for other purposes 
connected therewith, which will come in course of 

ayment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
farch 1855. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three New Works, 
hundred and seventy-two thousand six hundred and &amp;¢- 
forty-two pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of New Works, Improvements 
and Repairs in the Naval Establishments, which 
will come in course of payment during the year end- 
ing on the 31st day of Meal 1855. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- Medicines 
two thousand pounds, be granted to Her Sdajenty, — 
to defray the Charge of Medicines and Medical 
Stores, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1855. 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty- Naval 
four thousand six hundred and fifty-three pounds, — 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of “""" 
divers Naval Miscellaneous Services, which will 
come in course of payment during the year ending 
on the 31st day of March 1855. 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six Half-Pay. 
hundred and fifty-seven thousand five hundred and 
seventy-five pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of Half-Pay, Reserved Half-Pay 
and Retirement to Officers of the Navy and Royal 
Marines, which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending on the 31st day of March 
1855. , 

12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four Military 
hundred and seventy-six thousand six hundred and Pensions and 
fifty-nine pounds, be ranted to Her Majesty, to AZowances. 
detray the Charge of Military Pensions and Allow- 
ances, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1855. 

13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Civil Pensions 
hundred and forty-eight thousand seven hundred and Allow- 
and ninety-eight pounds, be granted to Her Ma- *"°* 
jesty, to defray the Charge of Civil Pensions and 
Allowances, which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending on the 31st day of March 
1855. 

14. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Freight of 
hundred and twenty-five thousand and fifty pounds, Ships. 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge 
for the Freight of Ships, and for the Victualling and 
Conveyance of Troops and Stores on account of the 
Army and Ordnance Departments, which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1855. 

15. Resolved, That a Number, not exceeding Ordnance Mi- 
Nineteen thousand two hundred and sixtv-six Men, litary Corps. 
Commissioned and Non-commissioned Officers in- 
cluded, composing the several Ordnance Military 
Corps, be maintained for Her Majesty’s Service at 
Home and Abroad, from the 1st day of April 1854 
to the 31st day of March 1855, inclusive. 

16. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Nine Pay, &amp;c. of 
hundred and two thousand eight hundred and seven- Ordnance Mi- 
teen pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray '™*Y Compe. 
the Expense of the Pay, Allowances and Contin- 

encies of Ordnance Military Corps, which will come 
in course of aenet during the yeur ending the 31st 
day of March 1855. 

17. Resolved, That « Sum, not exceeding Five Commissariat 
hundred and fifty-seven thousand one hundred and 2n4 Barrac 
seventy-six pounds, be — to Her Majesty, to a 
defray the Expense of Commissariat and Barrack 
Supplies for Her Majesty's Forces, Great Coats 

P3 


for 
the 





Ordnance 
Establish- 
ments, 


Ordnance 
Works and 
Repairs. 


Scientific 
Branch of the 
Ordnance. 


Non-effective 
Services. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Inns of Court. 


110 


the Army, and Clothing for the Militia, &amp;c., which 
will come in course of payment during the year ending 
the 3ist day of March 1855. 

18. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventy- 
three thousand seven hundred and nineteen pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense 
of the Ordnance Office, which will come in course of 
ar during the year ending the 31st day of 

arch 1855. 

19. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 
hundred and eighty-one thousand six hundred and 
forty-five pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Expense of the Establishments at Home 
and Abroad, which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending the 31st day of March 1855. 

20. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and sixty-two thousand three hundred and 
thirty-four pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the E:xpense of Wages at Home and Abroad, 
which will come in course of = during the year 
ending the 31st day of March 1855. 

21. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five 
hundred and thirty-nine thousand five hundred and 
fifty-two pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- 
fray the Expense of Ordnance Stores for Land and 
Sea Service, which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending the 31st dayof March 1855. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Nine hun- 
dred and two thousand eight hundred and twenty- 
one pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
the Repeuss of Works, Buildings and Repairs, at 
Home and Abroad, which will come in course of pay- 
ment during the year ending the 31st day of March 
1855. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One hun- 
dred and fifty-four thousand three hundred and 
sixty-eight pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Expense of the Scientific Branch, which 
will come in course of payment during the year 
ending the 31st day of March 1855. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One hun- 
dred and seventy-one thousand four hundred and 
forty-six pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Expense of Non-effective Services, Mili- 
tary and Civil, which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending the 31st day of March 1855. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





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

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Friday 
next. 

Mr. Bouverie also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, praying Her Majesty to appoint a 
Commission to inquire into the Arrangements in the 
Inns of Court for promoting the study of Law and 
Jurisprudence, the Revenues properly applicable, and 
the means most likely to secure a systematic and 
sound Education for Students of Law, and provide 
satisfactory test of fitness for Admission to the Bar. 


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A, 1854, 


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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Payment ¢ 
restrain Stoppages from Payment of Wages in the weeee 
Hosiery Manufacture: And that Sir Henry Halford, @°*) 
Sir Joshua Walmsley and Mr. Packe do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


The Select Committee on Metropolitan Bridges Metropolites 
was nominated of Mr. Oliveira, Sir William Moles. Bridges, 
worth, Lord John Manners, Lord Robert Grosvenor, 
Sir James Duke, Sir Benjamin Hall, Mr. Wilkinson, 
Mr. Blackett, Mr. Alderman Cubitt, Mr. Alderman 
Challis, Mr. Apsley Pellatt, Lord Alfred Hervey, Mr. 
Jackson, Mr. lode and Sir John Shelley ; with Power 
to send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Small Arms, 
to consider the cheapest, most expeditious and most 
efficient mode of providing Small Arms for Her 
Majesty's Service. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





————ee 





Jovis, 2° die Martii ; 
Anno 17° Victoriz Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


\ R. Brotherton mage a Bill for making and Newcastle. 
4 maintaining Docks in the Borough and Fay 
County of Newcastle-upon- Tyne: And the same was 

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

time. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Liverpool 
posed, That Standing Order, No. 178, be suspended Improvement 
with reference to the Liverpool Improvement Bill, 
and that the several Petitions of Merchants, Manu- 
facturers and Traders, resident in Birmingham, of 
the Directors of the Chambers of Commerce, &amp;c. of 
Manchester, and of the Manchester Commercial As- 
sociation, which have been presented against the said 
Bill, be referred to the Committee appointed to con- 
sider such Bill:—And the said Motion was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 


The Caledonian and Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail- Caledonian 
ways Bill was, according to Order, read a second oe 
time; and committed. Railways Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Dukinfield Gas Bill was, according to Order, Dukinfield 
read a second time ; and committed. - 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Great London 
Drainage 


reading of the Great London Drainage Bill ; wis 


And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
en That the Bill be now read a second time; 
e Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz., To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 
And Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question :—It passed in 
the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
“ upon this day six months” be added at the end 
of the Question :—-It was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being ‘put ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time. upon 
this day six months. 6: 
ir 








a Wage 


Bill 33. 


Bribery Pre- 
vention Bill. 


Belfast Dis- 
trict Lunatic 


Asylum. 


Suspended 


Canonries, &amp;c. 


Subdivision 
of Parishes. 














17 Vicrortz. 


(Hosiery) Bill. 


* mand,—Inclosure Commission: Copy of 





Sir Heary — presented a Bill to restrain 
Stoppages from Payment of Wages in the Hosiery 
Manufacture: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Wednes- 
day the 22d day of this instant March ; and to be 
printed. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the 
Leeds New Gas Bin That they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same. to make it more consistent 
with the provisions of the Bill; and found the same, 
as amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, 
the Bribery Prevention Bill, was read, and dis- 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday the 9th day of this instant March. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of the Correspondence which has taken place 
between the Governors of the Belfast District Lu- 
natic Asylum and the Jrish Government, relative to 
the building of a Chapel in that Asylum, and the 
appointment of Chaplains thereto, explanatory of 
the circumstances which have led to the Suspension 
of the Government Grant for its maintenance, and 
the consequent derangement of the Affairs of that 
Institution. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Net Amount of Revenues 
which, in the case of each Cathedral and Collegiate 
Church in England and Wales, has been paid since 
the passing of the Act 3 &amp; 4 Vic. c. 113, to the 
Ecclesiastical Commissioners, on account of sus- 
pended Canonries,and charged Deaneries and Canon- 
ries, in each year; distinguishing the several Pay- 
ments from each source. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to yive directions, that there be laid*before this 
House, a Copy of the Evidence taken before Her 
Majesty’s Commissioners appointed to inquire into 
the practicability and mode of subdividing into dis- 
tinct and independent Parishes, for all Ecclesiastical 
purposes, all the densely-peopled Parishes in England 
and Wales. 

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


Mr. Cardwell presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Report of an Investigation into 
the loss of The Olinda, of Liverpool, made under 
the direction of the Board of Trade by Captain 
W. H. Watker. 

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


Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
Ninth An- 
nual Report of the Commissioners, 1854. 

Copy of Reports from the Engineers to the Me- 
tropolitan Sewers Commissioners, upon the Sewage 
Interception and Main Drain of the Districts 
North and South of the River Thames. 

Mr. Fitzroy also d,—Return to an Address 
to ‘Her Majesty, dated the 17th day of February 
last, for Copy of any Correspondence which has 
- place in reference to the Removal of Smith- 

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111 


field Market, between the Authorities of Saint Bar- 
tholomew’s Hospital and the Commissioners of Woods 
and the Treasury. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Teinds 
24th day of February last, for Copies of a Letter Scotland.) 


upon the Subject of Crown or Bishops’ Teinds im 
Scotland, addressed by the Commissioners of Woods 
and Forests to the Treasury, in or about June 1842 ; 
and of any subsequent Treasury Minutes thereon. 


Mr. Fitzroy also presented, pursuant to the direc- High 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—Hizhways (South (South 


Wales): Accounts of Receipts and Expenditure for 
1853, and Estimates for 1854. 

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


Sir John Young presented,—Return to an Order, Bankruptcy 
dated the 17th day of February last, for Returns of ar (Ire- 
the specific Fees and Salary (if any) payable to the ™ ? 


Lord Chancellor’s Secretary of Bankrupts in Zre/and; 
the Date of any Order or Orders of the Lord Chan- 
cellor of Ireland, or the Act of Parliament under 
which the said Fees or Salary are made payable ; 
the Gross Amount of all such Fees received, from 
the 1st day of July 1836 to the 31st day of Decem- 
ber 1836, and in every year from that date to the 
31st day of December 1852 respectively, distinguish- 
ing the Number of Bankrupts’ Certificates of Con- 
formity, and the Amount of Fees received in each 
year for the said Certificates; the Number of Dockets 
lodged in the Office of the said Secretary of Bank- 
rupts on which no Commission of Bankruptcy issued ; 
the Number of Supersedeas issued in each year, as 
aforesaid, by reason of Commissions of Bankruptcy 
having been returned by the Court of Bankruptcy 
to the said Secretary of Bankrupts in consequence of 
no adjudication of penhouptey having been effected, 
and the Amount of Fees received in each such case, 
and in each year as aforesaid ; the Name and Amount 
of Salary of any Clerk in the Office of the said 
Secretary of Bankrupts; the specific Fees (if any) 
payable by the said Secretary of Bankrupts, and to 
whom, and under what Order, with the Date tiereof, 
or Act of Parliament ; the Amount of Salary paid 
to the said Clerk, and the Amount of Fees (if any) 
= by him thereout ; and the Net Amount of Emo- 
uments received by the said Secretary of Bankrupts 
in each year as aforesaid :—And, of the specific Fees 
and Salary (if any) payable to the Clerk of Enrol- 
ments in Bankruptcy in Jreland; the Amount of 
Fees received by him from the ist day of July 1836 
to the 31st day of December 1836, and thence in 
each year to the 31st day of December 1852. 

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


tion, by Sir Charles Napier, of the Office of Com- 
mander in Chief in India, which were presented 
upon the 31st day of January last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Law, Poor Law. 


which was presented upon the Ist day of this instant 
March, be printed. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Ballycotton 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated — and 
the 20th day of February last, for Copies of the “'™ 


following Documents relative to the Construction of 
a Harbour and Pier at Ba/lycotton, in the County of 
Cork, under the provisions of the Act 9 &amp; 10 Vic. 
e.3:—Of the Memorial of the Proprietors and 
Occupiers of Land, praying for its execution; the 
provisional Declaration of the Commissioners of 
Public Works, and the Plans, Estimates and Surveys 
of the Engineers of the Commissioners referred to in 
such Declaration ; of the Report of the Officer ap- 

inted by the Commissioners to hold the District 

eeting, and of the final Declaration of the Com- 
missioners, and final Notice, as published in the 





Dublin Gazette: — And, of any Correspondence 
P4 which 





Ordered, That the Papers relative to the Resigna- East India. 


Court of 

Session and 

Teind Court 
(Scotland.) 


Sheriffs, &amp;c. 
(Scotland.) 


Entails, &amp;c. 
(Scotland. ) 


West India 
Islands Relief. 


West India 
Colonies. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Eleventh 
Report. 


Military 
Service and 
Expenditure. 


112 


which has taken place in the year 1851 or 1852, 
between the Reverend George Cotter Hinaston, Per- 
petual Curate of Bal/ycotton, and Sir William Somer- 
ville, the then Chief Secretary of Jreland, and the 
Commissioners of Public Works in Jreland, relative 
to the alleged non-completion of the Pier; and, of 
any Reports made by the Officers appointed by the 
Commissioners to examine into the matter of such 
Complaints. 

‘The following Papers, pursuant to the directions of 
several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon the 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—A Statement of 
the Amount paid by Orders of the Lord Chancellor, 
the Vice-Chancellor and Commissioners, and trans- 
ferred and paid out as Dividends, from the 31st day 
of December 1852 to 1st January 1854; also the 
Balances on the following Accounts, standing to the 
Credit of Richard Clarke, Esquire, the Accountant 
in Bankruptcy, on the 1st day of January 1854 ; viz., 
ist. The General Cash Account of Bankrupts’ Es- 
tates; 2d. The Bankruptcy Fund Account; 3d. The 
Unclaimed Dividend Account; 4th. The Chief Re- 
gistrar’s Account ; together with an Appendix to the 
last-named Account, of the Payments made there- 
from, showing to whom made, and whether as Sala- 
ries, Compensations, Annuities, Services, ‘Travelling 
or other Expenses or Allowances. 

Copy of ‘Treasury Warrant, granting Compensa- 
tion Allowancesto Messrs../ames Denham, and others, 
Assistant Clerks in the Court of Session, Scotland, 
and to Mr. John Barron, Depute Clerk of the Teind 
Court, Scotland, year 1853. 

Copy of Treasury Warrant, granting Compensation 
for loss of Fees to certain Sheriffs, Sheriffs Substi- 
tute and Sheriff Clerks in Scot/and, for the year 
ending 15th November 1850. 

Copy of Treasury Warrant, granting Compensation 
to Mr. William Pitt Dundas, for loss of Fees sus- 
tained by him as Keeper of the Register of Entails, 
&amp;c., year ending 15th November 1853. 

Account of Sums advanced during the year to 5th 
January 1854, to make good the deficiency in re- 
gular payment of Interest on Loans to British Co- 
lonies in the West Indies, &amp;c. of all Sums repaid, and 
of Interest on the Advances. 

Account of Sums advanced during the year ending 
5th January 1854 to the Islands of Antigua, Nevis, 
Montserrat, &amp;c., and of Sums repaid. 


Petitions relating to Parliamentary Representation 
Bill ;—Gaols ; — Oaths Bill; — Public-houses and 
Beer-shops ;—Paper ;— Decimal Coinage ;— Edu- 
cation (Scotland) ;—Juvenile Crime ;—Medical Offi- 
cers (Navy);—Medical Practitioners Bill ;— Poor 
Law;—and, South Eastern Railway,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be — 


to inquire into the recent cases of extensive Loss of 
Life aboard Emigrant Ships, whether by Sickness, 
Wreck or other Causes; and generally into the 
sufficiency, or otherwise, of the existing Regulations 
for the Health and Protection of Emigrants from the 
United Kingdom. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That it is the Opinion of this House, that in 
accordance with the Report of the Commission for 
inquiring into the practicability and expediency of 
consolidating the different Departments connected 
with the Civil Administration of the Army, dated the 
2ist day of February 1837, confirmed by Evidence 
taken before the Committee on the Naval, Military 
and Ordnance Expenditure in the years 1848-50, 
measures should forthwith be taken to consolidate 
the different Branches of the Military Service and 
Expenditure, and to place the whole under the super- 
intendence and control of one efficient and respon- 
sible Department :—And the said Motion was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 


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A, 1854. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Hustings 
charge the Expenses of Hustings at Elections upon Expenses, | 
Counties and Boroughs in lieu of the Candidates : 

And that Mr. Hume, Mr. William Williams and Sir 
Joshua Walmsley do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Muskets, &amp; 
Copies of the Report and Evidence from a Com- 
mittee in 1849, appointed to inquire into the Cost of 
Muskets:—Of the Petition from the Gun-lock 
Makers in 1852, respecting Minié Rifles :—Of the 
Advertisement for Tenders for the Materials of 20,000 
Muskets in September 1853, and of the Tenders sent 
in, stating the Names of the Persons tendering, 
whether accepted or rejected :—Of any Contract in 
October 1853 with Brazier &amp; Sons for 20,000 Mus- 
kets, stating the Time for executing the Contract, 
and whether executed :—And, of the Report, re- 
commending the Establishment of Gun Manufac- 
tories ; together with the Estimate for the Erection 
of the requisite Buildings, and the scheme of Esta- 
blishment to be maintained for the manufacture of 
Small Arms. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Emigration, 
Returns of the Depots established by the Colonial 
Land Emigration Commissioners for the purpose of 
sending Emigrants to the Australian Colonies with 
Free Passages, with the Date of the Establishment 
of each :—Of the Total Expense of maintaining each 
Depot in each year since its Establishment, and of 
the Number and Salaries of the Persons employed 
in each:—Of the Sum expended in each year in 
paying the Expenses of the transmission of Emi- 
— from Ireland to each Depot:—And, of the 

otal Number of Emigrants in each year who have 
been sent with Free Passages from each Depot, and 
. the Number of such Emigrants who have been 
rish. 


Mr. Walpole, Colonel Maule, Mr. Muntz, Colonel Small Arm, 
Boldero, Mr. Newdegate, Mr, Monsell, Lord Paget 
and Colonel Dunne were nominated Members of the 
Select Committee on Small Arms. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 

That Mr. George Dundas be one other Member of 
the said Committee ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Lett. 

Tellers fdr the = Hayter, . 

Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave: 

Tellers for the ;Mr. Hume, 

Noes, Mr. Muntz: } 26. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then Mr. Geach, Viscount Jocelyn, Colonel Lind- 
say and the Judge Advocate, were nominated other 
Members of the said Committee. 

Ordered, That the Committee have Power to send 
for persons, papers and records. 

rdered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Lv. 


The Coasting Trade Bill was, according to Order, Coasting 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Valuation 
a Committee on the Valuation (Jreland) Bill; and, (teln4) 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed Bill 34. 
the Chair; and Mr. Wilson reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bi. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Highways (South Wales) Bill was, according Highwa in) 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a (South 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday 
next. 

Mr. 







































erchant 
jaan Bill. 
Bill 35. 


Merchant 
ippin Acts 
pee Bill. 
Bill 36. 


Chath: 
Election. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Eleventh 
Report. ) 


Salisbury 
and Yeovil 
Railway. 


Kilkenny and 


Great Southern 


and Western 
Railway, 


Eastern Coun- 


Rail 
(Purchase of 
Railways.) 


17 Vicroriz. 


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113 


Mr. Cardwell presented a Bill to amend and con- and the Norfolk, the Eastern Union, the East Anglian, 


solidate the Acts relating to Merchant Shipping: | 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Monday the 20th day 
of this instant March; and to be printed. 


Mr. Cardwell presented a Bill to repeal certain | 
Acts and parts of Acts relating to Merchant Shipping, 
and to continue certain temporary Provisions in the 
said Acts: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
the 20th day of this instant March; and to be | 
printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Veneris, 3° die Marti; 
Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 
N f | R. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
received Notice, that it is not intended to pro- 
ceed with the Petition complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Chatham: 
—And the same was read, as followeth : 


Sir, 40, Parliament-street, 3 March 1854. 
As Agent for the Petitioners, John Tribe and John 
Shindler, in the matter of their Petition, complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Chatham, | hereby beg to inform you that, in con- 
sequence of the great expense which would attend 
the prosecution thereof, it is not intended to proceed 

with the said Petition. 
I have the honour to be, Sir, 
Your very obedient servant, 
James Coppock. 


To the Right Honourable the Speaker 
of the House of Commons. 


The Order for referring the said Petition to the 


General Committee of Elections, was read, and dis- 
charged. 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had examined 
the Petitions presented upon the 28th day of Fe- 
bruary last, and upon the 1st and 2d days of this in- 
stant March; and had directed him to make a Re- 


| be read a second time upon Monday next. 








port thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Suitors for the Bill thereinafter- 
mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a 
Railway from the London and South Western Rail- 
way, at Salisbury, to Yeovil, and to form a Junction 
with the Railways, at Yeovi/, of the Great Western 
and Bristol and Exeter Railway Companies respec- 
tively, and for other purposes, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Stand- 
ing Orders. 


A Petition of the Kilkenny and Great Southern 
and Western Railway Company, for leave to bring 
in a Bill to alter and improve the authorized Line of 
the Kilkenny and Great Southern and Western Rail- 
way Company, and to confer further Powers upon 
that Company, and for other popes was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Eastern Counties Railway Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for authorizing Ar- 
rangements between the Eastern Counties Railway 
Company, and all or any of the Norfolk, the Eastern 
Union, the East Anglian and the Vewmarket Rail- 





| 


way Companies, for the amalgamation of their re- | 


and the Newmarket Railways Act, 1854,” was pre- 
sented, and read; and a Bill was ordered to be 
brought in accordingly, by Lord Alfred Paget, Mr. 
David Waddington and Mr. Bagshaw. 


The Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire Derbyshire, 
Junction Ralway Bill was read a second time ; and poy eno 
committed. pret: wi 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General tion Railway 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. Bill. 


The Islington Cattle Market Bill was read a second Islington 
time; and committed. Cattle Market 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Bi 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Kensington Improvement Bill Kensington 
—_— 


The Londonderry Port and Harbour Bill was read Londonderry 
a second time; and committed. — an 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Glasgow Bridges Bill was, according to Or- Glasgow 
der, read a second time; and committed. Bridges Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


TM. Devonport and Keyham Tunnel (No. 2) Bill Devonport 


was, according to Order, read a second time; and Tennel (No. 2) 
committed to a Select Committee. Bill. 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to make fur- Education 
ther Provision for the Education of the People in (Scotland) 
Scotland, and to amend the Laws relating thereto : “Bill 37 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered r 
to be read a second time upon Thursday the 30th day 
of this instant March ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Shrewsbury 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, -— Hereford 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- (Stations) Bill. 
ders in the case of the Petition for additional pro- ; 
vision in the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway (Sta- 
tions) Bill. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Wines, 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Copies of Despatches, Returns and Reports, received 
since June 1852, in reference to the Importation and 
Consumption of Foreign Wines in the United King- 
dom, the results of the recent Vintages, and the 
Quantity of the Wine produced :—Return of the 
Number of Petitions presented to this House, praying 
for a Reduction of Duties on Foreign Wines since 
June 1852, by whom and when presented, and the 
Number of Signatures attached to each Petition :— 
Of particulars of any Applications reccived by Her 
Majesty’s Government from Wine-growing Countries, 
for a Reduction in the present Import Duties on Fo- 
reign Wines since 1831, that being the time when 
the Duties on all Wines, except Cape, were equalized, 
distinguishing the Country hom which such Appli- 
cations have been made, and the Date thereof :—Ac- 
count of the Annual Import and Export of Wine 
to and from Germany, including the Hanse Towns, 
from the year 1848 inclusive, to the present time : 
—Similar Account for France :—Similar Account for 
Portugal :—Similar Account for Spain :—Of the 
actual Quantity of Wine produced in Germany, from 
the year 1848 inclusive, to the present time :—Simi- 
lar Account for France :—Similar Account for Portu- 
gal :~—And, similar Account for Spain. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 


spective Undertakings, and for other purposes, and | Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of which the short Title is “The Eastern Counties of Her 
Vou. 109. 


\ 


ajesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 
Q Ordered, 


‘ 
/ 
i 
4 
i 


Poor Law. 


Rent-charges 
CTreland. ) 


Name of Parish. 


Date and Term 
of 


Composition. 


114 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of all Applications from the Midland Great 
Western Railway of Jreland Company to the Lords 
Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, or the 
Public Works Loan Commissioners, for Loans, under 
the Act 12 &amp; 13 Fic. c. 62 (Athlone and Galway 
Railway) :—Of all Letters or Orders from the Trea- | 
sury or Public Works Loan Commissioners, autho- 
rizing or granting such Loans from time to time :— 
Of any Information required by the Treasury, or 
Statements laid before them, showing that such Loans 
were to be expended in the construction of a Rail- 
way, as weeny by the above Act :—Statement 
showing the Date and Amount of each such Loan: 
—And, Copies of any Instructions issued by the 
Treasury relative to the Security of such Loans under | 
section 5 of the above Act; together with Copies of | 
the Form of Security adopted in consequence. 





Ordered, ‘That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of Memorandum on Settlement, Removal and | 
Rating, addressed to the Poor Law Board by Sir | 
George Nicholls, in November 1850, immediately 
previous to his Resignation of the Office of Secretary 
to the Board. 


| 


Ordered, ‘That the following Returns, ordered last | 


Session (but not made by the Registrars of the fol- | 
lowing Dioceses in Jreland, viz. Derry, Down, Con- 
nor, Dromore, Kilmore, Dublin, Kildare, Ossory, | 
Ferns, Leighlin, Cashel, Emly, Waterford, Lismore, | 
Clonfert, hilmacduayh), be by them furnished :—Of | 
all Rent-charges payable in Zreland, stating the Name | 
of the Diocese, Parish, and Amount of Annual Rent- 
charge, Date of Composition, description of Corn | 
named in Certificate, and Price thereot ; also Notices 
served on any Registrar of the above-named Dioceses | 
to vary existing Compositions, according to the fol- 
lowing Tabular Form : | 


| 





| | 
Description Vv Det 
and Average Price | Variations, and in 
of Corn named Pn mount of if 
in the Certificate. imposition (1 
any). 


Average 
Price of Corn | 
from 
Dublin Gazette, 
; Years ending | 
; 29th Nov. 





Price per in each Year. 


Quality. Sh. | Month. | Year. | 


Years. | 
Amount of 
Composition. 





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; 
: 





‘t. 8. d. | 








' s. d.| 
| 
| 


| 
| 
| 





Liverpool 
Police Super- 
annuation 
Fund Bill. 


Brighton, 
Hove and 
Preston 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Hastings and 
Saint Leo. 
nard's Gas 


Standing 
Orders. 


Thames 
Embankment 
and Railway 
(London and 


West London.) with ; that the Parties be permitted to proceed with 





| 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Liverpool Police Super- 
annuation Fund Bill, with Amendments. | 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. | 

Mr. Bouverie reported the Brighton, Hove and 
Preston Waterworks Bill, with Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do he upon the Table. | 
| 

Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on un- | 
opposed Private Bills; That in the case of the Hast- | 
ings and Saint Leonard's Gas Bill, they had examined | 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, | 
and amended the same, to make it more consistent 
with the provisions of the Bill; and found the same, 
as amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions; 
which were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Thames Em- 
bankment and Railway (London and West London) 
Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed 


their Bill, provided that amended Plans and Sec- 
tions be forthwith prepared, and deposited as re- 





3° Marti. 


A. 1854, 


uired by the Standing Orders; and provided also, 
that the Deposit in respect of the Sum oe 4a to be 
subscribed for the Undertaking be made with the 
Court of Chancery forthwith ; that the Committee 
on the Bill do report how far such Orders have been 
complied with on the Report of the Bill. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Guild of Li- 
terature and Art Petition, the Standing Orders ought 
to be dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted 
to proceed with their Bill. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the Lee Water, 
Sewage and Navigation Petition, the Standing Or- 
ders ought not to be dispensed with. 

4. Resolved, That in the case of the Shrewsbury 
and Chester Railway Petition for leave to deposit 
Petition for Bill, the Standing Orders ought not to 
be dispensed with. 

5. Resolved, That in the case of the Burnley Im- 
provement Petition for dispensing with Standing 
Orders 112 and 178, from Robert Townley Parker, 
Esquire, the said Standing Orders ought to be dis- 
pensed with ; that the Party be permitted to be heard 
on his Petition against the Bill, notwithstanding the 
same shall have been deposited Jater than seven 


clear days after the second reading of the Bill. 


The first, second and fifth Resolutions, being read 
a second time, were agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of 
the Petition for the Guild of Gaen and Art Bill, 
might be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That léave be given to bring in a Bill 
to incorporate the Guild of Literature and Art, and 
to enable it to hold Land: And that Sir Edward 
Lytton Bulwer and Mr. Layard do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, Vhat there be laid before this House, 


of the Town of Banagher in Ireland and its vicinity, 
to the Lord Lieutenant, complaining of the Injury 
they sustained from the effects of the Drainage 
Works on the Shannon at Meelich; and, of any 
Report of the Commissioners of Public Works, Jre- 
land, to the Lords of the Treasury on the subject of 
the said Memorial, and the Treasury Minute thereon. 


Ordered, That Mr. Deedes have leave of absence 
for a fortnight, on account of illness in his family. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Sligo 
Election have leave to proceed with four Members. 


Mr. Peel presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 2d day of February last, for 
a Return showing the Number of Immigrants and 
Liberated Africans admitted into each of the British 
West India Colonies, as well as the Places from 
whence they were introduced, for each year since 
1847 :—And, similar Return for Mauritius (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 269, of Ses- 
sion 1852-53). 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 


| Table. 


‘The following Paper was laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 25th day of July in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, for Returus, showing the Number of Orders 
of Removal from Parishes, signed by Justices, and 
executed in England and Wales, during the year 
ending the 25th day of March 1853; stating the 
Number of Persons removed, the Nature of alleged 
Settlement, and the Amount of Expenses incurred 
in the Removal, including the Cost of obtaining the 
Orders, Service of the same, and a Ex- 

nses of the Paupers removed, but not the Cost of 


elief before Removal; distinguishing the Orders 
so 


Guild of 
Literature 
and Art,. 


Lee Water, 


Sewage and 
N avigation, 


Shrews 
and Chester 
ilway, 


Burnley 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Guild of 
Literature 
and Art, 


Drainage 


| Copies of a Memorial presented by the Inhabitants bv 


(s annon, ) 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Sligo 
Election. 


Immigrants 
and Li 
Africans 


Poor Law 
(Orders of 
Removal. ) 





Smithfield 
Market. 
No. 83. 


Metropolitan 
Sewers. 
No. 84. 


Hi ys 
death Wales.) (South Wales), which were presented upon the od | 


No. 85. 


Tithe 


17 Vicroriz. 


so executed between Parishes in the same Union, 
and between Parishes in different Unions ; stating, 
also, the Number of Orders of Removal ef Scotch 
and Jrish Paupers, and Paupers belonging to the 
Channel Islands and the Jsie of Man, during the 
same Period. 





Ordered, That the Return relative to Smithfield 
Market, which was presented upon the 2d day of | 
this instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Metropolitan | 
Sewers, which was presented upon the 2d day of 
this instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Highways 


day of this instant March, be printed. 





Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 


3° Martii. 





115 

Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on Radcliffe and 
unopposed Private Bills; That in the case of the Pilkington 
Radcliffe and Pilkington Gas Bill, they had exa- ees 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, and amended the same, by reciting the 
present Share Capital of the Company and the 
Amount borrowed by them; and found the same, 
as amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported the London Life Associa- London Life 
tion Bill, with Amendments. —— 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. ™ 


Mr. Osborne presented,—Return to an Order, Nautical 
dated the 16th day of February last, for a Re- Almanacs. 
turn of the Number of Nautical Almanacs pub- 
lished in each of the years 1851, 1852 and 1853, 


Commission. mand,—Copy of Report of the ‘Tithe Commissioners | stating the Expense for the same in each year, the 


Copyholde. 


Courts of 
Equity. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Twelfth ——Public-houses and Beer-shops ;—Religious Opi- 


Report. 


Railway and 
Canal Bills 


(iret Report) mittee on Railway and Canal Bills; That they had 


No, 82, 


Gas Bill. 


for the year 1853. 

Copy of Twelfth Report of the Copyhold Com- | 
missioners for the year 1853. 

Mr. Fitzroyalso presented,— Return to an Address | 
to Her Majesty, dated the 10th day of February | 
last, for Returns of the Number of Appeals and Re- | 
hearings, Special Motions, Petitions, Causes, Claims, | 
Plaints and Further Directions, Pleas, Demurrers, | 
Objections and Exceptions, heard by the Lord | 
Chancellor, the Lords Justices, the Master of the | 
Rolls and the Vice-Chancellors respectively, from the | 
2d day of February 1852 to the 1st day of February | 
1854, both inclusive :—Of the.Number of Appeals, | 
Causes, Claims and Further Directions ualend 
from the Lord Chancellor, Master of the Rolls and | 
each of the Vice-Chancellors, to other Branches of 
the Court, in each year during the same Period, | 
stating to which Judge the same were transferred :— | 
Of the Number of Days each of the above Judges, 
sat in the Court of Chancery in each year during the | 
like Period :—Of the Number of Appeals, Causes, | 
Claims, Further Directions, Further Directions and | 
Exceptions, Exceptions, Pleas, Demurrers and Re-| 
hearings remaining to be heard on the first day of Mi- 
chaelmas Term 1852, and the first day of Michael- | 
mas Term 1853 :—Of the Number of Appeals, Causes, | 
Claims, Further Directions, Further Directions and | 
Exceptions, Exceptions, Pleas, Demurrers and Re- 
hearings remaining to be heard on the Ist day of 
February 1854:— And, of the Number of Orders 
issued, and References made and disposed of, by 
each of the said Judges sitting in Chambers, from 
the first day of Michaelmas ‘Term 1852 to the Ist 
day of February 1853, and from the Ist day of Fe- 
bruary 1853 to the 1st day of February 1854 (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 150, of 
Session 1852). 

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


Petitions relating to Parliamentary Representation 
Bill ;—Gaols ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;—Oaths Bill ; 


nions ;—Fire Insurance ;—Militia Stores ;—Paper ; 
—Stage Carriages ;—-Billeting of Soldiers ; — Bo- 
rough and County Police ;—Decimal Coinage ;— 
Education (Scotland) ;—Juvenile Crime ;—Ocean 
Penny Postage ;— Poor Law ;—and, Settlement and 
Removal Bill,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the General Com- 
formed into Groups several Bills. 


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


Mr. Bouverie reported the Middleton Gas Bill, 
with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





Vou. 109. 





Numbers sold, and the Price at which sold, and the 
Amount of Profit or Loss thereby ; stating also what 
Arrangements have been made for the Sale of the 
same, and what Allowance is made to the Persons 
who sell Nautical Almanacs :—Copy of the Regula- 
tions respectirfy the Sale of Charts, and the Prices 
for the same; and a Statement of the facilities af- 
forded for their Sale to the Mercantile Marine, and 
what Allowances are made to the Persons appointed 
to sell the same:—And, Statement of the means 
adopted for the Publication of all Notices from the 
British Colonies, and from Foreign Countries, re- 
specting the Establishment of Lighthouses, Beacons 
and Buoys in any part of the World. 

Return to an Order, dated the 16th day of February Keith's Reef. 
last, for Copies of all Correspondence between the 
Admiralty and the Owners of Steam Ships and other 
Vessels navigating the Mediterranean, respecting the 
necessity for a Lighthouse upon Keith’s Reef, in the 
Skerki Channel:—And, Abstract of such Recom- 
mendations and Estimates for a Lighthouse on 
Keith's Reef as may have been submitted to the 
Admiralty, or the Hydrographical Department of 
the Admiralty. . 

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


The Order for reading a second time, upon Mon- Parliamentary 
day the 13th day of this instant March, the Parlia- a 
mentary Representation Bill, was read, and dis- ; 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday the 27th day of April next. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blunt: Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act County Courts 
to amend the Act of the thirteenth and fourteenth yep wee P 
Victoria, chapter sixty-one; to which the Lords hen Bil 
desire the concurrence of this House :—And then 
the Messenger withdrew. 


Mr. Wilson reported from the Committee of Supply. 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : ; 

1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Nine Ordnance 
hundred and two thousand eight hundred and twenty- on and 
one pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the ““?*"* 
Expense of Works, Buildings and Repairs, at Home 
and Abroad, which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending the 31st day of M val 1855. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One hun- Scientific 
dred and fifty-four thousand three hundred and sixty- Branch of the 
eight sme be granted to Her Majesty, to defra oa 
the Expense of the Scientific Branch, which will 
come in course of payment during the year ending 
the 31st day of March 1855. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One hun- Non-effective 
dred and comer thousand four hundred and Ordnance 
forty-six pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to a aes 
Q2 the 








Supply. 


Spirits 
(Navy. ) 


Additional 
Land Forces. 


Charge of d’. 


General Staff 
Officers, &amp;c. 


Commissariat. 


116 3°— 6° 


the Expense of Non-effective Services, Military and 
Civil, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending the 31st day of March 1855. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Su ply; 

And a Moton being made, and the Question 
ne proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 

hair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ it is the Opinion of this House, that, prior to any 
“ future Contract for the supply of Spirits for the 
“ use of Her Majesty’s Navy being made, Tenders 
“ for the supply of home-made Spirits be admitted,” 
instead thereof. 

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

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the {Mr. Hayter, 

Yeas, \The Earl of Mulgrave : 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Patrick O’ Brien, 

Noes, | Colonel Dunne : 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


s 97. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair : | 


—The House accordingly resolved itself into the | 


Committee. 


| 
{ 


(In the Committee.) | 


1. Resolved, That a further Number of Land | 
Forces, not exceeding Fifteen thousand Men (exclu- | 
sive of the Men employed in the ‘Territorial Posses- 
sions of the East India Company), Commissioned 
and Non-commissioned Officers included, be main- 
tained for the Service of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain ard Ireland, from the 1st day of 
April 1854 to the 31st day of March 1855, inclusive. 

2. Resolved, That a further Sum, not exceeding 
Five hundred thousand pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Her Majesty’s 
Land Forces in the United Kingdom of Great Bri- 
tain and Jreland, and on Foreign Stations (except- 
ing India), which will come in course of payment 
from the Ist day of April 1854 to the 31st ler of 
March 1855, inclusive. 

3. Resolved, That a further Sum, not exceeding 
Seventy thousand pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, for defraying the Charge of General Staff 
Officers and Officers of the Hospitals, serving with 
Her Majesty’s Forces in the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, and on Foreign Stations 
(excepting India), which will come in course of pay- 
ment from the Ist day of April 1854 to the 31st 
day of March 1855, inclusive. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six hun- 
dred thousand two hundred and seventy-one pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Commissariat Department, which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1855. . 

5. Resolved, Vhat a Sum, not exceeding Forty- 
four thousand three hundred and two pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Half-Pay, Pensions and Allowances in the Commis- 
sariat Department, which will come in course of 
. yment during the year ending on the 31st day of 

farch 1855. 


Resolutions to be reported. 








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

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


Mr. Bouverie also acquainted the House, that he 





} se. 


Marti. A. 1854. 


was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, "That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Consolidated Fund Bill was, according to Consolidate 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a nee 
Committec of the whole House, for Monday next. Bin’ ° ) 

The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways ang 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Church Buiyy. 
mittee on the Church Building Acts Amendment Bill; ing Acts 


resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Commons Inclosure Bill was, according to Commons 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Com- /¢losure Bil, 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself Coasting 
|into a Committee on the Coasting Trade Bill; and, Trade Bill 
| after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 

| the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That the 


| Committee had gone through the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Drainage 
Return of the Works of Drainage in Jre/and which (ireland.) 
have been referred to the Commissioners appointed 
by the Treasury, under the Act 16 &amp; 17 Vic. c. 130, 
stating, for each Work, the following particulars :— 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, omens | 














Amount Amount 4 t 

2 | expended under Amount | proposed by eee Names of 
“| &amp; 2 ae ~ required to | Commis- | ° rir Proprietors 
S| / ‘| 3 complete |sionerstobe| ™*°e by on whom 
Eig | ¢ P Commis- 
— 4 ‘=o | &amp; 3 Work, as | expended b ~sraan Awards 
e q zie] 82 “&lt;&lt; | originally | for Comple- h On | have beea 
Elim); esi zis z 3 Fy estimated. tion of p — made. 
e$i\6\SlalEeles Work. roprietor. 





























—And, similar Returns in cases where Awards have 
been already made, and have been referred to the 
said Commissioners to re-open them and to make new 
Awards, stating in addition the original Award. 


Ordered, That Sir William Molesworth and Lord Small Arms. 
Seymour be added to the Select Committee on Small 
Arms. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 





Lune, 6° die Marti; 
Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Bonham Carter reported from the Select pubtic 
Centos on Public Petitions ; That they had year 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 3d day of 
this instant March ; me had directed him to me — 
a Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from rlectric 
— of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Company» 
at in the case of the Electric Telegraph Company 

(No. 2) Bill, the Standing Orders have been complied S* ”” 


with, 
Ordered, 








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Electric Ordered, That the Electric Telegraph Company 

Telegraph = (No, 2) Bill be read a second time. 

(No. 2) 

Cork, Black- The Order for referring the Cork, Blackrock and 

ee Passage Railway Bill to the General Committee on 

i Railway and Canal Bills, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Thames The House was moved, That the Report from the 
Embankment Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of 
Pp the Petition for the Thames limbankment and Rail- 
West London.) way (London and West London) Bill, might be read ; 
oa the same being read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making an Embankment and Railway on the 
North side of the River Thames, between the City of 
London and the West London Railway: And that 
Mr. Thomas Duncombe and Mr. Macartney do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Bastern Coun- Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for authorizing 
- = w*Y, Arrangements between the Eastern Counties Railway 
aways, &amp;c.) an ag | and all or any of the Norfolk, the Eastern 
Bill. Union, the East Anglian, and the Newmarket Rail- 
way ag soe for the Amalgamation of their re- 
spective Undertakings, and for other purposes, and 
of which the short Title is “The Eastern Counties 
and the Norfolk, the Eastern Union, the East Anglian 
and the Newmarket Railways Act, 1854:” And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


Guild of Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to incorporate the 

Literature and Gyild of Literature and Art, and to enable it to hold 

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


The Great North of Scotland Railway Bill was 
read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


Great North 
of Scotland 
Railway Bill. 


Saint Mary, Ordered, That the Saint Mary, Stoke Newington, 
oa Church Bill be read a second time To-morrow. 


Samford | The Stamford and Kettering Road Bill was read 
—— a second time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
Kensington The Order of the day being read, for the second 


i ovement reading of the Kensington Improvement Bill ; 
"And a Motion telng made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; , 
The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. ‘To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “upon this day six months.” 
And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now ” stand part of the Question ; 


The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
an Noes to the Left. : 
ellers for the f Mr. Digby Seymour, 
Yeas, {Loud Robert iene: } 53. 


Tellers for the ; Mr. John Lewis Ricardo, 158 
Noes, Mr. Bouverie: } y 
So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
“ upon this day six months” be added at the end of 
the Question:—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day six months. 


Mr. Peel presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 20th day of February last, 
for Copies or Extracts of Despatches from the Go- 
vernor of South Australia, on the subject of the Na- 
= of the River Murray. 

OL. 109, 


it Murray, 


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117 


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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Lewes Gaol. 
to Her Majesty, that She will ye graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return, from the Treasurer of the Eastern 
Division of the County of Sussex, of the several 
Sums of Money which have from time to time been 
paid for building and fitting up the new County 
Gaol and House of Correction at Lewes, in the said 
County, with a general Statement of the Items of 
Expenditure, including the whole Sum which has 
been expended upon the said Gaol, with the Date of 
each Payment ; the Return to include the Amount 
paid to Architect and Clerk of the Works, the Ex- 
pense of preparing Securities and Stamps for Con- 
tractors and Builders, &amp;c., and the Amount of Cash 
paid on account of internal Arrangements ; also, if 
any Charge on account of the said Gaol remains un- 
settled. 

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


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by East India. 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 9th day of August in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, for Copies of Decision, in English, of the Sudder 
Court in Calcutta, of the 13th day of August 1815, in 
the case of the Collector of Chittagong, Appellant, 
versus Rajisserree Debea and others, Respondents :— 

Of Minute or Resolution drawn up by the Governor of 
Bengal, dated the 5th day of February 1841, relative 
to the Assessment of Government Revenue in Chitta- 
gong :—Of Letter, Number 13, dated the 5th day of 
January 1837, from the Secretary to the Government 
of Bengal to the Judge of tlie District of Chittagong : 
—Of Letter from the Commissioner of Revenue in 
Chittagong to the Secretary of the Government of 
Bengal, No. 894, dated the 2d day of September 
1841 :—Of Letter in reply, from the Secretary to 
the said Government, No. 311, dated the 12th day 
of October 1841:--Of Letter, Number 638, dated 
the 27th day of July 1842, from the Commissioner 
uf Chittagong to the Collector of Land Revenue in 
that District :—Of Letter or Report from the Com- 
missioner of Land Revenue in Chittagong to the 
Secretary to the Government of Bengal, dated the 
2d day of September 1848, Number 560; and 
Letter from the Secretary to the Government of 
Bengal in reply, dated on or about the 18th day of 
December 1848 :—Of Decision or Decree in Eng- 
lish, by Mr. J. Reilly, Principal Sudder Ameen of 
Chittagong, in the case of Oomaidallee and Choonee 
Bebee, versus the Collector of Chittagong and other 
Defendants, dated the 11th day of December 1849; 
also, the Decision, in English, of the additional 
Judge of Chittagong, on the Appeal preferred by the 
Collector in the said case, dated the 20th day of 
July 1850 :—Of Minute, written by Mr. Hawkins, 
Judge of the Sucdder Court, dated the 18th day of 
August 1847:—Of Letter, Number 173, dated the 
30th day of April 1845, written by the Civil and 
Sessicns Judge of the Twenty-four Pergunnahs to 
the Registrar of the Sudder Court of Calcutta :— 
And, Letter dated the 26th day of July 1848, from 
the Secretary to the Government of Bengal to the 
Superintendent of Police in the Lower Provinces, 

turn to an Order, dated the 3d day of this in- Poor Law. 

stant March, for Copy of Memorandum on Settle- 
ment, Removal and Kating, addressed to the Poor 
Law Board by Sir George Nicholls, in November 
1850, immediately previous to his Resignation of the 
Office of Secretary to the Board. 

Return to an Order, dated the 3d day of this in- Drainage 
stant March, for Copies of a Memorial presented by br on) 
the Inhabitants of the Town of Banagher in Jreland ae 
and its vicinity, to the Lord Lieutenant, complaining 
of the Injury they sustained from the effects of the 
Drainage Works on the Shannon at Meelick; and, 











e383 of 





Duchy of 
Lancaster. 


Immigrants 
and Liberated 


Africans. 


No. 86. 


Poor Law 
(Orders of 
Removal. ) 


No. 87. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Thir- 
teenth Report, 


Royal Forests. 


Bullion, &amp;c. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Exchequer 
Bills, 


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~Lords Commissioners of Her 


of any Report of the Commissioners of Public Works, 
Ireland, to the Lords of the Treasury on the subject 
of the said Memorial, and the Treasury Minute 
thereon. 

The following Wiper, pursuant to the directions of 
an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—An Account of :the 
Gross and Net Revenue of the Duchy of Lancaster, 
for the year ending Michaelmas 1853, showing the 
Amount of Revenue which became due, the Monies 
received and paid within the year, and the Arrears 
and Balance at the end of the preceding and current 
years :—Also, a separate Account of the Capital of 
the said Duchy for the year to Michaelmas 1853, 
with Appendixes. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Immigrants 
and Liberated Africans, which was presented upon 
the 3d day of this instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Law 
(Orders of Removal), which was presented upon the 
3d day of this instant March, be printed. 


Petitions relating to Derby Election (The Queen 
against Beresford and others) ; — Kingston-upon- 
Hull Corrupt Practices Commission ;—Established 
Church (England) ; — Gaols; -- Intoxicating Li- 
quors ; — Maynooth College Act ;— Oaths Bill ;— 
Public-houses and Beer-shops ;—Simony ;—Univer- 
sity (Wales) ;—Fire Insurance ;—Paper ;— Stage 
Carriages ;-- Wine ;—Borough and County Police ; 
— Decimal Coinage; — Education (Jreland); — 
Grand Jury Laws (Jreland) ;—Harbours of Refuge ; 
—Juvenile Crime; — Medical Officers (Navy) ;— 
Medical Practitioners Bill ;—Ocean Penny Post-. 
age ;—Poor Law ;—Settlement and Removal Bill ; 
—and, Vaccination Act,—were presented, and read ; 
aud ordered to:lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Wilson presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 18th day of February last, 
for Copies of all Correspondence, not already before 
the House, between the Commissioner in charge of 
Her Majesty’s Woods and Forests, and the Deputy | 
Surveyors of the Royal Forests, in relation to Mr. 
Brown’s Inspection of and Reports upon the Royal 
Forests, and Proceedings in connexion therewith, 
and of any Reports from Mr. Brown in answer to 
the Remarks of the Deputy Surveyors: —Of Reports 


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issue of Exchequer Bills. 
Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to 
a Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Wed- 
nesday next. 

Mr. Bouverie also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. Resolved, That a further Number of Land 
Forces, not exceeding Fifteen thousand Men (exclu- 
sive of the Men em ew in the Territorial Posses- 
sions of the East India Company), Commissioned 
and Non-commissioned Officers included, be main- 
tained for the Service of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, from the 1st day of April 
1854 to the 31st day of March 1855, inclusive. 

2. Resolved, That a further Sum, not exceeding 
Five hundred thousand pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Her Majesty’s 
Land Forces in the United Kingdom of Great Bri- 
tain and Ireland, and on Foreign Stations (excepting 
India), which will come in course of payment from 
the 1st day of April 1854 to the 31st day of March 
1855, inclusive. 

8. Resolved, That a further Sum, not exceeding 
Seventy thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
for detraying the Charge of General Staff Officers 
and Officers of the Hospitals serving with Her Ma- 
jesty’s Forces in the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, and on Foreign Stations (ex- 
cepting Zndia), which will come in course of payment 
from the 1st day of April 1854 to the 31st day of 
March 1885, inclusive. 


be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 





of Mr. John Clutton, to the Commissioner in charge 
of Her Majesty’s Woods and Forests, on Mr. James | 
Brown;s Keports on the Forests, and of any Reports | 
from Mr. James Brown in answer to Mr. Clutton’s | 
Observations :—And, of Correspondence between the | 
ajesty’s Treasury and | 
the Commissioner in charge of Her Majesty’s Woods | 
and Forests, on the subject of the Employment of | 
Mr. Brown on an Inspection of the Forests; and 
of a Treasury Minute and subsequent Correspond- 
ence relating to the Commissioner’s Second Annual 
Report to Parliament. 

teturn to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
1st day of this instant March, for a Return of the 
Amount of Bullion purchased and sold by the Bank 
of England, distinguishing Gold from Silver, and 
Bar Gold from Foreign Gold Coin, in each Month, 
from the ist day of July to the 31st day of December 
1853 ; also the Excess of Payments to or of Re- 
ceipts from the Public of British Gold Coin; and 
also the Amount received from the Mint during the 
same Period (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 10, of the present Session). 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
the Committee of Ways and Means. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That, towards making good the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, the Commissioners of Her 





the Commissariat Department, which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending on the 31st 
day of March 1855. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- 
four thousand three hundred and two pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Half-Pay, Pensions and Allowances in the Com- 
missariat Department, which will come in course of 
payment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1855. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Church Buil- 


A.1854, 


Majesty’s Treasury shall be authorized to'raise any 
Sum of Money, not exceeding One million seven 
hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterling, by the 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee of Supply, 


Additions 
Land Fores, 


Charge of i, 


General Staff 
Officers, &amp;. 


4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six hun- Commissariat 
‘dred thousand two hundred and seventy-one pounds, 


reading of the Church Building Acts Continuance a ee 


Bill; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 
The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” m 
And the Question being put, That the word “ now 
stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the 174 Hayter, 
Yeas, Mr. Grenville Berkeley : 
Tellers for the { Mr. Hadfield, 
Noes, Mr. Muniz : 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


70. 
59. 


Ordered, 


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


The House, according to Order, resolved ‘itself into 
a Committee on the Valuation (Jreland) Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 


h. 
o Preamble ostponed. . 
Cuause, N* 1 (Repeal of Acts). 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
stand part of the Bill; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for ~~" Mr. Hayter, 1 99 
Yeas, Mr. Grenville Berkeley: { ~ 
Tellers for fhef Mr. John O’ Connell, 25 
Noes, Mr. Potter: } rae 
Crause, N° 2, agreed to. 


Cuavuse, N°’ 3 (Grand Jury may direct Lists to 
be acted upon at the first Assizes after their receipt, 
although the Spring Assizes). 

Amendment proposed at the end of the Clause, 
to add the following words: “ Provided that nothing 
“ herein contained shall be deemed to make liable 
“to Grand Jury and County Rates, dwellings and 
“ houses rated to the relief of the poor at or under: 
“ the value of Five pounds, and which are exempted 
“ from Grand Jury Cess, pursuant to the Statute 
“ sixth and seventh Victoria, chapter thirty-two.” 

Question put, That those words be there added ; 
The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the f+ r. John Fitzgerald, Be 6 
Yeas, Mr. Lucas: Da 
Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, | 4 
Noes, LMr. Grenville Berkeley: J 7” 


Clause agreed to. 

Cuavusss, N° 4 to N° 6, agreed to. 
Preamble agreed to. 

Bill to be reported. 





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


Martis, 7° die Martii, 1854: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and directed him to report the same A 
out Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee on the Consolidated Fund Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Wednesday 
hext. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee on the Commons Inclosure Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and directed 
him to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Wednesday next. 


_ The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Coasting Trade Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 


day. 
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119 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a New Barracks, 
Return of the Sums that have been expended on the 
New Barracks in the United Kingdom, for the pur- 
ner of affording Accommodation to Married Private 
oldiers and their Families. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- Colonial 
nesday next, the Colonial Clergy Disabilities Bill, pe age 
was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till One of the clock on Tuesday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 





EaaEagaeaQagwketYteoa——_—__— eee == 


Martis, 7° die Martii ; 
Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Bouverie reported the Stafford New Gas Stafford New 
Bill, with Amendments. Gas Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on South Sea 
unopposed Bills; That in the case of the South Sea Company Bill. 
Company Bill, they had examined the allegations 
contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended 
the same, in order that it might be more consistent 
with the objects of the Bill; and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on East London 
unopposed Bills; That in the case of the East Lon~ Waterworks 
don Waterworks Bill, they had examined the alle-  ~ 
gations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
amended the same verbally; and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Bolton Im- 
of the Borough of Bolton, praying that provision o— 
may be made in the Bolton Improvement Bill, for ; 
enabling the Petitioners to raise an additional Rate, 
to be applied to the purposes of the Public Library ; 
and for authorizing them to contribute to the main- 
tenance and support of the Ragged and Industrial 
School, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making an Thames 
Embankment and Railway on the North side of the Embankment 
River Thames, between the City of London and the (Lawdon ond 
West London Railway: And the same was read the West London) 


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


The House proceeded to take into consideration Leeds New 
the Leeds New Gas Bill, as amended in the Com- &amp;@s Bill 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Belfast Water Bill be read a Belfast Water 
second time upon Tuesday the 4th day of April next. Bill. 


Ordered, That the Canada, New Brunswick and Canada, New 
Nova Scotia Railway Bill be read a second time Prunsyick and 
upon Tuesday the 21st day of this instant March. Railway Bill, 
Ordered, That the Dublin and Mullingar Road Dublin and 


‘ : Mullingar 
Bill be read a second time To-morrow. Reed Ini 


Ordered, That the Dublin, Clontarf, &amp;c., Roads Dublin, 


s : 4 Clontarf, &amp;c. 
Bill be read a second time To-morrow. Roads Bill 


The Newcastle-upon-Tyne Docks Bill was read a Newcastle- 





second time ; and committed. upon-Tyne 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-20°** Bill- 
mittee of Selection. 
Q4 The 





7° Martit. A. 1854. 


South Wales § The South Wales Railway Bill was read a second 
Railway Bill. time ; and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


Saint Mary, The Order of the day being read, for the second 
ey —e ave of the Saint Mary, Stoke Newington, Church 
Bi ill ; 

- And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “ now” 
stand part of the Question :—It passed in the Ne- 

tive. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
“ upon this day six months” be added at the end of 
the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day six months. 


Public Petitions relating to Elective Franchise and Bal- 
Petitions. lot ; —Gaols ;— renege Liquors ; — Maynooth 
Vide Four- College Act;—Uaths Bill;— Public-honses and 
teenth Report. Beer-shops ;— Religious Opinions ;— Australian Co- 
lonies (Steam Communication) ;— Paper ;— Borough 
and County Police ;— Decimal Coinage ; — Kduca- 
tion r+ em St AE err of Refuge ;—Medical 
Officers (Navy) ; — Medical Practitioners Bill ; — 
Nuisances Removal ;—Poor Law ;—Postal Com- | 
munication (London and North-East of England) ;— | 
and, Postal Communication (South of Jreland),— | 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 





Episcopal The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, 
= Capitular the Episcopal and Capitular Estates Bill, was read, 
,states Bill. 
and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 29th day of this instant March. 





Standing Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com- | 
Orders. mittee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; 
which were read, as follow : 
Bagenalstown 1. Resolved, That in the case of the Bagenalstown | 
a and Wexford Railway Petition for leave to deposit | 
"8y- Petition ‘for Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be 
dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to 
deposit their Petition accordingly. - 
Padiham 2. Resolved, That in the case of the Padiham 
Waterworks Waterworks Bill Petition for additional Provision, 
_ the Standing O:ders. ought to be dispensed with ; 
that the Parties be permitted to intredute their ad- 
ditional Provision, if the Committee on the Bill 
shall think fit. 
Glasgow 3. Resolved, That in the case of the Glasgow 
— Waterworks Bill Petition for dispensing with Stand- 
ing Orders 112 and 178, from Agnes Macnaghten 
and others, the said Standing Orders ought to be 
dispensed with ; that the Parties be permitted to be 
heard on their Petition against the Bill, notwith- 
standing the same shall have been deposited later 
than seven clear days after the second reading of the 
Bill. 
Shrewsbury 4. Resolved, That in the case of the Shrewsbury 
— and Hereford Railway (Stations) Bill Petition for 
(Stations) Bill, additional Provision, the Standing Orders ought not 
to be dispensed with. 
The first, second and third Resolutions, being read 
a second time, were agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Committee of | Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee 
Selection —_ of Selection; That they have formed several Bills 
oo into additional Groups, which they have agreed to 


Neport.) 
_No. 8g. report to the House. 





t 


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


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed Sligo Electig 
to inquire into the allegations of the Petition of John No, 7 
Patrick Somers, Esquire, complaining of irregular 
and unconstitutional proceedings in the matter of a 
Petition, complaining of the Return of John Sadleir, 
Esquire, for the Borough of Sligo, and praying for 
redress, have Power to report their Observations 
thereupon; together with the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before them. * 

Mr. Ker Seymer reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee ; That they had considered the matter to them 
referred, and directed him to make a Report there- 
of to the House; together with the Minutes of the 
Evidence taken before them. 

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


‘ Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Poor Lay 
Returns of the Number of Appeals made to the Poor (Appeals) 
Law Board during the years ended on the 31st day 
of, December 1852, and on the 31st day of December 
1853, inst Disallowances and Surcharges of 
District Auditors, with the Number of Statements 
of Reasons given by District Auditors for such Dis- 
allowances and Surcharges, and submitted to the 
Poor Law Board on Appeal :—And, of the Number 
of such Appeals determined in each of such years ; 
distinguishmg—1. The Disallowances and Sur- 
charges confirmed, but remitted by virtue of the 
Equitable Jurisdiction possessed by the Poor Law 
Board; 2. Those confirmed and not so remitted; 3. 

Those reversed ; such Particulars to be arranged in 
Tabular Form, so as to show them for each Audit 
District separately. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Statute Lav. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of the two Reports of Mr. Bellenden 
Ker to the Lord Chancellor, on the Proceedings of 
the Board for the Revision of the Statute Law. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this howe as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Criminal Lav. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of the Lord Chancellor’s Letters to 
the Judges, and of their Answers, respecting the 
Criminal Law Bills of the last Session. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this ion as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Menai Straits 
Copies of any Memorial from Pilots and Masters of 
Vessels to the Admiralty, complaining of Obstruction 
to the Navigation of the Menai Straits:—And, of 
any Report made to the Admiralty by Captain Ogle, 
or other Persons appointed by them to report upon 
the same. 


Mr. Cardwell presented, pursuant to the directions Joint Stock 
of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Report by the Companies 
Registrar of Joint Stock Companies to the Lords of 
the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, for the 
year 1853. 3 

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


Mr. Fitzroy presented,—Return to an Address to Police (fice 
Her Majesty, dated the 13th day of February last, (Uxbrides) 
for a Return of the Number of Fines im by 
the Magistrates in the Police Office at Uxbridge, in 
the County of Middlesex, in the year 1853, stating 

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the Offences committed, and the Amount of Fines 
imposed, also the Amount of Costs charged in each 
case; stating also the Number of Persons committed 
to Prison for Non-payment of Costs; the Number 
of Days confined in Prison for Non-payment ; the 
Total Amount of Money received for Fines and for 
Costs, and to whom these Fines and Costs were 


id. 
© Godiva, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 
Leave of Ordered, That Mr. Miles have leave of absence 
Absence. for three weeks, on account of a domestic affliction. 
Burials Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
(Metropolis-) to Her Majesty, that She will be godealy pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of all the Notices for discontinuance of 
Burials within the Metropolis, issued by the Secretary 
of State, in compliance with the provisions of the 
Act 15 &amp; 16 Vic. c. 85. 
Ordered, ‘That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Bajesty s Most honourable Privy Council. 
River Morray Ordered, That the Return relative to the River 
(Australia.) Murray (Australia), which was presented upon the 
No. 8% 6th day of this instant March, be printed. 
Poor Law. Ordered, That the Return relative to the Poor 
No.90. Law, which was presented upon the 6th day of this 
instant March, be printed. 

Drainage Ordered, That the Return relative to Drainage 

Works Works (Shannon), which was presented upon the 6th 

a day of this instant March, be printed. 

No. 91. 
Duchy of Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Duchy 
Lancaster. of Lancaster, which were presented upon the 6th day 
No. 92. of this instant March, be printed. 
Royal Forests. Ordered, That the Return relative to Royal Fo- 
No.93. rests, which was presented upon the 6th day of this 
instant March, be printed. 

Postal Com- A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 

— osed, That a Select Committee be appointed to 

Edinburgh, | quire into the Postal Communication between Lon- 

&amp;e.) don and the Cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, with 
a view of ascertaining whether greater Despatch and 
Punctuality can be attained in the transmission of 
Letters,as well between the Termini as the inter- 
mediate Places :—And the said Motion was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Conveyance Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 

Feld to inquire into the Causes of Irregularity in the 

° Conveyance of Mails by Railways, and to consider 
the best mode of securing Speed and Punctuality, 
and for remunerating the ) Wr so Companies for the 
Services which they perform. 

Coasting The Coasting Trade Bill was, according to Order 

Trade Kil. yead the third time. ¥ 

Resolved, 'Vhat the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Cardwell do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Mutiny Bill. Mr. Secretary-at-War presented a Bill for punish- 
ing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the better Pay- 
ment of the Army and their Quarters: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time To-morrow. 

Medical The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, 

yy the Medical Practitioners (No. 2) Bill, was read, and 


discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 22d day of this instant March. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Vor. 109, 


Martii. 


121 


Mercurii, 8° die Martii ; 
Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Public 


. : eles « Petitions 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they (Thirteenth 


had examined the Petitions presented upon the 6th penort.) 


day of this instant March, and had directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


The House proceeded to take into consideration the Brighton, Hove 


Brighton, Hove and Preston Waterworks Bill, as end a 
amended in the Committee. = 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Hastings and 
the Hastings and Saint Leonard’s Gas Bill, as Sint Leonard's 
amended in the Committee; and an Amendment ~~ ™ 
was made to the Bill. 

Ordered, Vhat the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration London Life 
the London Life Association Bill, as amended in the — 
Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration the Middleton 
Middleton Gas Bill, as amended in the Committee. © Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Radcliffe and 
the Radcliffe and Pilkington Gas Bill, as amended ona 
in the Committee. : 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Dublin and 
reading of the Dublin and Mullingar Road Bill; Mullingar 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being ®*4 Bill 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 
The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz., ‘To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 
And the Question being put, That the word “ now” 
stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to tlie Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Pollard-Urquhart, 


Yeas, Mr. Grogan: 
Mr. Macartney 
= for the f Mr. George &gt; Ha-| 126. 
oes, | milton: 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ upon this day six months” be added at the end of 
the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 


this day six months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second publin, 
reading of the Dublin, Clontarf, &amp;c. Roads Bill ; Clontarf, &amp;c. 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being a 

proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 
The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz., ‘lo leave out the word 
* now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 
And the Question being put, That the word “ now” 
stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Grogan, 
Yeas, UMr. Lsaae Butt: ise. 
Mr. Macartney, 
—" the | Mr. George Alexander He 15. 


milton: 





So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
R 


Ordered, 





Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Four- 
teenth Report. 


Teinds 
(Scotland. ) 


No. 94. 


Joint Stock 
Companies. 


No. 95. 


Succession to 
Real Estate 
Bill. 


Property 
Qualification 
Bill. 


Absconding 
Debtors 
({reland) Bill. 


122 


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

Ordered, Vhat the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Cowper presented a Bill for the Regulation 
of Her Majesty's Royal Marine Forces while on 
Shore: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read « second time To-morrow. 


Petitions relating to Intoxicating Liquors ;— 
Oaths Bill ;— Public-houses and Beer-shops ; — 
Stage Carriages ;— Poor Law ;—and, Soldiers’ Wives 
and Families,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That Mr. Evelyn Denison have leave of 
absence for ten days, on account of the death of a 
near relation ;—and, Mr. Robert Phillimore ten days, 
on account of a domestic affliction. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Teinds (Scot- 
land), which was presented upon the 2d day of this 
instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Joint Stock 
Companies, which was presented upon the 7th day of 
this instant March, be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Succession to Real Estate Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz., ‘lo leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Locke King, 82 

Yeas, \ Mr. Bright: "i 

Tellers for the J Sir John Pakington, ‘a 03 

Noes, \ Sir Frederic Thesiger : rs 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ upon this day six months” be added at the end of 
the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day six months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Property Qualification Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 5th day of April next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Absconding Debtors (Jreland) Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz., To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
‘now ” stand part of the Question :—The said pro- 
posed Amendments were, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. ” 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for Wednesday the 22d day of this instant 
March. 


8° Martz. 





A. 1854, 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Highwa 
into a Committee on the Highways (South Wales) a Wala) 
Bill ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker" ~ 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie re , That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee of Ways ang 
Ways and Means, a Resolution; which was read, Means, 
as followeth : P 

Resolved, That, towards making good the Supply Exch 
granted to Her Majesty, the Commissioners of Her Bill. 
Majesty’s Treasury shall be authorized to raise any 
Sum of Money, not exceeding One million seven 
hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterling, by the 
issue of Exchequer Bills. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolution: And that Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Chancellor 
of the Exchequer and Mr. Wilson do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 

mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

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


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Consolidated 
take into consideration the Consolidated Fund Bill, (2599 099 
as amended in the Committee. Bi 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


To-morrow. P 


The Commons Inclosure Bill was, according to Commons 
Order, read the third time. Inclosure Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, ‘Tiiat Mr. Fitzroy do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Mutiny Bill was, according to Order, read a Mutiny Bill. 
second time; and committed to a Committee of the 
whole House, for To-morrow. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Metropolitan 

to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Parks, &amp;e. 
to give airections, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of all Parks or Grounds formed or 
added to. at the Public Expense, within the Metro- 
politan District, since the year 1830 to the present 
time, showing the Extent, Cost and Date of such 
formation or addition, and the Fund out of which 
the Cost was defrayed :—-Of the Annual Expense of 
maintaining such Parks or Public Grounds, and the 
Fund out of which such Expense is defrayed :— 
And, ve of all Memorials to and Correspond- 
ence with Her Majesty’s Government, relative to the 
formation of a Public Park in the Northern portion 
of the Metropolis, from the year 1848 to the present 
time. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Poor Law 
Return of all Applications made to the Poor Law (Ielané.) 
Commissioners in Jreland, for a revision of the 
Arrangements made by the Authority of the Bound- 
ary Commissioners in reference to the Electoral Di- 
visions of the various Unions, either in respect of 
the removal of certain Townlands from one Electoral 
Division to another, in the same or any other Union, 
or in any other respect alleged by the Applicants as 
making such a revision just or desirable; and in the 
case of newly-formed Unions, of all &gt; 

e 





Emigrant 
Ships. 


uth 
Borough. 


Railway and 
Canal Bills 
(Second Re- 


No. 96. 


Liynvi Valley 
Railway 
(No, 2) Bill. 


Thames 


a 





17 Vicroriz. 


the Poor Law Commissioners to revise the Distri- 
bution of the Townlands in the several Electoral 
Divisions constituting such new Unions, specifymg 
the Names of the Applicants and Owners, the Grounds 
on which such Applications were founded, and the 
Reply, in each case, of the Poor Law Commis- 
sioners. 


The Select Committee on Emigrant Ships was 
nominated of Mr. John O’ Connell, Mr. Peel, Mr. 
Chichester Fortescue, Mr. Vernon Smith, Mr. Hankey, 
Sir James Anderson. Mr. Meagher, Mr. Liddell, Mr. 
Monchton Miines, Mr. George Alexander Hamilton, 
Sir Thomas Herbert, Mr. Fagan, Mr. Davison, 
Captain Scobell and Mr. Higgins ; with Power to 
send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That the printed Copies of the pe om 
of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into Cor- 
rupt Practices in the Borough of Tynemouth, be 
delivered to Members of this House forthwith. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the General Com- 
mittee on Railway and Canal Bills; That they had 
made alterations in Group 3; and had formed 
several Bills into additional Groups. 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 9° die Martii ; 
Anno 17° Victoriw Regine, 185 4. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Brotherton presented a Bill to consolidate 
1 and amend the Acts relating to the Llynvi Val- 
ley Railway Company, to enable them to alter and im- 
rove their Railways, and to abandon Parts thereof, 
to grant further Powers to the said Company, and 
for other purposes: And the same was read the first 
time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Thames |mprovement Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Tuesday the 2d day of May next ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ Tuesday the 
“ 2d day of May next,” and adding the words 
“ this day six months” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
go to be left out, stand part of the Question :— 
t passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
“ this day six months” be added instead thereof: 
—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day six months. 


The County Court Extension Act Amendment 
Bill was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday next; and to be 
printed. 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Amicable Society As- 
surance Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on 
the Scarborough Market Bill; That they had exa- 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, and amended the same,. by stating the pur- 
Vou. 109. 


8°—9° Martii. 





123 


poses to which the Money raised under the recited 
Act had been applied; and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on Hatfield Chase 
unopposed Private Bills; That in the case of the Warping and 
Hatfield Chase Warping and Improvement Bill, hyprevement 
they had amended the Preamble of the Bill, by in- 
serting the words “Eight thousand” instead of 
“Six thousand,” as to the Number of Acres to be 
warped; and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on Warrington 
the Warrington Improvement and Market Bill; Improvement 
That they had amended the Preamble of the Bill, = Market 
by adding a recital of doubts having been raised ~ 
with respect to the Election of the Aldermen of the 
Borough, a Clause removing such doubts having 
been inserted in the Bill; and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Bribery Pre- 
reading of the Bribery Prevention Bill ; vention Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday the 17th day of this instant March. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Quit and 
Return of all Estates in Jreland on which the Quit Crown Rents 
and Crown Rents were purchased by the Commis- cine 
sioners for the Sale of Incumbhered Estates ; speci- 
fying the Rate of Purchase, and also the Number 
of Years’ Purchase, on Ordnance Valuation, at 
which such Estates were sold, since the 19th day of 
April 1851 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 

No. 245, of Session 1851). 


Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Universities of 
mand,—Copy of Correspondence respecting the pro- Oxford and 
posed Measures of Improvement in the Universities ?™&gt;48e. 
and Colleges of Oxford and Cambridge :—Part I. 
Universities and Colleges of Oxford. 

Mr. Fitzroy also presented,—Return to an Ad- Criminal Law. 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 7th day of this in- 
stant March, for Copies of the Lord Chancellor’s 
Letters to the Judges, and of their Answers, respect- 
ing the Criminal Law Bills of the last Session. 

‘Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Statute Law. 
7th day of this instant March, for Copies of the two 
Reports of Mr. Bellenden Ker to the Lord Chan- 
cellor, on the Proceedings of the Board for the Re- 
vision of the Statute Law. 

Further Return to an Order, dated the 21st day Rent-charges 
of June in the last Session of Parliament, for a Ireland.) 
Return of all Rent-charges payable in Jreland, stating 
the Names of the Diocese, Parish, and Amount of 
Annual Rent-charge, Date of Composition, Descrip- 
tion of Corn named in Certificate, and Price thereof; 
also, Notices served on Registrars of Dioceses to 
vary existing Compositions, according to the follow- 
ing Tabular Forms; viz.— 














Description and Date of Average 
| Date and Term of Average Price Variations, and Price 

Name | Name of in Amount of Corn 
Composition. Amount of | Corn named in | of Composition | from Dublin 

of of Certificate. (if any). Gazette, 
Compositi Years ending 
Diocese. | Parish. ‘ 29 November 

Month.| Year.| Years. Quality. oe Month. | Year. ant = 

z. s. d. s. d, 



































Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


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Table. 
The 








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v4 &lt;eameainhtlipeniciniane— 
i ne ee ee a aeeenasnaneneaniaeneneameand 


Rum, &amp;e. 
(Navy.) 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Four- 


124. 9° Marti. 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of 
an Act of Parliament, was laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—An Account of Receipts 
and Expenditure by the Honourable Warden and 
Assistants of the Harbour of Dovor, in the County 
of Kent, from the 10th day of October 1852, to the 
10th day of October 1853. 


Mr. Cardwell presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 28th day of February in the last Session of 
Parliament, for Returns, showing for each Railway 
Company the Amount of Capital and Loan which the 
Company has been authorized to raise by the Acts 
passed previous to and in 1852 ; the Amount of Share 
Capital actually paid up on the 31st day of December 
1852, separating that which does not receive, or is not 
entitled to receive, any Preferential Dividend or In- 
terest from that which bears a Preferential Dividend 
or Rate of Interest; and stating the Amount of each 
Class of such Preferential Capital, with the Rate of 
Interest or Dividend it is entitled to receive; the 
Amount due on Debentures, Loan Notes, or any 
other Interest-bearing Securities, on the 31st day 
of December 1852, the Rates of Interest payable 
thereon, and the Sums to which such Rates of In- 
terest are applicable; the Total Amount the Com- 
pany retained Powers, at the end of 1852, to raise, 
either on existing Shares, or by creating new Shares, 
or by Loans; the Length of Line open for Traffic 
on the 3ist day of December 1852, distinguishing 
Single and Double Portions; the Length of Line in 
course of Construction at the end of 1852; the 
Length of Line each Company is authorized to con- 
struct, but which was not commenced on the 31st 
day of December 1852 ; and, consequently, the Total 
Length for which each Company bas obtained Pow- 
ers :—Of the Amalgamation of Railway Companies 
which has been effected either by Purchase, Lease, 
or otherwise, during 1852; stating the Nature of 
such Amalgamation, and the Date on which it com- 
menced, with the Act of Parliament under which it 
was effected :—And, from each Railway Company, 
showing the Length of each Line, or part of a Line 
or Branch Line, for which the Powers granted by 
Parliament for the compulsory Purchase of the Land 
required for their Construction had been allowed to 
expire, previous to the 31st day of December 1852, 
without the exercise of such Powers ; and the Capital 
appropriated by Parliament for the Construction of 
such Lines or Branch Lines (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 172, of Session 1853), 

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


Mr. Osborne presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 16th day of February last, for Returns 
of the Number of Gallons of Rum _ contracted 
for during the Months of January and February 
1854 for the use of the Navy, distinguishing 
how much thereof was Leeward Island, and how 
much Lust Indian; together with the Prices thereof 
in the Weeks ending the 6th, 13th, 20th and 27th 
days of January, and the 3d and 10th days of Fe- 
bruary ; and also the Average Price of same, and of 
Trish Whiskey, each calculated at 25 per cent. over 
Proof, during the same Periods, such Average to be 
taken from the London Price Current, or otherwise : 
—And, of the Number of Gallons of Rum in Bond 
on each of said days in the years 1853 and 1854, 
showing the Increase or Decrease thereof during 
said Periods (such Returns to state whether all 
Tenders, or the lowest Tender only, were accepted 
for such Contracts). 

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


Petitions relating to Barnstaple Borough ;—Bri- 
bery, &amp;c. Bill:—Varliamentary Representation Bill ; 
—Gaols ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;—Odaths Bill; — 


teenth Report. Public-houses and Beer-shops ;—Australian Colo- 





A, 1854, 


nies (Steam Communication) ;— Vancouver’s Island ; 
—County Rates (Jreland) ;—Fire Insurance ;—Mi- 
nisters’ Money (Jreland);—Paper;—Stage Car- 
riages :—Borough and County Police,; —Judgment 
Execution, Xc. ;— Juvenile Crime ;—-Medical Prac- 
titioners Bill; —Poor Law ;—Settlement and Re- 
moval Bill; — and, Wages,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Ministery 
posed, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve Money, &amp;, 
itself into a Committee to take into consideration the land) 
Law relating to the Rate or Tax called “ Ministers’ 
Money” in Ireland, with the view to repeal the 
same; and further, to provide a Substitute therefor 
out of the Revenues of the Ecclesiastical Commis- 
sioners, as a Provision for the Protestant Ministers in 
certain Corporate Towns in Ireland, in lieu of the 
Annual Sums now received by them under and by 
virtue of the Act 17 &amp; 18 Car. 2, ¢. 7; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ the Acts relating to Ministers’ Money in Ireland, 

“ and the Church Temporalities (Ireland) Act, be 
“ now read,” instead thereof. 

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

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for they Mr. Fagan, 7 

Yeas, Mr. Hume: f 

Tellers for the{f Mr. Hayter, a] 

Noes, Mr. Grenville Berkeley: J 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words “ the 
“ Acts relating to Ministers’ Money in Jreland, and 
“the Church Temporalities (Zreland) Act, be now 
‘“* read,” be added instead thereof :—It was resolved 
in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put; 

Ordered, That the Acts relative to Ministers’ 
Money in Ireland, and the Church Temporalities 
(Ireland) Act, be now read :—And the same being 
accordingly read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into a Committee to consider the said Acts. 


88. 


103 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Judgment 
enable Execution to issue in any part of the United Execution, &amp;. 
Kingdom, under a Judgment thant in any Court 
in E’ngland, Scotland or Irelund, and to amend the 
Law as to Service of Process in the United King- 
dom: And that Mr. Craufurd, Mr. Dunlop and Mr. 

Napier do prepare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, ‘Vhat an humble Address be presented Kingston- 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased wore 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 2” 
House, a Copy of Report of Mr. Solley Flood, upon 
the existence and extent of Corrupt Practices at the 
a for the Borough of Kingston-upon- 

Hu Me 

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


Ordered, That no Warrants for new Writs for New Writs 
Barnstaple, Cambridge, Canterbury, Kingston-upon- 
Hull, Maldon and Tynemouth, be issued before Fri- 
day the 17th day of this instant March. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Weights an? 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (o) ford apd 
to give directions, that there be laid before this oop) 
House, a Return, showing the various Weights and 
Measures customarily used for the Sale of Corn and 


Grain in the different Unions in the Counties of 
Stafford and Salop. 
Ordered, 





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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Rates of Duties on Ale and 
Porter imported into France, Spain, Portugal, the 
Rhenish Provinces, Madeira, the Two Sicilies, 
Russia, Prussia, Holland, Belgium, the Hanse 
Towns, the United States of America, the Brazils and 
Buenos Ayres. 

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


Ale and Porter. 


Public Pro- The Order of the day being read, for the second 
secutors Bill. reading of the Public Prosecutors Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday the 30th day of this instant March. 


Marine 


The Marine Mutiny Bill was, according to Order, 
Mutiny Bill. a 


read a second time; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


Highways 


— The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
Sou es 
bil 


into consideration the Highways (South Wales) Bill, 
as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


Consolidated 
d 


The Consolidated Fund Bill was, according to 
Fun 
(£. 8,000,000) 


Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, ‘That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to apply the Sum of Eight millions, 
out of the Consolidated Fund, to the Service of the 
year One thousand eight hundred and i, 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Mutiny Bill; and, after 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. Baines reported, That the Committee 
had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


Mutiny Bill. 


Exchequer 


aa Mr. Wilson presented a Bill for raising a Sum, by 
(.1,750,000) 
Bill, 


Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the year One 
thousand eight hundred and Fifty-four: And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time To-morrow. 


Settlement and The Order for reading a second time, ‘To-morrow, 
Removal Bill. the Settlement and Removal Bill, was read, and 
discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday the 17th day of this instant March. 


: 


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, 
the Colonial Clergy Disabilities Bill, was read, and 
discharged. 


_ Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday the 17th day of this instant March. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


fa 


Dis- 
ities Bill 








Veneris, 10° die Martii ; 
Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1854. 
PRAYERs. 


Public R. D ; : 

Poti - Duncan reported from the Select Committee 
wall M on Public Petitions; That they had examined 
Report.) the Petitions presented upon the 7th, sth and 9th 


days of this instant March, and had directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House. 

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

Vou. 109. 





* 


Marti. 125 


Mr. Freshfield reported from the Committee on Liverpool 
Group A. of Private Bills; That in the case of the oe 
Liverpool Improvement Bill, they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
amended the same, by striking out so much thereof 
as related to the making of a new Street which was 
abandoned by the Promoters, and by referring to a 
Power in the Bill to authorize the Corporation of 
Liverpool to make Bye-laws for regulating the use 
of all or any Piers, or other such like Works now 
constructed or hereafter to be constructed on or 
adjoining the River Mersey ; and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Right honourable the Earl of Royal Conical 
Essex, and of Subscribers to the Undertaking or Flour Mill 
Company thereinafter referred to, for leave to bring “°"™P*”™ 
ina Bill for incorporating and regulating a Company, 
to be called “ ‘The Royal Conical Flour Mill Com- 
pany,” and to enable the said Company to purchase, 
work and use certain Letters Patent, and for other 
purposes, was presented, and read; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Sir John 
Shelley, Mr. Christopher and Mr. Portman. 


The Leeds New Gas Bill was read the third time. Leeds New 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Gas Bill. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Electric Telegraph Company Electric 
(No. 2) Bill be read a second time upon Tuesday ———_ 


next. (No. 2) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Wandle Sewerage and Water Wandle 


Bill be read a second tim Mond ct. Sewerage and 
r s e upon Monday next Water Sill 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Bolton Im- 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, provement 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or-® 
ders in the case of the Petition for additional Pro- 
vision in the Bolton Improvement Bill. 

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


Mr. Wilson reported from the Select Committee on Standing 
Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; which were Orders. 
read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Edinburgh Eainburgh 
Police and Improvement Bill Petition for dispensing Police and 
with the Standing Orders 112 and 178, from Messrs. came, 
Maitland and Graham, in respect of the Petition of 
the Honourable John Stuart, the said Standing Or- 
ders ought not to be dispensed with. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Liverpool Liverpool 
Improvement Bill Petition for dispensing with the Improvement 
Standing Order 178, from Charles Geach, Esquire, 
in respect of Petitions of Merchants and others, 
pthe said Standing Order ought not to be dispensed 
with, 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the Ashton-under- Ashton-under- 
Lyne and Dukinfield Bridge Bill Petition for dis- Lyne = 
oo with Standing Orders 112 and 178, from Bridge Bill. 

illiam Burchett, in respect of the Petition of 
Owners, the said Standing Orders ought not: to be 
dispensed with. 

4. Resolved, That in the case of the Great Western Great Western 
Railway (Berks and Hants, &amp;c.) Bill Petition for Railway 
dispensing with Standing Orders 112 and 178, from (Perk fe) 
Inhabitants and Corporation of Wilton, and Inhabit- Bi,’ 
ants of New Sarum, the said Standing Orders ought 
not to be dispensed with. 

5. Resolved, That in the case of the Westminster Westminster 
Terminus Railway Bill Petition for dispensing with Terminus | 
Standing Orders 112 and 178, from Robert Greig, Refiway Bim. 
the said Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed 
with. 

R3 





6. Resolved, 


Kilkenny and 
Great Southern 
end Western 
Railway. 
Salisbury 


and Yeovil 
Railway. 


Stourbridge 
and Bridgnorth 
Road. 


Committee of 
Selection 
(Fifth Report) 


No. 97. 


Salisbury 
and Yeovil 
Railway. 


Kilkenny and 
Great Southern 
and Western 
Railway. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Fifteenth 
Report, 


Friendly 
Societies 
Salaries and 
Xpenses. } 


126 


6. Resolved, That in the case of the Kilkenny and 
Great Southern and Western Railway Petition, the 
Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with; that 
the Parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 

7. Resolved, That in the case of the Salisbury and 
Yeovil Railway Petition, the Standing Orders ought 
to be dispensed with ; that the Parties be permitted 
to proceed with their Bill. 

8. Resolved, That in the case of the Stourbridge 
and Bridgnorth Road Petition for leave to deposit 
a Petition for a Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be 
dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to 
deposit their Petition accordingly. 

he 6th, 7th and Sth Resolutions, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee 
of Selection; That they have made several alterations 
in the Groups of Private Bills already formed, and 
have made an additional Group, which they have | 
agreed to report to the House. 

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





The House was moved, That the Report from the | 


Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of 
the Petition for the Salisbury and Yeovil Railway 
Bill, might be read; and the same being read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Railway from the London and South 
Western Railway at Salisbury to Yeovil, and to form | 
a Junction with the Railways, at Yeovil, of the Great | 
Western and Bristol and Exeter Railway Compa- | 
nies respectively, and for other purposes: And that | 
Mr. Wikiiam Wyndham and General Buckley do pre- | 
pare, and bring it in. 


} 


The House was moved, That the Report from the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of 
the Petition for the Kilkenny and Great Southern and 
Western Railway Bill, might be read ; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
alter and improve the authorized Line of the Kilkenny 
and Great Southern and Western Railway Company, 
and to confer further Powers upon that Company, 
and for other purposes: And that Mr. Serjeant Shee 
and Mr. Sullivan do prepare, and bring it in. 


Petitions relating to Parliamentary Papers ;--Par- 
liamentary Representation Bill ;—Gaols ;—Intoxi- 
eating Liquors ; -- Oaths ;—Oaths Bill ;— Public- 


10° Marii:. 





houses and Beer-shops ;—Universities (Ozford and 
Cambridge) ;— Calcutta ;— East India (Kingdom of | 
Travancore) ;— Fire Insurance ; — Paper ;— Paper, | 
Newspaper Stamps, Foreign Books, &amp;c.;—Stage | 
Carriages ;—Board of Inland Revenue ;—Borough 
and County Police ;—Education ;—Juvenile Crime ; 
— Medical Officers (Navy) ;—Medical Practitioners 
Bill ;—Poor Law ;--Punishment of Death ;—Regis- 
tration of Assurances Bill;—and, Settlement and 
Removal Bill,—-were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, upon 
Monday next, resolve itself into a Committee to 
consider of authorizing the Payment, out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, of any Deficiency which may 
arise in the Fees payable to the Registrars of Friendly 
Societies, and required by them to pay the Salaries 
and Expenses of their Offices ; 

Mr. Strutt” by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, re- 
commends it to the consideration of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





A. 1854. 


Ordered, That Captain Scobell have leave of ab- Leave of 
sence for a fortnight, on account of illness in his Absence, 


family. 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, at 


Copy of any Official Statement, Letter, Resolution Estates Coy, 


or Minute of the Lord Chancellor of Jreland, the 
Benchers of the Dublin King’s Inns, the Govern- 

ment of Ireland, or the Commissioners of Her Ma- 

jesty’s Treasury, relating to the Removal of the Offices 

of the Incumbered Estates Court from Henrietta- 

street to the Four Courts. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Packet 
Statement of the Cost of the Packet Service under Service. 


the several Contracts, for the year ending January 
1854. 


) 


Ordered, Tiat there be laid before this House, Re- Railways, 


turns showing for each Railway Company the Amount 
of Capital and Loan which the Company has been 
authorized to raise by Acts passed previous to and 
in 1853; the Amount of Share Capital actually paid 
up on the 3ist day of December 1853, separating 
that which does not receive, or is not entitled to 
receive, any Preferential Dividend or Interest from 
that which bears a Preferential Dividend or Rate of 
Interest, and stating the Amount of each Class of 
such Preferential Capital, with the Rate of Interest 
or Dividend it is entitled to receive; the Amount 
due on Debentures, Loan Notes, or any other In- 
terest-bearing Securities, on the 31st day of Decem- 
ber 1853, the Rates of Interest payable thereon, and 
the Sums to which such Rates of Interest are ap- 
wei the Total Amount the Company retained 
owers at the end of 1853 to raise, either on exist- 
ing Shares, or by creating new Shares, or by Loans; 
the Length of Line open for Traffic on the 31st day 
of December 1853, distinguishing Single and Double 
Portions ; the Length of Line in course of Construc- 
tion at the end of 1853; the Length of Line each 
Company is authorized to construct, but which was 
not commenced on the 31st day of December 1853 ; 
and consequently, the Total Length for which each 
Congeny hae obtained Powers :—Of the Amalga- 
mation of Railway Companies which has been 
effected, either by Purchase, Lease or otherwise, 
during 1853; stating the Nature of such Amalga- 
mation, and the Date on which it commenced, with 
the Act of Parliament under which it was effected : 
-—And, from each Railway Company, showing the 
Length of each Line, or part of a Line, or Branch 
Line, for which the Powers granted by Parliament 
for the Compulsory Purchase of the Land required 
for their Construction had been allowed to expire, 
previous to the 31st day of December 1853, without 
the exercise of such Powers; and the Capital appro- 
— by Parliament for the Construction of such 
ines or Branch Lines (in continuation of Return 
relating to Railways, presented 9th March). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Post-office. © 


Accounts of the Gross and Net Post-office Revenue, 
including the Income derived from Foreign and 
Colonial Postage, and the Cost of Management, for 
the year ending January 1854 :—Of the Charges of 
Management for the United Kingdom, under the 
different Heads, for the year ending January 1854: 
—Of the Payments made by the Post-office for the 
Conveyance of Mails by Railway within the United 
Kingdom, during the year ending January 1854; 
——e in each instance, Payments for Work 
done within the year from Payments for Work done 
in previous years :—Of Payments out of Post-office 
Revenue other than Charges of Management :—Of 
the Expense of the Money Order Office, and the 
Amount received for Commission, during the year 
ending January 1854:—And, of the Amount paid 
by each of the Public Departments under the Head 
of Postage, for the year ending January 1854. 
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C Westmeath.) 


Valuation 
(Ireland. 


Towns 


(Ireland.) 


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Build- 


17. VicroriZ. 


Sir John Young presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 23d day of February last, That the Clerk 
of the Crown and —— in Ireland do make a 
Return, specifying the Number of Coroners now 
holding Office in the County of Westmeath, and the 
Dates of their Appointments respectively ; and also 
return whether, in fact, any Vacancy now exists 
in the Office of Coroner for the said County. 

Return to an Order, dated the 27th day of Febru- 
ary last, for Returns of the several Counties, Coun- 
ties of Cities and Counties of Towns in Jreland, the 
Valuation in Tenements of which has been com- 
pleted under the Acts 9 &amp; 10 Vic. c. 110, and 15 
&amp; 16 Vic. c. 63:—And, of the several Counties, 
Counties of Cities and Counties of Towns, the Tene- 
ment Valuation of which has been commenced under 
the Act 15 &amp; 16 Vic. c. 63, stating the Period when 
it is expected that the Valuation of each of such 
Counties will be completed and ready for rating. 

Return to an Order, dated the 28th day of Febru- 
ary last, for a Return of the Names of Towns in 
Ireland containmg One thousand Inhabitants or 
upwards. 

Return to an Order, dated the 1st day of this in- 
stant March, for a Return exhibiting the Amount 
earned by Females attending the Central and Seven 
District National Schools of Carrichkmacross in Ire- 
land, on combining Literary Education with Indus- 
trial Instruction. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Nent-charge 
(Ireland), which was presented upon the 9th day of 
this instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Railways, 
which was presented upon the 9th day of this im- 
stant March, be printed. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament,—Nuisances Removal and 
Diseases Prevention Act: Copy of an Order issued 
by the Poor Law Commissioners for Ireland. 

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


The following Papers were laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 20th day of August in the last Session of 
Parliament, for a Return of the Number of Licenses 
issued to authorize the Sale of Wines throughout the 
United Kingdom, distinguishing the Wholesale and 
Retail ; also, the same with reference to Spirits, for 
the years 1850, 1851, 1852 and 1853. 

Return to an Order, dated the 31st day of January 
last, for a Return of the Number of Acres of Land 
under Cultivation for Hops, and Amount of Duty 
charged in each Collection, in each year from 1837 
to 1853, inclusive ; showing the Average Amount of 
Duty per Acre in each Collection ; also, showing whe- 
ther the Acres in the Sussex, Hereford or Worcester 
Collections are according to Statute or any local or 
customary Admeasurement, and distinguishing the 
Amount of Old Duty only (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 112, of Session 1852-53). 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Bribery, &amp;c. Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Controverted Elections, &amp;c. Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Bae on the Church Building Acts Amendment 
| . 
Vou. 109. 





10° Marti. 





127 


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


The Valuation (Jreland) Bill was, according to Valuation 
Order, read the third time. (Ireland) Bill. . 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Sir John Young do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 

mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, ‘That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Ministers’ 
into a Committee on Ministers’ Money, &amp;c. (Jre- yoo kag 
land). on 

(In the Committee.) 


Motion made, and Question a That the 
Chairman be directed to move the House, that leave 
be given to bring in a Bill to amend the Laws relating 


to Ministers’ Money and the Church Temporalities 
(Treland) Act. 
Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word 
“ That” to the end of the Question, in order to add 
the words “it is expedient that a Bill be brought in 
“ for the total abolition of Ministers’ Money in Jre- 
“ land, and for providing a substitute therefor out 
“ of the funds of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners” 
instead thereof. 
Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out, stand part of the Question ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, 
Yeas, \Mr. Grenville Berkeley: 
Tellers for the (Mr. Fagan, 
Noes, Mr. Mall: 
Original Question put, and agreed to. 
Resolution to be reported. 


136. 


} 93. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to a 
Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

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

Resolved, Vhat the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, that leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the Laws relating to Ministers’ Money and 
the Church Temporalities (Jreland) Act:—And he 
moved the House accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
And that Mr. Bouverie, Sir John Young and Vis- 
count Palmerston do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Marine! __ 
into a Committee on the Marine gow a and, Mutiny Bill, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bounerie reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


The Highways (South Wales) Bill was, according Highways 

to Order, read the third time. (South Wales) 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. _ 
Ordered, That Sir Joseph Bailey do carry the 

Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Mutiny Bi 
take into consideration the Mutiny Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 





r4 The 


Exchequer 
Bills 

(£. 1,750,000) 
Bill. 


Adjournment. 


Complaint. 


Ventilation of 
the House. 


Settlement 
and Removal 
Bill. 


Ministers’ 
Money, &amp;c. 
(Ireland ) Bill. 


Bill 39. 


Private Bills 
(Group F.) 


Livnvi Valley 
Railway 
(No, 2) Bill. 


Llynvi Valley 
Railway 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Public 
Petitions 

( Fifteenth 
Report.) 


Salisbury 
and Yeovil 
Railway Bill. 


128 
The Exchequer Bills Bill was, a Order, 


read a second time ; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House for Monday next. 


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


Ordered, That the Committee of Privileges ap- 

inted to consider the matter of the Complaint of 

n article in “ The Times’? Newspaper, as con- 

taining calumnious reflections on the Jrish Members 

of the House, have leave to sit To-morrow, notwith- 
standing the adjournment of the House. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to consider of the best means of improving the Venti- 
lation of the House, the Lobbies, and the Libraries, 
and to report thereupon to the House as soon as 
may be:—And a Committee was appointed of 
Mr. Spooner, Sir William Molesworth, Mr. Thomas 
Greene, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Mr. Hume, Mr. 
Drummond, Mr. Bankes, Mr. Cayley, Lord John 
Manners, Mr. Chichester Fortescue, Mr. Wilson 
Patten, Sir Benjamin Hall, Mr. Bouverie, Lord 
Elcho, and the Marquis of Chandos; with Power 
to send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The House was moved, That the several Acts 
imposing Duties of Stamps, might be read ; and the 
same being read ; 

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


The Order for reading a second time, upon Friday 
the 17th day of this instant March, the Settlement 
and Removal Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 20th day of this instant March. 


Sir John Young presented a Bill to amend the 
Laws relating to Ministers’ Money and the Church 
Temporalities (Jreland) Act: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Monday the 20th day of this instant 
March ; and to be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 





Luna, 13° die Martii ; 


Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1854. 
PRAYERS. 


QRDE RED, That the Committee on Group F. 
of Private Bills have leave to sit this day till 
Five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; 
That in the case of the Llynvi Valley Railway (No. 2) 
Bill, the St&amp;mding Orders have been complied with. 


Ordered, That the Llynvi Valley Railway (No. 2) 
Bill be read a second time. 


Mr. Duncan reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 10th day of this instant 
March; and had directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. 

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


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a Rail- 
way from the London and South Western Railwa 
at Salisbury to Yeovil, and to form a Junction with 
the Railways at Yeovil of the Great Western and 
Bristol and Exeter Railway Companies respectively, 





10°—13° Martii. 


A. 1854. 


urposes: And the same was read the 
y ordered to be read a second time. 


and for other 
first time ; an 


The Brighton, Hove and Preston Waterworks Bill 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


and Presa" 
+ 


The Hastings and Saint Leonard’s Gas Bill was Hastings 
read the third time. Saint Leona 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Gas Bill 

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


The London Life Association Bill was read the London Li, 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Bil, 

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


The Middleton Gas Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Radcliffe and Pilkington Gas Bill was read Radcliffe and 
the third time. Filkingtea 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. aes 
Ordered, ‘That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Middleton 
Gas Bill 


The House proceeded to take into consideration East London 
the East London Waterworks Bill, as amended in Waterworks 
the Committee. ma. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the South Sea Company Bill, as South Sea 
amended in the Committee, be taken into considera- Company Bil 
tion upon Thursday next. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Stafford New 
the Stafford New Gas Bill, as amended in the Com- &amp; Bill 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Eastern Counties Railway (Purchase of Rail- Eastern Cou 
ways, &amp;c.) Bill was read a second time; and com- Pe — 
mitted. Railways, kc.) 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General Bill 


Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Guild of Literature and Art Bill was read a Guild of 
second time; and committed. mm % 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Camden Town Cemetery Bill was, according Camden Test 
to Order, read a second time ; and committed. Comnatery 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Wandie Sewerage and Water Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. ‘lo leave out the word 
‘** now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Mr. Locke King, 

Tellers for the Yeas,{ Mr John Mé rd egor 
Tellers for the Noes, a Hadfield : 


S° it passed in the Negative. 


Wandle 


and 
Water Bil 


ju. 
}ias. 


And 








he 


Ba 





Private Bills 
(Group F.) 


Ashtoa-under- 
Lyne and' 
Dukinfield 
Bridge Bill. 


Prince Ed- 
ward's Island. 


Barnstaple 
Bribery Bill 
(1819.) 

No. 99. 


Towns 
(Ireland. ) 


No, 100, 


Hops. 
No. 101. 


Bullion, &amp;c. 
No, 102. 


University 
Graduates 
(Durham and 
London. ) 


Kingston- 
Upon-Hull 
Borough. 


Nuisances 
Removal and 
Diseases Pre. 
Vention Act 

( Ireland.) 


17 Vicroriz. 


And the Question being put, That the words 

“ upon this day six months "be added at the end of 
the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 


this day six months. 


Lord Robert Grosvenor reported from the Com- 
mittee on Group F. of Private Bills; That Mr. 
Bentinck, one of the selected Members of the said 
Committee, was not present during the sitting of the 
Committee this day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bentinck be excused for his 
non-attendance this day, and be discharged from 
further attendance on the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit, 
and proceed with Four Members. 


Lord Robert Grosvenor reported the A shton-under- 
Lyne and Dukinfield Bridge Bill, with Amend- 
ments. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Peel presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 28th day of February last, 
for Copy of the Speech of his Excellency the Lieu- 
tenant Governor of Prince Edward’s Island, on the 
opening of the present Session of the Legislature, on 
the 9th day of February 1854. 

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


Ordered, That the Bill for the Prevention of 
Bribery and Corruption in the Election of Members 
to serve in Parliament for the Borough of Barnstaple, 
in the County of Devon, passed in Session 1819, be 
re-printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Towns (Jre- 
land), which was presented upon the 10th day of this 
instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Hops, which 
was presented upon the 10th day of this instant 
March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Bullion, &amp;c., 
which was presented upon the 6th day of this instant 
March, be printed. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 28th day of February 
last, for Returns of the Number of Graduates of the 
University of Durham ; distinguishing their several 
Degrees, and also distinguishing those admitted ad 
eundem, and those upon whom Honorary Degrees 
have been conferred, and, in the case of Graduates 
who are of the Degree of Bachelor of Arts, distin- 
guishing those who are of not less than Three years’ 
standing, and those who have passed their Examina- 
tion for the Degree of Master of Arts :—And, of the 
Number of Graduates of the University of London ; 
distinguishing their several Degrees, and also distin- 
guishing those admitted ad eundem, and those upon 
whom Honorary Degrees have been conferred, and, 
in the case of Graduates who are of the Degree of 
Bachelor of Arts, distinguishing those who are of 
not less than Three years’ standing. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
9th day of this instant March, for Comp of Report 
of Mr. Solley Flood, upon the existence and extent 
of Corrupt Practices at the last Elections for the 
Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull. 

Mr. Fitzroy also presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—Nuisances Removal 
and Diseases Prevention Act, 1848 :—Copy of an 
Order of the Poor Law Commissioners in Jreland, 
under the Act 14 &amp; 15 Vic. c. 68. 

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

VoL. 109. 


139°—14° Marti. 


129 


The following Papers, pursuant to the directions Liverpool 
of several Acts of Parliament, were laid upon the Pert 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—An Account of 
the Receipt and Disbursement of Dock and Light 
Dues at the Port of Liverpool, trom the 25th June 
1852 to the 24th June 1853. 

An Account of the Revenue and Expenditure of Ramsgate 
the Royal Harbour of Ramsgate Trust, from 24th Harbour. 
June 1852 to 24th June 1853. 


Petitions relating to Cambridge Borough ;—Epis- Public 

copal and Capitular L'states Bill ,—Gaols ;—Intoxi- Petitions. 
cating Liquors ;—Nunneries ;— Oaths Bill;—Public- yiae sixteenth 
houses and Beer-shops ;— Religious Opinions ; — Report. 
County Rates (Jreland) ;—Fire Insurance ;-——Paper ; 
—Paper, Newspaper Stamps, Foreign Books, &amp;c. ; 
—Stage Carriages ;—Borough and County Police; 
--Copyholds ;— Debts from Foreign Governments ; 
— Decimal Coinage ; — Education (Scotland) ; — 
Education (Scotland) Bill ;—Juvenile Crime ;— Me- 
dical Officers (Navy) ;—Medical Practitioners Bill ; 
—Ocean Penny Postage ;—Poor Law ;—Settlement 
and Removal Bill ;— Z'urkey ;— Turkey and Russia ; 
—and, Wages,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Adjournment. 
posed, That this H2ase do now adjourn—— 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Serjeant Message from 

Manning: the Lords. 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords request that this House will be pleased Leasing Powers 

to give leave to the Right honourable Joseph Napier, —" om, 
and to William Keogh, Esquire, Solicitor General ~~ 
for [reland, Members of this House, to attend their 
l.ordships, to be sworn, in order to their being exa- 
mined as Witnesses before the Select Committee 
appointed by their Lordships in the present Session 
of Parliament on the Leasing Powers (Jre/and) Bill, 
Landlord and Tenant (/reland) Bill, Law of Land- 
lord and Tenant (Jreland) Bill, Powers of Leasing 
(Zreland) Bill, Tenants’ Improvements Compensa- 
tion (Ireland) Bill, Law of Landlord and ‘Tenant 
Consolidation (Jrelund) Bill, and Compensation for 
Tenants’ Improvements (Zreland) Bill:—And then 
the Messenger withdrew. 

And Mr. Napier and Mr. Keogh being present in 
their places, declared that they were willing, with 
leave of the House, to go to the House of Lords, as 
desired by their Lordships. 

Resolved, That the Right honourable Joseph Na- 
pier and William Keogh, Esquire, have leave to go 
to the House of Lords, as desired by their Lordships, 
if they think fit. 

And the Messenger was again called in; and Mr. 

Speaker acquainted him therewith:—And then he 
again withdrew. 














And the Question being again Ce That this Adjournment. 
House do now adjourn :—The said Motion was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Stamps. 
mittee on the Stamp Acts ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways ang 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 


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


Martis, 14° die Martti, 1854: 


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

The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee. 








8 (In 


Church 
Building 

Acts Continu- 
ance Bill. 


County Court 
Extension Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Friendly 
Societies 
[Salaries and 
Expenses. | 


Bribery, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


Controverted 
Elections, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


Marine 
Mutiny Bill. 


130 


(In the Committee.) 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That, towards 
raising the Supply granted to Her Majesty, there shall | 
be charged and raised for the year commencing on 
the 6th day of April 1854, for and in respect of all | 
property, profits and gains, chargeable in or for the | 
said year with the Rates and Duties granted by the 
Act 16 &amp; 17 Vie. c. 34, additional Rates and Du- 
ties, amounting to one moiety of the whole of the 
Duties which by virtue of the said Act shall be 
charged and assessed, or shall become payable under 
any Contract of Composition, or otherwise, in respect 
of such property, profits and gains respectively, for 
the said year; and that the whole Amount of the 
said additional Duties shall be collected and paid 
with, and over and above, the first moiety of the 
Duties assessed or charged by virtue of the said Act 
for the year aforesaid. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Wilson 
Patten reported, That the Committee had made 
Progress in the matter to them referred ; and that 
he was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Church Building Acts Continuance 
Bill ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the County Court Extension Act Amend- 
ment Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on Friendly Societies [Salaries 
and Expenses]. 

(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That Provision be made, out of the Con- 
solidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, for the Payment of any de- 
ficiency which may arise in the Fees payable to the 
Registrars of Friendly Societies, and required to pay 
the Salaries and Expenses of their Offices. 

Resolution to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Wil- 
son Patten reported, That the Committee had come 
to a Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Bribery, &amp;c. Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Controverted Elections, &amp;c. Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Marine Mutiny Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


13°—14° Marti. 





A. 1854, 


The Mutiny Bill was, according to Order, read the Mutiny Big, 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Exchequer 
a Committee on the Exchequer Bills Bill; and, after Bills 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the CE 1,750,000) 
Chair; and Mr. Wilson Patten reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bull. 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Highways 
to amend the Law for uniting Parishes into Districts, (Pistriet 
and the Appointment of District Surveyors of High- """?°™) 
ways over the Parishes so united: And that Mr. 

Frewen and Mr. Masters Smith do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Mr. Cardwell presented,—Return to an Order, Railways, 
dated the 24th day of June in the last Session of 
Parliament, for a Return of the Number and De- 
scription of Persons employed on each of the Rail- 
ways in England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland, 
respectively, on the 30th day of June 1853, which 
may at that date be open for Traffic ; also, the Length 
of Line, with the Number of Stations, open for Public 
Traffic on the same day :—And, similar Return for 
each Line and Branch Line of Railway which has 
been authorized, but which may not be open for 
Traffic on the 30th day of June 1853, distinguishing 
the Length of each such Line or Branch Line on 
which the Works may be in progress, and the Length 
on which they may not be in progress at that date ; 
and specifying the Act or Acts authorizing such Rail- 
ways (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 
253, of the present Session). 

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


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





Martis, 14° die Martii; 
Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Brotherton presented a Bill for incorporating Royal Conical 
4 and regulating a Company, to be called “ The Flour a 
Royal Conical Flour Mill Company,” and to enable — 
the said Company to purchase, work and use certain 

Letters Patent, and for other purposes : And the same 

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

second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to alter and im- Kilkenny and 

rove the authorized Line of the Kilkenny and Great —— 

Southern and Western Railway Company, and to Railway Bil. 
confer further Powers upon that Company, and for 
other purposes: And the same was read the first 


time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Freshfield reported from the Committee on Rossendale 
Group A. of Private Bills ; ‘That in the case of the Union Gas 
Rossendale Union Gas Bill, they had examined the Bill. 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, by making a certain verbal 
alteration ; and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Order for referring the Gloucester Water Bill Gloucester 
to the Committee of Selection, was read, and dis- Water 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. - 

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on Oa et 





17 Vicroriz. 


Electric The Order of the dav being read, for the second 
—— reading of the Electric Telegraph Company (No. 2) 
m ° 

wu. Bill; 
_— Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Tuesday the 25th day of April next. 


Highways Mr. Frewen presented a Bill to amend the Law 
(District Sur- for uniting Parishes into Districts, and the Appoint- 
veyors) Bill. ent of District Surveyors of Highways over the 
Bill 40. Parishes so united: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 12th day of April next; and to be 
printed. 
Committee of Ordered, That the Committee of Selection have 
Selection. eave to sit this day till Five of the clock, during the 
sitting of the House. 
Uniform The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, 
Assessment the Uniform Assessment Bill, was read, and dis- 
charged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 22d day of this instant March. 
Southport Mr. Thomas Greene reported the Southport Water- 
Waterworks = works Bill, with Amendments. 
=. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Norwich Mr. Bouverie reported the Norwich Equitable Fire 
Equitable Fire 4 scurance Company Bill, with Amendments. 
Company Bill Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Royal Ex- Mr. Bouverie reported the Royal Exchange As- 
change a surance Consolidation Lill, with Amendments. 
og "Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Excise Officers. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Officers of Excise under 
the Rank of a Supervisor employed in England, 
Scotland and Ireland, respectively, in the year 1848, 
and subsequent years:—Of the Number of such 
Officers removed annually, since the beginning of the 
year 1848 (in consequence of having been four years 
in one Station), from England, Scotland and Ireland, 
distinguishing to which of these Kingdoms they have 
been respectively removed :—And, Account of Ex- 
penses incurred and paid to or on account of such 
Officers in consequence of such Removals ; distin- 
guishing, as far as can be ascertained, Travelling Ex- 
penses from any other Items. 
—_ A Petition of John Macnamara Cantwell, of Lower 
ion. 


Dominick-street, in the City of Dublin, gentleman, 
was delivered in, and read ; setting forth, That at 
the last Election of a Member to serve in Parlia- 
ment for the County of Louth in Ireland, occasioned 
by Chichester Samuel Fortescue, Esquire, formerly 
one of the Members for the said County, having ac- 
cepted the office of one of thé Commissioners for 
executing the office of Lord High Treasurer of Great 
Britain, and Treasurer of the Taegen of Ireland, 
the said Chichester Samuel Fortescue and the Peti- 
tioner were Candidates, and were respectively put in 
nomination as Candidates to fill up the vacancy so 
created, and to become and be one of the Members 
of the said County of Louth, in this present Parlia- 
ment ; that by Proclamation for that purpose duly 
made on or about the Sixth day of February One 
thousand eight hundred and Fifty-four, by the Ho- 
nourable Edward Bellew, the High Sheriff and Re- 
turning Officer of the said County, the said Elec- 
tion was fixed for and commenced upon the Twentieth 
day of same February; that the said Honourable 
Edward Bellew, as such Sheriff, presided at said 
Election, and declared the show of hands made by 
the Electors and Freeholders of the said County, in 
the public court then and there assembled, to be in 
favour of the Petitioner, and a poll having been 


thereupon demanded by and on behalf of the said 

Chichester Samuel Fortescue, said poll was taken by 

the said Honourable Edward Bellew on the Twenty- 

~ and Twenty-fourth days of same February ; 
oL. 109. 





14° Marti. 





131 


that the number of persons who appeared on the said 
poll, at the close thereof, as having voted, or been 
allowed to vote, at the said Election were, for the 
said Chichester Samuel Fortescue, Nine hundred and 
sixteen, and for the Petitioner, Seven hundred and 
sixty-six, making an apparent majority of One hun- 
dred and fifty votes for the said Chichester Samuel 
Fortescue over the votes given for the Petitioner, but 
that such majority was colourable only, and made 
up of fictitious and illegal votes, and votes given and 
procured under and by improper, illegal, corrupt and 
unconstitutional means, employed and used by and 
on behalf of the said Chichester Samuel Fortescue ; 
that upon such fictitious majority, and by force of 
the numerical strength of the votes so improperly 
obtained, the said Sheriff declared the said Chichester 
Samuel Fortescue duly elected, and he was thereupon 
returned to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said County of Louth ; that many of the persons ad- 
mitted to vote, and who did vote, at the said Elee- 
tion for the said Chichester Sumuel Fortescue were 
disqualified, disabled and incapacitated from voting, 
inasmuch as they were respectively, either during the 
said Election, or within six months previous to the 
said Election, or within fourteen days alter it was 
completed, employed at or for the said Election as 
agents, attorneys, poll-clerks, flagmen, or in some 
other capacity, and either before, during or since 
the said Election, respectively accepted or took from 
the said Chichester Samuel Fortescue, or from some 
other person or persons, some sum or sums of money, 
retaining fees, office, place or employment, or the 
promise of or some security for the same, or some 
other gift or reward, for or in consideration of, or 
with reference to, such employment as such agent, 
attorney, poll-clerk, flagman, or in such other ca- 
pacity as aforesaid; that previous to and during the 
said Election there was established and acted upon 
in and throughout the said County of Louth an orga- 
nised and premeditated system of excitement, me- 
nace, violence and outrage, for the purpose of in- 
timidating and preventing the Electors of the said 
County who were willing and anxious to vote in fa- 
vour of the Petitioner, from polling for him, and of 
forcing and compelling certain of the said Electors 
to vote for the said Chichester Samuel Fortescue, and 
that the said system of intimidation and coercion was 
carried on previously to, and during and throughout 
the said Election, and that divers Electors were 
thereby terrified and prevented from polling for the 
said Petitioner, and divers others of the said Electors 
were coerced and compeiled, contrary to their free- 
will and intention, and by force and violence and 
threats, and intimidation of various kinds, to vote for 
the said Chichester Samuel Fortescue, and that the 
said Election and Return of the said Chichester 
Samuel Fortescue ought, by reason of the premises, 
to be declared null and void, and the votes so given 
for him struck off the poll; that for many days pre- 
vious to the said Election, large and organised mobs 
and bodies of men in the interest of the said Chi- 
chester Samuel Fortescue, and thereto instigated, and 
for that purpose paid and employed, and led by his 
agents, managers and partisans, proceeded by night 
as well as by day to the dwellings of divers Electors 
who were known, or believed to be, willing and 
anxious to vote for the Petitioner, and by force, vio- 
lence and menaces attempted to carry away, and in 
some instances succeeded in carrying away, several 
of the Electors, and by force and violence carried 
them away from their dwellings, and kept and de- 
tained them there by force, until the days of polling 
at said Election, and brought up said voters to the 
poll from their places of confinement and compelled 
them to vote for the said Chichester Samuel Fortes- 
cue at the said Election, by means whereof the said 
Election and Return of the said Chichester Samuel 
Fortescue ought to be declared null and void; 
that the said Samuel Chichester Fortescue was be- 
fore, at and during the said Election, by his agents, 

s2 friends, 


132 


friends, managers, partisans and supporters, guilty of 
bribery and corruption, in order tocorrupt and procure, 
and did by gifts, presents, money, rewards, and by 
promises, agreements and securities for gifts, money 
and rewards, and by oflers of gifts, presents, money 
and rewards, and other corrupt, illegal and improper 
practices, acts and means, corrupt and procure divers 
persons having, or claiming to have, votes at the 
said Election, to give their votes for him the said 
Chichester Samuel Fortescue, or to forbear to give 
their votes for the Petitioner, and that the said 
Chichester Samuel Fortescue was and is thereby dis- 
qualified and incapacitated to be returned or to 
serve in this present Parliament, and that his Elec- 
tion and Return as aforesaid ought to be declared 
null and void, and the said votes so corruptly pro- 
cured and given for him as aforesaid ought to be 
struck off the poll; that the said Chichester Samuel 
Fortescue, after the teste or issuing out of the Writ 
for the said Election, did, by himself and by his 
agents, friends, managers, partisans and supporters, 
at his and their charges, both directly and indirectly, 
give, present and allow to divers persons having 
votes at the said Election, money, meat, drink, enter- 
tainment, provision, presents and rewards, to and 
for such persons, in order that he the said Chichester 
Samuel Fortescue might be elected, and for being 
elected, to serve in Parliament for the said county, 
and was and is thereby disqualified and rendered 
incapable to serve in this present Parliament ; that 
at the said Election the said Chichester Samuel For- 
tescue, in violation of the statute in such case made 
and provided, retained, employed and paid, in and 
about the business and aflairs of the said Election, 
more than one conducting agent, and that, in point 
of fact, he the said Chichester Samuel lortescue 
did, prior to the taking of the hereinbefore men- 
tioned poll, retain, employ and pay two conducting 
agents in and for the said Election, namely, Patrick 
James Byrne and Patrick Magennis O’ Hanlon, two 
attorneys of Her Majesty's superior courts of law in 
Ireland, and that said last-named persons were not 
then, or at any time previously or subsequently, 
partners in business with each other, and that the 
said Patrick James Byrne and Patrick Magennis 
O' Hanlon, in pursuance of such retainer and em- 
ployment, severally and respectively, and in contra- 
vention of the said statute, acted at and throughout 
said Election as the conducting agents of the said 
Chichester Samuel Fortescue, by means whereof the 
said Chichester Samuel Fortescue rendered himself 
incapable to be returned at said Election, and such 
his conen was null and void; that several of the 
persons whose votes were taken at said Election for 
the said Chichester Samuel Fortescue admitted to 
the said Sheriff, and his deputies acting for him at 
said Election, at the time of their so respectively 
voting, that each of them the said voters had respec- 
tively received from the said Chichester Samuel Kur- 
tescue, and from his agents acting on his behalf, 
meat, drink and entertainment, in consideration of 
their so voting for him, and in some instances some 


14° Marti. 


A. 1854, 


supply the electors and voters residing in their various 
districts with quantities of whiskey, porter and other 
intoxicating liquors, with the view of inducing the 
said electors to vote for the said Chichester Samuel 
Fortescue, and that said orders and directions were 
extensively acted upon, and means were taken to 
make and induce said electors and voters to resort 
to said places of entertainment, and numbers of them 
did so, and therein partook of the liquors and enter- 
tainment so provided for them by the agents, friends, 
partisans and supporters of the said Chichester 
Samuel Fortescue, and by means whereof many of 
them were induced to vote for the said Chichester 
Samuel Fortescue, and others to abstain from voting 
for the Petitioner; that during the said Election, 
and for three weeks previously thereto, the friends, 
agents, partisans and supporters of the said Chiches- 
ter Samuel Fortescue circulated, and procured to be 
circulated and distributed amongst the poorer classes 
of the voters and electors of the said County of 
Louth, tickets and cards, bearing thereon the initial 
letters of the names of certain of the said agents 
and partisans, as also inscriptions and devices calcu- 
lated to excite the people, and it was given out, un- 
derstood and arranged that the persons amongst 
whom same were so distributed and circulated would 
be entitled to receive, on presenting same at certain 
houses and shops in the said County of Louth, pro- 
vided for that purpose by the agents, partisans and 
supporters of the said Chichester Samuel Fortescue, 
stipulated quantities of meat, drink and other matters, 
ranging in value from the sum of one shilling to five 
shillings in and for each of said cards and tickets so 
presented as aforesaid; that the said plan was very 
extensively acted upon, and led to gross debauchery 
and demoralization amongst the poorer classes of 
the said electors, and that the meat, drink, pro- 
visions and other matters so supplied on the autho- 
rity of and in exchange for said cards and tickets, 
were given and distributed by the orders and direc- 
tions of the agents and partisans of the said Chi- 
chester Samuel Fortescue, but ultimately to be paid 
for by and out of the money of the said Chichester 
Samuel Fortescue; and praying that the House will 
be pleased to take the premises into their considera- 
tion, and may declare that the said Chichester 
Samuel Fortescue was not duly elected, and ought 
not to have been returned at the said last Election 
for the said County of Louth, and that the said last 
Election for the said County was altogether null and 
void, and to direct a new Writ to issue for another 
Election, and to make such further order, and grant 
such further or other relief in the premises to the 
Petitioner, as to the House shall seem meet, and the 
nature and merits of the case may require. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
General Committee of Elections. 

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


of said persons, whilst in the act of voting for the 
said Chichester Samuel Fortescue, openly required 
that they should be promised meat, drink and enter- 


Petitions relating to Parliamentary Representation Public 
Bill; — Episcopal and Capitular Estates Bill; — *e4%™* 
Gaols ; — Intoxicating Liquors ; — Oaths ;—Oaths yiae geven- 


tainment, and other rewards for so voting, and that 
the agents then and there acting for the said Chi- 
chester Samuel Fortescue thereupon promised to fur- 
nish and provide them with same, and did afterwards 
do so, whereby, and by means whereof, the said 
Election is null and void; that amongst the many 
illegal, corrupt and unconstitutional means adopted 
and pursued to effect the Return of the said Chiches- 
ter Samuel Fortescue at the said Election, the agents, 
friends, partisans and supporters of the said Chiches- 
ter Samuel Fortescue, during the fortnight imme- 
diately preceding said poll, gave directions and orders 
to the keepers and owners of various ale-houses 
and places for the sale of ale, porter and spirituous 
liquors in the said County of Louth, to gratuitously 





Bill ;—Public-houses and 
Colonies (Steam Communication) ;—Extra-parochial 
Places ;—Fire Insurance ;—Ministers’ Money (Jre- 
land) ;—Paper, Newspaper Stamps, Foreign Books, 
&amp;c.;— Stage Carriages ;— Stamps (Bills of Ex- 
change) ;—Decimal Coinage ; — Education (Scot- 
land) ;—Lunacy ;—Medical Officers (Navy) ;—Me- 
dical Practitioners Bill;—Ocean Penny Postage ;— 
Poor Law ;—Postal Communication (South of Jre- 
land) ;—Ragged Schools (Scotland) ;—and, Settle- 
ment and Removal Bill,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Reports on the Ventilation, Ventilation o 


Warming and Lighting of the Houses of — 





eer-shops ;— Australian teenth Report 


the House. 


Committee of 
Selection 


(Sixth Report.) 


No. 103. 


Standing 
Orders. 


Belfast and 
West of Ire- 
Jand Junction 
Railway. 


Prince Ed- 
ward’s Island. 


No. 104. 


Railways. 
No. 105. 


Book of Com- 
mon Prayer. 


Declarations, 


High Treason 
(Iteland.) 





17 Vicroriz. 


be referred to the Select Committee on Ventilation 
of the House. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee 
of Selection; That they had made several alterations 
in the Groups of Private Bills already formed, which 
they had agreed to report to the House. 

a That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders, a Resolution ; which was 
read, as followeth: 

Resolved, That in the case of the Belfast and 
West of Jreland Junction Railway Bill Petition for 
leave to deposit a Petition for a Bill, the Standing 
Orders ought to be dispensed with ; that the Parties 
be permitted to deposit their Petition accordingly. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Prince Ed- 
ward’s Island, which was presented upon the 13th 
day of this instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Railways, 
which was presented upon the 13th day of this n- 
stant March, be printed. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That an humble Address be presented to Her Ma, 
jesty, that She will be graciously pleased to give 
directions, that there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Alterations in the Book of Common 
Prayer, proposed by the Royal Commissioners for 
the Revision of the Liturgy in 1689 ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the -—" n= : 

{ Mr. £feywood, 

Tellers for the Yeas,) Mr. perc . 
J Mr. Henley, 
UMr. Ker Seymer : 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That. the said Address be —— to 


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


}is2. 


1 ea. 


Tellers for the Noes, 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill substituting 
Declarations for Oaths; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the Yeas, = Hadj ds }oo. 
Tellers for the Noes,{ Mfr a” 108. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative :—And that 
Mr. Pellatt, Mr. Hadfield and Mr. Blackett do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
assimilate the Law and Practice existing in cases of 
High Treason in Ireland, to the Law and Practice 
existing in cases of High Treason in England: And 
that Mr. Whiteside, Mr. Napier and Sir Frederic 


Thesiger do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to secure to 
Persons under Religions Vews, the free exercise of 
their lawful Rights mn the disposal of their Property ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the Yeas,{ Mr — 


Tellers for the Noes,{ Mr Gentes Meore : 


} 68. 


} 40, 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative :—And that 
VoL. 109. 





14° Martiz. 





133 


Mr. Whiteside, Mr. Malins and Mr. Napier do pre- 
pafe, and bring it in. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Greenwich 
Accounts of the Government Establishment of the spital. 


Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich, in the 
year 1853, stating the several Officers in the Military 
Department, and in the Civil Branch; the Number 
of Pensioners and Establishment ; the Number of 
Superannuated Officers, and the Total Expense in 
the year:—And, of the Monies expended upon 
repairing and extending Farm-houses, &amp;c. in that 
year, exhibiting the same kind of Account in detail 
for 1853 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 495, of Session 1859). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of British Ships wrecked on 
Foreign Coasts, foundered in the broad Seas, and 
missing, during the years 1850, 1851 and 1852; 
giving the Name of each Ship, to what Port be- 
longing, Rig, Tons, Men, where froin, where bound 
to, Age of Ship, how classed at L/oyd’s; estimated 
Loss on Ship, on Cargo, and the Number of Lives 
lost; with the Site of the Casualty (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 983, of Session 
1852-53). 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Convey- 
ance of Mails by Railway do consist of Nineteen 
Members :—A Committee was accordingly nomi- 
nated of Mr. Henry George Liddell, Mr. Wilson 
Patten, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Fortescue, the Marquis of 
Chandos, Mr. Laing, Mr. James MacGregor, Mr. 
Davison, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Henry Herbert, Mr. 
Cowan, Mr. Alexander Hastie, Mr. Thompson, Mr. 
Blackett, Mr. Milner, Mr. Horsfull, Mr. Egerton, 
Mr. Divett and Mr. Philipps. 

Ordered, That the Committee have Power to 
report their Observations and Opinion thereupon 
from time to time. 

Ordered, That the Committee have Power to send 
for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the County Court Extension Act Amend- 
ment Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 29th day of this instant March. 


Mr. Wilson reported from the Committee on 
Friendly Societies [Salaries and Expenses], a Reso- 
lution ; which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That provision be made, out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, for the Payment of any defi- 
ciency which may arise in the Fees payable to the 
Registrars of Friendly Societies, and required to pay 
the Salaries and Expenses of their Offices. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Friendly Societies Bill, that they have 
Power to make provision therein pursuant to the said 
Resolution. 


The Marine Mutiny Bill was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Exchequer Bills Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 


Wrecks. 


Conveyance 
of Mails by 
ailway. 


County Court 
Extension Act 


Amendment 
Bill. 


Friendly 
Societies 


[Salaries and 


Expenses. } 


Marine 
Mutiny Bill. 


Exchequer 
Bills 
(E. 


B 
Ordered, That the Bil be seed the thind:time’ 


To-morrow. 


s 3 Mr. 





1,750,000) 








Ifigh Treason 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Bill 41, 


Property 
Disposal Bill. 


Bill 42. 


Committees, 


Public 
Petitions 
(Sixteenth 
Report. ) 


Sowling 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Cornwall 
Railway. 


Cornwall 
Railway. 


Amicable 
Society 
Assurance 


Bill. 


Hatfield Chase 
Warping and 
Improvement 


Bill. 


Liverpool 
Improvement 


Bill. 


Warrington 
Improvement 
and Market 
Bill. 


Railway ana 
Canal Bills 


134 


Mr. Whiteside presented a Bill to assimilate the 
Law and Practice existing in cases of High Treason 
in Jreland, to the Law and Practice existing in cases 
of High Treason in England: And the same was 
read the first time; and orderéd to be read a second 
time upon Friday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Whiteside presented a Bill to secure to Per- 
sons under Religious Vows, the free exercise of their 
lawful Rights in the disposal of their Property : And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Wednesday the 29th day of 
this instant March ; and to be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 
Mercurii, 15° die Marti; 


Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1854. 


14°—15° Martiz. 


A. 1854, 


upon Wednesday the 26th day of April next; and 
to be printed. 


Petitions relating to Gaols ;—Intoxicating Li- Public 
quors ;—Oaths Bill; — Public-houses and Beer- Petitions, 
shops ; — Education (Scotland) ;— Payment of Vide Seven 
Wages Bill ;—Postal Communication (South of Zre- teenth Report 
land) ;—and, Settlement and Removal Bill,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


lable. 


Sir John Young presented,—Return to an Order, Poor Law 
dated the 8th day of this instant March, for a Return (Ireland. 
of all Applications made to the Poor Law Commis- 
sioners in Jreland, for a Revision of the Arrange- 
‘ments made by the Authority of the Boundary Com- 
| missioners in reference to the Electoral Divisions of 
the various Unions, either in respect of the Removal 
of certain Townlands from one Electoral Division to 





PRAYERS. 
RDERED, That all Committees have leave to 
sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


anotiier, in the same or any other Union, or in any 


other respect alleged by the Applicants as making 


such a Revision just or desirable ; and, in the case 
of newly-formed Unions, of all Applications to the 


| Poor Law Cummissioners to revise the distribution 


| : . ~ “rr 
-of the Townlands in the several Electoral Divisions 


Mr. Duncan reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 13th day of this instant 
March ; and had directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. 

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


The Order for referring the Bowling Waterworks 
Bill to the Committee of Selection, was read, and 
discharged. | 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


A Petition of the Cornwall Railway Company, for 
leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the Cornwall | 
Railway Company to make certain modifications in 
their share capital, and for other purposes, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from | 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, | 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for the Cornwall | 
Railway Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select | 


: ; ; 
Committee on Standing Orders. 
The House proceeded to take into er 
the Amicable Society Assurance Bill, as amended in | 
the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Hatfield Chase Warping and Improvement Bill, 
as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Liverpool Improvement Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Warrington |mprovement and Market Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the General Com- 


(Third Report,) Mittee on Railway and Canal Bills ; That they had 


No. 106. 


Declarations 
Bill. 
Bill 43. 


made an alteration in Group 5, and had agreed to 
report the same to the House. 

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


Mr. Pellatt presented a Bill for substituting De- 
clarations for Oaths: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 


| 


| &amp; 


constituting such new Unions, specifying the Names 
_of the Applicants and Owners, the Grounds on which 


such Applications were founded, and the Reply, in 
each case, of the Poor Law Commissioners. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second Payment of 
reading of the Payment of Wages Bill ; Wages Bill 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 


proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 


Question, by leaving out from the word ‘ That” to 


the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
before any further legislation on the subject of 
the Payment of Wages be sanctioned by this 
House, a Sclect Committee be appointed to inquire 
into the operation of the Laws affecting the rela- 
tions of Masters and Workmen, and to report 
whether any and what Amendment may be requi- 
site in those Laws,” instead thereof. 
And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out, stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Lett. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Forster, 
Yeas, LMr. Henry Austin Bruce: 
Tellers for the; Mr. Craufurd, 1 56 
Noes, \Mr. Heyworth: — 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time : 
—The Bill was accordingly read a second time ; and 
committed to a Select Committee. 


“ 


“ 


sé 


“ 


“ 


hos. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Friendly 
into a Committee on the Friendly Societies Bill ; Secieties 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- Bill 44. 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouwverie reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 29th 
day of this instant March. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Fisheries Bi 

reading of the Fisheries ( /reland) Bill; (Ireland) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 

this day six months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; a. 
Resolved, ‘hat this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply: 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, 








sae 


sell 5) 


row 


eae 4 


rsz 


BeaeayY 





&gt; ond 
. 


‘is 
(£.1,750,000) 
Bill. 


Bankrupts. 


Freight Money 


(Greenwich 
Hospital. ) 


Expiring 
Laws. 


Cattle. 
No. 107. 


Bankrupte 
Court (Ire. 
land. 


) 
No. 108, 


Middlesex 


ud Worces. 


‘atte June. shire and Worcestershire Junction 
Bl Gan? Session 1852, be referred to the General Committee 


17 Vicroriz. 


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


The Exchequer Bills Bill was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for raising the Sum of One million 
seven hundred and fifty thousand pounds by Exche- 
quer Bills, for the Service of the year One thousand 
eight hundred and fifty-four. 

Ordered, That Mr. Grenville Berkeley do carry 


the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Bankrupts in the year 
1852; of the Amount of Debts proved under, and 
the Amount of Debts owing to, the Estates of the 
said Bankrupts, stating the Amount of such Debts 
sold, and the Amount collected by the Official As- 
signees. 


15°—16° Martiz. 


135 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken London and 
before the Committee on the London and Croydon Croydon 
(Maidstone, Ashford and Tonbridge) Railway Bill Wn stne, 
in Session 1845 ; the South Eastern (Greenwich to Tonbridge) 
Chart, near Ashford, with Branches to Tonbridge pag 
and Riverhead) Railway Bill, and the Kent Atmo-“'*®» &amp;* 
spheric Railway Bill, m Session 1846 ; the South 
Eastern (Mid-Kent and Direct Tonbridge) Railway 
Bill, and the London, Brighton and South Coast 
Railway (Kent Railway to Maidstone, Canterbury 
and Tonbridge) Biil, in Session 1847, be referred to 
the General Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 





A Petition of the there-undersigned, for leave to Bagenalstown 
bring in a Bill for making a Railway from the Jrish a 
South Eastern Railway, at Bagenalstown to Wex- (No, 2) 
ford, to be called “ The Bagenalstown and Wexford 
Railway,’ was presented, and read ; and a Bill was 
ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr. Grogan 
and Mr. Alexander. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 
Returns of the several Sums of Freight Money re- | hampton Railway Company, 
ceived by the Treasurer of Greenwich Hospital since | 
the 17th day of February 1852, with the Date of | 
such Payments, and whether on Public or Private | 
Account :—And, of the Name of the Ship or Vessel | 


in which the Treasure was conveyed, and of the 
Captain or Officer commanding the same. 


A Petition of the Oxford, Worcester and Wolver- Oxford, Wor- 
praying that provision Wolverhamp- 
may be made in the Oxford, Worcester and Wolver- ton Railway 
hampton Railway (Stratford-upon-Avon and Stour- (Stratford- 
bridge Branches) Bill, for compelling Notices to be YPo"-Avon 
. ; ‘ , and Stour- 
given by Candidates of tke intention to offer them- pridge 
selves as Directors previous to the meeting of the Branches) Bill 


| Company for such Election, and for removing doubts 


| as to the Powers of the Petitioners to apply funds 
Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to inquire | beyond a sum of Ten thousand pounds for their 


what temporary Laws of a public and general nature | 
are now in force, and what Laws of the like nature | 
have expired since the last Report upon the subject ; | 
and also, what Laws of the like nature are about to | 
expire at particular periods, or in consequence of any | 
contingent public event; and to report the same, | 
with their Observations thereupon, to the House :— | 
And a Committee was appointed of Mr. Wilson, Mr. | 
Boucerie, Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Solicitor Gene- | 


ral, Mr. Osborne, Mr. Freshfield, Mr. Hume, Sir | 


John Young, Mr. Litzroy, Mr. Hayter, Mr. Peel, | 


proportion of the expense of erecting a Joint Station 
at Wolverhampton, the construction of which is 
already authorized by the Petitioners and other 
Companies, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Freshfield reported from the Commitiee on Bacup Im- 
Group A. of Private Bills; That in the case of the ee 
Bacup Improvement Bill, they had examined the ~ 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, by striking out the reference 


and Mr. Cardwell; with Power to send for persons, | the Powers to purchase the Gas Works of the 


papers and records. 
Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Cattle, which 
was presented upon the 5th day of August in the last 
Session of Parliament, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Bank- 
ruptey Court (Zreland), which was presented upon 
the 2d day of this instant March, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Jovis, 16° die Martii ; 
Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 
N R. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
4 one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Bills, in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Mid- 
dlesex {ndustrial Schools Bill. 

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


A Petition of Justices of the Peace acting in and 
for the County of Middlesex, for leave to bring in a 
Bill for the Provision, Regulation and Maintenance 
of County Industrial Schools in Middlesex, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Committee on the Derbyshire, Stafford- 
ailway Bull, of 


on Railway and Canal Bills. 





Vor. 109. 








Bacup Gas-Light Company, and the Waterworks 
of the Rossendale Waterworks Company, which 
were abandoned by the Promoters; and found the 
same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The East London Waterworks Bill was read the East London 
third time. Waterworks 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. _ 

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


The Stafford New Gas Bill was read the third Stafford New 
time. Gas Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Wise do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Liverpool 
the Liverpool Police Superannuation Fund Bill, as Police Super- 
amended in the Committee. Pend Ban 

A Clause (Act not to apply to persons admitted 
into the force above Thirty-five years of age, except 
as head constable or superintendent), was twice 
read ; and made part of the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into South Sea 
consideration the South Sea Company Bill, as Company Bill 
amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Tuesday next. 


Lord Claud Hamilton reported the Kingston- Kingston- 

upon-Hull Docks Bill, with Amendments. Leg 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. — 
84 Sir 


Controverted 
Elections. 


Judgment 
Execution, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


Bill 45. 


Cholera 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 109. 


136 


Sir George Grey reported from the General Com- 
mittee of Elections, the Names of the Members of 
the Select Committee appointed to try and determine 
the matter of the Petitions complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Sligo ; to 
which they had annexed the Petitions referred to 
them by the House relating thereto, and the Lists 
of Voters which had been delivered in by the sitting 
Member: — Edward Ellice, Esquire (Saint An- 
drew’s), Sir James Buller East, the Honourable 
Peter John Locke King (Surrey), John Henry 
Philipps, Esquire ; Chairman, the Right honourable 
Sir Saal Thornhill Baring. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Craufurd presented a Bill to enable Execu- 
tion to issue in any part of the United Kingdom 
under a Judgment obtained in any Court in Eng- 
land, Scotland or Ireland, and to amend the Law 
as to Service of Process in the United Kingdom: 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Tuesday the 28th day 
of this instant March ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
to Cholera (Jreland), which was presented upon the 
20th day of February last, be printed. 


16° Maritiz. 


4. 1854, 


Mr. Cardwell also presented, —Further Return to London ang 
an Order, dated the 2d day of February last, for a Re- Holyhead 


turn, showing the Hours fixed for the Arrival of the 
Mail Trains carrying the Mails from London to 
Holyhead, at Rugby, Crewe and Holyhead, and the 
Hours at which those Trains respectively arrived on 
each day of the year ending the 31st day of Decem- 
ber 1853 ; and a similar Return, showing the Hours 
at which the Mail Trains from Holyhead to London, 
respectively, arrived at Crewe, Rugby and in London, 
during the same Period. 

" Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

able. 


Mr. Osborne presented, by Her Majesty's Com- Local Acts, 


mand,—Further Reports from the Admiralty relative 
to Applications for Local Acts. 

Mr. Osborne also 
dated the 7th day of this instant March, for Copies 
of any Memorial from Pilots and Masters of Vessels 
to the Admiralty, complaining of Obstruction to the 
Navigation of the Menai Straits :—And, of any Re- 
= made to the Admiralty by Captain Ogle or other 

ersons appointed by them to report upon the 
same. 

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


resented,—Return to an Order, Menai Straits 


Ordered, That Mr. Grace have leave of absence Leave of 


7 ik P s mater 
a till Easter, on account of a domestic affliction. Absence, 


Trusts. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Turnpike Trusts: Copy of First Report 
made by direction of the Secretary of State, under 
the Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 80. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Tithe Com. 
Returns of all Agreements for the Commutation of ™¥t#ton. 





Civil Service. 


River Thames. 


Railways. 


Accidents on 
Railways. 


Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of Warrant, bearing date the 19th 
day of December 1825, regulating the Civil Service ; 
together with the Rules attached thereto for govern- 
ing the Duties of the several Officers in the Ord- 
nance Department :—And, of the Regulations of the 
Master General and Board, dated the 30th day of 
November 1849, in regard to Promotions and Ap- 
pointments in the Civil Department of the Ord- 
nance. : 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of Report of Mr. Walker and Sir Charles 
Barry, on the Accumulation of Mud in the River 
Thames, dated the 25th day of March 1850, to the 
Commissioners of the New Palace of Westminster. 


Mr. Cardwell presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 


mand,—A Return, showing the Number of Passen- 
= conveyed on all the Euhews in England and 

ales, Scotland and Ireland, respectively, during the 
half-year ended the 30th June 1853, distinguished in 
different Classes, and the Receipts from each Class 
of Passengers, and from Goods, &amp;c., compiled from 
Returns made in pursuance of the provisions of the 
Act 3 &amp; 4 Vic. c. 97; also, the Length of Railway 
open at the commencement and at the termination 
of the half-year; together with the Summary, com- 
paring the Traffic with that in the corresponding 
period in 1852 ; and a Supplement, showing the Ag- 
gregate Number of Miles travelled by each Class of 

assengers, the Number of Passenger Trains and 
of Goods Trains respectively, and the Number of 
Miles travelled by such ‘Trains, during the above- 
mentioned half-year. 

Reports to the Lords of the Committee of Privy 
Council for Trade, upon the principal Accidents 
which have occurred on Railways during the year 
1853. 





Tithes which have been confirmed by the Tithe 
Commissioners in the several Counties of England 
and Wales, from the 1st day of January 1853 to the 
Ist day of January 1854, specifying in each case 
the Amount of Rent-charge agreed to be paid in 
lieu of Tithes, and showing whether the same be 
eo tu Appropriators, Impropriators or Clerical 
neumbents :—Of all Awards for the Commutation 
of Tithes which have been confirmed by the Tithe 
Commissioners in the several Counties in England 
and Wales, from the 1st day of January 1853 to the 
Ist day of January 1854; specifying also, in each 
case, the Amount of Rent-charge awarded to be 
— in lieu of Tithes, and showing whether the same 
e payable to Appropriators, Impropriators or Cleri- 
cal Incumbents :—And, of all Apportionments of 
Rent-charges which have been confirmed by the 
Tithe Commissioners, from the 1st day of January 
1853 to the Ist day of January 1854 (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 198, of Session 1853). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Greenwich 


Return of the Prices of various Articles of Food, 
Clothing and Household Stores bought for the use 
of the Royal Hospital at Greenwich, and of the Rate 
of Wages to Artisans employed in that Establish- 
ment; together with the Prices of Provisions at 
Bethlem Hospital; and of Bread and Meat bought 
by the Commissariat Department during each of 
the years 1850 to 1853, both inclusive (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 213, of Session 
1850). 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Rossendale Waterworks 
Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the N 


Nottingham Waterworks Bill; That they had exa- - 


mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, and amended the same, by inserting @ 
recital of the Rate of Dividend to which the Share- 
holders of the Company are now entitled, and the 
expediency of further provisions with reference to 
the augmentation of the Capital, in order to make 
the Preamble consistent with the provisions of the 
Bill ; and found the same, as amended, to be true ; 
an 





Rossendale 
Waterworks 
Bill. 





17 Vicrortz. 


and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend-| 
ments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Petitions relating to Ecclesiastical Titles Assump- | 
tion Act ;—Episcopal and Capitular Estates Bill ;— | 
tae Sevene als ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;—Maynooth College 
boone Report, Act ;—Oaths Bill ;—Public-houses and Beer-shops; 
—County Rates (Ireland) ;—Paper ;-— Stage Car- 
riages ;— Borough and County Police ;—Juvenile 
Crime ;—Medical Officers (Navy) ;—Medical Prac- 
titioners Bill ;—Merchant Service ;—Mines;—Ocean 
Penny Postage ;—Postal Communication (South of 
Ireland) ;—Public Libraries Act;—Settlement and 
Removal Bill ;—and, Vestries Bill,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill| 
to consolidate and amend the Laws of Mortmain and 
the Laws regulating Gifts to Charitable or Religious 
Purposes: And that Mr. Headlam and Mr. Hutt do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
osed, That an humble Address be’ppresented to 
Her Majesty, praying Her Majesty to appoint a 
Royal Commission of Inquiry into the State, Average 
Number of Pupils, Discipline, Studies and Revenue 
of Endowed Schools of England and Wales; also, 
of the Endowments for Scholars, their Number and 
Revenue ; likewise of all Bequests of Libraries and 
Endowments for their Support ; the Character, Num- 
bers and Condition of the Books, the Number of the 
Librarians and their Salaries; with the view of in- 
creasing the educational and other advantages to the 
Public in general. 

And the Previous Question being proposed, That 
that Question be now put :—The said Previous Ques- 
tion and Motion were severally, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 


Endowed 
Schools. 


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, 
the Colonial Clergy Disabilities Bill, was read, and 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Colonial 
Clergy Dis- 
abilities Bill. 


Tenants’ 
Compensation 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Mon- 
day next, the Tenants’ Compensation (Ireland) Bill, 
was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 26th day of April next. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Veneris, 17° die Martii ; 
Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That the Committee on Group E. 
of Private Bills have leave to sit this day till 
Five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Private Bills 
(Group E.) 


Public 

Tetitloas 
Vventeenth 

Report. ) 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had ex- 
amined the Petitions presented upon the 14th, 15th 
and 16th days of this instant March; and had di- 
rected him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


East Lanca- Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
thire Railwa 


(No.1) (Clif before the Committee on the East Lancashire Rail- 
ton to Salford) Way (No. 1) (Clifton to Salford) Bill, in the last 
(1852-3.) Session, be referred to the General Committee on 


Railway and Canal Bills. 


16°—17° Martii. 





You. 109, 





137 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Shrewsbury 
before the Committees on the Shrewsbury and Chester 2nd Chester 
Railway Bills, of Sessions 1851 and 1852, be referred ear 
to the General Committee on Railway and Canal isse2.) 
Bills. * 

Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a Bagenalstown 
Railway from the risk South Eastern Railway at and Wexford 
Bagenalstown, to Wexford, to be called “‘ The Bage- (No. 3) Bill 
nalstown and Wexford Railway:” And the same* — 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time, 


Mr. Freshfield reported from the Committee on Liverpool 
Group A. of Private Bills; That in the case of the pe many ee 
Liverpool Sanitary and other Local Acts Bill, they acto Bill 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same, by a verbal 
alteration ; and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration scarborough 
the Scarborough Market Bill, as amended in the Market Bill 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Thames Embankment and Rail- Thames 
way (London and West London) Bill be read a se- a 
cond time upon Thursday the 6th day of April fenton on8 
next. West London) 
Bill. 

The Names of the Five Members appointed to try Sligo Election. 
and determine the matter of the Petitions complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the Sonnet 
of Sligo, were called over ; and being come to the 
Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petitions and Lists relative to 
the said Election be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, in one of the Committee-rooms of the House, 
at the hour of Twelve o’clock at noon. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee ap- Expiring 
pointed to inquire what Temporary Laws of a public Laws. 
and general nature are now in force, and what Laws No. 111. 
of the like nature have expired since the last Report 
upon the subject; and also, what Laws of the like 
nature are about to expire at particular periods, or 
in consequence of any contingent public event; and 
to report the same, with their Observations there- 
upon, to the House ; That they had considered the 
matters to them referred, and directed him to make 
a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Mr. Bankes reported the Glasgow New Street Bill, Glasgow New 
with Amendments. Street Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Aretic 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Expeditions. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of Letter addressed by Lady Franklin 
to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, dated 
the 24th day of February 1854, in reference to their 
Lordships’ Announcement in the London Gazette 
of the 20th day of January 1854, and Copy of 
the said Announcement; respecting the Officers 
and Crews of Her Majesty's Ships “ Erebus” and 
“ Terror.” 

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


Ordered, That Lord John Manners have leave of Leave of 
absence till Easter, on account of illness in his fa- Absence. 
mily. 

Lord 


T 


Grand Canal 
(Ireland. ) 


Dowie’s 
Patent Boots. 


138 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s 

Command,—Copies of Treaties (Political and Terri- 

torial) between Denia and Turkey, 1774-1849. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 


Table. 


Mr. Cardwell presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copies of Reports of the Inspecting O fficers 
of the Railway Department to the Lords of the Com- 
mittee of Privy Council for Trade, upon certain Acci- 
dents which have occurred on Railways between the 
1st January and the 28th February 1854. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of every Deed, Lease, Agreement or Instru- 
ment under which the Midland Great Western Rail- 
way of Ireland Company have entered into, and are 
now in possession and receipt of, the Tolls and 
Duties of the Grand Canal, and have rented the 
carrying Stock of the Grand Canal Company, or any 
portion thereof. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of Correspondence on the subject of Dowie’s 
Patent Boots, which has passed between the Autho- 
rities of the Horse Guards and other Military Autho- 
rities, and the Patentee, James Dowie (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 469, of Session 1853). 


full Cemetery Lord Claud Hamilton reported the Hull Cemetery 


Bill 


Local Acts. 
No, 44. 


Colonies. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide 
Eighteenth 
Report. 


City of Lon- 
don Tolls. 
No. 112. 


Land Tax. 


Consolidated 
Annuities 
(Ireland. ) 


Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Osborne presented, by Her Majesty's Com- 
mand,—Further Reports from the Admiralty, relative 
to Applications for Leeal Acts. 

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


Mr. Peel presented, pursuant to the directions of 
an Act of Parliament,—Return of all Persons holding 
Offices in the Colonies, who have been appointed 
thereto subsequent to the passing of an Act of Par- 
liament of the 54th year of his late Majesty King 
George the Third, c. 61, and who are not at present in 
the execution of the Duties of their respective Offices. 

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


Petitions relating to Gaols;—Intoxicating Li- 
_ ;—Maynooth College Act ;—Oaths ;—Oaths 

ill; — Public-houses and Beer-shops ; — County 
Rates (Jreland);—Fire Insurance ;—Stage Car- 
riages ;—Blackbirds and Thrushes ;—Borough and 
County Police ;— Decimal Coinage ;—Education 
(Scotland) ;—Education (Scotland) Bill';—Juvenile 
Crime ;— Letters of Marque, &amp;c.;— Medical Officers 
(Navy);—Medical Practitioners Bill ;—Ocean Penn 
Postage ;—Patent Law Amendment Act (1852) ;— 
Poor Law ;—Settlement and Removal Bill ;—and, 
Valuation of Lands (Scotland) Bil!,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the City of 
London Tolls, which was presented upon the 17th 
day of February last, be printed. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 10th day of February last, for a Return of the 
Amounts payable by each Parish or Place as Land 
Tax, showing the Amount set by Statute, and the 
Amount assessed and collected. 

Return to an Order, dated the 14th day of Fe- 
bruary last, for a Return of the Poor Law Unions 
and Electoral Divisions (Jre/and), where the Arrears 
of the Consolidated Annuities are in process of Col- 
lection. 


17° Martie. 


A. 1854, 


Ordered, That the Orders of the day be now read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Orders be postponed till 
after the Notice of Motion relative to Ozford Uni- 
versity. 


Orders 
Day. “7 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Richards: Message 
Sie, Gear, ' the Lords 
The Lords have agreed to the Consolidated Fund Consotidatea 
Bill, without Amendment :—And then the Messenger Fund 
withdrew. a 1000) 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Oxford 
to make further provision for the good Government University, 
and Extension of the University of Oxford, and of 
the Culleges therein: And that Lord John Russell, 
Viscount Palmerston and Mr. Chancellor of the 
Exchequer do prepare, and bring it in. 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s Turkey, 
Command,—Part V. Eastern Papers: Copies of 
Communications respecting Turkey, made to Her 
Majesty’s Government by the Emperor of Russia, 
with the Angyers amnal thereto, January to April 
1853. 

Part VI. Eastern Papers: Copy of Memorandum 
by Count Nesselrode, p «sali to Her Majesty’s 
Government, and founded on Communications re- 
ceived from the Emperor of Russia subsequently to 
his Imperial Majesty’s visit to England in June 
1844, 

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


Lord John Russell presented a Bill to make fur- Oxford 
ther provision for the good Government and Exten- on 
sion of the University of Oxford, and of the Colleges Bill 
‘therein: And the same was read the first time ; and ul 46, 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday the 
| 3d day of April next ; and to be printed. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
‘mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“‘ an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, Neutral 
“ that She will be graciously pleased to give special Ve*™ 
“ Tnstructions to the Officers commanding Her Ma- 

“ jesty’s Cruizers, in the event of War, to abstain 
“ from interfering with Neutral Vessels on account 
of any goods or property, not contraband of War, 
that may be contained therein ; and praying Her 
Majesty to direct Her Ministers to consider the 

olicy of entering into Treaty Stipulations with the 

nited States of America, and any other Foreign 
“ Country willing to entertain the same, on the 
“ principle that Free Ships shall make Free Goods, 

“ and the Neutral flag give neutrality to the cargo,” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out, stand part of the Question : 
—The said proposed Amendment was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 

(In the Committee.) 


“ 
ii 
“ 
“ 
“ 


Question again 
Supply granted to 


roposed, That towards raising the Income Ta. 
Her Majesty, there shall be charged 
and raised for the year commencing on the 6th day of 
April 1854, for and in respect of all property, profits 
and gains chargeable in or for the said year with the 





Rates and Duties granted by the Act 16 &amp; 17 Vic. 
c. 34, additional Rates and Duties, amounting to one 
moiety 





Supply. 


Bribery Pre- 
vention Bill. 


Church 

* Building Acts 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Bill 47. 


Church 
Building 

Acts Continu- 
ance Bill. 


pribery, &amp;e, 


Controverted 
retions &amp;e. 
High Treason 


(Ireland) Bill, 


Devonport 


17 Vicroriz. 


moiety of the whole of the Duties which by virtue | 
of the said Act shall be charged and assessed, or 
shall become payable under any Contract of Com- 
position, or otherwise, in respect of such property, | 
profits and gains respectively for the said year; and | 
that the whole amount of the said additional Duties 
shall be collected and paid with, and over and above, 
the first moiety of the Duties assessed or charged 
by virtue of the said Act for the year aforesaid. 

Amendment proposed, after the words “ 6th day 
“ of April 1854,” to insert the words “ in all cases | 
“ when the aggregate annual amount of income shall | 
“ be £.60 and less than £.150, an Income Tax of 
“ Five-pence in the pound sterling ; and.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question proposed, 
That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave 
to sit again :—Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Amendment again proposed, and, by leave, with- 
drawn. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





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


Sabbati, 18° die Martti, 1854: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Wilson 
Patten reported, That the Committee had made 
Progress in the matter to them referred ; and that he 
was directed to move, that the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Briber Pidvention Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Church Building Acts 
Amendment Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouwverie 
maa that the Committee had gone through the 

ill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com-| 


mittee of the whole House for Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
a on the Church Building Acts Continuance 

ill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Bribery, &amp;c. Bill; 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Controverted Elections, &amp;c. Bill ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the High Treason (Jreland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Tuesday next. 


The Select Committee on the Devonport and Key- 


Ke 
Taal (No, 2) ham Tunnel (No. 2) Bill was nominated of Mr. 


Cowper, Mr. Osborne, Sir George Berkeley, Sir John 





17°—18°—20° Martiz. 139 


Yarde Buller, Mr. Palk, Lord Alfred Hervey,.and 
five Members to be added by the Committee of 
Selection. 


Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, Small Arms. 


to request that their Lordships will be pleased to 
give leave to Lord Raglan to attend the Select Com- 
mittee appointed by this House on Small Arms: And 
that Mr. Monsell do carry the said Message. 


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


the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Stamps. 


Committee, upon Monday next, on the Stamp Acts, 
was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this _ will, upon Monday the 
3d day of April next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


A Petition of John Meadows White, of Whitehall- — 


place, in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman, was 
presented, and read ; setting forth, That a cause is 
now — in Her Majesty’s Court of Queen’s 
Bench, at Westminster, wherein the Earl of Romney, 
and others, are Plaintiffs, and the Inclosure Com- 
missioners are Defendants; that the said cause is 
about to be tried at the assizes for the County of 
Kent; that the Petitioner is the Attorney for the 
Defendants in the said cause, and is advised that it 
is essential to the defence of the same that a certain 
Return, in pursuance of a Resolution of the House, 
dated the 8th day of February 1833, and presented 
in the year 1834, of the Charitable Funds and other 
Property of the Borough of Queenborough, in the 
said County, a part whereof is in question in this 
cause, should be produced to the Court at the trial 
of the said cause, or if the same be lost or destroyed, 
that evidence thereof shall beduly given by a person 
competent in that behalf; and praying that the 
proper Officer of the House may be ordered to 
attend at the said trial and produce the said Return, 
or if the same be lost or destroyed, that he may give 
evidence thereof to the said Court. 

Ordered, That leave be given to the proper Officers 
to attend accordingly. 


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








Luna, 20° die Martii ; 
Anno 17° Victoriz Regine, 1854. 
PRAYERS. 


O RDERED, That the Minutes of the Evidence Darlington 


taken before the Committee on the Darlington 
and Barnard Castle Railway Bill, in the last Ses- 


and Barnard 
Castle Rail- 
way Bill 


sion, be referred to the General Committee on Rail- (1853.) 


way and Canal Bills. 


The Order for referring to the Committee of Se- Blackburn 


lection the Blackburn Improvement, &amp;c. Bill was Improvement, 


read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House was moved, That the Petition for leave Blackburn 


to _ in the Blackburn Improvement Bill, might ™ 
? 


be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for transferring to the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of the Borough of Blackburn, all the Powers 
and Property now vested in “ The Blackburn Im- 
provement Commissioners,” and certain Powers and 
Property by the Private Act of the fourth and fifth 
years of the reign of Her present Majesty, chapter 
forty-six, vested in the Overseers of the Poor of the 





Von. 109. 


T2 Township 





provement, 


» (No. 2.) 


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140 


Township of Blackburn, authorizing the Corporation 
to purchase the Property of the Blackburn Gas and 
Water Companies, and conferring on them further 
Powers for the Improvement and Regulation of the 
Borough, and for other purposes: And that Mr. 
Wilson Patten, Mr. Pilkington and Mr. Feilden do 
jrepare, and bring it in. 


Standing 


Mr. Wiison Patten reported from the Select 
Orders. 


Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; 
which were read, as follow : 
“ 1. Resolved, ‘That in the case of the Derbyshire, 
—. Staffordshire and Worcestershire Junction Railway 
tershire Junc- (Revival of Powers, &amp;c.) Bill Petition for dispensing 
tion Railway with Standing Orders 112 and 178, from Sir Charles 
neon of Wolseley, Baronet, the said Standing Orders ought 
owers, &amp;c.) 7? ; &amp; ° 
Bill. to be dispensed with; that the Parties be — 
to be heard on their Petition against the Bill, not- 
withstanding the same shall have been deposited 
later than seven clear days after the second reading 
of the Bill. 
2. Resolved, That in the case of the Glasgow Wa- 


Derbyshire, 


Glasgow 
Waterworks 
= Orders 112 and 178, from Messrs. Deans and Rogers, 
in respect of Petition of Owners, &amp;c., the said Stand- 
ing Orders ought not to be dispensed with. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the Westminster 
Terminus Railway Bill Petition for dispensing with 
Standing Orders 112 and 178, from the Vauwhall 
Bridge Company, the said Standing Orders ought 
not to be dispensed with. 

4. Resolved, That in the case of the Ozford, 
Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway (Stratford- 
upon-Avon and Stourbridge Branches) Bill Petition 
for dispensing with Standing Orders 112 and 178, 
from the Mayor, &amp;c., of Stratford, the said Standing 
Orders ought not to be dispensed with. 


5. Resolved, That in the case of the Bolton Gas 
Bill Petition for additional Provision, the Standing 
Orders ought to be dispensed with; that the Parties 
be permitted to introduce their additional Provision, 
if the Committee on the Bill shall think fit, pro- 
vided that their Powers as regards the Township of 
Over Hulton be limited to laying their pipes along 
the Bolton and Saint Helen's Turnpike-road lying 
within the said Township. 

6. Resolved, That in the case of the Bolton Im- 
provement Bill Petition for additional Provision, the 
Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed with. 

7. Resolved, That in the case of the Cornwall 
Railway Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be 
dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to 
proceed with their Bill, provided that Notices be 
mserted in the County Newspapers for three succes- 
sive weeks, and once in the London Gazette, and 
that the Bill be not read a second time until after 
Thursday the 27th day of April; that the Committee 
on the Bill do report how far such Orders have 
been complied with on the Report of the Bill. 

The first, fifth and seventh Resolutions, being 
read a second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Westminster 
Terminus 
Railway Bill. 


Oxford, Wor- 
cester and 
Wolverhamp- 
ton Railway 
(Stratford- 
upon-Avon and 
Stourbridge 
Branches) Bill. 


Bolton Gas 
Bill. 


Bolton Im- 
provement 
Bill. 


Cornwall 
Railway. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders in respect of 
the Petition for the Cornwall Railway Bill, might 
be read; and the same being read; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for enabling the Cornwall Railway Company to make 
certain modifications in their Share Capital, and for 
other purposes: And that Mr. Robartes and Mr. 
Michael Williams do prepare, and bring it in. 


Oxford, Wore | Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
ob one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
ton Railway hat in the case of the Petition for additional Pro- 
(Stratford. vision in the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton 
upon-Avonand Railway (Stratford-upon-Avon and Stourbridge 
Branches) Bill, the Standing Orders have been 


Stourbridge 
Branches) Bill. sary oP 
complied with. 








20° Martiz. 


terworks Bill Petition for dispensing with Standing | 


A. 1854, 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, that they have Power to make 
Provision therein pursuant to the prayer of the said 
Petition. 


pos 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had examined Petitions 
the Petitions presented upon the 17th day of this in- a 
stant March ; and had directed him to make a Re- 
port thereof to. the House. 

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


Colonel Peel reported from the Committee on Herefora 

Group J. of Private Bills; That in the case of the Improvement 
| Hereford Improvement Bill, they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, by striking out all mention 
of Scudamore’s Charity, in ls. 12, 13 and 15 in p.2; 
and in p. 3, |. 28, striking out the words “ would be,” 
/and inserting the word “is ;” and by striking out, in 
Is. 28 and 29, the words “ first,” “secondly ” and 
|“ thirdly,” “should” and “wholly,” and also, by 
| striking out that part of p. 3, referring to Scuda- 
| more’s Charity, because an Act passed in 1840 ren- 
| dered the same unnecessary, and because of the re- 
peal of the Acts referred to in p. 3, ls. 28 and 29; 
and found the same, as amended, to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





—=&gt; &amp; vd 


The Amicable Society Assurance Bill was read Amicable 
the third time. Society Assur. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. a oe 

Ordered, That Sir James Duke do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


~ te &amp; 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Ashton- 
the Ashton-under-Lyne and Dukinfield Bridge Bill, '=4er-Lyne 
as amended in the Committee. Bridge EA 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


P 
( 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Norwich 
the Norwich Equitable Fire Assurance Company Etitable Fire 
. . : Assurance 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. Company Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Rossendale 
the Rossendale Union Gas Bill, as amended in the Union Gas 
Cc . Bill. 

ommittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Royal Ex- 
the Royal Exchange Assurance Consolidation Bill, change Aa 
as amended in the Committee. dation Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Bill, as Southport 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Ordered, That the Southport Waterworks 
amended in the Committee, be taken into considera- 
tion To-morrow. 


The Liynvi Valley Railway (No. 2) Bill was read 
a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


i Salis 
Bill was read Yr at 


Railway Bill 


Llynvi Valley 
Railway 
(No. 2) Bill. 


The Salisbury and Yeovil Railway 
asecond time; and committed. 

Ordered, Vhat the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


Mr. Cubitt reported from the Committee on Group Private = 
F. of Private Bills; That at the meeting of the Com- (Gt"P a 
mittee this day, a letter was received from Lord 
Robert Grosvenor, one of the selected Members of 
the said Committee, stating that he was unable, on 
account of domestic affliction, to attend the Com- 
mittee this day. 

Ordered, That Lord Robert Grosvenor be dis- 


charged from further attendance on the Committee. 
A Petition 


— oo 





ter 


: t a 
— of the City of Manchester, praying that provision 


County 
(Northern 
Division ) 
Writ. 


Railway and 
Canal Bills 
(Group 3.) 


Clyde Navi- 
gation Bill. 


Consolidated 

Annuities 

(Ireland.) 
No, 113, 


Poor Law 
(Scotland. ) 


Poor Law 
(Scotland. ) 


Bankrupts, 


sa 





17 Victroriz. 
A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens 


may be made in the Manchester Improvement Bill, 
for permitting a certain space of ground around 
Saint Peter’s Church within the said City of Man- 
chester, to be given up and sold to the Corporation, 
for the purpose of being appropriated to the widening 
and improving of the streets or thoroughfares leading 

ast or round the said Church, and for authorizing 
the application of the money to be received as the 
consideration for the portion of ground so to be given 
up to purposes connected with the said Church, was | 

resented, and read ; and referred to the Examiners | 
of Petitions for Private Bills. 





Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant | 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to serve in 
this present Parliament for the Northern Division of | 
the County of Durham, in the room of Viscount Sea- | 
ham, now Earl Vane, called up to the House of| 
Peers. | 


Viscount Jocelyn reported from the Sub-Com- | 
mittee on Group No. 3 of Railway and Canal Bills ; | 
That Mr. Pollard-Urquhart, one of the Members of | 
the said Sub-Committee, was not present within one | 
hour after the time appointed for the meeting of the 
Sub-Committee this day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Pollard-Urquhart do attend | 


the said Committee upon Thursday next. 


Mr. Bankes reported the Clyde Navigation Bill, 
with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Consolidated 
Annuities (Ireland), which was presented upon the 
17th day of this instant March, be printed. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented,—Return to an Address to | 
Her Majesty, dated the 21st day of February last, 
fora Return of the Number of Inquiries in the Counties 
of Inverness, Ross and Argyll, instituted by the 
Board of Supervision for the Relief of the Poor in 
Scotland, under the Powers contained in the tenth 
and eleventh Clauses of the Act 8 &amp; 9 Vic. c. 83, 
stating in each case the Names of the Commissioners 
employed, and the Time occupied in each such In- 

uiry. 
; -_ to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
21st day of February last, for a Return in reference 
to the Record of Applications to the Board of Super- 
vision for Relief of the Poor in Scotland, stating in 
each case from the Counties of Argyll, Inverness 
and Ross, the Amount of Relief, whether in Money, 
Food, Clothing, or any other shape (but if not in 
Money, then giving the Money Value of such other 
description of Relief), which formed the subject of 
Complaint ; the decision of the Board as to such 
Allowance being insufficient or the contrary, and in 
cases where the ground of Complaint was removed, 
stating the additional Amount and kind of Relief 
that was granted, from the 1st day of July 1852 to 
the 31st day of December 1853. 
" ree That the said Returns do lie upon the 

able. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 15th day of this instant March, for a Return of 
the Number of Bankrupts in the year 1852; of the 
Amount of Debts proved under, and the Amount of 
Debts owing to, the Estates of the said Bankrupts, 
stating the Amount of such Debts sold, and the 
Amount collected by the Official Assignees. __. 

Return to an Order, dated the 2ist day of Fe- 
bruary last, for Returns of the Rates of Stamp Duty 
upon Matriculations in the Universities of Ozford, 
Cambridge, Durham, London, Dublin, the Queen’s 


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University in Ireland, and the several Scotch Uni- 
Von. 109. 





14] 


versities :—And, of the Produce of this Duty, dis- 
tinguishing each Place, for the year 1853, and of the 
Acts by which these Duties are imposed, and any 
Exemptions therefrom granted. 





Return to an Order, dated the 28th day of Fe- Newspaper 
bruary last, for a Return of the Number of News- 5t™ps- 


paper Stamps at One penny issued to Newspapers in 
England, lreland, Scotland and Wales, for the years 
1851, 1852 and 1853; specifying each Newspaper 
by Name, and the Number of Stamps issued in each 
of the above years to each Newspaper (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 42, of Session 
1852). 


Return to an Order, dated the 28th day of Fe- Hops. 


_bruary last, for Returns of the Quantity of Hops im- 


ported into Great Britain during each Month, from 
the 1st day of September 1853 to the Ist day of 
March 1854, with the Countries from whence they 
were imported, and the Amount of Duty paid there- 
on:—And, of all Hops exported during the same 
Period, stating whether they are British or Foreign, 
with the Amount of the Drawback or Duty allowed 
thereon. 


Return to an Order, dated the 21st day of Fe- Ish and _ 
bruary last, for Copies of any Report received at the Scotch Mails. 


General Post-office respecting the Non-arrival of 
the Mail Train carrying the Zrish and Scotch Mails, 
and due in London at 11 a.m. on Tuesday the 31st 
day of J peat 1854, at the Hour fixed by the Con- 
tract with the North Western Railway Company, and 
the Causes of its detention ; together with any sub- 


| sequent Correspondence arising on the same subject. 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of West India_ 
an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table Islands’ Relief. 


by the Clerk of the House,—Year 1853, ended the 
5th January 1854:—Statement by the Commis- 


| sioners appointed by the Act 2 &amp; 3 Will. 4, c. 125, 


and subsequent Acts, for the Issue of certain Ex- 
chequer Bills to Persons connected with West Indian 
Islands ; showing, 1st. The Number and Amount 
of Loans advanced to each of the Islands, to which 
Relief has been granted, from the 16th August 1832 
to the 5th January 1854; 2d. The Amount of In- 
terest paid to the 5th January 1854; 3d. ‘The Amount 
of Principal repaid to the 5th January 1854; 4th. 
The Amount transferred by the Commissioners to the 
Account of Her Majesty's Exchequer :—Account, in 
detail, of the Application of the Amount issued to 
pay the several Gratuities assigned by Authority of 
the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, 
and to defray the other Charges attending the trans- 
acting the Business of the Commission, supported 
by a Certificate of the Commissioners that proper 
and satisfactory Vouchers in proof of the several 
Payments having been duly made had been ex- 
hibited to them (in continuation of the Return made 
to the 5th January 1853). 


Mr. Hayter presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 20th day of February last, 
for Returns of the Rates of Duty upon the several 
Degrees as conferred by the Universities of Oxford, 
Cambridge, Durham, London, Dublin, the Queen’s 
University in Jre/and, and the several Scotch Uni- 
versities :—And, of the Total Produce of this Duty, 
distinguishing each Place and each Degree, for the 
year 1853, and of the Acts by which these several 
Duties are imposed, and any Exemptions therefrom 
granted. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Annual List of Depositors in each of 
the Castletown Delvin and Mullingar Loan Funds, 
from the time they commenced :—Account of what 
Debentures were signed by Trustees, &amp;c. and their 
Dates :—Copy of the Annual Report and Account 
of each Fund, duly certified and signed by the Trea- 
surer, and transmitted to the Loan Fund Voard - 
T3 the 





University 
Degrees. 


Castletown 
Delvin and 
Mullingar 
Loan Funds, 


Mails (London 


and Scotland.) 


Oaths Bill. 


Merchant 
Shipping Bill. 


Merchant 
Shipping Acts 
Repeal Bill. 


Settlement 
and Removal 
Bill. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Nine- 
teenth Report. 


Local Acts. 
No. 44. 


142 


the Month of January, and any other Month, in each 
year; when they commenced their operations, and 
when closed :—Return of the Total Number of Bor- 
rowers during that Period; Amount issued in Loans 
of from £.1 to £.10 each; Amount repaid by In- 
stalments of One shilling in the pound each week ; 
bad Debts during that Period; Net Amount of Pro- 
fits realized after paying Expenses of Management ; 
how Profits expended ; Amount of Debenture List 
at period of closing ; additional Debentures issued 
by the Treasurer on Castletown Delvin Loan Fund, 
but subsequently transferred by him to the Mullin- 
gar Loan Fund; Balance due by Treasurer at foot 
of Accounts; and Amount of Dividends paid to 
Depositors :—Copies of the certified Rules of Cast/e- 
town Delvin Loan Fund; of the Name of the Trea- 
surer, and when appointed ; Names of his Securities . 
and of Bond of Security:—And, of Resolations 
adopted ata Meeting of Depositors in October 1851, 
the Board’s Inspector being present; and of any 
Correspondence which can throw light on the sub- 
ject. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return stating Hours at which the daily Mails are 
despatched from London for Scotland, the usual 
Hours per Day when the London Mails arrive, and 
the Number and usual time each Day of the De- 
liveries of Letters at Glasgow, Edinburgh and Liver- 
pool. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Oaths Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday the 31st day of this instant March. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Merchant Shipping Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 3d day of April next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Merchant Shipping Acts Repeal 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 3d day of April next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Settlement and Removal Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


Petitions relating to Barnstaple a ;—Chat- 


ham Borough ; — Gaols ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;— 
Oaths ;— Oaths Bill ;— Public-houses and Beer- 
shops ; — Australian Colonies (Steam Communica- 
tion; —Fire Insurance ;—Income Tax ;—Borough 
and County Police ;— Decimal Coinage ;—Education 
(Scotland) Bill ; —Juvenile Crime ; —Medical Off- 
cers (Navy) ;—Medical Practitioners Bill ;—Military 
Knights of Windsor ;—Poor Law ;—Postal Com- 
munication (South of Ireland) ;— Settlement and 
Poor Removal Bill; — and, Valuation of Lands 
( Scotland) Bill,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Osborne presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,— Further Report from the Admiralty, relative 
to an Application for a Local Act. 

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


Mr. Peel presented,— Return to an Address to Her 
Majesty, dated the 14th day of February last, for 
Copies or Extracts of any Correspondence which 
the Government have had with the Peruvian Go- 
vernment, on the subject of the Importation of 
Guano. 

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





20° Marti. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Ways ana 





A. 1854, 


into the Committee of Ways and Means. 
(In the Committee.) 


Question again proposed, That, towards raising Income Tar, 


the Supply granted to Her Majesty, there shall be 
charged and raised for the year commencing on the 
6th day of April 1854, for and in respect of all 
property, profits and gains chargeable in or for the 
said year with the Rates and Duties granted by the 
Act 16 &amp; 17 Vic. c.34, additional Rates and Duties, 
amounting to oue moiety of the whole of the Duties 
which by virtue of the said Act shall be charged and 
assessed, or shall become payable under any Con- 
tract of Composition, or otherwise, in respect of 
such property, profits and gains respectively for the 
said year; and that the whole amount of the said 
additional Duties shall be collected and paid with, 
and over and above, the first moiety of the Duties 
assessed or charged by virtue of the said Act for the 
year aforesaid :—Question put, and agreed to. 


Resolution to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to 
a Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 

Mr. Bouverie also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 


mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Ministers’ 
Money, &amp;c. 
(Ireland) Bill, 


readingof the Ministers’ Money, &amp;c. (Ireland) Bill; 

And a Motion being mon and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

a Noes to the Left. 

ellers for the { Mr. Hayter, 
Yeas, (Mr Grinville Berkeley: \203. 

Tellers for the ¢Mr. Hume, 1 97 

5 


Noes, \ Mr. Miall: 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second Colonial __ 
Clergy Dis- 
bilities Bill 


reading of the Colonial Clergy Disabilities Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question . 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the {Mr. Hayter, 1196 

Yeas, \Mr. Grenville Berkeley: J” 

Tellers for the {Mr. Hadfield, 1 62. 

Noes, Mr. Pellatt : J 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, 





eo ve 


 Sewo 


Lohlechoc! so oO 


— oe ot ome 








Galing Act 
Continuauce 


Bribery. 
Prevention. 


Cambridge 
Bribery. 
Prevention. 


Prevention. 


Kingston- 
upon-Hull 


Prevention. 


— 
ri 
Prevention. 


Public 
Libraries and 
Museums, 


Dublin Port. 


Dublin 
Carria: 


Charitable 
Funds (Court 
of Chancery.) 





17 Vicroriz. 


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


being read, for the Com- 


The Order of the da 
Building Acts Continuance 


mittee on the Church 
Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill for the pre- 
vention of Bribery in the Election of Members to 
serve in Parliament for the City of Canterbury ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, lise 
Yeas, LMr. Grenville Berkeley : { : 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Cairns, 118 
Noes, {Mr, Whiteside : nt 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative :—And that 
Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Solicitor General and 
Viscount Palmerston do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the Prevention of Bribery in the Election of 
Members to serve in Parliament for the Borough of 
Cambridge: And that Mr. Attorney General, Mr. 
Solicitor General and Viscount Palmerston do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the Prevention of Bribery in the Election of 
Members to serve in Parliament for the Borough of 
Barnstaple: And that Mr. Attorney General, Mr. 
Solicitor General and Viscount Palmerston do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the Prevention of Bribery in the Election of 
Members to serve in Parliament for the Borough of 
Kingston-upon-Hull: And that Mr. Attorney Ge- 
neral, Mr. Colicitor General and Viscount Palmerston 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the Prevention of Bribery in the Election of 
Members to serve in Parliament for the Borough of 
Maldon: And that Mr. Attorney General, Mr. So- 
licitor General and Viscount Palmerston do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


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


amend and extend an Act for enabling Town Coun- 
cils to establish Libraries and Museums freely open 
to the Public: And that Mr. Zwart, Mr. Hamilton, 
Mr. Brotherton and Mr. Dunlop do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


to enable the Collector General of Dubin to levy, 


Money to repay a certain Outlay by the Corporation 
for preserving and improving the Port of Dublin, in 


and about repairing the Quay Wall of the River 


Liffey, and for future Repairs thereof: And that Sir 


John Young and Viscount Palmerston do prepare, 


and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Dublin Carriage Act, 1853: And that 
Sir John Young and Viscount Palmerston do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Names or short Titles of all Causes 
and Suits, or other Proceedings or Matters relating 
to the Distribution of Charitable Funds or Bequests 
in am High Court of Chancery, in England, to which 

OL. 109. 


20°—21° Martiz. 





143 


Her Majesty’s Attorney General has been made a 
Party, either as Plaintiff, Defendant, Petitioner or 
Respondent, within the last Five years ; together with 
the several Amounts of all Fees paid to Her Ma- 
jesty’s Attorney General in all such Causes and 
Matters during such Five years ; stating the nature 
of the Pr ings on which such Fees have been 
paid; also (where practicable), the Fund out of which, 
or the Names of the Parties to such Suit or Matters 
by whom such Fees have been paid, or ordered to be 
paid, or are in fact payable. 


Mr. Ewart presented a Bill to amend and extend Public 
an Act for enabling Town Councils to establish —— 4 
Libraries and Museums freely open to the Public: pin 4g 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered . 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday the 5th 
day of April next; and to be printed. 


Sir John Young presented a Bill to enable the Dublin Port 
Collector General of Dublin to levy Money to repay Bil. 
a certain Outlay by the Corporation for preserving Bill 49. 
and improving the Port of Dublin, in and about 
repairing the Quay Wall of the River Liffey, and 
for future Repairs thereof: And the same was read 
the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills ; and be printed. 


Sir John Young presented a Bill to amend the Dublin 
Dublin Carriage Act, 1853: And the same was read ©#*Tiage Bill 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time — Bill 50. 
upon Friday next ; and to be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








' time; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 
| Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 





| Martis, 21° die Martii; 
| Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 
M R. Compton reported the Clitheroe Waterworks Clitheroe 
Bill, with Amendments. — 
| Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for enabling the Cornwall 
| Cornwall Railway Company to make certain modi- Railway Bill. 
| fications in their Share Capital, and for other pur- 
poses: And the same was read the first time; and 
| ordered to be read a second time. 
| 


| The Liverpool Police Superannuation Fund Bill Liverpool 


was read the third time. homeo at 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Fund Bill. 


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


The Scarborough Market Bill was read the third Scarborough 
j Market Bill. 


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


The Warrington Improvement and Market Bill Warrington 
was read the third time. oa ‘Market : 
A Clause (Lodging-house Clauses excepted) was Bill 
thrice read; and added to the Bill. 
Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
| Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


' to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Kingston- 
the Kingston-upon-Hull Docks Bill, as amended in + gd 
the Committee. ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 





The House proceeded to take into consideration Nottingham 
the Nottingham Waterworks Bill, as amended in the i sterworks 
Committee. : 

| Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

| T4 The 





Rossendale 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Southport 
Waterworks 
Bill 


South Sea 
Company Bill. 


Stourbridge 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Canada, New 
Brunswick and 
Nova Scotia 
Railway Bill. 


Committee of 
Selection (Se- 


venth Report.) 


No, 114. 


Standing 
Orders. 


Middlesex 
Industrial 
Schools. 


Tees Conscr- 
vancy. 


Imperial Gas 
Bill. 


Controverted 
Elections. 


144 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Rossendale Waterworks Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Southport Waterworks Bill, as 
amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the South Sea Company Bill, as 
amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Monday next. 


The Stourbridge Waterworks Bill was read a se- 
cond time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Canada, New Brunswick and Nova 
Scotia Railway Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon oo the 11th day of April next ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “Tuesday the 
“ 11th day of April next,” and adding the words 
“ this day six months,” instead thereof. 

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

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ this day six months” be added instead thereof : 
—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day six months. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee 
of Selection ; ‘That they have added the Metropolitan 
Sewers (Deptford Pumping Station) Bill to Group O. 
of Private Bills. 

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


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; 
which were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Middlesex 
Industrial Schools Petition, the Standing Orders 
ought to be dispensed with ; that the Parties be per- 
mitted to proceed with their Bill. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Tees Conser- 
vancy Petition for leave to deposit Petition for Bill, 
the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; 
that the Parties be permitted to deposit their Peti- 
tion accordingly. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Mr. Ker Seymer reported from the Committee on 
Group I. of Private Bills; That the Parties oppo- 
sing the Imperial Gas Company Bill had stated to 
the Committee, that the evidence of Thomas Greaves 
Barlow was essential to enable them to establish 
their case before the Committee ; and it having been 
proved that his attendance could not be procured 
without the intervention of the House, he had been 
instructed by the Committee to move the House, 
that the said Thomas Greaves Barlow do attend the 
said Committee on Wednesday the 22d day of March 
1854, at Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That Thomas Greaves Barlow do attend 
the said Committee To-morrow, at Twelve o'clock. 


Sir George Grey reported from the General Com- 
mittee of Elections, the Names of the Members of 


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A. 1854, 


the Select Committee appointed to try and determine 
the matter of the Petitions complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Dungarvan, 
to which they had annexed the Petitions referred to 
them by the House relating thereto :—Henry James 
Baillie, Esquire (Inverness-shire), Honourable Henrs 
Brand, Captain Gladstone ( Devizes), William Philip 
Price, Esquire (Gloucester City); Chairman, the 
Right honourable Joseph Napier. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Colonel North reported from the Committee on Private Billy 
Group K. of Private Bills ; That Mr. Heyworth, one (Group K.) 


of the selected Members of the said Committee, 
was not present within one hour after the time ap- 
oa for the meeting of the Committee ; and that 

Ir. Biggs, one of the selected Members of the said 
Committee, was not present during the sitting of the 
Committee this day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Heyworth and Mr. Biggs do 
attend the said Committee To-morrow, at ‘l'welve 
o'clock. 


The House was moved, That the Standing Orders Enniskillen 
of the House, Nos. 112 and 190, relative to Private a 


Bills, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the Standing Order, No. 112, be 
suspended in the case of the Petition of Inhabitants 
of Enniskillen against the Enniskillen Waterworks 
Bill; and that the Petition be referred to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill. 


1 


Lord Harry Vane reported from the Sub-Com- West London 


mittee on Group I. of Railway 
case of the West London and Crystal Palace Rail- 
way (Bromley to Farnborough) Bill, they had exa- 


Bills; That in the and Crystal 


‘alace Rail- 


way (Bromley 
to Farnbo- 


mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of rough) Bill 


the Bill, but the same had not been proved to their 
satisfaction. 

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


Lord Harry Vane reported from the Sub-Com- 
mittee on Group I. of Railway Bills; That in the 
case of the Sydenham and Farnborough Railway 
Bill, they had examined the allegations contained in 
the Preamble of the Bill, but the same had not been 
proved to their satisfaction. 

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


Sydenham and) 
Farnborough 
Railway Bill, 


Ordered, That Lord Robert Grosvenor have leave Leave of 
of absence for a fortnight, on account of the! death Absence. 


of a near relation. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Episcopal 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Copies or Extracts of the Correspondence which 
passed between the Foreign Office, the late Lord 
Granville, and the late Bishop Luscombe, relating 
to and preceding the Erection by the latter, at his 
own Expense, of the Episcopal Church at Paris, 
and to the use of the same by the British Ambas- 
sador for a period of Seventeen years, free of any 
Expense either to the Government or the Ambassa- 
dors :—Of all Correspondence, or Extracts of the 
same, between the late Ambassador at Paris, the 
Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, 
and the Reverend William Chamier, respecting the 
use of Mr. Chamier’s Episcopal Church by the 
British Embassy, or of any Right thereto claimed 
by the Ambassador, or relating to the circumstances 
which determined the Ambassador to discontinue his 
attendance at that Church, and to recommend the 
use of the Ball-room, and subsequently the Dining- 
room, as Places of Worship, and an Account of the 
Expenses created thereby or relating thereto :—Of 
the Nomination of the present C ne to the 
British Embassy at Paris, and of all Correspon- 
dence between the Foreign Office and the ae. 

or, 


Church 
(Paris.) 









17 Vicroriz. 


dor, showing the necessity for such nea 
after the lapse of Four years, during which time 
the Duties of Divine Public Service were performed 
without any Expense to the Government :—Of any 
Information communicated by the present Ambassa- 
dor, as to the Number of British Families residing 
at Paris, and to the existing Accommodation in the 
Churches and Chapels of the Church of England, 
already erected there for the use of English Resi- 
dents and Visitors :—And, of any Correspondence 
that has taken place with the present Ambassador 
at Paris, relative to the Erectiogg of a projected 
Church in that City, or in relation to the Subscrip- 
tion for that purpose ; and also of any Report made 
in reference to the proposed Church, and the Site 
thereof, to the Foreign Bienstiecnt or to the Board 
of Works. 

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
































Workhouses. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of any General Regulations of the Poor Law 
Board relating to the Classification of the Inmates 
of Workhouses :—Copy of a Letter addressed by 
the Poor Law Board to the Chaplain of the Work- 
house of the Wilton Union, on the subject of the 
Classification of the Inmates of the Workhouse of 
that Union, and dated the 1st day of March 1854: 
—And, Return of the under-mentioned particulars 
as regards each Workhouse in England and Wales ; 
namely— 
The Number in the Workhouse on the last Day of the last Week in 
the Quarter ending at Lady-day 1854: 
Able-bodied Women, 
_— subdivided where the Classification in the 
Of Aged Workhouse permits, into those 
of " of |, a 
= } a | Mothers of 
Workhouse. | able-bodied Of dissolute | — jjlegitimate 
el nace | | teen. | | 
Women. | acon Character. | abandoned | of dissolute or 
| Habits. abandoned 
| Habits. 
| 
| 
Public Petitions relating to Parliamentary Representation 
main. Bill ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;—Oaths Bill;—Public- 
Vide Twen- houses and Beer-shops ;—Fire Insurance ;—Paper ; 
tieth Report. —Karly Closing of Shops ;—Education (Scotland) ; 
—Medical Practitioners Biil ;—Poor Law ;—Postal 
Communication (South of Ireland) ;—Public Pro- 
secutors Bill;—Settlement and Removal Bill ;—and, 
Soldiers’ Wives and Families,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Poor Law Ordered, That the Return relative to the Number 
(Setland.) of Inquiries respecting the Poor Law by the Board 
No. 115. of Supervision in Scotland, which was presented 
upon the 20th day of this instant March, be printed. 
Poor Law Ordered, That the Return relative to the Record of 
Genthnd.) Applications in reference to the Poor Law in Scot- 
No.115. Jand, which’ was presented upon the 20th day of 
this instant March, be printed. 
University Ordered, That the Return relative to Universit 
No ——— Matriculations, which was presented upon the 20t 
em day of this instant March, be printed. 
serepaper Ordered, That the Return relative to Newspaper 
X. a7 Stamps, which was presented upon the 20th day of 
* 117. this instant March, be printed. 
Hope, Ordered, That the Return relative to Hops, which 
No.118. was presented upon the 20th day of this instant 
March, be printed. 
pinenity Ordered, That the Return relative to University 
Yo. 119, Degrees, which was presented upon the 20th day of 


this instant March, be printed. 
Von. 109. 








21? Martiz. 145 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s Universities 
Command,—Copy of Correspondence oc rm. seg ig 
proposed measures of Improvement in the Universities ““""“S* 
and Colleges of Ozford and Cambridge :—Part I. 
University and Colleges of Cambridge. 

Copy of Correspondence respecting the proposed 
measures of Improvement in the Universities and 
Colleges of Oxford and Cambridge: — Part III. 
Supplement to Part I. : Pembroke College, Oxford. 

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


Mr. Fitzroy presented,—Return to an Order, dated Tithe Com- 
the 16th day of this instant March, for Returns of al] ™¥taton. 
Agreements for the Commutation of Tithes which 
have been confirmed by the ‘lithe Commissioners in 
the several Counties of England and Wales, from the 
Ist day of January 1853 to the 1st day of January 
1854, specifying in each case the Amount of Rent- 
charge agreed to be paid in lieu of Tithes, and showing 
whether the same be payable to Appropriators, Im- 
propriators or Clerical Incumbents :—Of all Awards 
for the Commutation of Tithes which have been 
confirmed by the Tithe Commissioners in the several 
Counties in England and Wales, from the 1st day of 
January 1853 to the 1st day of January 1854; spe- 
cifying also, in each case, the Amount of Rent-charge 
awarded to be paid in lieu of Tithes, and showing 
whether the same be payable to Appropriators, Im- 
propriators or Clerical Incumbents :—And, of all 
Apportionments of Rent-charges which have been 
confirmed by the Tithe Commissioners, from the 1st 
day of January 1853 to the Ist day of January 1854 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 198, 
of Session 1853). 

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


The following Paper was laid upon the Table Metropolitan 

by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, Commission 
dated the 1st day of August in the last Session of * 5¢¥e™ 
Parliament, for a Return, showing in Columns the 
Amount of Rates made and levied by the Commis- 
sioners of Sewers for the Yower Hamlets, on the 
several Parishes and Levels within the District or 
Borough of the Tower Hamlets, for each year from 
the year 1843 to the year 1852, both inclusive :— 
Similar Reixrn from the year 1848 to the year 1852, 
both inclusive, while the said District was under the 
Control of the Metropolitan Commissioners of 
Sewers ; such Retnrns to specify under distinct heads 
the Amounts received in each year in respect of such 
Rate, from each Parish in the said District or Level : 
—Returns, showing the Length, Size and Cost of 
New Works executed in each of the said Parishes, 
from the year 1848 to the year 1852, both inclusive, 
specifying the Amount so expended in each and 
every of such years :—And, of the Balance of Monies 
paid over by the late Commission of Sewers for the 
Tower Hamlets, upon the Supersedeas of that Com- 
mission in November 1847, to the Metropolitan 
Commissioners of Sewers, and showing when, where 
and how expended :—The above Returns to be pre- 
pared in the following Form :— 


MeErroponitan Commission or Sewers. 








| 














| _ Balance | 
Length i | paid over in the 
Size of | Costof | Years 1847-48, | 
| Amount hoa New Sewer, New Sewer on the Balance, 
Year. | Parish. |Level.| Rate.| !¢¢ted | formed in = in) —— in| Supersedeas | oy 
. eac eac of the } : 
| 7 a. Parish in | Parish in | Tower Hamlets pees 
| each Year.) sch Year/¢#2 Year. each Year| Commission, ex ood d 
| | and due to each | ©*PC7"° 
| Fs Parish. | 
| at | £aé4l 2% &amp; co d. 
| 
} 
| 
| 




















Sir John Young presented,—Return to an Address Transporte- 





to Her Majesty, dated my 22d day of February _ nea) Ire 











Nuisances 
Removal and 
Diseases Pre- 
vention Acts 
(Treland.) 


Local Acts. 
No. 44, 


Military 
Knights of 
Windsor. 


Carlisle 
Canonries. 


Bankruptcy 
(Ireland. ) 


Agreement 
Stamps. 


Incumbered 
Estates Court 
(Ireland.) 


High Treason 


146 


for Returns of the Number and Names of the Per- 
sons who have been transported from Jreland to 
Penal Colonies under Convictions for High Treason, 
or Offences against the Treason Felony Act, in 1848 
and 1849:—And, of the Number and Names of 
such of these Persons as have escaped from the 
Colonies to which they were transported. 

Return to an Order, dated the 16th day of Fe- 
bruary last, for a Return showing the Names of the 
Schools in immediate connexion with the Commis- 
sioners of Education in Ireland, and where situated, 
with the Number of Boys in each, on the Ist day of 


21°—22° Martic. 


A. 1854. 


a Committee of the whole House, for Monday 
next, 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported from Ways ana 
the Committee of Ways and Means, a Resolution ; Means. 
which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply granted Income Tay, 
to Her Majesty, there shall be charged and raised 
for the year commencing on the 6th day of April 
1854, for and in respect of all property, profits and 
— chargeable in or for the said year with the 

ates and Dutiep granted by the Act 16 &amp; 17 Vie. 





November 1853 and ist day of February 1854 ; also, | c. 34, additional Rates and Duties, amounting to 
the Number of Boys taught in each School gratis, | one moiety of the whole of the Duties which by 
during the year 1853. virtue of the said Act shail be charged and assessed, 
Sir John Young also presented, pursuant to the | or shall become payable under any Contract of Com- 
directions of several Acts of Parliament,—Copy of | position, or otherwise, in respect of such property, 
an Order of the Lord Lieutenant and Privy Council | profits and gains respectively, for the said year ; and 
(Jreland), putting in force Acts for Removal of Nui-| that the whole amount of the said additional Duties 
sances and Prevention of Contagious and Epidemic | shall be collected and paid with, and over and above, 
Diseases, 11 &amp; 12 Vic. c. 123, and 12 &amp; 13 Vic. | the first moiety of the Duties assessed or charged 
c.111. Dated Council Chamber, Dublin, 9th March | by virtue of the said Act for the year aforesaid. 


1854. | 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the | 
Table. 


Mr. Osborne presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- | 
mand,— Further Reports from the Admiralty relative 
to Applications for Local Acts. | 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
aan That an humble Address be presented to Her 
Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased forth- 
with to direct the Lieutenant and Chancellor of the 
Most noble Military Order of Saint George and the | 
Garter, to take the necessary steps for the due ap- 
propriation of the Rents and Profits, called “ The 
New Dotation,” granted by the three existing Crown | 
Grants of the 4th day of August 1547, the 7th day | 
of October 1547, and the 30th day of August 1559, 
for the Maintenance and other exigencies of the 
Military Knights of Windsor, as established by the | 
two Acts of Parliament, 39 &amp; 40 Elizabeth, c. 9, 
and 1 James, c. 31, and further established by the 
Act 3 &amp; 4 Vic. ce. 113:—And a Debate arising there- | 
upon ; 

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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to | 
appropriate the Income of such one of the Canon- 
ries of the Cathedral Church of Carlisle as shall | 
next fall vacant, to the augmentation of certain | 
Ecclesiastical Incumbencies in that City: And that 
Mr. Ferguson and Mr. Thomas Chambers do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


The said Resolution, being read a second time—— 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Tinney: Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 
The Lords have agreed to the Coasting Trade Coasting 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Trade Bill 
The Lords have agreed to the Mutiny Bill, with- Mutiny Bil, 
out any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Marine Mutiny Bill, Marine 
without any Amendment: And also, Mutiny Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Exchequer Bills Exchequer 

Bill, without any Amendment :—And then the Mes- Bills 
senger withdrew. Nias 





An Amendment was proposed to be made to the Ways and 
said Resolution, by leaving out from the words Means. 
“the said year” to the end of the Resolution. 

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

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


Mercurii, 22° die Martti, 1854: 


| And the Question being put :—It was resolved in 
| the Affirmative. 
| And the said Resolution was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be bongs in upon the said 
Resolution: And that Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Chancellor 
of the Exchequer and Mr. Wilson do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, Uniform 
the Uniform Assessment Bill, was read, and dis- — 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 5th day of April next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to | 
amend and consolidate the Law of Bankruptcy in | 
Ireland: And that Mr. Cairns and Mr. Napier do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of Nathaniel Bland, of Randall's Park, Direct London 
Esquire, oe 
|was presented, and read; setting forth, That the way Bill 


| oC 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a | Se serie —— a _ ay 
Return of all the Agreement Stamps issued by the Assizes, to be holden at Kingston, on the Twenty- 
Stamp Office in the years 1852 and 1853, distin- | sh day of March, and that it will be necessary to 
guishing the 2s. 6d. from the others. _ produce on the trial thereof, certain plans and sec- 
‘tions, papers, and all other documents deposited in 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a | the Private Bill Office, and all other Offices of the 
Return of the Number of Appeals from the Incum- | House, by or on behalf of a certain proposed Rail- 
bered Estates Court, Zreland, to the Privy Council, | way, called “The Direct London and Portsmouth 
Treland, from the 1st day of May 1852 to the 20th | Railway,” and all other papers and documents in 
day of March 1854, and of the Reversals and Af- | anywise relating thereto, deposited in the said Office ; 
firmations of such Appeals, separately stated, with and praying the House to give leave to the proper 
the Names of the Parties in each case. | Officer to attend the said Court with the documents 
set forth in the Petition. 
The High Treason (Jreland) Bill was, according | Ordered, That leave be given to the proper Offi- 


Leatherhead, in the County of oe 4 


(ireland) Bill. t9 Order, read a second time; and committed to cers to attend accordingly. 


| Mr. 













Committees. 


Public 
Petitions 
Nineteenth 
Sepa 


East Lanca- 
shire Railway 
Bill 


Stourbridge 
and Bridg- 
north Road. 


Liverpool 
Sanitary and 
other Local 
Acts Bill. 


Bagenalstown 
and Wexford 
Railway 

(No, 2) Bill. 


Westmoreland 
Writ. 


Dungarv 
Becton. 


* 


17 Vicrorriz. Q 1 °—- 99° 


Mr. Cardwell presented, by Her Majesty's Com- 
mand,—Statistical Abstract for the United Kingdom, 
in each year from 1840 to 1853. 

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


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


Mercurii, 22° die Marti; 
Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave 











Martiz. 147 


and ordered to be read a second time To-morrow ; 
and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Courts of Courts of 
Equity, which was presented upon the 3d day of Eauity. 


this instant March, be printed. 


No. 120. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Tithe Com- Tithe Com- 
mutation, which was presented upon the 21st day of Mutation. 


this instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Metro- 
politan Commission of Sewers, which was presented 
upon the 21st day of this instant March, be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Simony Law Amendment Bill ; 


And a Motion being made, and the Question -” 


to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. | being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 


Mr. Duncan reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 20th day of this in- 
stant March; and had directed him to make a Re- | 
port thereof to the House. | 

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





The Order for referring the East Lancashire Rail- | 
way Bill to the General Committee on Railway and | 
Canal Bills, was read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. | 
| 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act. 
thereinafter-mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for | 
more effectually repairing the Road from Stourbridge, 
in the County of Worcester, to Bridgnorth, m the 
County of Salop, was presented, and read; and a 


Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by 
Mr. Foley and Colonel Rushout. 


The House proceededs to take into consideration 
the Liverpool Sanitary and other Local Acts Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Bagenalstown and Weaford Railway (No. 2) 
Bill was read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to serve in 
this present Parliament for the County of Westmore- 
land, in the room of William Thompson, Esquire, de- 


ceased. 


The Names of the Five Members appointed to try 
and determine the matter of the Petitions complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the Bo- 
rough of Dungarvan, were called over; and being 
come to the Table, they were sworn by the Clerk. 

Ordered, That the Petitions relative to the said 
Election be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet To- 
morrow, in one of the Committee-rooms of the 
House, at the hour of Twelve o’clock at noon. 


Petitions relating to Intoxicating Liquors ;— May- 
nooth College Act ;—Oaths Bill ; — Public-houses 
and Beer-shops ;—Education (Scot/and) ;—Medical 


Practitioners Bill; —Payment of Wages Bill ;—Set- | 


tlement and Removal Bill;—Vestries Bill ;—and, 
Wages,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Mr, Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill 
for granting to Her Majesty additional Duties on 
Profits arising from Property, Professions, Trades 
and Offices: And the same was read the first time ; 
VoL. 109. 





time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “ now’ 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


, 


Tellers tor thes Mr. Robert Phillimore, ie 
Yeas, Sir William Heathcote : ae 

Tellers for the; Mr. George Butt, Yes 
Noes, | Mr. Spooner: | 


So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the words 

* upon this day six months” be added at the end 
of the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirma- 
tive. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day six months. 


reading of the Vestries Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “ now ”’ 
stand part of the Question :—It passed in the Nega- 
tive. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ upon this day six months” be added at the end 
of the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirma- 
tive. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day six months. 





Sir Francis Baring, from the Select Committee Sligo Election. 


appointed to try and determine the matter of the 
| Petitions of Richard Hand Wood, John Patrick 
Somers and Edmond Rochfort, severally complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the Bo- 
rough of Sligo, informed the House, That the Com- 
mittee had determined, 

That John Sadleir, Esquire, is duly elected a 
| Burgess to serve in this present Parliament /or the 
| Borough of Sligo. 

And the said Determination was ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Sir Francis Baring further informed the House, 
That the Committee had agreed to the following 
Resolutions : 

That Alexander Slater was bribed by Henry Simp- 
son with 25/., to refrain from giving his vote to John 
Patrick Somers, Esquire, at the last Election, which 
sum he afterwards gave up. 
u2 That 





No. 121. 


Metropolitan 
Commission 
of Sewers. 


No. 122. 


Simony Law 
Amendment 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Vestries Bilk 


. 




























































7 7 


a ee 











Payment 
of Wages 
(Hosiery) Bill. 


Medical 
Practitioners 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Absconding 
Debtors 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Supply. 


Waterford, 
&amp;c. Mails. 


148 


That James Kerr was bribed, through his wife, by 
Henry Simpson with 251., to vote for John Sadleir, 
Esquire, or not to vote at all at the last Election, 
which sum she afterwards returned. 

That Samuel Gilmore was bribed with 30/. by 
Henry Owen O’ Connor, since deceased, to refrain 
from giving his vote to John Patrick Somers, Es- 
quire, at the last Election. 

That it has not been proved that the aforesaid 
acts of bribery were committed with the knowledge 
or consent of the said John Sadleir, Esquire, or his 
Agents. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Payment of Wages (Hosiery) Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “ now "0 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the {Sir Henry Halford, 

Yeas, (Sir Joshua Walmsley : 
Tellers for the (Sir William Clay, 
Noes, (Mr. Wilkinson: 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Medical Practitioners (No. 2) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Absconding Debtors (Jre/and) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 26th day of April next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 


“ 


resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | 


mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, ‘Vhat this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Hour at which the Mails are de- 
spatched from Waterford to Dublin, and reach Wa- 
terford from Dublin; the Mode of Conveyance ; 
and the Time occupied in Transit :—Of the Hour at 
which the Mails leave Waterford for Cork, Limerick 
and Clonme/, and reach Waterford from the same 
Places; the Mode of Conveyance adopted ; and the 
Length of Time between their Despatch and Deli- 
very :—Of the Distance from Waterford to the Tip- 
perary Junction, where the Waterford and Limerick 
Railway crosses the Great Southern and Western 
Railway, and the usual Length of Time occupied in 
travelling from Waterford to the Tipperary Junc- 
tion :—Of the Hour at which the Mail Trains from 
Dublin to Cork and from Cork to Dublin meet at 
the Tipperary Junction, both Day and Night :—Of 
the Expense of transmitting the Mails from Water- 
ford by Cars to Goold’s Cross, and also from Water- 


‘ford to Maryborough, or to other Stations on the 


‘Great Southern and Western Railway :—And, Copies 


of Memorials sent to the Post-office during the past 
year, and of any Replies thereto, and of Correspond- 
ence with the Waterford and Limerick Railway Com- 


22° Marti. 


+ 


A. 1854, 


pany, respecting the Transmission of the Mails, 
either Day or Night, to and from Dublin, Cork, 
Limerick or Clonmel, by Railway instead of Car, to 
Waterford. 


Mr. Ferguson presented a Bill to appropriate the Carlisle 
Income of such one of the Canonries of the Cathe Canonries 
dral Church of Carlisle as shall next fall vacant, to *™* . 
the augmentation of certain Ecclesiastical Incum- Bill 52, 
_bencies in that City: And the same was read the 
| first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
/upon Wednesday the 26th day of April next; and 
to be printed. 





_ Mr. Cairns presented a Bill to amend and con- Bankry 
solidate the Law of Bankruptcy in Jreland: And (ireland) Ba 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be _ Bill 53, 
read a second time upon Wednesday the 26th day 

of April next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Owen Stanley reported from the Committee Private Bily 
on Group B. of Private Bills; That at the meeting (Group B,) 
of the Committee this day, a Letter was received 
from Mr. Child, one of the selected Members of the 
said Committee, stating that he was unable, on ac- 
count of domestic affliction, to attend the Committee 
this day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Child be discharged from fur- 


ther attendance on the Committee. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the Doncaster 
Doncaster Cemetery Bill; That they had examined Cemetery Bill 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, and made it more consistent 
with the provisions of the Bill; and found the same, 
as amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Rill, and made Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


y Mr. Bouverie reported the Brighton and Hove Brighton and 
Gas Bill, with Amendments. Hove Gas 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Bi 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Ramsbottom Gas Bill, Ramsbottom 
with Amendments. Gas Bill 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the Burry Port 
Burry Port Bill; ‘That they had examined the alle- Bill. 
gations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
amended the same, by omitting the recital, stating 
that an arrangement between the Company and cer- 
'tain creditors had been entered into, and by insert- 
ing in lieu thereof a recital of the expediency that 
'the parties should be empowered to enter into such 
arrangements ; and also a recital of the present exe- 
| cutors of the party who was entitled to the mortgage 

debt, in order that the recitals may be consistent 
with the facts of the case ; and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
}and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the Stockton, 
Stockton, Middlesbrough and Yarm Water Bill; = Vo 
That they had examined the allegations contained Water Bill. 
in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, 
to make it more consistent with the provisions of 
the Bill; and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto, 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the Report do lie upon the Table. 


h 


Mr. Bouverie reported the North London Railway 
Bill, with Amendments. 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


North London 
Railway Bill 








New River 
(New Reser- 
soirs, &amp;¢.) 


Belfast and 
West of Ire- 
land Railway 
(No. 2.) 


Blackburn 
Improvement, 
he, (No. 2) 
Bill. 


Stourbridge 
and Bridg- 
north Road 


Ashton-under- 


Norwict 


Equitable Fire Bill was read the third time. 








23° Marit. 149 


‘to their satisfaction; and had gone through the Bill, 


17 Vicroriz. 





Jovis, 23° die Martii ; and made Amendments thereunto. 
Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1854 ' Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
9 ‘ | 
PRAYERS. | Mr. Ker Seymer reported from the Committee on Imperial Gas 


PETITION of the Governor and Company | Group I. of Private Bills; ‘That in the case of the Company Bid 
of the New River, brought from Chadwell and | Imperia! Gas Company Bill, peg had examined 
Amwell to London, praying that provision may be | the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
made in the New River (New Reservoirs, &amp;c.) Bill, | Bill, and amended the same, by stating the amount 
for varying the Site of the Hampstead Heath Reser- | of Shares into which the Company's Capital had 
voirs, if required, was presented, and read ; and re- been divided, the addition of such a statement being 
ferred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. | considered expedient by the Committee ; and found 
the same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
A Petition of Promoters of the Belfast and West | through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
of Ireland Junction Railway Company, for leave to | unto. 
bring in a Bill for making a Railway from Armagh Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
to Cum, was presented, and read; and a Bill 
was ordered to be brought in accordingly, by Mr.| The House was moved, That the Report from the Middlesex 
Davison and Mr. Cairns. | Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of fujustrial 
the Petition for the Middlesex Industrial Schools °°” 
Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for transferring | Bill, might be read ; and the same being read ; 
to the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Bo-| Ordered, ‘hat leave be given to bring in a Bill 
rough of Blackburn, all the Powers and Property | for the Provision, Regulation and Maintenance of 
now vested in “‘ The Blackburn Improvement Com-| County Industrial Schools in Middlesex: And that 
missioners,” and certain Powers and Property by | Lord Robert Grosvenor, Viscount Chelsea and Mr. 
the private Act of the fourth and fifth years of the | Tufnell do prepare, and bring it in. 
reign of Her present Majesty, chapter forty-six,| 
vested in the Overseers of the Poor of the Township | Colonel North reported the Enniskillen Water- Enniskillen 
of Blackburn, authorizing the Corporation to pur- | works Bill, with Amendments. Waterworks 
chase the Property of the Blackburn Gas and Water| Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 2" 
Companies, and conferring on them further Powers 
for the Improvement and Regulation of the Borough,| Mr. Cubitt reported from the Committee on Group Chesterfield 
and for other purposes: And the same was read the | F, of Private Bills; ‘That in the case of the Chester- Waterworks 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. _| field Waterworks and Gas Bill, they had examined eens 
‘the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Mr. Foley presented a Bill for more effectually | Bill, but the same had not been proved to their satis- 
repairing the Road from Stourbridge, in the County | faction. 
of Worcester, to Bridgnorth, inthe County of Salop:| Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Liskeard Writ. 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new 
The Ashton-under-Lyne and Dukinfield Bridge | Writ for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this 
Bill was read the third time. |present Parliament for the Borough of Liskeard, 
A Clause (Power to vary works affecting Railway | in the room of Richard Budden Crowder, Esquire, 
with consent), was thrice read ; and added to the Bill. | who, since his Election for the said Borough, hath 
Then Amendments were made to the Bill. | accepted the office of one of Her Majesty’s Puisne 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. | Judges of the Court of Common Pleas. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill | 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 








Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Dun- Dungarvan 
garvan Election Petition have leave to sit this day till Election. 
The Norwich Equitable Fire Assurance Company | Five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


| 
| 


Company Bill, Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Manchester 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill | one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Improvement 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. in respect of non-compliance with the Standing ™ 
Orders in the case of the Petition for additional 





Maselele The Rossendale Union Gas Bill was read the third | Provision in the Manchester Improvement Bill. 
uo time. Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Resolved, ‘That the Bill do pass. Committee on Standing Orders. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Sweets or 
| Returns of all Sweets or Made Wines imported from Made Wines. 
Royal Ex- The Royal Exchange Assurance Consolidation | Scotland and Zreland into England, under the pro- 
~ty Bill was read the third time. i visions of the Act 6 &amp; 7 Will. 4, c.72, stating the 
dation Bill, Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Port or Place imported from, and the Port or Place 
Ordered, That Mr. Freshfield do carry the Bill | imported into, from the 6th day of January 1853 to 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. | the 5th day of January 1854, both dates inclusive ; 
' stating the Denomination, Sort or Kind of all such 
Waite Dean Mr. Thomas Greene reported from the Committee | Sweets or Made Wines, or Sweetened Compounded 









on Group C. of Private Bills; That in the case of | Spirits, so imported, and the Amount per Gallon of 
the Whittle Dean Waterworks Bill, they had exa- Duty charged and paid upon all the above-mentioned 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of Articles so imported :—Of ali Seizures that have 
the Bill, and amended the same, by reciting more , been made by the Excise and Customs of any such 
fully the sums authorized to be raised by the Bill, Sweets or Madc Wines, and Sweetened Compounded 
and in what respect the Powers of raising Capital had | Spirits, so imported, and the reason of such Seizures : 
not been exercised by the Company, in order to show | —Of all Sweets or Made Wines and Sweetened 
more clearly the financial position of the Company ; | Compounded Spirits seized Inland, being brought 
and found the same, as amended, to be true; and | from Scotland into England, contrary to the provi- 
had inquired into the bond fide character of the Sub- | sions of the said Act, from the 6th day of January 
scription Contract, and the same had been proved | 1853 to the 5th day of January 1854, both dates 

OL, 109, v3 * inclusive; 





Cone Tele- 
graph. 


Orange River 
Sovereignty. 


Supreme Court 


of Calcutta. 


150 


inclusive ; stating how all such Seizures of the above- 
mentioned Sweets or Made Wines, and Sweetened 
Compounded Spirits, within the periods of the dates 
specified, have been dealt with ; if any, and what 
Amount of Penalty has been enforced against the 
Parties from whom any such Seizures have been 
made :—And, of the Quantity, stating the Denomi- 
nation, Sort or Kind, of all such Sweets or Made 
Wines, and Sweetened Compounded Spirits, re- 
maining in Bond on the 5th day of January 1854, 
and where bonded. . 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of all Correspondence and Reports relating to 
Mr. Redi’s Cone Telegraph. 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 


23° Marti. 





House, Copies of Memorial from Landowners and 
other Inhabitants of the Orange River Sovereignty, 
addressed to Sir H. Smith in August 1851, on the | 
subject of Abandonment (not published in any Blue 
Book) :—Of any Reports sent to Her Majesty's | 
Government by the late Assistant Commissioner 
Major Hogge, on subject of Abandonment :—Of 
Proceedings of Assembly of Delegates convened on 
the 5th day of September 1853, with the Addresses 
sresented to Sir George Clerk by that Body :—Of all 
Rusteete Petitions, Memorials or Resolutions of 
Public Meetings transmitted to Sir George Clerk, 
Sir E. Cathcart, or Her Majesty’ Government, de- 
precatory of Abandonment :—And, of any Report 
transmitted by Sir George Clerk, together with or 
subsequently to the Report of the Proceedings of 
the Delegates. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts, in a Tabular Form, of the various Estates 
to which the Registrars of the Supreme Court of 





Calcutta have administered, of which the whole or 
uny part remains unclaimed; Name of Deceased | 
Party ; Date of Demise, and where ; Occupation or | 
Pursuit ; Total Amount, how disposed of ; Amount | 
of Interest received each year, and how disposed of, | 
and Total Balance remainmg, and how invested :— | 
Of all Estates administered to by the Registrar of 
the Supreme Court of Calcutta, from the 25th day 
of February 1848 to the latest Date; Name and 
Occupation of deceased Party ; Amount received, 
to whom paid, remaining Balance how invested, 
Interest how disposed of, Balance of Interest on 


A. 1854. 


November 1853 :—Like Return of the Total Sum 
aid to each of the late Sworn Clerks appointed 
axing Masters, for Salary and Compensation, col- 

lectively and together, ie the same Act, since the 

passing thereof :—Returns of the Annual Amount of 

Compensation awarded to each of the said Taxing 

Masters under the said Act, in the event of their 

ceasing to hold the said Office, and of the Annual 

Sums to be paid to the Personal Representatives of 

each of them as Compensation after their Deaths, 

and for what Number of Years after their Deaths 
such Payments to their Personal Representatives 
are to continue, and out of what Funds, and by 
whom, such Payments for Salary and Compensation 
are now made, and to be made :—And, of the Dates 
and Substance of all Orders of Court for the Re- 
duction of Fees in the Court of Chancery made 
since the passing of the Act 5 &amp; 6 Vic. c. 103, with 
the estimated Amount per annum of such Reduc- 
tions, and the estimated ‘Total Amount saved to the 
Suitors thereby, from the Date of the said Orders 
— to November 1853. 


eturn to an Order, dated the 24th day of Fe- Islands of 
bruary last, for Copy of all Correspondence which Arran. 


has taken place with the Postmaster-general, rela- 
tive to the establishment of regular Postal Commu- 
nication with the Islands of Arran, on the West Coast 
of Ireland. 


Return to an Order, dated the 10th day of this Incumbered 


instant March, for Copy of any Official Statement, Estates Court 


Ireland.) 


Letter, Resolution or Minute of the Lord Chancellor 
of Ireland, the Benchers of the Dublin King’s Inns, 
the Government of Jreland, or the Commissioners 
of Her Majesty’s Treasury, relating to the Removal 
of the Offices of the Incumbered Estates Court from 
Henrietta-street to the Four Courts. 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of Metropolitan 
an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table provements 


by the Clerk of the House,—Statement of the Ad- 
vances out of the Consolidated Fund to the Com- 
missioners of Her Majesty’s Works for Metropolitan 
Improvements ; of the Application of the Funds so 
advanced; and of the Monies paid into the Con- 
solidated Fund from 9th May 1853 to 31st Decem- 
ber 1853. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented,—Return to an Address to Subdivision 
of Parishes. 


Her Majesty, dated the 2d day of this instant March, 
for Copy of the Evidence taken before Her Majesty’s 
Commissioners appointed to inquire into the prac- 
ticability and mode of subdividing into distinct 
and independent Parishes, for all ecclesiastical pur- 
poses, all the densely-peopled Parishes in England 
and Wales. 


et eet ee OO bt OO 


each Estate in the hands of the Registrar, if claimed,| Mr. Fitzroy also presented, pursuant to the direc- Nuisances 
and whether under Litigation :—Similar Account of'| tions of an Act of Parliament,—Nuisances Removal Removal and 
all Monies belonging to Parties to whom the Regis-| and Diseases Prevention Act, 1848: Copy of an yention Act 


Tynemouth 
Writ. 


Court of 
Chancery. 


trar has administered and in the hands of the Ac- 
countant-general, showing how the same is invested, 
the Interest received, and how disposed of :—And, 
Account of the Amounts paid, and to whom, out of 
the Unclaimed Estates, in conformity with the re- 
commendation of the Committee on Sir Thomas 
Turton’s Defalcations. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
tor the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliameut for the Borough of Tynemouth, in the 
room of Hugh Taylor, Esquire, whose Election has 
been determined to be void. 


The following Papers were laid on the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—RKeturn to an Order, dated 
the 15th day of August in the last Session of Par- 
liament, for a Return of the Total Sum due or paid 


Order of the Poor Law Commissioners for Lreland, (Ireland) 


under the Medical Charities Act 14 &amp; 15 Vic. c. 68. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Osborne presented,—Return to an Address Arctic 


to Her Majesty, dated the 17th day of this instant 
March, for Copy of Letter addressed by Lady Frank- 
lin to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, 
dated the 24th day of February 1854, in reference 
to their Lordships’ announcement in the London 
Gazette of the 20th day of January 1854, and Copy 
of the said announcement, respecting the Officers 
and Crews of Her Majesty’s Ships “ Erebus” and 
“ Terror.” 

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


Petitions relating to Parliamentary Representation Public 


Bill ;—Episcopal Church (Paris) ; —Gaols ; — In- Pettont 
toxicating Liquors; — Maynooth College Act ; — vide Twer- 
Oaths Bill;—Public-houses and Beer-shops ;—Reli- tieth Repo 
gious Opinions ;—County Rates (Jreland) ;— Minis- 
Act, since the passing thereof, up to the 25th day of| ters’ Money (Jreland) Bill ;— Paper, or 

mps, 


for Salaries and Office Expenses under the Act 
5 &amp; 6 Vic. c. 103, since the passing of the Act; and 
also of the Total Sum paid for Compensation tor loss 
of Offices and Profits to Officers, under the same 
















Royal Assent. 


Consolidated 
Fund 
(£.8,000,000) 
Bill. 
Exchequer 
Bills 
(£.1,750,000 ) 
Bill. 

Coasting 
Trade Bill. 
Mutiny Bill. 


Marine 
Mutiny Bill. 


Whitehaven 
* Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Shrewsbury 
and Hereford 
Railway 
(Stations) Bill, 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Commons 
Inclosure Bill, 


Mortmain Bill. 
Bill 54, 


Local Acts. 
No. 44. 









17 VicToriz. 


Stamps, Foreign Books, &amp;c. ;—Education (Scot- 

land) Bill;—Medical Practitioners Bill ;—Medical 
Practitioners (No. 2) Bill; — Partnership ;—Pass- 

ports;—and, Settlement and Removal Bill,—were 
resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


23°—94° Martit. 





| 


151 


A Motion was made, and the Question being Grand Jury 
proposed, That the following Members be Members “ews (Ire- 
of the Select Committee on Grand Jury Laws" ) 
(Ireland) ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 


| Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 


the end of the Question, in order to add the words 


A Message by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of the | “ Order for the appointment of the said Committee 


Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 


| And the Question being put, That the words 


be read, and discharged,” instead thereof. 


The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s | propgsed to be left out, stand part of the Question : 


Commission, for declaring Her Royal Assent to se- 
veral Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire th 
immediate attendance of this Honourable House in 
the House of Peers, to hear the Commission read. 
Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :—And being returned ; 
Mr. Speaker reportec, That the House, at the 
desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Ma- 


| 
e| 





_—lIt passed in the Negative. 


And the Question being put, That the words 
“ Order for the appointment of the said Committee 
“be read, and discharged,” be added instead 


| thereof :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 


| Ordered, That the Order for the appointment of 
'the said Committee be read, and discharged :—And 


jesty’s Commission, had been at the House of Peers, | the said Order was accordingly read, and dis- 


where a Commission under the Great Seal was read, 
giving, declaring and notifying the Royal Assent to 
the several Acts therein-mentioned; and that the 
Lords, thereby authorized, had declared the Royal 
Assent to the said Acts, as follow: 

An Act to apply the Sum of Eight millions, out of 
the Consolidated Fund, to the Service of the year One 
thousand eight hundred and Fifty-four : 


An Act for raising the Sum of One million seven 
hundred and fifty thousand pounds by Exchequer 
Bills, for the Service of the year One thousand eight 
hundred and Fifty-four : 

An Act to admit Foreign Ships to the Coasting 
Trade : 

An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and 
for the better Payment of the Army and their 
Quarters : 

An Act for the Regulation of Her Majesty’s Royal 


Marine Forces while on Shore. 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Whitehaven Junction 
Railway Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on 
Unopposed Railway Bills; That in the case of the 
Shrewsbury and Revied Railway (Stations) Bill, 
they had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, in 
order to make the same correspond with the enact- 
ments of the Bill; and found the same, as amended, 
to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

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


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Tinney : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Commons Inclosure 
Bill, with an Amendment; to which Amendment 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :—And 
then the Messenger withdrew. 


Mr. Headlam presented a Bill to consolidate and 
amend the Laws of Mortmain, and the Laws regu- 
lating Gifts to charitable or religious purposes : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday the 3d 
day of May next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Oshorne presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Further Reports from the Admiralty, rela- 
tive to Applications for Local Acts. 

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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the Suppression of Gaming-houses: And that 
Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Solicitor General and Mr. 
Fitzroy do prepare, and bring it in. 

Vou. 109. 


charged. 


| The Income Tax Bill was, according to Order, Income Tax 


|read a second time; and committed to a Committee Bill. 
lof the whole House, for To-morrow. 


| The Medical Practitioners (No.2) Bill was, ac- Medical 
‘cording to Order, read a second time; and com- Practitioners 
‘mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for (No. 2) Bill. 
Thursday the 13th day of April next. 


_ A Petition of the Portsmouth Railway Company Portsmouth 

‘and the Direct London and Portsmouth Railway +ilway Bill 
Company, praying that Ss may be made in 

the Portsmouth Railway Bill for the winding-up the 

‘affairs and the dissolution of the Petitioners, the 

| Direct London and Portsmouth Railway Company ; 

and for the transfer to the Petitioners, the Ports- 

| mouth Railway Company, of all the property, estate, 

goods, chattels, rights, habilities and diien of 

the Petitioners, the Direct London and Portsmouth 

| Railwa Company, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private 

Bills. 

| 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Veneris, 24° die Martii; 
Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 
O# DERED, That the Minutes of the Evidence Cheltenham 
taken before the Committee on the Che/tenham and Oxford, 
and Oxford, and London, Oxford and Cheltenham Bite cies 
Railway Bills, in Session 1847, be referred to the 
| Committee on the Cheltenham Waterworks Bill. 





Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for making a Rail- Belfast and 
way from Armagh to Cavan: And the same was West of Ire- 


we the first time ; and ordered to be read a second te &gt; a 
me. 


Viscount Chelsea presented a Bill for the Pro- Middlesex 
vision, Regulation and Maintenance of County In- Mdustrig 
dustrial Schools in Middlesex : And the same was . 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Motion being made, That the Hatfield Chase Hatfield Chase 
Warping and Improvement Bill be now read the Warping and 
third time ; — 

Mr. Hayter, by Her goa Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time ; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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

vu 4 





Ordered, 


Railway and 
Canal Bills 
(Group 1.) 


Nottingham 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Rossendale 
Waterworks 
Bi 


Hull Cemetery 
Bi 


Kilkenny and 
Great Southern 
and Western 
Railway Bill. 


Royal Conical 
Flour Mill 
Company Bill. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Twentieth 
Report. ) 


Standing 
Orders, 


Great North 
of Scotland 
Railway Bill. 


Potteries, 
Biddulph and 
Congleton 
Railway Bill. 


Yeovil Im- 
provement 
Bill 


Railway Pills. 


Controverted 
Elections. 


152 


Ordered, That the Sub-Committee on Group I. of 
Railway and Canal Bills have leave to sit this day till 
Five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


The Nottingham Waterworks Bill was read the 


third time. ‘ 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Rossendale Waterworks Bill was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Hull Cemetery Bill, as amended in the Com- 


mittee. : 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Kilkenny and Great Southern and Western 
Railway Bill was read a second time; and com- 
mitted. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


Ordered, That the Royal Conical Flour Mill Com- 
pany Bill be read a second time upon ‘Tuesday the 
25th day of April next. 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select 
Committee on Public Petitions ; That they had exa- 
mined the Petitions presented upon the 21st, 22d 
and 23d days of this instant March; and had di- 
rected him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; which 
were read, as follow : . 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Great North 
of Scotland Railway Bill Petition for dispensing with 
Standing Orders 112 and 178, from Deeside Railway 
Company, the said Standing Orders ought to be dis- 
pensed with; that the Parties be permitted to be 
heard on their Petition against the Bill, notwith- 
standing the same shall have been deposited later 
than seven clear days after the second reading of the 
Bill. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Potteries, Bid- 
dulph and Congleton Railway Bill Petition for dis- 
pensing with Standing Orders 112 and 178, from 
Chief Bailiff and others of Burslem, the said Stand- 
ing Orders ought not to be dispensed with. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the Yeovil lm- 
provement Bill Petition fur dispensing with Standing 
Orders 112 and 178, from Aun Lilly and others, the 


said Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed | 


with. 

‘The first Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, ‘hat the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of the Report of the Board of Trade to the 
General Committee on Railway and Canal Bills on 
the Railway Bills of 1854, dated February 1854. 


Sir George Grey reported from the General Com- 
mittee of Elections ; ‘Ihat they had selected Montagu 
Chambers, Esquire, to be placed upon the Chairmen’s 
Panel, in the room of Richard Budden Crowder, 
Esquire, who has ceased to be a Member of the 
House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Peel presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 15th day of February last, 
for a Return of the Names, Stations, Dates of Ap- 


24° Marti. 


A. 1854, 


ointment, and Salaries of the Emigration Officers 
in the United Kingdom; with a Copy of the General 
Instructions issued for their guidance :—And, of the 
Names, Dates of Appointment, and Emoluments of 
the Medical Inspectors at the several Ports at which 
Emigration Officers are stationed. 


Return to several Addresses to Her Majesty, Gibratta. 


dated the 17th and 20th days of February last, for 
Copy of the Memorial presented to the Duke of 
Newcastle, by a Deputation from the Merchants of 
Gibraltar ; and, Copies or Extracts of any Corres- 
pondence relating thereto, between the Colonial 
Office and the Governor of Gibraltar; and of the 
Despatches dated the 21st day of March 1853, and 
the 15th day of October 1853: And, for 
Copy or Extracts of a Despatch of the Governor of 
Gibraltar to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, 
dated the 18th day of June 1853. 

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


The Order for reading a second time the Black- Blackburn In. 
burn Improvement (No. 2) Bill, was read, and dig- provement 


charged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


(No. 2) Bill, 


Mr. Cubitt reported from the Committee on Group Chesterfield 
F. of Private Bills ; That in the case of the Chester- Market Bill, 


field Market Bill, they had examined the allegations 
contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended 
the same, by adding the words “and if provisions 
“ were made for a new Market-place or Market- 
“« places,” in clause 2, because the former provisions 
were insufficient ; and found the same, as amended, 
to be true ; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to Parochial anf 


Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
ve directions, that there be laid before this House, 

eturns of the Parochial and Burgh Schools, with 
the Number of Scholars at each, in the Royal Burghs 
and Parliamentary Towns of Aberdeen, Airdrie, Ayr, 
Arbroath, Banff, Cupar, Dumfries, Dundee, Dun- 
Sermline, Dysart, Edinburgh, Elgin, Forfar, Falkirk, 
Glasgow, Greenock, Haddington, Hamilton, Inver- 
ness, Kilmarnock, Kirkaldy, Leith, Montrose, Perth, 
Port Glasgow, Paisley, Portobello, Peterhead, 
Rutherglen, Stranraer, Wigton and Wick. 

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


B 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Neutral 
Copy of the entire Correspondence which has passed Vessels 


between the Board of Trade and the house of Messrs. 
Martin, Levin and Adler, in respect of the Rights 
of Neutrals. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Poor Law. 


Returns of the Number of Removable Poor Persons 
residing in the Incorporation of Bristol or Norwich, 
or in the Parishes of Brighton, Liverpool or Wolver- 
hampton, or in the Townships of Leeds or Manches- 
ter, who shall be in Receipt of Relief during the last 
Week of the Lady-day nantes 1854, such Relief 


| being given through the hands of the Officers of the 


Places in which the Poor Persons reside, but on ac- 
count and at the Charge of other Places than those 
in which they reside; together with the Cost of such 
Relief for the Week in question :—Of the Number 
of Removable Poor Persons residing in the Incorpo- 
ration of Bristol, but having Settlement within some 
Union in the Counties of Gloucester or Somerset, 
who shall be in Receipt of Relief during the Week 
in question, such Relief not being given through the 
hands of any of the Officers of the said Incorpora- 
tion ; together with the Cost of such Relief for the 





Week in question :—Of the like particulars in regard 
to 





urgh Schools: 
(Scotland. ) 





Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Twenty- 
first Report. 


Miss Cunning- 
hame. 


Steam Vessels. 


Shipping. 


17 Vicroriz. 


to the Incorporation of Norwich and the Unions in 
the County of Norfolk, the Parish of Brighton and 
the Unions in the County of Sussex, the Parish of 
Liverpool and the Unions in the County of Lancaster, 
the Parish of Wolverhampton and the Unions in the 
County of Stafford, the Township of Leeds and the 
Unions in the West Riding of the County of York, 
and the Township of A/anchester and the Unions in 
the County of Lancaster :—And, of the Number of 
Removable Poor Persons in Receipt of Relief during 
the Week in question at the Charge of the above- 
named Incorporations, Parishes or Townships, but 
not residing duncin ; together with the Cost of such 
Relief for the Week in question. 


Petitions relating to Bribery, &amp;c. Bill ;— Kingston- 
upon-Hull Bribery Prevention Bill ;—Parliamentary 
Representation Bill ;—Conventual and Monastic In- 
stitutions Committee ; — Gaols ;— Intoxicating Li- 

uors ;—Jews ; —Ouths Bill ;— Public-houses and 

eer-shops ;— Universities (Ux/ord and Cambridge) : 
—Enmigrant Ships ;—County Rates (Jre/and) ;— Fire 
Insurance ;—Ministers’ Money (Zreland) ;—Decimal 
Coinage ;-—Education (Ireland) ;—Education (Scot- 
land);— Harbours of Refuge ;—-J udgment Execution 
Bill ;—Juvenile Crime ;— Medical Officers (Navy) ; 
—Poor Law ;—Postal Communication (South ,of 
Ireland) ;—Registration of Assurances ;—Settlem®nt 
and Removal Bill;—and, Valuation of Lands (Scot- 
land) Bill,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Lord John Russell presented,—Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 13th day of Febru- 
ary last, Copies of or Extracts from the Correspon- 
dence relating to the recent case of the Imprison- 
ment of Miss Cunninghame at Florence. 

Ordered, ‘Vat the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,— Return to an Order, dated 
the 10th day of February last, for a Return, in a 
Tabular Form, of the whole of the Steam Vessels 
registered in the United Kingdom between the 1st 
day of January 1852 and the 1st day of January 
1854; stating, in separate Columns, the following 
Particulars,—1. Vessels’ Names; 2. Port of Re- 
gistry; 3. Date of Registry; 4. Registered Owners ; 
5. Dimensions of Vessels in Length and Breadth; 
6. Tonnage (exclusive of Engine Room), and Gross 
Tonnage when practicable ; distinguishing Vessels 
built of Iron, and also Vessels having Screw Pro- 
pellers ; and giving the Aggregate Number of Ves- 
sels and Amount of Tonnage (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 219, of Session 1852). 

Keturn to an Order, dated the 10th day of Fe- 
bruary last, for a Return of the Number and Ton- 
nage of Sailing Vessels registered at each of the 
Ports of Great Britain and Ireland, including the 
Isle of Man and the Channel Islands; distinguish- 
ing those under and those above Fifty Tons’ Re- 
gister, on the 31st day of December 1853 :—Si- 
milar Return of Steam Vessels and their Tonnage :— 
Return of the Number and Tonnage of Vessels that 
entered and cleared Coastwise, at each of the Ports 
of Great Britain and Ireland, Isle of Man and 
Channel Islands (including their repeated Voyages), 
distinguishing Steam from Sailing ene, between 
the 31st day of December 1852 and the 31st day of 
December 1853 :—Like Return from and to the 
Colonies ; further distinguishing British from Fo- 
reign Vessels; also, from and to Foreign Ports; 
also distinguishing British from Foreign Vessels :— 
Return of the Number and Tonnage of Sailing Ves- 
sels registered at each of the Ports of the Colonies 
of the U nited Kingdom respectively ; distinguishing 
those under and those above Fifty Tons’ Register, 
on the 31st day of December 1853 :—Similar Re- 


turn of Steam Vessels and their Tonnage :—Returns 
VoL, 109, 





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153 


of the Number of Vessels, with their Tonnage (dis- 
tinguishing Steam from Sailing Vessels), that were 
built and registered, distinguishing ‘Timber from 
Iron Vessels; also, a similar Return of Vessels sold 
and transferred ; also, a similar Return of Vessels 
wrecked ; also, a similar Return of Vessels broken 
up in the year 1853 :—Of the Number of Colonial- 
built Vessels, and their Tonnage, registered at each 
of the Ports of the United Kingdom in the year 
1853 ; distinguishing the Number and Tonnage of 
eagh Colony respectively :—Similar Return of the 
Number of Foreign-built Vessels and their ‘lounage: 
--And, Return of the Shipping employed in the 
Trade of the United Kingdom, exhibiting the Num- 
ber and Tonnage of Vessels that entered Inwards 
and cleared Outwards (including their repeated 
Voyages), separating British from Foreign Vessels, 
ulso Steam from Sailing Vessels, and distinguishing 
the Trade with each Country, in the year 1853 (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 299, of 
Session 1552-53). 


The following Papers, pursuant to the directions Public 





of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon Accountants. 


the ‘lable by the Clerk of the House, — List of 
Officers and Departments whose Accounts are au- 
dited or inspected by the Commissioners for auditing 
the Public Accounts. 

An Account of the Arrears and Balances due to 
and from all Public Accountants, arising upon final 
Accounts which have been stated or declared, or 
signed and passed, so far as the said Particulars can 


| be ascertained from the Books of the Commissioners 


for auditing the Public Accounts, completed to the 
5th January 1854. 

List of Accounts depending in the Office of the 
Commissioners for auditing the Public Accounts, 
which have not been audited, stated or declared, or 
signed and passed, completed to the 28th February 
1854. 


The Fortieth Report of the Commissioners of Highland Reads 


Highland Roads and Bridges in Scotland. 


and Bridges. 


Account of the Ordinary Revenues and Extraor- Public Income 


dinary Resources constituting the Public Income of * 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
for the year ended 5th January 1854. 

Account of the Ordinary Revenues and Extraor- 
dinary Resources constituting the Public Income of 
Great Britain, for the year ended 5th January 1854. 

Account of the Ordinary Revenues and Extraor- 
dinary Resources constituting the Public Income of 
Ireland, for the year ended Sth January 1854, 

Account of the Total Income of the Revenue of 
Great Britain and Ireland, in the year ended 5th 
January 1854, after deducting the Repayments, 
Allowances, Discounjs Drawbacks and Bounties in 
the nature of Drawbacks ; together with an Account 
of the Public Expenditure of the United Kingdom, 
exclusive of Sums applied to the Reduction of the 
National Debt, within the same Period. 

Account of the Net Public Income of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the year 
ended 5th January 1854, after abating the Expen- 
diture thereout defrayed by the several Revenue De- 
partments ; and of the actual Issues or Payments 
within the same Period, exclusive of the Sums ap- 

lied to the Redemption of Funded or paying off 
Unfunded Debt; ons of the Advances and Repay- 
ments for Local Works, &amp;c. 

Account of the Balances of the Public Money re- 
maining in the Exchequer un the 5th January 1853 ; 
the Amount of Monev raised by the Additions to 
the Funded or Unfunded Debt in the year ended 
5th January 1854; the Money applied towards the 
Redemption of the Funded or paying off Unfunded 
Debt ; the Total Amount of Advances and Repay- 
ments on account of Local Works, &amp;c., with the 
Difference accruing thereon, and the Balances in the 
Exchequer, on 5th January 1854, 


N 


nd Expen- 
diture. 


o. 123. 


Account of the Income of the Consolidated Fund Consolidated 


arising in the United Kingdom, in the year ended Fund. 


x Sth 








Funded Debt. 


Disposition 
of Grants. 


Arrears and 
Balances. 


Trade and 
Navigation. 


Superannu- 
ations. 
No. 125. 


Public Debt. 
No, 124, 


154 
5th January 1854; and of the actual Payments on 
account of the Consolidated Fund, within the same 
Period. 

Account of the Monies applicable to the pay- 
ment of the Consolidated Fund of the United King- 
dom, in the year ended 5th January 1854, and of 
the several Charges which have become due thereon 
in the same year; including the Amount of Ex- 
chequer Bills charged upon the same Fund at the 
Commencement and Termination of the year; with 
Appendices. ° 

Account of the Actual Receipt and Expenditure 
of the Sums placed in the Hands of the Commis- 
sioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, in 
the year ending 5th January 1854, 

Account of the Total Amount of the Unredeemed 
Funded Debt, and the Charge thereof, at the 5th Ja- 
nuary 1854; of the Debt and Charge thereof created 
in the year ended 5th January 1854; of the Debt 
and Charge thereof reduced in the course of that 
year; and of the ‘Total Amount of the Unredeemed 
Debt and the Charge thereof, as it stood on 5th 
January 1854, 

Account of the State of the Public Funded Debt 
of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Charge 
thereupon, at 5th January 1854. 

Account of the Unfunded Debt of Great Britain 
and Jreland, and of the Demands outstanding on 
5th January 1854; distinguishing Exchequer Bills ; 
Sums remaining unpaid, charged upon the Aids 
granted by Parliament; and Exchequer Bills to be 
issued out of the Consolidated Fund ; and distin- 
guishing also such Part of the Unfunded Debt and 
Demands as has been provided for by Parliament ; 
together with an Account of the Ways and Means 
remaining in the Exchequer, or to be received on the 
5th January 1854, to repay such Part of the Un- 
funded Debt and Demands outstanding as have been 
provided for; with Appendices. 

Account showing how the Monies given for the 
Service of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Jreland, for the year 1853, have been disposed 
of, distinguished under their several Heads, to 5th 
January 1854. 

Customs: England, Scotland, Ireland :— Ba- 
lances and Arrears, on 5th January 1854. 

Excise: England, Scotland, Jreland :— Arrears 
and Current Balances, on 5th January 1854. 

Stamps: Great Britain: —Arrears due on 5th 
January 1854, from Distributors; Net Balances in 
the Hands of Distributers. 

Ireland :—Balances and Arrears, on 5th January 
i854, 

Land and Assessed Taxes: Great Britain :—Ar- 
rears and Current Balances, on,5th January 1854. 

Ireland :—Balances of deceased and dismissed 
Collectors; Balance of a deceased Revenue Col- 
lector. 

Post-oflice: Great Britain:—Arrears due on 
5th January 1854; Balances and Arrears due on 
5th January 1854. 

Ireland :— Arrears due on 5th January 1854; 
Balances and Arrears due on 5th January 1854. 

Land Revenues of the Crown: England, Wales, 
&amp;c. :—Arrears and Current Balances on 5th January 
1854, 

Accounts of the Trade and Navigation of the 
United Kingdom, during each of the Three years 
ending 5th January 1854. 

An Account of all Allowances or Compensations 
granted as Retired Allowances or Superannuations, 
in all Public Othces or Departments, which remained 
payable on the Ist January 1853; the Annual 
Amount which was granted in the year 1853; the 
Annual Amount Which ceased within the year; and 
the Total Amount remaining payable on the 31st of 
December 1853. 

An Account of all Additions which have been 
made to the Annual Charge of the Public Debt by 
the Interest of any Loan that hath been made, or 


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A. 1854. 


Annuities created, in the last Ten years; and also 
showing how the Charge incurred in respect of the 
same has been provided for. 

Account of every Increase and Diminution which Increase ang 
has taken place within the year 1853, in the Num- Piminution o 
ber of Persons employed, or in the Salaries, Emolu- 
ments, Allowances and Expenses in all Public ‘® 126. 
Offices or ee with an Abstract. 

Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Public 
Income and Expenditure; Superannuations; and, 

Public Debt; and the Abstract of the Account rela- 
tive to Increase and Diminution of Salaries, &amp;c.; be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Court of Court of 
Chancery, which was presented upon the 23d day of Chancery, 
this instant March, be printed. No. 127, 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Metropolitan Metropolitan 
Improvements, which was presented upon the 23d Improvements, 
day of this instant March, be printed. No, 128, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Arctic Arctic 
Expeditions, which was presented upon the 23d day Expeditions, 
of this instant March, he printed. No. 129, 


Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Prisons. 
d,—Copy of Nineteenth Report of the Inspec- 
tofs appointed under the provisions of the Act 
5 &amp; 6 Will. 4, c. 38, to visit the different Prisons of 
Great Britain :—VI. Scotland. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Sir John Young presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Medical 
mand,—Copy of Second Annual Report of the ym ey 
Commissioners for administering the Laws for Relief eee 
of the Poor in Jreland under the Medical Charities 
Act, 14 &amp; 15 Vice. c. 68. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second Settlement 
reading of the Settlement and Removal Bill ; ——— 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 
The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz., To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 
And the Question bein proposed, That the word 
“ now ” stand part of the Grestion :—And a Debate 
arising thereupon ; 


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


Sabbati, 25° die Martii, 1854: 


And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Debate be adjourned till Monday 
next ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ Monday next,” 
and adding the words “ Monday the 24th day of 
“ ril next,” instead thereof. 

nd the Question being put, That the words 
“ Monday next” stand part of the Question; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Hayter, 

Yeas, Mr. Grenville Berkeley : 

Tellers for the (Mr. Packe, 

Noes, Mr. Hildyard: 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

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


}1s2. 
}21. 


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


the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 7 
e 





ee gt 


—_——) eet oe 


Ghia 


— &lt;_&lt; 4 


Income Tax 


Money, &amp;c. 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Bribery, &amp;¢. 
Bill 


Controverted 
Blections, &amp;c. 


Towns Im- 
ement 
Tireland) Bill. 


Improvement 
of Towns 


(Ireland) Bill. 
Church 
Building Acts 
Amendment 
Bill 

Bribery Pre- 


vention Bill. 


Dublin 
Carriage Bill. 


Windsor, 


17 Vicroriz. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Income Tax Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Ministers’ Money, &amp;c. (/reland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Bribery, &amp;c. Bill; 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Controverted Elections, &amp;c. Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Towns Improvement (/reland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this ions will, upon Monday the 
3d day of April next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Improvement of ‘Towns (Jreland) Bill; 

Resolved, Vhat this Hoyse will, upon Monday the 
3d day of April next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Church Building Acts Amendment 
Bill ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Bribery Prevention Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Dudlin Carriage Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon 
the 21st day of this instant March, That an humble 
Address be presented to Her Majesty, that She will 
be graciously pleased forthwith to direct the Lieu- 
tenant and Chancellor of the Most noble Military 


Order of Saint George and the Garter to take the | ——— 


necessary steps for the due Appropriation of the 
Rents and Profits, called ‘The New Dotation,” 
granted by the three existing Crown Grants of the 
4th day of August 1547, the 7th’day of October 
1547, and the 30th day of August 1559, for the 
Maintenance and other Exigencies of the Military 
Knights of Windsor, as established by the two Acts 
of Parliament 39 &amp; 40 Elizabeth, c. 9, and 1 James, 
¢. 31, and further established by the Act 3 &amp; 4 Vic. 
c. 113; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


Resulved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to cause inquiry to be made, whether the Rents and 
Profits called “ The New Dotation,” granted by the 
three existing Crown Grants of the 4th day of Au- 


gust 1547, the 7th day of October 1547, and the 
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195 
30th day of August 1559, for the Maintenance and 
other Exigencies of the Military Knights of Windsor, 
as established by the two Acis of Parliament 39 &amp; 40 
Elizabeth, c. 9, and 1 James, c. 31, and further 
established by the Act 3 &amp; 4 Vie. c.113, have been 
and are now duly appropriated. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Wavs and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, Mat this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Select Committee on Dudlin Hospitals was Dublin 

nominated of Mr. Grogan, Lord Alfred Hervey, Lord Hospitals. 
Naas, Sir Thomas Frankland Lewis, Mr. Percy, 
Mr. Brady, Sir John Hanmer, Mr. Moody, Mr./Sames 
MacGregor, Mr. Digby Seymour, Mr. Kershaw, Mr. 
Shirley, Mr. Whitmore, Mr. John Ball and Mr. 
Byng ; with Power to send for persons, papers and 
records. 


Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Colonial 
Committee, upon Monday next, on the Colonial pred La 
Clergy Disabilities Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Secretary-at-War presented,—Return to an Brevet 
Order, dated the 22d day of February last, for a Promotions. 
Return of the Number of Colonels promoted to the 
rank of Major-general at the Brevet of the 9th day 
of November 1846, distinguishing the Officers of 
Artillery, Engineers and Marines, from the rest of 
the Army :—Similar Return as regards the Brevet 
of the 11th day of November 1851 :— Returns of 
the Average Length of Service of the Colonels of 
1841 who were not included in the Brevet of 1851 : 
—Stating the Number of General Officers of all 
Ranks who died or retired from the Service between 
the 9th day of November 1846 and the 11th day of 
November 1851:—And, similar Return from the 
11th day of November 1851 to the present time. 

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


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


Luna, 27° die Marti; 
Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 

M R. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from New River 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private (New Reser- 

Bills, in respect of non-compliance with the Stand- joi" ©) 
ing Orders in the case of the Petition for additional 
Provision in the New River (New Reservoirs, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from portsmouth 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Railway Bill. 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for additional Pro- 
vision in the Portsmouth Railway Bill. 

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

x 2 


Ordered, 


Railway and 
Canal Bills 
(Group 5.) 


Lowestoft 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Lowestoft 
Improvement 
(No. 2.) 


Kingston- 
upon-Hull 
Docks Bill. 


Liverpool 
Sanitary and 
other Local 
Acts Bill. 


Nereford 
Improvement 
~ 
sill. 


156 


Ordered, That the Sub-Committee on Group 5 
of Railway and Canal Bills have leave to sit, this 
day, till Five of the clock, during the sitting of the 
House. 


The Order for referring the Lowestoft Improve- 
ment Bill to the Committee of Selection, was read, 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordcred, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the Improvement and Regulaticn of the Town of 
Lowestoft, and the Parishes of Lowestoft and Kirk- 
ley, otherwise Kirtley, in the County of Suffolk, and 
for other purposes: And that Mr. Peto, Mr. Jackson 
and Mr. Geach do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Kingston-upon-Hull Docks Bill was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Lord Hotham do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Liverpool Sanitary and other Local Acts Bill 
was read the third time. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(Provision for the over-crowding of Dwellings) :— 
And tle said Clause was brought up, and read the 
first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. . 

, Mr. Liddell, 

Tellers for the Yeas, { Mr. Horsfall : 
Tellers for the Noes, {aie same - 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Then Anendments were made to the Bill. 
Resolted, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Liddell do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


59. 


\ 
J 
\ 
J 


119. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Hereford Improvement Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 


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A. 1854, 


The said proposed Amendment was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 
Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Jackson reported the Be/fast Harbour Bill, Belfast ta. 
with Amendments. bour Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Ker Seymer reported from the Committee on Bolton Gas 
Group I. of Private Bills; That in the case of the Bill 
Bolton Gas Bill, they had examined the allegations 
contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended 
the same, by inserting a more specific description of 
the Share Capital ot the Company, the Committee 
considering such additional description expedient ; 
and found the same, as amended, to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Vernon Smith reported from the Committee Private Bil 
‘on Group G. of Private Bills; That the Parties (Group G.) 
promoting the Wellington Docks (Southwark) Bill 
‘had stated to the Conmittee, that the Evidence of 
| Charles Rowland, of 1, Burney-street, Greenwich, 
| was essential to enable them to establish their case 
‘before the Commitiee ; and it having been proved 
that his attendance could not be procured without 
the intervention of the House, he had been instructed 
by the Committee to move the House, that the said 
Charles Kowland do attend the said Committee 
‘To-morrow, the 28th day of March instant, at Twelve 
‘of the clock. 

Ordered, That Charles Rowland do attend the 
said Committce To-morrow, at Twelve o’clock. 





| 
| 
| Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Public 
|Committee on Public Petiticns; That they had Petitions 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 24th day Sve Reet) 
‘of this instant March, and had directed him to make 

a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

and be printed. 

| 
| Petitions relating to Intoxicating Liquors ;—Nun- Public 
|neries ;—Public-houses and Beer-shops ;— Medical Petitions 


Practitioners Bill ;—and, Settlement and Removal yiae Twenty- 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. | Bill,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie second Report. 


Burry Port 
Bill. 


tamsbottom 
Gas Bill. 


Southport 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


South Sea 
Company Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Burry Port Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Ramsbottom Gas Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Southport Waterworks Bill, 
as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the South Sea Company Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in p.3, 1.1, by leavmg out from the word 
“ Parliament” to the end ot the paragraph. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out, stand part of the 
Bill:—The said proposed Amendment was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, by leaving out from the words “ vested in” 
in p. 8, 1. 10, to the word “ them” in 1. 11. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out, stand part of the Bill :— 


| upon the Table. 


| Lord John Russell acquainted the House, That Queen’s Mes 
|he had a Message from Her Majesty to this House, —— 
signed by Her Majesty :—And he presented the same 

'to the anne, and it was read by Mr. Speaker (all 

|the Members of the House being uncovered); and 

is as followeth : 


VICTORIA R. 


| Her Majesty thinks it proper to acquaint the 
House of Commons, that the Negotiations in which 
Her Majesty, in concert with Her Allies, has for 
some time past been engaged with his Majesty the 
Emperor of all the lusstas have terminated, and that 
Her Majesty feels bound to afford active assistance 
to Her Ally the Sultan against unprovoked aggres- 
sion. 

Her Majesty has given directions for laying before 
the House of Commons, Copies of such Papers, in 
addition to those already communicated to Parlia- 
ment, as will atford the fullest information with 
regard to the subject of these Negotiations. 

It is a consolation to Her Majesty to reflect, that 
no endeavours have been wanting on Her part to 
preserve to Her subjects the blessings of peace. 

Her Majesty’s map expectations have been dis- 
appointed ; and Her Majesty relies with confidence 
on the zeal and devotion of Her faithful Commons, 
and on the exertions of Her brave and loyal subjects, 

to 








Wool, &amp;c. 


Convicts 
([reland.) 


Metropolitan 
Drainage. 


Guns, &amp;e, 


Endowed 
land.) 


17 Vicrori2. 


to support Her in Her determination to employ the 
wer and resources of the Nation for protecting the 

dominions of the Sultan against the encroachments 

of Russia. VR. 


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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Total Imports of Sheep’s Wool into 
the United Kingdom, for the year 1853 :—Of the 
Total Imports of Mohair or Angora Goats’ Wool, 
for the year 1853 :-—And, of the British Woollen 
Manufactures and Woollen Yarn exported, for the 
year 1853. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of all Persons under Sentence of Transpor- 
tation or Penal Servitude in each of the Gaols in 
Treland, at any time from the 1st day of April 1852 
to the 1st day of April 1854, distinguishing Male 
from Female; the Period for which each Person was 
confined in such Gaol from the date of his or her 
Conviction; and the Total Cost of each Person 
during such Period, with the Proportions thereof 
defrayed by the Consolidated Fund, or out of Local 
Rates. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
ive directions, that there be laid before this House, 
opies of any Reports and Communications made 
by the Board of Health to the Secretary of State 
for the Home Department, in reference to the Drain- 
age of the Metropolis; together with Copies of 
Correspondence on the subject, and of any Plans 
and Estimates which may have been forwarded to 
the Home Office by the Board of Health, with the 
Names of the Engineers and Survevors by whom 
such Plans and Estimates may have been made :— 
And, of all Correspondence that may have passed 
between the Secretary of State for the Home De- 
partment and the Commissioners of Sewers, since 


the 1st day of January 1853, in reference to the | Wales) Bill, without any Amendment : And also, 


Drainage of the Metropolis. 


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


97° Martitz. 





| 
| 





157 


these Schools respectively, distinguishing Free from 
Day Scholars, oan a ion both an Prices 
charged for Day Scholars and for Boarders respec- 
tively ; and whether the Free Scholars are selected 
by the Commissioners, by the Master, or by other 
and what Persons. 


Mr. Cardwell presented,— Return to an Order, Neutral 
dated the 24th day of this instant March, for Copy Vessels. 
of the entire Correspondence which has passed be- 
tween the Board of Trade and the house of Messrs. 
Martin, Levin and Adler, in respect of the Rights of 
Neutrals. 

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


Mr. Osborne presented, — Return to an Order, Freight Money 
dated the 15th day of this instant March, for Re- — 
turns of the several Sums of Freight Money received © °°?" ) 
by the Treasurer of Greenwich Hospital since the 
17th day of February 1852, with the Date of such 
Payments, and whether on Public or Private Ac- 
count :—And, of the Name of the Ship or Vessel in 
which the Treasure was conveyed, and of the Captain 
or Officer commanding the same. 

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


Ordered, That Mr. Whitbread have leave of ab- Leave of 
sence till Easter, on urgent business. Absence. 


Mr. Hayter presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Commissariat 
mand,—An Account showing all the Sums which Chest. 
have been received into the Commissariat Chest, and 
which have been paid out of the same, between the 
1st April 1852 and the 31st March 1853, and of 
the Assets and Liabilities of the Chest on the latter 
day. 
‘Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blunt: Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 


The Lords have agreed to the Highways (South Highways 
— Wales) 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Registration 
for preventing Frauds upon Creditors by Secret &gt; Bog gi 
Bills of Sale of Personal Chattels; to which the 


Lords desire the concurrence of this House :— And 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a| then the Messenger withdrew. 


Return of the Number of Guns, Pistols and Re- 
volvers proved in each year from 1844 to 1854, at 
the Government Proof-house, Birmingham, at the 
cam Proof-house, and the Lundon Proof- 
ouse. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Total Amount of all Monies received 
in each year by the Commissioners of Education in 
Lreland, appointed under the Act 53 Geo. 3 (dis- 
tinguishing Rents of Lands from all other Monies), 
of each School of Public and Private Endowment, 
from the 1st day of November 1849 to the Ist day 
of November 1853; with an Account of all the 
Annual Disbursements thereof, particularly specify- 
ing the Amount of Salary paid to each of the several 
Masters and Assistants ; the Sums repaid on account 
of Loans advanced for Building; and all Sums paid 
for Repairs of the several Schvol-houses; the nature 
and extent of such Kepairs; Sums paid to Agents 
or others for collecting Rents, distinguishing Sums 
paid to Receivers from those paid to Bailiffs or 
others; Sums paid to Solicitors for Law Expenses 
or Bills of Costs ; the Amount paid for Tithe Rent- 
charge and Poor-rates ; the Amount expended upon 
each Property; the reason or object of such Outlay 
during each of such years severally, for each School 
of Private and Public Endowment :—And, of the 
Number of Scholars receiving Instruction at each of 

Vox. 109. 








| 


| The Registraticn of Bills of Sale Bill was read Registration 
h 





the first time; and ordered to be read a second °&amp; Bills of 
Sale Bill. 


Bill 55. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Gibraltar, Gibraltar. 


which was presented upon the 24th day of this in- No. 130. 
stant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Railways Railways 
(India), which was presented upon the 31st day of (India. ) 
January last, be printed. No, 131. 


time upon Friday next ; and to be printed. 
eo 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Schools Schools 
(Ireland), which was presented upon the 21st day (Ireland.) 
of this instant March, be printed. No. 132. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Highland Highland 
Roads and Bridges, which was presented upon the ®oads and 


24th day of this mstant March, be printed. sary 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Shipping, Shipping. 
which was presented upon the 24th day of this in- No 134. 
stant March, be printed. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented,—Return to an Address Militia. 
to Her Majesty, dated the 17th day of Februa 
last, for a Return of the Quota of Militia for ub 


County in England and Wales, for the year 1853 ; 
of the Number of Volunteers for the Militia enrolled 
in each County, at ‘the latest Period for which Re- 
turns 


x3 


Civil Service. 


Settlement 
and Removal 
Bill. 


Income Tax 
Bill. 


Bribery, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


Controverted 
Elections, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


Ministers’ 
Money, &amp;c. 
(Ireland) Bill. 


158 


turns have been received ; and of the Number who 
in the year 1853 attended Training and Exercise ; 
also the Expenses which have been incurred to the 
present time in providing Store-rooms and Places 
for the keeping of Arms and Clothing for the Militia ; 
stating the Expense in each County. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
16th day of this instant March, for Copies of War- 
rant, bearing date the 19th day of December 1825, 
regulating the Civil Service; together with the 
Rules attached thereto for governing the Duties of 
the several Officers in the Ordnance Department :— 
And, of the Regulations of the Master General and 
Board, dated the 30th day of November 1849, in 
regard to Promotions and Appointments in the Civil 
Department of the Ordnance. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendments which, 
upon the 24th day of this instant March, were pro- 
posed to be made to the Question, “ That the Settle- 
“ ment and Removal Bill be now read a second 
time ;” and which Amendments were, to leave out 
the word “now,” and, at the end of the Question, to 
add the words “upon this day six months ;” 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
word “now” stand part of the Guestion :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Packe, }2 09 

Yeas, LMr. Spooner : eet 

Tellers for the{ Mr. Hayter, hi - 

Noes, — (The Earl of Mulgrave: ; 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Friday the 28th day of April next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Income Tax Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow, 


The Bribery, &amp;c. Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Controverted Elections, &amp;c. Bill was, accord- 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed to 
a Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Ministers’ Money, &amp;c. ( Ire- 
land) Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 


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

Preamble postponed. 

Ciause, N° 1, amended, and agreed to. 

Cravuse, N* 2 (The charge of Ministers’ Money, 
for the year ending 31st December 1853, to be as- 
certained, all houses rated to the Poor at or under 
Ten pounds being deducted, and amounts to be 
certified to Collector General of Rates, Town Clerks, 
and Clerks to Boards of Guardians). 

Proposed to fill the blank in p. 2, 1. 38, with 
“ Ten pounds.” 
Question put, That the blank be filled with “Ten 
“ pounds ;” 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, 
Yeas, (The Earl of Mulgrave: 
Tellers for the { Mr. Fagan, 
Noes, (Mr. Hume: 


97° Marti. 


¢ 
‘ 


A, 1854, 
“ Ten pounds.” 

Afterwards proposed to fill the blank with “ Fif- 
“ teen pounds.’ 

Question put, That the blank be filled with “Ten 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, 

Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave: 

Tellers for thej Mr. Hadfield, \ 

71. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cuavusez, N° 3 (The sums s0 certified to be raised 
in each parish by means of a rate upon all houses 
now chargeable, except those rated at or under Ten 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 28: 
After the words ‘‘ Ministers’ Money,” to insert the 
words “ Provided also, that no houses the property 
“ rated.” 

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

The Committee divided. 

Yeas, UMr. Lucas : p 7 

Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, } on 

Noes, (The Earl of Mulgrave : , 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 28: To 
“ occupied by religious persons with schools for the 
“ poor attached, nor houses occupied by ministers 
“ of any religious denomination, nor unoccupied 
“ houses, shall be liable to be rated.” 

——put, and negatived. 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the 
Clause, to add the words “ Provided always, that 

year after the passing of this Act, it shall be as- 

certained by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for 
“ Treland, and declared by them in the Dublin 
Gazette, what increase of income the said Com- 
ing the said 25th day of March, by reason of the 
avoidance during the year of benefices or of 
bishoprics, or by reason of the increase of the tax 
payable from benefices and bishoprics ; and the 
be deducted from the whole assessment to be 
levied as aforesaid off of the said eight cities 
and towns, and the Commissioners shall there- 
upon notify to the Collector General, to the Town 
tively, the proportion of the said reduced sum 
which is to be collected in each city or town re-. 
spectively, to be ascertained according to the pro- 
— which the amount each said city or town 


Proposed to fill the blank in p. 3, 1. 15, with 
“ pounds ;” 
} 92, 
Noes, UMr. Pellatt : 
pounds). 
“ of Roman Catholics or Dissenters be liable to be 
Tellers for the! Mr. John O’ Connell, 1 
insert the words “ And provided also, that nu houses 
Question, That those words be there inserted 
“on or before the 25th day of March in eve 
missioners have obtained during the year preced- 
said increased amount of income in each year shall 
Clerks, and Boards of Guardians aforesaid respec- 
as to pay the first year after the passing of this 


Act bears to the entire sum to be levied the said 
first year, and so on every succeeding 25th day 
of March in every year, until the entire of said 
“ assessment is aw 4 reduced and extinguished.” 
Question put, That those words be there added ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Fagan, 
Yeas, LMr. John O’ Connell: 
Tellers for the} Mr. Hayter, 
Noes, The Earl of Mulgrave: 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill; 
The Committee divided. 
} 99. 
Tellers for ther Mr. Fagan, } 72. 
Noes, { Mr. Meagher : 


Tellers for the i Hayter, 
Cuauses, N° 4 to N° 6, amended, and agreed to. 


Lv. 


J 
95. 





Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave: 
Cause, 





Ways and 
Means, 








17 Vicroriz. — OF? Martiz. | 159 


Cuause, N° 7, agreed to. 
Cravses, N°8 and N°9, amended, and agreed to. 
Curause, N° 10, agreed to. 


Clause (And whereas the persons now employed 
in the collection of Ministers’ Money in the several 
parishes and parts of parishes in Zreland will, by the 
operation of this Act, be deprived of their employ- 
ment; be it enacted, that every person who, pre- 
viously to the passing of this Act, shall have been 
employed in the collection of Ministers’ Money in 
the several parishes within the city and suburbs 
of Dublin and liberties thereunto adjoining, and 
in the several other cities and boroughs of Cork, 
Limerick, Waterford, Drogheda, Kilkenny, Clon- 
mel and Kinsale, who, by the operation of this 
Act, shall be deprived of such employment, or of 
any emolument arising therefrom, and who shall not 
be reappointed under this Act, or who shall not be 
employed or retained by the said Collector General, 
or by the Guardians, or by the Councils of each of 
the said cities or boroughs, or by the Town Commis- 
sioners, in their respective districts, in an office of 
equal value under this Act, shall be entitled to make 
a claim for compensation to the Ecclesiastical Com- 
missioners for J/reland, within six months after this 
Act shall come into operation ; and it shall be lawful 
for the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners, in such 
manner as they shall think fit, to inquire what was 
the nature of the employment, and what was the 
tenure thereof, and what were the lawful fees and 
emoluments in respect of which such compensation 
should be allowed, and the said Ecclesiastical Com- 
missioners in each case shall award such compensa- 
tion, if any, as they shall think just; and all such 
compensations shall be paid out of the funds arising 
under this Act, or out of such other funds as shall be 
at the disposal and command of the said Ecclesias- 
tical Commissioners for the purposes of this Act; 
and in case the person preferring such claim shall 
think himself aggrieved by the determination of the 
Ecclesiastical Commissivners thereon, it shall be law- 
ful for him to appeal to the Commissioners of Her 
Majesty’s Treasury, who shall thereupon make such 


The Valuation of Lands (Scotland) Bill was, ac- Valuation of 
cording to Order, read a second time ; and committed a 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Monday 
next. 


_ The House, according to Order, resolved itself Church 
into a Committee ‘on the Church Building Acts Con- a 
tinuance Bill. Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 


h. 

Premntte postponed. 

Cuause, N° 1 (Commissioners for building new 
Churches continued). 

Proposed to fill the blank in p. 3, Is. 2 and 3, with 
the words “ until the 20th day of July 1856.” 

Question put, That the blank be filled with the 
words “ until the 20th day of July 1856 ;” 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, ; 

Yeas, \The Earl of Mulgrave: Jf _ 
Tellers for the (Mr. Hadfield, 

Noes, Mr. Kinnaird: } - 
Amendments made. j 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Preamble agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Wednesday 
next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into High Treason 
a Committee on the High Treason (Zreland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill. 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 





order as to them shall seem just; and such order, 
signed by ‘Three or more of such Lords Commis- 
sioners, shall be binding upon all parties) ——-brought 
up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the said 
Clause be now read a second time ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for thes Mr. Vance, lis 

Yeas, (Mr. Grogan : pi 
Tellers for the{ Mr. Hayter, \iaa 
Noes, \ The Earl of Mulgrave : -— 

Clause (That the said rate shall not be deemed 
a rate or tax, the payment of which is necessary to 
entitle the party liable to the same to the municipal 
franchise in the cities and corporate towns subject 
thereto) brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
said Clause be now read a second time. 

Motion and Clause, by leave, withdrawn. 

Preamble agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 








Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
a That the Committee had gone through 

e Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Friday‘next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Vou. 109, 





The Bribery Prevention Bill was, according to Bribery Pre- 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Vention Bill. 
Committee of the whule House, for Monday next. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being Complaint. 
proposed, That Mr. Solicitor General for Zreland be 
discharged from further attendance on the Com- 
mittee of Privileges appointed to consider the matter 
of the Complaint of an article in “The Times” 
Newspaper, as containing calumnious reflections on 
the Irish Members of the House; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“‘ the Order for the appointment of the said Com- 
“ mittee be read, for the purpose of being dis- 
“ charged,” instead thereof. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Solicitor General for Ireland 
be discharged from further attendance on the Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That Mr. John Fitzgerald be added to 
the Committee. 


Ordered, Tirat Mr. Attorney General for Zreland shigo Election. 
be instructed to prosecute Michael Gethin, Henry 
Simpson and James Simpson, for their conduct re- 
ported to this House by the Select Committee ap- 
pointed to inquire into the allegations of the Petition 
of John Patrick Somers, Esquire, complaining of 
irregular and unconstitutional proceedings in the 
matter of a Petition complaining of the Return of 





John Sadleir, Esquire, for the Borough of Siigo. 
! x4 The 





Colonial 
Clergy Dis- 
abilities Dill. 


London, 
Brighton and 
South Coast 
Railway Bill. 


Blyth and 
Tyne Railway 
Bill. 


Havant and 
Hayling Rail- 
way Bill. 


Railway Bills. 


Committals 
(Irgland.) 


Blackburn 
Improvement 
(No. 2.) 


Blackburn 
Improvement 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Nene Valley 
Drainage and 
Navigation 
Bill. 


Railway and 
Canal Bills 
(Group 5.) 


Salford, 
Stockport and 
Manchester 
Division Bill. 


160 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee, To-morrow, on the Colonial Clergy Dis- 
abilities Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Sub-Committee 
on Group (1) of Railway and Canal Bills ; That 
in the case of the London, Brighton and South 
Coast Railway Bill, they had examined the alle- 
gations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
amended the same, by inserting a recital of the 
capital of the Company, which recital had formed 
part of a Clause in the Bill; and found the same, as 
amended, to be true ; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Bouverie reported the Blyth and Tyne Rail- 
way Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Sub-Committee 
on Group (1) of Railway and Canal Bills; That 
the Parties promoting the Havant and Hayling 
Railway Bill had stated to the Committee, that it 
was not their intention to proceed further with the 
said Bill. 

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


Mr. Cardwell presented,—-Return to an Order, 
dated the 24th day of this instant March, for Copy 
of the Report of the Board of Trade to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills on the Rail- 
way Bills of 1854, dated February 1854. 

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


Sir John Young presented, pursuant to the direc- 


tions of an Act of Parliament,— Returns from the | 


Clerks of the Crown and Clerks of the Peace of the 
several Counties, &amp;c. in Jreland, of the Number of 
Persens committed to the different Gaols thereof for 
Trial in the year 1853. 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Martis, 28° die Martii ; 


Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 
N T R. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Privete 
Bills ; ‘That in the case of the Blackburn Improve- 
ment (No. 2) Bill, the Standing Orders have been 
complied with. 


Ordered, That the Blackburn Improvement (No. 2) 
Bill be read a second time. 


A Petition of the Nene Valley Drainage and Navi- 
gation Improvement Commissioners, praying that 
provision may be made in the Nene Valley Drainage 
and Navigation Bill, for extending the time for com- 
pleting Works in the first and-second districts, was 
presented, and read ; and referred to the Examiners 
of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Sub-Committee on Group 5, of 
Railway and Canal Bills, have leave to sit this day till 
Five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Sir Henry Hilloughby reported the Salford, Stock- 
port and Manchester Division Bill, with Amend- 
iments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table, 


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Martii. A. 1854, 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Standing Standing 
Orders have leave to sit this day till Five of the Orders, 
clock, during the sitting of the House. 


The Hull Cemetery Bill was read the third time. Huy 

Resolved, ‘That the Bill do pass. Bill, 

Ordered, That Lord Hotham do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Cemetery 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Enniskillen 
the Enniskillen Waterworks Bill, as amended in the Waterworks 
Committee. Bil, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration North 
the North London Railway Bill, as amended in the Railway By, 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Whitehaven 
the Whitehaven Junction Railway Bill, as amended a 
in the Committee. way 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Stourbridge and Bridgnorth Roads Bill was Stourbridge 
read a second time; and committed. and Bridg- 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- _ 
mittee of Selection. 


The House being informed, That the Lord Mayor Postal Com. 
of the City of Dublin attended at the door, he was ™nication 
called in, and at the Bar presented,-~A Petition of Dublin) 
the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the 
City of Dublin :—And then he withdrew. 

And the said Petition, praying for a prompt and 
effective improvement in the Postal and Passenger 
Communication between London and Dublin, was 
read, and ordered to lie upen the Table. 


A Petition of Sturgeon and Son, of Grays, Essex, Sturgeon and 
was brought up, and read ; but Notice being taken, Sens (Hay fir 
that the said Petition referred to a Debate in this ®™* 
House ; 

Ordered, That the said Petition be withdrawn. 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Whitehaven, Cleator Whitehaven, 
and Egremont Railway Bill, with Amendments. Cleator and 

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


Mr. Bouverie reported the Louth Waterworks Bill, Louth Water. 
with Amendments. works Bil. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on Wellington 
unopposed Private Bills; That in the case of the (Salop) Im 
Wellington (Salop) Improvement Bill, they had exa- fi" 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, and amended the same, by reciting certain 
facts more fully explanatory of the objects of the 
Bill; and found. the same, as amended, to be true ; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on National Ja 
unopposed Private Bills; That in the case of the Asm: 
National Assurance and Investment Association Bill, 4 ssociation 
they had examined the allegations contained in the Bill 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, to 
make the same more consistent with the objects of 
the Bill; and found the same, as amended, to be true ; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Cardiff Gas Bill, with 
Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on Port Gordon 
unopposed Private Bills; That in the case “I an 
or: 


Cardiff Gas 
Bill. 








at it 





Hamilto’ n 
Waterworks 


Harrow 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Orders. 


Manchester 
Improvement 
Bill 


17 Vicroriz. 


Port Gordon Harbour Improvement Bill, they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, to make the same 
more consistent with the objects of the Bill; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 


thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on 
unopposed Private Bills; That in the case of the 
Hamilton Waterworks Bill, they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same verbally ; and found the same, 
as amended, to be true ; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Harrow Waterworks 
Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; 
which were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Manchester 
Improvement Bill Petition for additional Provision, 
the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; 
that the parties be permitted to intsodaes their ad- 
ditional Provision, if the Committee on the Bill shall 
think fit. ' 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Kingston-upon- 
Hull Improvement Bill Petition for dispensing with 
Standing Orders 112 and 178, from owners and oc- 
cupiers of Kingston-upon-Hull, the said Standing 
Orders ought not to be dispensed with. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the London, Til- 
bury and Southend Railway Bill Petition for dis- 
pensing with Standing Order 143, from the Eastern 
Counties, &amp;c. Railway Company, the said Standing 
Order ought to be dispensed with. 

The first and third Nesolutions, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ridghill,Lanes Colonel Pennant reported from the Committee on 
— &gt; of Private Bills ; That in the case of the 
42 


Kingswood 
Koads Bill. 


Lowestoft 
Improvement 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Arrestment 


of Wages, &amp;c. 


(Scotland. ) 


Ridghill, Lanes and Holehouse Road Bill, they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and had made verbal Amendments 
thereunto; and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Colonel Pennant reported from the Committee on 
Group R. of Private Bills; That in the case of the 
Kingswood Roads Bill, they had examined the alle- 
gations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
amended the same, by inserting the word “ future” 
before the word “ interest” in 1. 13, inasmuch as 
they thought it expedient to extinguish all arrears of 
interest; and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Jackson presented a Bill for the Improvement 
and Regulation of the Town of Lowestoft, and the 
Parishes of Lowestoft and Kirkley, otherwise Kirt- 
ley, in the County of Suffolk, and for other purposes ; 
and the same was read the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That Mr. Rolt have leave of absence for 
a week, on account of the death of a near relation. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 

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a Copy of the Report of the Commission in Scotland, 
to inquire into the Proceedings under the Act for 
Arrestment of Wages, and on the practice and ope- 
ration of Truck. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Anchors. 
Copy of the Report of the Committee of Naval 
Officers appointed by the Admiralty in 1852, to in- 
quire into, and to test the relative or comparative 
merits of Anchors of all Nations :—And, Statement 
whether the Admiralty have acted upon that Report 
in adoption of any particular Anchor for the use of 
the Navy. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to Medical 

Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to Practitioners 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return showing the Number of Practitioners in 
Medicine, according to the Census of 1851, for each 
County of England and Wales, according to the 
Registration Division, and for each County of Scot- 
land, and of the Islands in the British Seas; stating 
the Heads under which they appear, whether as 
Physicians and Surgeons, or Apothecaries ; also, 
the Number returned of Druggists, Aurists, Oculists, 
Dentists, &amp;c.; and also the respective Ages, in 
quinquennial Periods, under each Head. 

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


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Medical 
Committee, upon ‘Thursday the 13th day of April Practitioners 
next, on the Medical Practitioners (No. 2) Bill, was (8% 2) 
read, and discharged. ;, 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 3d day of May next, resolve into the said Com- 
mittee. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented,—Return to an Address to Burials _ 
Her Majesty, dated the 7th day of this instant (Metropolis.) 
March, for a Return of all the Notices for discon- 
tinuance of Burials within the Metropolis, issued by 
the Secretary of State, in compliance with the pro- 
visions of the Act 15 &amp; 16 Vic. c. 85. 

Ordered, ‘Yhat the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Islands Islands of 
of Arran, which was presented upon the 23d day of Atran. 
this instant March, be printed. No. 135: 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Register Register of 
of Deeds Office (Ireland), which was presented upon Deeds Office 


‘ Treland. 
the 10th day of February last, be printed. : ' “ a 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Commis- Commissariat 
sariat Chest, which was presented upon the 27th day Chest. 
of this instant March, be printed. No. 137. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Returns relative Committals 
to Committals (Jreland), which were presented upon (I¢land.) 
the 27th day of this instant March, be printed. No. 138. 


Ordered, That. the Return relative to Railway Railway Bills. 
Bills, which was presented upon the 27th day of this No, 139. 
instant March, be printed. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by Beer Spirits, 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated *¢- 
the 3d day of February last, for a Return (as far as 
can be given) of the Quantities of the following 
Articles consumed in Great Britain annually, in 
éach of the last Three years; viz., Beer, Spirits, 

Sugar, Wine, Tea, Tobacco and Malt :—And, similar 
Return for Jreland. 

Return to an Order, dated the 21st day of this Agreement 
instant March, for a Return of all the Agreement 5'*™ps. 
Stamps issued by the Stamp Office in the years 

: Y 1852 





Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Twenty- 
third Report. 


Communica- 
tion between 
London and 
Dublin. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Valuation 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Small Arms. 


Communica- 
tion between 
London and 
Dublin. 


Conventual 
and Monastic 
Institutions. 


162 


1852 and 1863, distinguishing the 2s. 6d. from the 


others. 


Petitions relating to Elective Franchise ; —Con- 
ventual and Monastic Institutions Committee ;— 
aa sae ag Titles a a i Kay 0 to 
ntoxicating Liquors ;—Maynoot ege Act ;— 
Oaths iy, Bill ; — Public-houses and Beer- 
shops ; — Universities (Oxford and Cambridge) ;— 
Colonial Land and Emigration Depots ;—Fire In- 
surance ;—Ministers’ Money (Jreland) ;— Paper ;— 
Borough and County Police ; — Burial unds ; — 
Decimal Coinage ; —Dog Carts ; —Education (Scot- 
land) Bill ;—Friendly Societies Bill ;—Improvement 
of Towns (Jreland) Bill ;--Juvenile Crime ;— Medical 





Officers (Navy); — Medical Practitioners Bill ;— | Twelve of the clock on 


Ocean Penny Postage ;—Poor Law ;—Postal Com- 
munication (South of Jreland);— Public Health | 
Act (1848) ;—and, Settlement and Removal Bill,— | 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 
a 
er | 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
That an humble Address be presented to 
Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to give 
directions, that immediate measures should be taken | 
to give effect to the recommendation contained in 
the Report of the Select Committee of this House | 
appointed in the last Session, to examine and report 
upon the present state of Communication between 
London and Dublin; namely, “ that a class of 
Steamers be provided with adequate accommodation 


for Passengers, and with greater capabilities as | 
regards Speed, than those at present employed” 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blunt : 
Mr. Speaker, | 
The Lords have agreed to the Valuation (Jreland) | 
Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the | 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And | 
also, 
The Lords give leave to the Lord Raglan to attend 
the Select Committee appointed by this House in | 
the present Session of Parliament, to consider the | 


cheapest, most expeditious, and most efficient mode | 


of et Small Arms for Her Majesty’s Service, | 
in order to his being examined as a Witness before 

the suid Committee, pursuant to Message of the 20th | 
instant (his Lordship in his place consenting) :— | 
And then the Messenger withdrew. | 


! 


And the Question being put ; 
The House divided. | 
The Yeas to the Right; | 
The Noes to the Left. 
Herbert 
Yeas, (Mr. French: jase. | 
Tellers for they Mr. Hayter, } os. | 
Noes, The Earl of Mulgrave : , 
So it passed in the Negative. 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s | 
Command,—Part VII.: Copy of Correspondence | 
respecting the Rights and Privileges of the Latin | 
and Greek Churches in Turkey. | 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the following Members be Members of | 
the Select Committee on Conventual and Monastic 
Institutions ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the | 
Question, by leaving out from the words “That the” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “ Order for the appointment of the Committee 
“ be disch »” instead thereof. 

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

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 


Tellers for the im Henry 


98°99 Martit. 


The House divided. 
The Yeas to the — 
The Noes to the 7 

Mr. Cogan, 


Tellers for the 

Yeas, Mr. Vincent Scully : 
Tellers for the (Mr. Thomas Chambers, 

Noes, Mr. Kinnaird: 

So it passed in the Negative. 

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

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn ; 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
ednesday morning ; 


Mercurii, 29° die Martii, 1854: 


And the Question being put ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right; 
a Noes to the Left. 
‘ellers for thef Mr. George Henry Moore, 
Yeas, {Mr oa Scully : } ri 
Tellers for the (Mr. Thomas Chambers, }oas 
Noes, Mr. Kinnaird : , 
So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out, stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the; Mr. Thomas Chambers, 
Yeas, Mr. Kinnaird: 
Tellers for the f Mr. Bowyer, 
Noes, Mr. Esmonde : 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
And the Question being again pro d, That the 
following Members be Members of the Select Com- 
mittee on Conventual and Monastic Institutions :— 
And a Debate arising thereupon ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Debate be adjourned till this day ; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by adding, at the end thereof, the words 
“ six months,” 

And the Question being pro , That the 
words “ six months” be there added:—The said 
proposed Amendment and Motion were severally, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till 
Thursday next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Piers and 
to enable Proprietors of Lands in Scotland to main- [E%ttana 
tain Piers and Harbours on the Shore adjacent to 
their Lands: And that Sir Archibald Campbell and 
Mr. Cumming Bruce do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Petition of George Parratt, Emigrant 
relating to Emigrant Ships, which was ted Ships. 
upon the 24th day of this instant March, be referred 
to the Select Committee on Emigrant Ships. 


haz. 
}20, 


The Judgment Execution, &amp;c. Bill was, according Judgment 
to Order, read a second time ; and committed to a ee 
Select Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Income Tax 
ing of the Income Tax Bill; Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take High Teme 
into consideration the High Treason (Jreland) Bill, (Ireland) 
as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Friday next. 
And then the House, having continued to sit till a 


uarter of an hour after One of the clock on 
Wednesday morning, adjourned till this day. 














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Mercurii, 29° die Martii ; 
Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1854. 
PRAYERS. 
Committees. RDERED, That all Committees have leave 
O to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. , 


Public Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select 


Petitions Committee on Public Petitions; That they had 
(Twentysrt,) examined the Petitions presented upon the 27th 
= day of this instant March, and had directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
Worcester Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 


and Hereford before the Committee on the Worcester and Here- 

Railway Bill ford Railway Bill, in the last Session, be referred 

aud to the General Committee on Railway and Canal 
Bills. 


tonand The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Hove Gas Bill. the Brighton and Hove Gas Bill, as amended in the 
Commitee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Clitheroe The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Waterworks the Clitheroe Waterworks Bill, as amended in the 
= Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Clyde Navi: The House proceeded to take into consideration 
gation Bill the Clyde Navigation Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Doncaster The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Cemetery Bill. the Doncaster Cemetery Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be-read the third time. 


Glasgow New 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Street Bill. 


the Glasgow New Street Bill, as amended in the 
Committee ; and Amendments were made to the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Imperial Gas © The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Company Bill. the Imperial Gas Company Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Shrewsbury The House proceeded to take into consideration 
ani Hereford the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway (Stations) 
(Stations) Bin, Bill, as amended in the Committee ; and an Amend- 
ment was made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Belfast and 


_—s The Belfast and West of Jreland Railway 
Railway (No. 2) Bill was read a second time ; and com- 
(No.2) Bil, mitted. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


Cheltenham 
aterworks 
Bill, rr. 


Colonel Peel reported from the Committee on 
Group J. of Private Bills; That the Promoters of 
the Cheltenham Waterworks Bill had stated to the 
Committee, that the Evidence of George Branson 
was essential, to enable them to establish their case 
before the Committee ; and it having been proved 
that his attendance could not be procured without 
the intervention of the House, he had been instructed 
by the Committee to move the House, That the 
said George Brunson do attend the said Committee 
on Thursday the 30th day of March 1854, at Twelve 
of the clock. 

Ordered, That George Branson do attend the 
said Committee To-morrow, at Twelve o’clock. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 


to sa directions, that there be laid before this 
OL. 109. 


29° Mariii. 








House, a Return of the Number of Persons tried in 
England and Wales in each of the last Ten years, 
1844 to 1853 inclusive, for the Murder of Children 
under Ten years of age, who were members of 
Burial Societies, distinguishing the Number con- 
victed or acquitted in each year. 

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


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Dublin Port 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Bill 
That in the case of the Dublin Port Bill, no Stand- 
ng Orders are applicable thereto. 


Petitions relating to Conventional and Monastic Public 
Institutions Committee ;—Episcopal and Capitular Petitions. 
Estates Bill ;—Gaols ;—Intoxicating Liquors ; — yiae Twenty- 
Oaths Bill;— Public-houses and Beer-shops ; — third Report. 
Universities (Ozford and Cambridge) ; — County 
Rates (Zreland) ;—Fire Insurance ;—Borough and 
County Police ;— Decimal Coinage ; — Education 
(Scotland) Bill ;—Friendly Societies Bill ;—Judg- 
ment Execution, &amp;c. Bill ;—Medical Practitioners 
Bill ;—Ocean Penny vy 3— Preston Borough ; 

—and, Sturgeon and Sons (Hay for the East),—were 
yee. and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


The following Papers, pursuant to the directions Loan Societies. 
of several Acts of Parliament, were laid upon the 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—An Abstract of 
Accounts of Loan Societies in England and Wales, 
to 31st December 1853, by John Tidd Pratt, 

Esquire, the Barrister appointed to certify the Rules 
of Savings Banks. 

Abstract of the General Annual Account of the Bridlington 
Commissioners of Bridlington Piers and Harbour, Piers and 
from the 26th day of July 1852 to the 26th day of “4% 
July 1853. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Land Land Tax. 
Tax, which was presented upon the 17th day of this No. 140. 
instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Steam Ves- Steam Vessels. 
sels, which was presented upon the 24th day of this No. 141. 
instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Brevet Pro- Brevet_ 
motions, which was presented upon the 24th day of *Tomotons. 
this instant March, be printed. No. 142. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Burials Burials — 
(Metropolis), which was presented upon the 28th (Metropolis.) 
day of this instant March, be printed. No. 143. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Beer, Spirits, Beer, Spirits, 
&amp;c., which was presented upon the 28th day of this *« 
instant March, be printed. No. 144. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Episcopal 
— of the Episcopal and Capitular Estates de gg 
ill ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; ° 
The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 
And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question :—And a Debate 
arising thereupon ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till 
Thursday the 6th day of April next. 


The Order of the day bein 
reading of the County Court 
ment Bill ; Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. i 

e 


read, for the second County Court 


: . Extension Act 
xtension Act Amend Amendment 


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29°—30° Martit. A. 1854, 


The Order of the day being read, for the second | The Burry Port Bill was read the third time. 
reading of the Property Disposal Bill ; Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time} Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
upon Wednesday next. to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Friendly The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Societies Bill. mittee on the Friendly Societies Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 10th day of May next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

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


Bi” 


The Ramsbottom Gas Bill was read the third Ramsbotton 
time. Gas Bill, 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Southport Waterworks Bill was read the Southpor, 
third time. Waterworks 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Bill 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


The Order of the day being read, for the Commit- | the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


tee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The South Sea Company Bill was read the third South Sea 
time. Smuneay 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


Church The Order of the day being read, for taking into tothe fade ati ditive Ghalp- ceneumetin: 


Building Acts consideration the Church Building Acts Continuance 
—_— Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 
tion upon Monday next. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Bacup Im. 
the Bacup Improvement Bill, as amended in the hme 
Committee. 

Havering, Lord George Manners reported from the Com-| Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Dagenham, &amp;¢. mittee on Group O. of Private Bills; That in the 
Sewers Bill. case of the Havering, Dagenham, &amp;c. Sewers Bill,| |The House proceeded to take into consideration Stockton, 
they had examined the allegations contained in the | the Stockton, Middlesbrough and Yarm Water Bill, ee oa 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by| 8 amended in the Committee; and Amendments yarm Water 
striking out the last paragraph, the Clause to which | were made to the Bill. meee Bill, 
the same relates being omitted from the Bill; and| Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
found the same, as amended, to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Colonel North reported from the Committee on Tyne Keelmen 
Group K. of Private Bills; That in the case of the Bul. 
Tyne Keelmen Bill, they had examined the allega- 
tions contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
Birmingham Mr. Ker Seymer reported the Birmingham Water- | verbally amended the same; and found the same, 
Waterworks works Bill, with Amendments. as amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
nal. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Tabie. | Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


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iq 


Highways The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
(District Sur- nesday the 12th day uf April next, the Highways 
veyors) Bill. (District Surveyors) Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Wednesday the 1uth day of May next. 


Mr. Cardwell presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Trade and 
mand,—Accounts relating to Trade and Navigation, Navigation tie! 
Month ended 5th March 1854, and two Months No. 57-Il. 
ended 5th March 1854. 

- Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the 

Valuation The House proceeded to take into consideration | Table; and be printed. 

(Ireland) Bill. the Amendments made by the Lords to the Valua- 
tion (Zreland) Bill; and the same were twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Sir John Young do carry the Bill 


SS 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on Weymouth 
the Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Markets and a 
Pier Bill; That they had examined the allegations and Pier Bil. 


oe Roce none rats te hte rome 


Ambergate, 
Nottingham 
and Boston, 
and Eastern 
Junction Rail- 
way (Exten- 
sion into 
Nottingham, 


to the Lords ; and acquaint them, ‘that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Ambergate, Notting- 
ham and Boston, and Eastern Junction Railwa 
(Extension into Nottingham, &amp;c.) Bill, with Amend- 
ments. 

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


contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended 
the same, by altering the recitals with respect to the 
property purchased by the Corporation, and the 
reference to certain Acts, which Acts are not after- 
wards referred to in the Bill, in order to make the 
Preamble consistent with the facts of the case ; and 
found the same, as amended, to be true; and had 
ne through the Bill, and made Amendments 
ereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


208 


&amp;c.) BM, And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the West Hartle 
West Hartlepool Improvement Bill; That they had pool! 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble ™™ 
of the Bill, and amended the same, to make it con- 
sistent with the objects of the Bill; and found the 
same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Rossall Sea Wall Bill, Lay 
with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on a 
the Accrington Gas and Waterworks Bill ; That they waterworks 


had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- Bil. 
amble 


anand 


Jovis, 30° die Martii ; 
Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That the Select Committee on the 

Dungarvan Election Petition have leave to sit this 
day till Six of the clock, during the sitting of the 
House. 








J 
icayttata 


Dungarvan 
Election. 


” ate tarpon ae ENS ett DR iE —rermemcnmn, ites mn 


Torquay 


The Order for referring the Torquay Railway Bill 
Railway Bill, i 


to the General Committee on Railway and Canal 
Bills, was read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 





















17 Vicroriz. 


amble of the Bill, and amended the same, to make 
the same more conformable with the facts of the 
case ; and found the same, as amended, to be true ; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on un- 
opposed Private Bills; That in the case of the Lanark 
Police and Improvement Bill, they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and amended the same, by striking out the 
recital, that it was expedient to alter the Petty Cus- 
toms and Tolls levied by the Magistrates and Coun- 
cil of the Burgh of Lanark, in order to make the 
Preamble consistent with the objects of the Bill ; and 
found the same, as amended, to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Lanark Police 
and Improve- 
ment Bill. 


Winchester Colonel Pennant reported the Winchester and 
andPetersfield Petersfield Road Bill, with Amendments. 
Road Bill Ordered, Vhat the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Report of the Commissioners of Public 
Works in Jreland on the Survey of the River Bar- 
row ; and an Account of the Sums of Money re- 
ceived and expended on such Survey, from the year 
1842 to 1850, inclusive. 


River Barrow. 


Local Acts. 


Mr. Cowper presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
No. 44. 


mand,—Further Reports from the Admiralty, rela- 
tive to Applications for Local Acts. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 
Hops. The following Paper was laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Further Return to an Order, 
dated the 28th day of February last, for Returns of 
the Quantity of Hops imported into Great Britain 
during each Month, from the ist day of September 
1853 to the 1st day of Murch 1854, with the Coun- 
tries from whence they were imported, and the 
Amount of Duty paid thereon:—And, of all Hops 
exported during the same Period, stating whether 
they are British or Foreign, with the Amount of the 
Drawback or Duty allowed thereon. 


Irish Repro- © The following Paper, pursuant to the directions 
tate oa of an Act of ) ah aay was also laid upon the 
Table by the Clerk of the House, — Accounts of 
Receipts and Disbursements on account of the Jrish 
Reproductive Loan Fund to 31st December 1853. 
ne Ordered, That the Return relative to Neutral 
N Vessels, which was presented upon the 27th day of 
0.146. this instant March, be printed. 
Mail Packets. | Ordered, That the Return relative to Mail Packets, 
No.147. which was presented upon the 31st day of January 
last, be printed. 
LoanSocieties. Ordered, That the Return relative to Loan So- 
No, 148. cieties, which was presented upon the 29th day of this 
instant March, be printed. 
Universities Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty's Com- 
a, mand,—Copy of Denemonilones medion the pro- 
posed Measures of Improvement in the Universities 
and Colleges of Oxford and Cambridge: Part IV.— 
rv amer to Part I.,—Snell Foundation, Balliol 
- College, Oxford. 
—, ‘ Nuisances Removal and Diseases Prevention Act, 
Diseases Pre. 1848: Copy of an Order of the Poor Law Commis- 


sioners in Jreland, under the Nuisances Removal 
and Diseases Prevention Act, 1848. 
maa That the said Papers do lie upon the 

e. 


30°. Marti. 





165 


Petitions relating to Church Rates ;—Conventual Public 

and Monastic Institutions Committee ;—Gaols ;— Petitions. 
Intoxicating Liquors ;—Maynooth College Act ;— vide Twenty- 
Oaths Bill; — Oxford University Bill ; — Public- fourth Report. 
houses and Beer-shops ;—Universities (Ozford and 
Cambridge) ; — Paper ; — Billingsgate Market ; — 

Decimal Coinage ;—Education (Scotland) Bill; — 

Friendly Societies Bill ;—Grain ;—Medical Prac- 

titioners Bill ;—Metropolitan Sewers (Wandsworth) ; 

—Ocean Penny Postage ;— Political Exiles ;—Poor 

Law (Jreland) ;—Postal Communication (South of 

Ireland) ;—Registration of Bills of Sale Bill ;— 

Russia ; — Settlement and Removal Bill ;— and, 

Valuation of Lands (Scotland) Bill,—were presented, 

and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Dublin Port Bill be read a se- Dublin Port 
cond time upon Monday next. Bill. 
A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blunt : Message from 
the Lords, 


Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Leeds New Gas Leeds New 
Bill, with an Amendment; to which Amendment Gas Bill. 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :— 

And then the Messenger withdrew. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Army. 
a Return, as far as can be ascertained, of the Num- 
ber of Married Women belonging to each of the 
Regiments ordered on Foreign Service, the Numbers 


who are married with, and the Numbers married 
without leave, and the Number of Children. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Education _ 
reading of the Education (Scotland) Bill; (Scotland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Public Pro- 
reading of the Public Prosecutors Bill ; secutors Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Thursday the 27th day of April next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Colonial 
mittee on the Colonial Clergy Disabilities Bill ; Cler 7 

Resolved, That this House will,upon Tuesday next, *?4«* 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Conventual 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 4nd Monastic 
upon the 28th day of this instant March, “ ‘That the ™t™Hons- 
following Members be Members of the Select Com- 
mittee on Conventual and Monastic Institutions ;”’ 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till after the other Order of the day. 


The Income Tax Bill was, according to Order, Income Tax 
read the third time. Bill 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer 
do carry the Bill to the Lords, and desire their con 
currence. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Conventual 
adjourned Debate on the Question pro Sang nay 
the 28th day of this instant March, “ That the fol- “"""°"" 
lowing Members be Members of the Select Com- 
mittee on Conventual and Monastic Institutions i 

And the Question bein in a :—The 
House resumed the said aijoaned Jebate. 

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

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 

sed, That Mr. Thomas Chambers be one of the 

embers of the said Committee ; 

An Amendment was pro to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the name of “ Mr. Thomas 
“‘ Chambers,” and inserting the name of “ Mr. So- 
“ theron” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the name of 





Vot. 109. 





Y3 “ Mr. 


Direct London 
and Ports- 
mouth Rail- 
way. 


Piers and 
Harbours 
(Scotland. ) 


30°——-31° Martiz. 


“ Mr. Thomas Chambers” stand part of the Ques- 
tion ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Thomas Chambers, pir 
Yeas, Mr. Newdegate : 8 
Tellers for the { Mr. Goold, 60 
Noes, | Mr. John FitzGerald: } : 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Thomas Chambers be one of 
the Members of the said Committee. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 


posed, That Mr. Walpole be one other Member of 
the said Committee ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“the further nomination of the said Committee be 
“ proceeded with upon this day six months,” in- 
stead thereof. 

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


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


Veneris, 31° die Martii, 1854: 


And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Vincent Scully, 74 
Yeas, Mr. Fagan: aes 

Tellers for the f Mr. Thomas Chambers, } 50 
Noes, Mr. Kinnaird: : 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 


words proposed to be left out, stand part of the 
Question ; 


1 





A Motion was made, and the Question being put, | = 


That this House do now adjourn ; 
The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the {f Mr. Kennedy, 

Yeas, { Mr. jae } 6s. 

Tellers for the § Mr. Thomas Chambers, } on 

Noes, Mr. Kinnaird : . 

So it passed in the Negative. 

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

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

A Petition of William Burchell, of No. 47, Par- 
liament-street, Attorney-at-Law, was presented, and 
read ; setting forth, That the Petitioner is the Attor- 
ney for the Defendant in the action thereinafter-men- 
tioned ; that an action is pending in the Court of 
Exchequer, coming on for trial at the Spring Assizes 
holden at Kingston on the Twenty-fifth day of March, 
and that it will be necessary to produce on the trial 
certain Plans and Sections, Papers and all other Do- 
cuments, deposited in the Private Bill Office of the 
House, by or on behalf ofa certain proposed Railway, 
called “ The Direct London and Portsmouth Rail- 
way,” and all other Papers and Documents in any- 
wise relating thereto deposited in the said Office ; and 
praying the House to give leave to the proper Officer 
of the House to attend the said Court with the Do- 
cuments set forth in the Petition. 


Ordered, That leave be given to the proper Officer 
to attend accordingly. 


The Order made upon the 28th day of this instant 
March, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 





A, 1854, 


enable Proprietors of Lands in Scotland to maintain 
Piers and Harbours on the Shore adjacent to their 
Lands, was read, and discharged. 


Resoived, That this House will immediately resolve Piers ana 
itself into a Committee, to consider of enabling Pro- bours (Scot. ? 
rietors of Lands in Scotland to maintain Piers and '%4) (No.2) 

arbours on the Shore adjacent to their Lands. Bill 56, 
The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, that leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable Proprietors of Lands in Scotland to main- 
tain Piers and Harbours on the Shore adjacent to 
their Lands. 


Resolution to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and the Earl of 
Mulgrave reported, That the Committee had come to 
a Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

The Earl of Mulgrave accordingly reported a Re- 
solution ; which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, that leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enable Proprietors of lane in Scotland to maintain 
Piers and Harbours on the Shore adjacent to their 
Lands :—And he moved the House accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
And that Sir Archibald Campbell and Mr. Cumming 
Bruce do prepares and bring it in. 

Sir Archibald Campbell accordingly presented the 
said Bill: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Tuesday 
the 9th day of May next; and to be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till Two of the clock onFriday morning, ad- 
journed till this day. 





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-- 2-2 - nn ~ Bo cB ~- 2 el] 


Veneris, 31° die Martii ; 
Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 
O RDER ED, That the Select Committee on the 
Ventilation of the House have Power to report 
their Observations thereupon, together with the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them, from 
time to time. 


Ordered, That the Sub-Committee on Group 5 of Railway and 
Railway and Canal Bills have leave to sit this day till (Group 5.) 
Five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Ventilation 
of the House. 


Pee eee 


Manchester 


Sir Henr pn p&gt; reported from the Com- 


mittee on Group M. of Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Manchester Improvement Bill, they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by reducing the 
amount proposed to be borrowed under the authority 
of the Bill from the sum of One hundred thousand 
pounds to the sum of Ninety-five thousand ee 
the Committee having received evidence that the 
second-mentioned sum was sufficient to meet the 
objects of the Bill; and found the same, as amended, 
to be true; and had made provision in the Bill 
pursuant to the Instruction of the House ; and had 

one through the Bill, and made Amendments 

ereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had examined eee 
the Petitions presented upon the 28th and 29th days third Report.) 
of this instant March, and had directed him to make 
a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, 


pop = 


Serer .- 


Corr 





17 VicToriz. 31° Marti. 167 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; | incorporated for making Railways in the East Indies 
and be printed. to enter into further contracts with the East India 
' - Company for an Extension of their Lines, and to 
Sir H Willoughby reported from the Com- | raise further Monies for that purpose, it appeared to 
Corporation mittee on - M. of Private Bills; That in the | the Committee that the several Standi ers re- 
Waterworks case of the Manchester ration Waterworks | Jating to Railways were inapplicable in this case 
Bill, they had examined the allegations contained in | (except the Standing Order 133, in conformity with 

the Preamble of the Bill, and made a verbal amend- | which the Committee have amended the Bill) ; and 
ment in the same, by striking out the words “ or | that the Committee had examined the allegations of 
“thereabouts ;” and had found the same, as amended, | the Preamble, and amended the same, by sub- 


to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and | stituting the words “ such proposed extension” for 










Ventilation 
of the House 


(First Report.) .onsidered the matter to them referred, and directed 


made Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Cayley reported from the Select Committee 


the words “such proposed contract,” the word 
“ contract” not having previously occurred; and 
found the same, as amended, to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 


on the Ventilation of the House; That they had | thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


No. 149. him to make a Report thereof to the House; together | and be printed. 


London, 


0as' 
Railway Bill. 


Whittle Dean The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Waterworks the Whittle Dean Waterworks Bill, as amended in 


with the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the Great Indian 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill serting an additional allegation and other alterations, 
, . 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


showing more fully and clearly the objects and inten- 
tion of the Bill; and found the Preamble, as amended, 


Ordered, That the London, Brighton and South to be true ; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Brighton and Coast Railway Bill, as amended in the Committee, | 4 mendments thereunto. 


be taken into consideration upon Monday next. 


the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


and be printed. Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company Bill ; Railway Com . 
Emiskileo ‘The Enniskillen Waterworks Bill was read the | !h#t inasmuch as this Billis merely a Bill to make pany Bin, 
Waterworks 45-4 time. arrangements as to the application of the revenue of a 
Bil. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Company established for making Railways in Zndia, 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill = the re a of the ee te therein tone 

; . owers of raising capital or borrowing are con 

tothe, Leena, ans desien thelr concursence, in the Bill), it appeared to the Committee that the / 

. -.,| several Standing Orders relating to Railways were ' 

re Bil be piste grag ‘aoe Roy Ne i be coey Te inapplicable to this case; and that the Committee had 4 
y . examined the allegations of the Bill, and amended 

Whitehaven The Whitehaven Junction Railway Bill was read the Preamble by the insertion of words, making some 
Junction the third time. of those allegations more completely in accordance 
Railway Bi Resolved, That the Bill do pass with the terms of documents recited, and by in- 
? ° 


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


Mr. Bouverie reported the Eastern Union Railway Eastern Union 
Bill, with Amendments. Railway Bill. 


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


Rast Lancae Mr. Bouverie reported fi the G 1 Com- P 
sie, Lane mises on Railway ian Canal Bills That in the wad Mr. Strutt reported from the Committee on Ryde Im- 


Yorkshire, and 
Manchester 


and South 
Railways Bill. 


Hertford, Ware 
and Welwyn 


Junction 
Railway Bill, 


of the East Lancashire, Lancashire and Yorkshire, 
and Manchester and Southport Railways Bill, they 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and verbally amended the same ; 
and found the same, as amended, to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

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


Mr. Bouverie reported from the General Com- 
mittee on Railway and Canal Bills; That in the case 
of the Hertford, Ware and Welwyn Junction Rail- 
way Bill, they had examined the allegations con- 
tained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended 
the same, by striking out the words “and from 
“ thence to Ware,” the Power to construct that 
Branch having Leen withdrawn by the Promoters ; 
and found the same, as amended, to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

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


Group N. of Private Bills; That in the case of the — 
Ryde Improvement Bill, they had examined the ~™ 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 

and verbally amended the same; and found the same, 

as amended, to be true; and had gone through the 

Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Nene Valley 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Drainage and 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- oo 
ders in the case of the Petition for additional Pro- 

vision in the Nene Valley Drainage and Navigation 

Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 

Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Cardwell presented, by Her Majesty’s Come Science and 
mand,—Copy of First Report of the Department of 4** 
Science and Art. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 

Table. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com- Standing 


laneathire Mr. Bouverie reported the/ Lancashire and York-| mittee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; Orders. 
inp shire Railway (Middleton Brpch) Bill, with Amend- | which were read, as follow : 
ments, 


1. Resolved, That in the case of the North Me- North 


)Bil. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; | tropolitan Railway Bill Petition for dispensing with Metropolitan 
and be printed. 2 Standing Orders 112 and 178, from Ferg | Maberly, =*tvey Bil. 
Madras the Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed 
Railway Mr. Bowverie from the Committee on the | with. 
Company Bill Madras Railway pany Bill; That, inasmuchas| 2. Resolved, That in the case of the New River New River 


this is merely a Bill to enable a Company already 
Vot. 109. 


(New Reservoirs, &amp;c.) Bill Petition for additional (New Jeser- 








“+ &amp;e.) Bill. 
x4 Provision, wees 





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OF CEE TET EELS ATE ESET SETAE SITES IS - 
















































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Portsmouth 
Railway Bull. 


168 


Provision, the Standing Orders ought to be dis- 
pensed with ; that the Parties be permitted to intro- 
duce their additional provision if the Committee on 
the Bill shall think fit, on proving before the said 
Committee the consent of the parish vestry; that 
the Committee on the Bill do report how far such 
Order has been complied with on the Report of the 
Bill. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the Portsmouth 
Railway Bill Petition for additional provision, the 
Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; that 
the Parties be permitted to introduce their additional 
provision, if the Committee on the Bill shall think fit. 

The second and third Resolutions, being read a se- 
cond time, were agreed to. 


31° Martit. 


A. 1854, 


decisions of other Committees as to the question of 
agency and consequent liability of the principal in 
cases of treating rendered it still more embarrassing 
for the Committee to deal with the evidence in this 
case, when the effect of their decision involves a 
disability during the remainder of the present Par- 
liament. 

It yaa to the Committee that the disability 
created by the peculiar language of the 22d section 
of 5 &amp; 6 Vic. was intended to be imposed only in 
the cases in which the Candidate by his own act, 
his own suggestion, his intentional allowance or un- 
equivocal adoption, made himself a party or privy 
to the act of corrupt treating. 

Ordered, That 


e Report do lie — the Table. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Ordered, ‘That the Minutes of the Evidence taken yfinutes 
before the Committee be laid before this House. _ ordered, 

Mr. Napier, from the Select Committee appointed 
to try and determine the matter of the Petition of 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Conveyance 
William Henry Gregoru, complaining of an undue 


Copies of Contract for the Conveyance of Mails by of Mails. 


Election and Return for the Borough of Dungarvan, 
informed the House, That the Committee had de- 
termined, 

That John Francis Maguire, Esquire, is duly 
elected a Burgess to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough of Dungarvan. 

And the said Determination was ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Mr. Napier further informed the House, That 
the Committee had agreed to the following Reso- 


. lutions: 


That it was proved to your Committee, that a 
supper given after the Election of 1852, on the 
evening of the day of polling, was ordered by the 
agents of Mr. Maguire previous to the Election, and 
afterwards paid for by him, and of which several of 
the persons who voted for Mr. Maguire partook. 

That it did not appear to the Committee that this 
supper was given for the purpose of corruptly influ- 
encing or corruptly rewarding any voter or other 

yerson. 

That previous to and during the Election of 1852, 
several tierces of porter were ordered and paid for 
by James Boland, and supplied for the use of the 
tenants and voters on different townlands, who 
were the friends and supporters of Mr. Maguire, and 
that the said James Boland was the person prin- 
cipally entrusted with the payment of the expenses 
of the Election on behalf of Mr. Maguire. 

That the order, payment and supply of this porter 
were without the knowledge of Mr. Maguire, and 
neither authorized nor knowingly allowed by him. 

That from the proceedings before the Committee, 
they think it right to draw the attention of the 
House to the unsatisfactory state of the Law with 
regard to the withdrawal of Petitions which have 
been presented against sitting Members, and the 
jurisdiction of the Committee to inquire into charges 
of bribery and treating at an Election, previous to 
that which is directly in issue. 

It appears that a Petition against an Election for 
this Borough in 1852, and intended to have been 
commer, and including, amongst other charges, 

ribery and treating, was presented, and afterwards 
withdrawn, without any fraudulent purpose, but 
upon a private arrangement not sanctioned by Law, 
and the effect of this compromise has been to compel 
the Committee in this inquiry to enter upon a limited 
and unsatisfactory examination of the allegations in 
the Petition referred to them; the existing Law 
(as they have considered) only enabling them to 
investigate charges of corrupt treating at the first 
Election, but compelling them to exclude evidence 


Steam Vessels to and from Southampton, Vigo, 
Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz and Gibraltar: —Of the 
same for the Conveyance of Mails by Steam Vessels 
to and from Liverpool and Halifax and Boston, and 
to and from Liverpool and New York :—Of the 
same for the Conveyance of Mails by Steam Vessels 
to and from the West Indies:—Of the same for 
Extension of the West India Contract to Brazil 
and Buenos Ayres :—Of the same for the Convey- 
ance of Mails by Steam Vessels on the West Coast 
of America between Callao and Valparaiso :—Of 
any written Memoranda, Stipulations or Agreements 
that may exist respecting the Conveyance of Pas- 
sengers by the Vessels employed in these Services : 
—And, of the Agreement made with the East India 
Company in 1837, towards defraying the Expense of 
Steam Communication to India (Bombay), by way 
of the Red Sea, under which a Sum of £. 50,000 is 
annually charged in the Post Office Estimates. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Poor Lar 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Strath.) 


to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
u Copy of Report of the Visiting Officer sent by 
the + sie of Supervision for the Relief of the Poor 
in Scotland, to inquire into the state of the Parish of 
Strath, as referred to in the Letter of ‘the Board to 
the Crown Agent, dated the 21st day of February. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, ‘That there be laid before this House, an — tey 
Account of all Payments made in the year 1853, to hea) 


retired Commissioners and Messengers of the Court 
of Bankruptcy in Jreland, out of the Bankruptcy 
and Compensation Fund Account, the Names of the 
Persons who have received the same, and the 
Amount paid to each ; also, the Amount standing to 
the Credit of the Bankruptcy and Compensation 
Fund on the 31st day of December 1853 ; and a de- 
tailed Account of the Payments paid to the Credit 
of the said Fund, in the different eads from which 
its Income is derived, during the year 1853. 


Colonel Pennant reported from the Committee on 
Group R. of Private Bills; That Mr. Sturt, one of ‘ 
the Selected Members of the said Committee, was 
not present during the sitting of the Committee this 
day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Sturt do attend the said Com- 
mittee upon Monday next. 


Private Bills 


Petitions relating to Conventual and Monastic Public - 
Institutions Committee ;—Ecclesiastical Titles As- Poumeet 
sumption Act ;—Gaols ;— Intoxicating Liquors ;— yide Twenty- 
Maynooth College Act ;— Oaths Bill ;— Public- fourth Report 
houses and Beer-shops ;— Universities (Ozford and 
Cambridge) ;—Fire and Marine Insurance ; — Bil- 
lingsgate Market ;—Board of Inland Revenue ;— 

Copyholds ; 


of acts of bribery as contra-distinguished from cor- 
rupt treating. 

It appears to the Committee that, under the spe- 
cial circumstances, they were bound to limit their 
inquiry to charges falling within the 22d section of 
5 &amp; 6 Vic. c. 102, which is confined to corrupt 
treating ; and the confusion and contradiction of the 











Local Acts. 
No. 44. 


Packet 
Service. 


Turnpike 
Trusts, 


Incumbered 
Estates Court 
(Ireland. ) 


Hops. 
No, 150. 


Trish Repro- 
ductive Loan 
Fund. 


No, 151. 


Meean Oomaid 
Sing. 


Athlone 
and Galway 
ilway. 


17 Vicroriz. 31° Marti.—1° Aprilis. 
Copyholds ;— Decimal Coinage ;—Education (Sco¢- | Security of such Loans under section 5 of the above 
land) Bill ;—Foreign Policy ;—Friendly Societies | Act; together with Copies of the Form of Security 
Bill ;—Judgment Execution, &amp;c. Bill;— Juvenile | adopted in consequence. 

Crime ; --- Kingston-upon-Thames Bridge; — Law| Return to several Orders, dated the 2d day of 
Courts (Westminster and Guildhall) ;— Medical Prac- | February last, and the 27th day of this instant 
titioners Bill; —Ocean Penny Postage ;—Registra- | March, for a Return of the Total Imports of Sheep’s 
tion of Bills of Sale Bill ;—Saltash Borough ;—and, | Wool into the United Kingdom, for the year 1853 ; 
Settlement and Removal Bill,—were presented, and | of the Total Imports of Mohair or Angora Goats’ 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. Wool, for the year1853; and, of the British Woollen 
| Manufactures and Woollen Yarn exported for the 
year 1853 :——«_—- And, for Returns of the Total 
Imports of Sheep’s Wool into the United Kingdom, 
for the year 1853 :—Of the Total Imports of Mohair 


169 


Mr. Osborne presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Further Reports from the Admiralty rela- 
tive to Applications for Local Acts :—36. Saint &lt; é 
Mawes Port, &amp;c. Bill.—37. Great North of Scotland ©T Angora Goats’ Wool, for the year 1853 :—And, 
Railwav Bill.—3s. South Deron Railway Bill.— | of the British Woollen Manufactures and Woollen 
39. Waveney Valley Railway Bill. : | Yarn exported, for the year 1853. — 

Mr. Osborne also presented,— Return to an Order, The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of 
dated the 10th day of this instant March, for a| 2% Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table 
Statement of the Cost of the Packet Service under | by the Clerk of the House,— Metropolitan Com- 
the several Contracts, for the year ending January | Mission of Sewers :—Account in Abstract of Receipt 
1854. “ |and Expenditure during the year 1853, together 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the with a Summary Statement, and Report of all Con- 
Table; and that the first be printed. _ tracts entered into, and Works commenced and com- 
pleted during the year, and of the Monies owing to, 
and Debts owing by, the Commissioners on the 31st 
December 1853. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Turnpike Trusts: Copy of Second Report 
(17 Vic. Session 1854), made, by direction of the 


Secretary of State, under the Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 


c. 80. into consideration Her Majesty's most gracious 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the Message of the 27th day of this instant March :-— 
Table. | And the same was again read by Mr. Speaker. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
| posed, ‘That an humble Address be presented to Her 


Sir John Young presented,—Return to an Order, ; 
. | Majesty, as followeth : 


dated the 21st day of this instant March, for a Re- 
turn of the Number of Appeals from the Incumbered | Most Gracious Sovereign, 
Estates Court, /reland, to the Privy Council, Lreland, | We, Your Majesty’: most dutiful and loyal Sub- 
from the Ist day of May 1852 to the 20th day of | jects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great 
March 1854, and of the Reversals and Affirmations \"B,j¢ain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled, beg 
of such Appeals, separately stated, with the Names 
of the Parties in each case. 

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


leave to return to Your Majesty our humble Thanks 
for Your Majesty's most gracious Message, and for 
the communication of the several Papers which 
have been laid before us in obedience to Your Ma- 
| jesty’s Command. We assure Your Majesty of the 
| Just sense we entertain of Your Majesty’s anxious 
_and uniform endeavours to preserve to Your people 
| the blessings of peace, and of our perfect confidence 
|in Your Majesty’s disposition to terminate the cala- 
'mities of War, whenever that object can be accom- 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Hops, which 
was presented upon the 30th day of this instant 
March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Trish Re- 
productive Loan Fund, which was presented upon 
the 30th day of this instant March, be printed. 


mi 
plished consistently with the honour of Your Ma- 
jesty's Crown, and the interests of Your people. 

| We have observed with deep concern, that Your Ma- 

The following Papers were laid upon the Table by | jesty’s endeavours have been frustrated by the spirit 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated of aggression displayed by the Emperor of Russia, 
the 21st day of February last, for Copy of the Cor-| in his invasion and continued occupation of the 
respondence between the Court of Directors of the! Provinces of Wallachia and Moldavia, in the re- 

East India Company and the Governor General of jection of equitable terms of peace proposed under 
India in Council, between the said Governor Ge-| the sanction of Four of the Principal Powers of 
neral and his local Officers, or any other Persons in| Europe, and in the preparation of immense forces 
India, and between the said Court of Directors and | tosupport his unjust pretensions :—These pretensions 

any Persons in this Country purporting to act on! appear to us, Your faithfui Commons, subversive of 
behalf of Meean Uomaid Sing, with reference to the the independence of the J'urkish Empire:—And we 

Claim of the said Meean Oomaid Sing to the Chief- | feel that the trust reposed in us demands, on our 

~~ of Bughat. ' part, a firm determination to co-operate with Your 

eturn to an Order, dated the 3d day of this in- | Majesty in a vigorous resistance to the projects of 
stant March, for Copies of all Applications from ,a Sovereign whose further aggrandizement would be 
the Midland Great Western Railway of /reland | dangerous to the independence of Kurope. 

Company to the Lords Commissioners of Her Ma- | pa easel : 1 st till af 

jesty’s Treasury, or the Public Works Loan Com-|,,, “*)“ the House ge continuec - - Gl alter 
missioners, for Loans, under the Act 12 &amp; 13 Vic. | I'welve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 

¢. 62 (Athlone and Galway Railway) :—Of all Let- | 
ters or Orders from the Treasury or Public Works | 
Loan Commissioners, authorizing or granting such| And the Question being put :—It was resolved in 
Loans from time to time :—Of any Information re-| the Affirmative. 
quired by the Treasury, or Statements laid before, Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
them, showing that such Loans were to be expended | Her Majesty by the whole House. 
in the construction of a Railway, as provided by the| Ordered, ‘That such Members of this House as 
above Act:—Statement, showing the Date and | are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Coun- 
Amount of each such Loan :—And, Copies of any | cil do humbly know Her Majesty’s pleasure when 
./— issued by the Treasury relative to the She will be attended by this House. 

OL. 109, Z 


Sabbati, 1° die Aprilis, 1854: 


Resolved, 








Wool, &amp;c, 


Wool, &amp;c. 


Metropolitan 
Commission 
of Sewers, 


Queen's 
Message 
relating to 
Russia. 


170 31° Martit.—1°—3° Aprils. A. 1854, 


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


Oaths Bill. The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Oaths Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Church The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Building Acts mittee on the Church Building Acts Amendment 
rene Bill; 
; Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Dublin The Order of tke day being read, for the second 
Carriage Bill. reading of the Dublin Carriage Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 24th day of this instant April. 


Registration The Registration of Bills of Sale Bill was, accord- 

— of Sale ing to Order, read a second time; and committed to 

- a Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday 
the 17th day of May next. 


Ministers’ The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
oe take into consideration the Ministers’ Money, &amp;c. 
eae (Jreland) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, ‘That the Biil be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


High Treason The High Treason (Jreland) Bill was, according 
(Ireland) Bill. t Order, read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Whiteside do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Means. mittee of Ways and Means ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Chichester Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
Grammar to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
_— to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Emoluments which have 
been received each year for the last Thirty years, by 
the Prebend of Highly, in the Diocese of Chichester, 
in respect of the Grammar School of the City of Chi- 
chester, and his Prebendal Stall in conjunction 
therewith ; distinguishing such portion of the said 
Emoluments as has accrued through the renewal of 
Leases or otherwise, and specifying the Number of 
Lives by the Cessor of which each such Renewal was 
occasioned ; also, the Number of Boys which have 
been on the Foundation of such School each year, 
for the last Thirty years. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 

of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Judgment The Select Committee on the Judgment Execu- 
— &amp;e. tion, &amp;c. Bill was nominated of Mr. Craufurd, Mr. 
as Dunlop, Mr. Napier, Mr. Attorney General, Mr. 
Solicitor General, the Lord Advocate, Mr. Solicitor 
General for Ireland, Mr. Lowe, Mr. Stuart Wortley, 
Mr. Walpole, Mr. Whiteside, Mr. Smollett, Mr. John 

Fitzgerald, Mr. Massey and Mr. Bowyer. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


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


Lune, 3° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


QRDERED, That all Committees have leave Committees, 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House, 


Lord John Russell reported to the House, That The Queen 
Her Majesty, having been waited upon, pursuant to @Ppoints to 
their Order of Friday last, humbly to know Her Ma- ™ **ended. 
jesty’s pleasure when She will be attended by this 
House, had been pleased to appoint to be attended 
this day, at Three of the clock, at Buckingham 
Palace. 

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

Mr. Speaker reported to the House, That the 
House had attended Her Majesty this day with their 
Address ; to which Her Majesty was pleased to give 
this most gracious Answer : 

{ thank you for your loyal and dutiful Address, Answer to 

The declaration of your sentiments on this occa- “ress. 
sion affords Me great satisfaction ; and I rely with 
confidence on your co-operation in measures which 
I consider necessary for the honour of My Crown, 
and for the welfare of My People. 


The following Paper was laid on the Table by the Guns, &amp;. 
Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 

the 27th day of March last, for a Return of the 
Number of Guns, Pistols and Revolvers, proved in 

each year, from 1844 to 1854, at the Government 

Proof House, Birmingham, at the Birmingham Proof 

House, and the London Proof House. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented,—Return to an Address to Arrestment 
Her Majesty, dated the 28th day of March last, of Wages, &amp;. 
for Copy of the Report of the Commission in Scot- meena 
land to inquire into the Proceedings under the Act 
for Arrestment of Wages, and on the Practice and 
Operation of Truck. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Freight Mo- Freight Money 
uey (Greenwich Hospital), which was presented upon Genital) 


the 27th day of March last, be printed. No. 152. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Militia, Militia. 
which was presented upon the 27th day of March No. 153. 
last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Packet Ser- Packet 
vice, which was presented upon the 31st day of Service. 
March last, be printed. No. 154. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Metro- Metropolitan 
politan Commission of Sewers, which was presented op eo 
upon the 3ist day of March last, be printed. " No. 155 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Science and Science and 
Art, which was presented upon the 31st day of Art. 
March last, be printed. No. 156. 


Colonel Peel reported from the Committee on Private Bills 
Group J. of Private Bills; That Mr. Stirling, one of (Gt"P J.) 
the selected Members of the said Committee, was 
= present during the sitting of the Committee this 

a 


y: . 
Ordered, That Mr. Stiriing do attend the said 
Committee To-morrow. 


Colonel Pennant reported the Buckingham and Buckingham 
Towcester Koad Bill, with Amendments. ty 
Ordered, That the Report do Jie upon the Table. 


Colonel Pennant reported from the Committee on Private Bills 


Group R. of Private Bills; ‘That Mr. Sturt, one red (Group R.) 
the 














17 Vicrortz. 3° Aprilis. 171 


the selected Members of the said Committee, was! New Gas Bill; and the same was twice read, and 
not present during the sitting of the Committee this | agreed to. 


day. Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
Ordered, That Mr. Sturt be discharged from! to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
further attendance on the Committee. hath agreed to the Amendment made by their 


Ordered, That the Committee have leave to pro- | Lordships. 
ceed with four selected Members. 
| The Bacup Improvement Bill was read the third Bacup Im- 

Caterham Lord Harry Vane reported from the Sub-Com- | time ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. provement 
Railway Bill. mittee on Group (1) of Railway and Canal Bills;| Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

That in the case of the Caterham Railway Bill,they! Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 

had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- | to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

amble of the Bill, and, in consequence of the objec- | 

tion of the London, Brighton and South Coast Rail-| The Brighton and Hove Gas Bill was read the Brighton and 

way Company to a junction with, and running | third time. Hove Gas Bill, 

powers over their Railway, had struck out such por-| Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

tions thereof which had reference to such junction) Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bil! 

with and running powers; and found the same, as | to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

amended, to be true; and had gone through the | 


Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. , A Motion being made, That the Clyde Navigation Clyde Navi- 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; | Bill be now read the third time; gation Bill. 
and be printed. | Mr. Cardwell, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 


| quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 

Portsmouth Lord Harry Vane reported from the Sub-Com- informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
Railway Bill. mittee on Group (1) of Railway and Canal Bills; | sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 

That in the case of the Portsmouth Railway Bill, | that the House may do therein as they shall think 

they had, in pursuance of the instruction of the House | fit. 

of the 31st day of March last, considered the ad-| Then the Bill was read the third time; and Amend- 

ditional provision sought to be introduced into the ments were made to the Bill. 

Bill in reference to the Winding-up of the Affairsand | Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

the Dissolution of the Direct London and Portsmouth | Ordered, That Mr. Alexander Hastie do carry the 

Railway Company, and had made provision in the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Bill accordingly ; and had examined the allegations 


of the Bill, and found the same to be true; and had} The Doncaster Cemetery Bill was read the third Doneaster 


gone through the Bill, and made Amendments there- | tine. Cemetery Bill. 
unto. : | Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Or dered, lhat the Report do lie upon the Table ; Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 

and be printed. _to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
South Eastern Lord Har ry Vane reported the South Eastern | 7 he Glasgow New Street Bill was read the third Glasgow New 
ner to Railway (Lewisham to Brouley, &amp;c.) Bill, with time, Street Bill. 
Bromley, &amp;c,) Amendments. : | Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Bill, Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the) Qrdered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


former Committee ; and that they have leave to sit to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
and proceed To-morrow. | 


Public Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Com- | The Hereford Improvement Bill was read the ve 
Petitions mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had examined | third time ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. ces 
—— Beport,) the Petitions presented upon the 30th and 31st days Resolved, ‘hat the Bill do pass. B; 

of March last, and had directed him to make a Re- Ordered, That Mr. Brother ton do carry the Bill 

port thereof to the House. | to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; | 
and be printed. | The Imperial Gas Company Bill was read the Imperial Gas 
‘third time; and Amendments were made to the Company Bill. 

Devonport Mr. Cowper reported from the Select Committee | Bill. 


wad Keyham on the Devonport and Keyham Tunnel (No. 2) | Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ; 
Bill, nel(No.2) Bill; That they had examined the allegations of the, Ordered, That Sir James Duke do carry the Bill 
a Bill, and found the same to be true; and had gone’ to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Bili 57 ‘ 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. | 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. | ‘The Stockton, Middlesbrough and Yarm Water Stockton, 


Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed toa Com- | pi} was read the third time. Middles- 
mittee of the whole House, for Friday next. | Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Yarns Water 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill Bill 
Message from A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Humphrey: | to the Lords, and desize their cotati g 


the Lords, Mr. Speaker, 
‘ee The Lords have agreed to the London Life Asso- ' 


Associati oe p gp r P e P " 
BL" ~~ ciation Bill, without any Amendment : And also, The House proceeded to take into consideration Belfast Har. 


'the Belfast Harbour Bill, as amended in the Com- bour Bill. 


Radcliffeand © The Lords have agreed to the Radcliffe and Pil- | mittee. 
Pilkington ; 


Gas Bill kington Gas Bill, without any Amendment: And! Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

a also, | 
oom Z he Lords have agreed to the Middleton Gas Bill,! The House proceeded to take into consideration Bolton Gas. 
va without any Amendment: And also, ‘the Bolton Gas Bill, as amended in the Com- Bill 
righton,Hove ‘The Lords have agreed to the Brighton, Hoveand | i400. 


an sto : LL. PR; x P | ’ ‘ P 
Waterworks 2 7¢ston Waterworks Bill, with an Amendment; to | Qydep ed, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Bill which Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence 


. ae ‘ 
ot this House:—And then the Messenger, with- | 


drew. The House proceeded to take into consideration Cardiff Gas. 
the Cardiff Gas Bill, as amended in the Com- 3 
siete New The House proceeded to take into consideration | mittee. 
as Bill, the Amendment made by the Lords to the Leeds | Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
t 


Vou. 169. z2 The 








172 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Chesterfield Market Bill, as amended in the 


Chesterfield 
Market Bill. 


Committee; and Amendments were made to the | Railway Bill, as amended in the Committee; 


| 


| 
| 
| 


Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House 
the Hamilton 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Hamilton 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Harrow 
Waterworks 
Bill 


the Harrow Waterworks Bill, as amended in the 


Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration the | 
Havering, Dagenham, &amp;c. Sewers Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Havering, 
Dagenham, &amp;c. 
Sewers Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Kingswood Roads Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Port Gordon Harbour Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Port Gordon 
Harbour Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Ridghill, Lanes and Holehouse Road Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ridghill, 

Lanes and 
Holehouse 
Road Bill. 


Salford, The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Stockport and 
er eg as amended in the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration the 
Wellington (Salop) Improvement Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Wellington 
(Salop) Im- 
rovement 


ill, 


The Blackburn Improvement (No. 2) Bill was. 
read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Blackburn 
Improvement 
(No. 2) Bill. 


North London 


The North London Railway Bill was, according 
Railway Bill. 


to Order, read the third time. 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the | 


Bill, by leaving out Clause 19. 


And the Question being proposed, That Clause 19 | 


3° Aprilis. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration | 


the Salford, Stockport and Manchester Division Bill, | 


A. 1854, 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into London, 
_ consideration the London, Brighton and South Coast Hy and 
ast 


Railway Bil}, 


Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Monday next. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Lowestog 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Improvemeng 
That in the case of the Lowestoft Improvement ‘“° *) 
(No. 2) Bill, the Standing Orders have been com- 
plied with. 


rent to take into consideration | 


aterworks Bill, as amended in the | 


Ordered, That the Lowestoft Improvement (No.2) Lowestoft 
ll be read a second time. Improvement 
(No. 2) Bill 
Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Louth 
this day received a Report from the Examiner of Election, 
Recognizances, stating that the Recognizance to the 
| Election Petition of John Macnamara Cantwell, re- 
lating to the County of Louth, is unobjectionable. 


‘Bi 


| 


Sir Benjamin Hall reported from the Committee Private Bis 
on Group H. of Private Bills; That Mr. Zrton, one (Group 1.) 
of the selected Members of the said Committee, 
was not present during the sitting of the Committee 
this day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Irton be discharged from fur- 
ther attendance on the Committee. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to Church 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to Leaseholds, 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 

a Return of the Number of Leaseholds (every Lease 
being considered as a distinct Leasehold) in the se- 
veral Dioceses of England and Wales, in respect of 
which Applications have been made by the poi 
either to the Archbishops and Bishops, or Deans 
and Chapters respectively, for the Purchase of the 
Reversion, or for the Sale of the Term, or for both 
in part; and whether on such Application Terms 
'have been either agreed upon and referred to the 
| Church Estate Commissioners, or declined by the 
| Lessees, or whether such Applications have been 
declined by the Lessors, and, if declined, on what 

grounds, or remain under consideration. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this Rom as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Railway 
a Copy of any Communication from the General Schemes. 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills to the Board 
_of Trade, in reference to the Report of the latter on 
Railway Schemes, dated February 1854; and, of 
any Answer of the Board thereto. 
; Mr. Cardwell accordingly presented the said 
- Paper. 

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


stand part of the Bill:—The said proposed Amend- | 


ment was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the further Proceeding on the third 
reading of the said Bill be adjourned till Monday 
next. 


Ordered, That the Ambergate, Nottingham and 
Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway (Extension 
into Nottingham, &amp;c.) Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
ext. 


Ambergate, 
Nottingham 
and Boston, 
and Eastern 
Junction 
Railway (Ex- 
tension into 
Nottingham, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Blyth and 
Tyne Railway 
Bill. 


Ordered, That the Blyth and Tyre Railway Bill, 
as amended in the Committee, be taken into con- 
sideration upon Monday next. 


Whitehaven, 
Cleator and 
Egremont 
Railway Bill, 


Ordered, That the Whitehaven, Cleator and Egre- 
mont Railway Bill, as amended in the Committee, be 
taken into consideration upon Monday next. 


| 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Education 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Scotland.) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
| House, Copies of the Correspondence that has taken 
| place between the Promoters of the Secular School, 
| Saint Andrew’s-square, Glasgow, and the Committee 
of Council on Education :—And, of the Correspond- 
ence between the Promoters of Williams’ Secular 
School, Edinburgh, and the same Committee. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


to 
| 


Mr. Osborne presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Local Acts. 
, mand,—Further Report from the Admiralty relative Ne, 44. 
_toan Application fora Local Act :—40. York, New- 
castle and Berwick Railway (Construction of Docks, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 





The 





Bribery, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


Controverted 
Elections, &amp;, 
Bill. 


Bribery Pre- 
Vention Bill, 


Oxford 
University 
Bill. 


Stamps, 


Towns Im- 
Provement 


(Ireland) Bill, 
Bill 58, 





17 VicToriz. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Bribery, &amp;c. Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ the Bill be committed to a Select Committee,” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 

sed to be left out, stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, 1146 
Yeas, \ Mr. Grenville Berkeley: {°° 
Tellers for the¢ Mr. Vernon Smith, } 76 


Noes, Mr. Deedes : 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 
Cuiavuse, N° 1, agreed to. 
Cuavusss, N° 2 to N° 4, postponed. 
Cuiavuse, N° 5 (Bribery defined). 
Amendments made. 
Proposed, in p. 3, 1. 29, to fill the blank with 
“ Fifty pounds.” 
Question, That the blank be filled with “ Fifty 
“ pounds” ——put, and negatived. 
Afterwards proposed to fill the blank with “ One 
“ hundred pounds.” 
Question, That the blank be filled with “ One 
“ hundred pounds” put, and agreed to. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Crause, N° 6 (Bribery further defined). 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 











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


Martis, 4° die Aprilis, 1854: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bouverie 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill, and that he was directed to move, that the 
Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Controverted Elections, &amp;c. Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Bribery Prevention Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the 7 being read, for the second 
reading of the Oxford University Bill ; 
Ordered, ‘That the Bili be read a second time 


upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Stamp Acts ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Towns Improvement (Lre- 
land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie re- 
Vou. 109. 


3°-—4° Aprilis. 








173 
at That the Committee had gone through the 
ill. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Thursday the 27th 
day of this instant April. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Improvement 
mittee on the Improvement of Towns (Jreland) Bill; &gt; Ses Bill, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday ‘ ) 
the 27th day of this instant April, resolve itself into 


the said Committee. 


_ The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Church 
into consideration the Church Building Acts Con- Building Acts 
. ° . &lt; ontinuance 
tinuance Bill, as amended in the Committee. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Merchant 
reading of the Merchant Shipping Bill ; ees 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday, the 24th day of this instant April. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Merchant 
— of the Merchant Shipping Acts Repeal Ree Se 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 24th day of this instant April. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Valuation of 
mittee on the Valuation of Lands (Scotland) Bill; Lands (Scot- 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 4) Bil. 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Dublin Port Bill was, according to Order, Dublin Port 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee Bil. 
of the whole House, for Thursday the 27th day of 
this instant April. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Oaths Bill. 
reading of the Oaths Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the sth day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Church 
mittee on the Church Building Acts Amendment —e ace 
Bill; ha ment 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
the 27th day of this instant April, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Ministers’ Money, &amp;c. (Zreland) Bill was, ac- Ministers’ 
cording to Order, read the third time. Pee ue 
A Clause (Non-payment of Rate not to prevent — 
persons being admitted Burgesses, &amp;c.) was thrice 
read ; and added to the Bill. 
Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Sir John Young do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Trading and 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased — 
to give directions, that there be laid before this °°" 
House, Returns of all Applications referred by Her 
Majesty to the Board of Trade, praying for Grants 
of Charters with limited liability, under the Act 
1 Vic. c. 73, “ for enabling Her Majesty to confer 

z3+ certain 





Property 
Qualification 
Bill 


Private Bills 
(Group L.) 


Private Bills 
(Group R.) 


. Paisley Water- 
works Bill. 


Paisley Water- 
works (No. 2 ) 


Birmingham 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Lanark Pelice 
and Improve- 
ment Bill. 


Middlesex 
Industrial 
Schools Bills. 


Belfast Water 
Bill. 


Commons 
Inclosure Bill. 


174 
certain Powers and Immunities on Trading and other 
Companies,” showing the Date of the Application, 
the Names of the Applicants, the Object for which 
the Charter was required, the Amount of Capital 
proposed, and the Result of the Application :-—And, 
of ‘Private Bills (other than Railway or Canal Bills) 
assed by the House of Commons during the last 
fen years, in which Partners or Shareholders have 
been exempted from liability beyond the Amount of 
their Shares. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
nesday next, the Property Qualification Bill, was 
read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 10th day of May next. 

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


Martis, 4° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1854. 

PRAYERS. 

N R. Compton reported from the Committee on 
Group L. of Private Bills; That Mr. Goold, 

one of the selected Members of the said Committee, 
was not present during the sitting of the Committee 
this day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Goold be discharged from 
further attendance on the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Committee have leave to pro- 
ceed with four selected Members. 


Ordered, That Earl Jermyn be discharged from 
further attendance on the Committee on Group R. 
of Private Bills. 

Ordered, That Mr. John George Smyth and 
Mr. Grenfell be added to the Committee. 


The Order for referring the Paisley Waterworks 
Bill to the Committee of Selection, was read, and 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
transfer the Paisley Waterworks to the Magistrates 
and Council of Paisley, and to enable them to con- 
struct additional Works for supplying Paisley, John- 
stone and Places adjacent with Water: And that 
Mr. Archibald Hastie and Colonel Mure do prepare, 


and bring it in. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Birmingham Waterworks Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Lanark Police and Improvement Bill, as amended 


in the Committee ; and Amendments were made to 
the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Middlesex Industrial Schools 
Bill be read a second time To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Be/fast Water Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 26th day of this instant April. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Commons 
Inclosure Bill; and the same was twice read, and 
agreed to. 


3°—4° Aprilis. 





A. 1854, 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their 
Lordships. 


Mr. Howard reported the New River (Hertford New River 


Sewerage Diversion, &amp;c.) Bill, with Amendments. (Hertford 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Diverste 
&amp;c.) Bill,” 


Mr. Howard reported from the Committee on New River 
Group O. of Private Bills; That in the case of the (New Reser. 
New River Company (New Reservoirs, &amp;c.) Bill, Y"*) Bill 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
found the same to be true; and had made Pro- 
vision in the Bill, pursuant to the Instruction of the 
House (the consent of the Parish Vestry having 
been proved); and had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Lord Stanley reported from the Sub-Committee Derbyshire, 
on Group (2) of Railway and Canal Bills; That in St*ffordshire 
the case of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Wor- a 
cestershire Junction Railway (Revival of Powers, tion Railway 
&amp;e.) Bill, they had examined the allegations con- (Revival of 
tained in the Preamble of the Bill, but the same had BL a) 
not been proved to their satisfaction. 

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


Lord Stanley reported from the Sub-Committee Cannock 
on Group (2) of Railway and Canal Bills ; That in Railway Bil. 
the case of the Cannock Railway Bill, they had exa- 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, but the same had not been proved to their 
satisfaction. 

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


Mr. Bouverie reported from the General Com- Lancashire 
mittee on Railway and Canal Bills; That the Par- and Yorkshire, 
eee : : ° Fast Lanca- 
ties promoting the Lancashire and Yorkshire, East shire, and 
Lancashire, and Manchester and Southport Railway Manchester 
Companies Bill, had stated to the Committee that it *%4 Southport 

. . ; . , Railway Com- 
was not their intention to proceed with the Bill. panies Bill 

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


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Sub-Committee Norfolk _ 
on Group (5) of Railway and Canal Bills; That Railway Bill. 
in the case of the Norfolk Railway Bill, they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by striking out 
the word “ Seven,” and inserting the word “ Ten,” 
in the 21st line of the second page, as the Com- 
mittee considered Seven days too short a time ; 
and found the same, as amended, to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

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


Mr. Bouverie reported the Eastern Counties Rail- Eastern Coun- 
way (Station Enlargement, &amp;c.) Bill, with Amend- pty nd 
ments. largement, 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; &amp;c. ) Bill. 
and be printed. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee 
the Cork and Bandon Railway Bill; That they 
examined the allegations of the Preamble, an 
amended the same, by erasing certain allegations 
having reference to the expediency of increasing the 
rate of interest guaranteed by certain Baronies and 
parts of Baronies under the Act of last Session, the 
Clause for that ay a having been erased from the 
Bill; and also by defining more accurately the spe- 
cified objects for which the additional capital to be 
raised for the purposes of the original Cork and 
Bandon 


on Cork and — 
had Bandon Rail- 
d way Bill. 























Newes 


and C 


Lond 
Tilbu 
South 


Horn 
and k 
Ri unct 


Sout 


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17 VicTorriz. 


Bandon Line is required; and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


4° Aprilis. 





Newcastle- Mr. Bouverie reported the Newcastle-upon-Tyne 
upon-Tyt and Carlisle Railway Bill, with Amendments. 
and Cates Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
pailwey “and be printed. 
London, Mr. Bouverie reported the London, Tilbury and 
Tibury and Southend Railway Bill, with Amendments. 
South Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
mand be printed. 
Horncastle Mr. Bouverie reported from the General Com- | 
snd Kirkstead mittee on Railway and Canal Bills ; ‘That in the case 
alway Bill. of the Horncastle and Kirkstead Junction Railway | 
Bill, they had examined the allegations contained in | 
the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, | 
by striking out those parts which tended to make the | 
Horncastle Railway a Branch of the Great Northern, 
Railway ; and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made | 
Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee. 
South Eastern The Order for re-committing the South Eastern 
Railway Railway (Lewisham to Bromley, &amp;c.) Bill, was read, | 
(Lewisham to ay y 
Bromley, &amp;e.) and discharged. 
Bill. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
Liverpool, Viscount Jocelyn reported from the Sub-Com- 
po he mittee on Group (3) of Railway and Canal Bills; 
Lancashire That in the case of the Liverpool, Crosby and South- 


andYorkshire; port ; Lancashire and Yorkshire ; East Lancashire ; 


fast Lanca- “and Manchester and Southport Railways Bill, they 
shire ; and , , : : 

Manchester had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
and Southport amble of the Bill, but the same had not been proved 
iitvays to their satisfaction. 


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


Festiniog 


: Viscount Jocelyn reported from the Sub-Committee 
Railway Bill. +f 


on Group (3) of Railway and Canal Bills; That the 
Parties promoting the Festiniog Railway Bill had 
stated to the Committee, that it was not their inten- 
tion to proceed further with the said Bill. 

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


Lancashire 
and Yorkshire 
Railway (Li- 
verpool Dock 


Viscount Jocelyn reported from the Sub-Committee 
on Group (3) of Railway and Canal Bills ; That in 
the case of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 





(Liverpool Dock Branches) Bill, they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the | 
Bill, and amended the same, by inserting a state-| 
ment of the sum expended by the East Lancashire 
Railway Company upon the construction of, or in| 
preparing to construct, the Liverpool Vock Branch, | 
for the purpose of making the same more consistent , 
with the facts of the case, as proved before the Com- 
mittee ; and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 


Branches ) 
Bill, 


Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; | 
and be printed. | 
Sir Henry Willoughby reported from the Com- 
mittee on Group M. of Private Bills; That in the | 
case of the West Bromwich Improvement Bill, they 
had examined the allegations contained in the | 

Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, b 

striking out the words “ and a Local Board of Health | 
“established therein,” the clauses relating to the | 
establishment of a Local Board of Health havin 


been struck out of the Bill by the Committee ; an 
Vox. 109. 


West Brom. 
Vich Improve. 
ment Bill, 








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| 
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175 


found the same, as amended, to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com- Standing 
mittee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; 9'4t*- 
which were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Nene Valley Nene Valley 
Drainage and Navigation Bill Petition for additional oe eg 
Provision, the Standing Orders ought to be dis- BL ° 
pensed with ; that the Parties be permitted to intro- 
duce their additional Provision if the Committee on 
the Bill shall think fit. 

. That in the case of the Grand Junc- Gund June- 
tion Railway of Jreland Bill Petition for dispensing to" Baitway 
with Gunite Order 133, from Sir Mattheo Bar ees 
rington, the Standing Order ought not to be dis- 
pensed with. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the Bagenalstown Bagenalstown 
and Wexford Railway Bill Petition for dispensing 224 Wexford 

re eT : +2 Railway Bill. 
with Standing Orders 133, 142 and 143, from Sir . 
Matthew Barrington, the Standing Orders ought not 
to be dispensed with. 

4, Resolved, That in the case of the Edinburgh Edinburgh 
Roads Bill Petition for dispensing with Standing ®°#s Bill 
Orders 112 and 178, from Richardson, Loch and 
Maclaurin, the said Standing Orders ought to be 
dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to be 
heard upon the Petition forwarded to the Lord Ad- 
vocate of Scot/and on the 28th day of February last, 
against the Bill, notwithstanding the same shall be 
deposited later than Seven clear days after the second 
reading of the Bill. 

The first and fourth Resolutions, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee Committee of 
of Selection; That they have made several altera- ppg 
tions in the Groups of Private Bills already formed, amy aaa 
and have agreed to report the same to the House. No. 157 

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


Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Turnpike 
mand,—Turnpike Trusts:—Copy of Third Report TT**s- 
made by direction of the Secretary of State, under 
the Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 80, Nos. 13 to 15. 

Mr. Fitzroy also presented,—Return to an Address Medical 
to Her Majesty, dated the 28th day of March last, Practitioners. 
tor a Return, showing the Number of Practitioners 
in Medicine, according to the Census of 1851, for 
each County of England and Wales, according to 
the Registration Division, and for each County of 
Scotland, and of the Islands in the British Seas; 
stating the Heads under which they appear, whether 
as Physicians and Surgeons, or Apothecaries ; also, 
the Number returned of Druggists, Aurists, Oculists, 
Dentists, &amp;c. ; and also, the respective Ages, in quin- 


| quennial Periods, under each Head. 


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


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Railway Raiiway 
Schemes, which was presented upon the 3d day of Schemes. 
this instant April, be printed. No, 158. 


The following Paper, pursuant to Order, was laid Dungarvan 
upon the Table by the Clerk of the House,—Minutes Election. 
of the Evidence taken before the Select Committee 
on the Dungarvan Election Petition. 

The following Paper was also laid upon the Table Spirits. 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 2d day of February last, for Returns 
showing the Total Number of Gallons of Proof 
Spirits distilled in England, Scotland and Ireland 
respectively ; distinguishing the Quantities produced 


|from Malt, from a mixture of Malt and Unmalted 


Grain, and from a mixture of Sugar or Molasses 
z4 with 


176 
with Unmalted Grain, or from Sugar or from Mo- 
lasses ; showing also, the Total Quantity of each 
Sort in the United Kingdom, for the year ending 
the 5th day of January 1854 :—Of the Number of 
Gallons of Proof Spirits (distinguishing the Sorts) 
on which Duty was paid for Home Consumption in 
each of the three Kingdoms, with the Rate per 
Gallon, and the Amount of such Duty; also, the | versities (Oxford and Cambridge) ;—New Zealand 
Total Number of Gallons and Duty in the United | (Provincial Elections) ;—Attorneys’ Certificates ;— 
Kingdom, for the year ending the 5th day of January | Muscovado Sugar ;— Billingsgate Market ;—-Educa- 
1854 :—Showing, under separate Heads, the Num- | tion (Jre/and) ;—Education ( Scotland) ;—Education 
ber of Gallons of Proof Spirits, distinguishing the | (Scotland) Bill; —Friendly Societies Bill ;—Judg- 
Materials from which made, imported into each | ment Execution, &amp;c. Bill ;—Medical Officers (Navy) ; 
Kingdom from each of the others respectively ;, —Medical Practitioners Bill ;—Ocean Penny Post- 
stating also, the Rate per Gallon, and the Total | age ;—Parochial Cemeteries ;—Political Hxiles ;— 
Amount thereof (in each case), and what portion of | Registration of Bills of Sale Bill ;—Scttlement and 
such Duty was paid on removal of the Spirits from Removal Bill ;—Settlement and Removal (Jrish 
Bond, and what after their arrival in Eng/and ; also, | Poor);—and, Valuation of Lands (Scotland) Bill,— 
what portion was actually warehoused under Excise | were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
Lock, distinguishing Malt from Grain Spirits, in | the Table. 

England, for the year ending the 5th day of January... 
1854 :—Of the Total Number of Gallons of Proof} | &gt; John Young presented,—Return to an Order, Workhouses 
Spirits permitted out of Distillers’ Stocks in Regina, | —_ we — ~ a a — (Ireland, ) 

: — il aaah i weed &gt; « Ss, W ; 

and the Total Number of Proof Gallons of British Child or Ghillie, Teunaee of the lacs Work 


4° Aprils. A. 1854. 


Petitions relating to Barnstaple Bri bery Prevention Public 
Bill ;-- Canterbury Bribery Prevention Bill ; —Par- Petitions, 
liamentary Representation Bill;—Conventual and y., —— 
M . * oe ° e ° Vide Twenty, 
Monastic Institutions Committee ;—Episcopal and fitth Report, 
Capitular Estates Bill;—Gaols ;—Intoxicating Li- 

uors ;—Maynooth College Act ; — Nunneries ; — 
Oaths Bill ;—Public-houses and Beer-shops ;—Uni- 





Brandy and Spirits of Wine permitted out of Rec- 
tifiers’ Stocks in England for Nome Consumption ; 
also, the ‘Total Quantity of Proof Gallons of Rum 
received into Rectifiers’ Stocks for Rectification in 
England, Scotland and Ireland, tor the year ending 
the 5th day of January 1854 :—Of the Total Num- 
ber of Proof Gallons of Spirits distilled in England, 
Scotland and Ireland; distinguishing the Quantities 
in each Country delivered, Duty paid, direct from 
Distillers’ Stocks, from the Quantities put into Bond, 
for the year ending the 5th day of January 1854: 


houses in the Poor Law Unions in Jreland, on the 
Ist day of January 1854; together with the relative 
proportion of the Number of such Females to the 
other Females, Inmates of such Workhouses, under 
Fifty years of Age :—And, of the Number of Chil- 
dren born in the several Workhouses in Jreland, 
during the half-year ending the 1st day of January 
1854, and how many of the same were Illegitimate. 

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





—Of the Total Number of Proof Gallons of British | 
Compounds and Spirits of Wine permitted from | Tl 
Rectifiers’ Stocks in England, Scotland and Ireland, | 
for Exportation to Foreign Ports under Drawback, 


for the dred — ery A os wage: 0 and | of a second College therein, with co-ordinate Autho- 
1854 :—And, of the Total Number of Gallons of rity, and, as near as may be, equivalent Income, with 
Spirits in Bonded Stores in England, Scotland and | Trinity College, to be called, in pursuance of the 
&gt; | eo to » f , oan ~ a ie + - Ws 

—— sh = day . oa a | Act 14&amp; 15 Charles 2, c. 2, “ The Queen’s College ; 
f P tine ans - - aniramentary Paper, 2N0. =", | and further, for the extension, in pursuance of the 
. Th » foll ‘enti a a Act 33 Geo. 3, c. 21, to Students of all Religious De- 
oe eg bers: pursuant fo bie airecdons O' | nominations, of the Honours, Degrees, Benefits, 


sAVvar . r 2 ; : 

sever s arliame ere also |i , : . : ) 

se agp mae ny k ot ae te re ge thr _Emoluments and Offices in the said Queen’s Col- 
; Meas ee Coen. | lege :—It passed in the Negative. 


the Accountant General of the High Court of Chan- | 
cery, showing the state of the several Funds in his) Qrdered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Criminal 
erat se : ee oo and “ The to amend the Law regarding Actions for Criminal Covert 
sultors ree rund respectively. | Conversation: And that Mr, Bowyer and Mr. Cod- 

Copy of the Directions and Regulations of the den do prepare, and bring it in. 4 
General Board of Health, issued under the provi-, . 
sions of the Nuisances Removal and Diseases Pre-| 
vention Act, 1848, in pursuance of the Order in Coun- ; That an humble Address be presented to Her } 
cil, bearing date the 10th day of March 1854. jesty, praying for the Establishment of Postal Com- 

Patent Law Amendment Act:—Statement of munication with the Islands of Arran, West Coast 

: ; | , We: 
Compensations which have been granted by the | of Lreland; 
‘Treasury under the 50th section of the Act 15 &amp; 16 The House divided. 
Vic. c. 83. | The Yeas to the Right ; 
| The Noes to the Left. 


Mi co P 7 . . 
Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty's | Tellers for the { Mr. Bellew, 
“ Yeas, J 


Command,—Copy of Correspondence between the | lien: fee te (ite. Miniter 
British Minister at Florence and the Foreign Office, ¥ No n a M. Cine iil aw \ 80. 
ae the case of the Count Guicciardini. So t an sais d a Pago ewer oy: 


Jopy of Correspondence respecting the Condition O on . - 
. . - ; : - : ‘dered, That the said Address be presented to 
of Protestants in Turkey (in continuation of Papers ao . &gt; ae 

y ‘ pes | Her Majesty, by such Members of this Bom as are 


wresented to both Houses of Parliament i 5 he . : 
ecsonce nies eet) Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


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


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Dublin 
rat leave be given to bring in a Bill to make Pro- University. 
vision for the better Government of the University 

of Dublin; for the Establishment and Maintenance 


Court of 
Chancery. 


Nuisances 
Removal and 
Diseases Pre- ° ‘ ° 
secsiien het. A Motion was made, and the Question being put, postal Com 
a- municati 


(Arran. ) 


Patent Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Count 
Guicciardini. 


| 1 92. 
LMr. French : f 


Protestants 
in Turkey. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Slave Trade. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of all Vessels, their Names and Ton- 
nage, seized (on suspicion of being engaged in the 
Slave Trade), with the Name of the Captain and the 
Ship that captured the same, from the Ist day of 
January 1853 ; specifying the Date of Capture, the 


Latitude and Longitude, and whether with — “ 
oar 


Army. Mr, Secretary-at-War presented, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Return of Of- 
ficers who have been allowed to receive their Half- 
pay since the Ist April 1853, with Civil Situations. 

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














Hay Contracts. 


Criminal 
Procedure. 


Arctic 
Expedition. 


Papers 


Parochial 
Schoolmasters 
(Scotland. ) 


entary 


17 Victroriz. 


Board or not, and of the Number of Slaves captured 
during the same Period :—And, of Her Majesty’s 
Ships and Vessels a on the Coast of Cuba 
for the Prevention of the Slave Trade, from the 28th 
day of July 1853 (the last’ Return) to the latest 
ates. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of all Correspondence between Government 
Departments and the Contractors for Hay, during 
the last two Months :—And, Return of the Quanti- 
ties of Hay supplied by and returned to the several 
Persons employed to supply it, with the respective 
Names and Dates. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
alter the time and mode of taking the Pleas of Per- 
sons charged with Larceny, and for the Improvement 
of Criminal Procedure in cases of Larceny: And 
that Mr. Aglionby, Mr. Marshall and General Wynd- 
ham do prepare, and bring it in. 


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


Mercurii, 5° die Aprilis, 1854: 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of any Instructions which either have been 
issued, or hereafter may be issued during the present 
Season, to the Commanders of Her Majesty’s Ships 
now engaged in the Arctic Regions in the Search 
for Sir John Franklin’s Expedition. 


Copy of the Post-office Regulations now in force 
for the Transmission of Parliamentary Papers to 
parts in the United Kingdom, to the Channel Islands, 
and to the several Colonies and Possessions of the 
Crown. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts from all the Presbytery 
Books in Scotland, including Orkney and Shetland, 
of all the Cases which have been brought before 
such Presbyteries respecting Parochial Schoolmasters, 
under the Act 43 Geo. 3, c. 54, s. 21, from 1838 to 
1853 inclusive:—Of the Libels served on such 
Schoolmasters, and of Sentences or Deliverances 
passed upon them; likewise — whether such 
Sentences have been carried into effect :—And, Ab- 
stract of the above Returns in the Form used in the 
Appendix to Report of the Select Committee on the 
state of Education in Scot/and, 1838. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Education (Scotland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday the 5th day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Colonial Clergy Disabilities Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
racing of the Church Building Acts Continuance 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Thursday next. 


Mr. Aglionby presented a Bill to alter the time 
and mode of taking the Pleas of Persons charged 
i Larceny, and for the Improvement of Criminal 

or. 109, 


4°—5° Aprilis. 





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


177 


Procedure in cases of Larceny : And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Friday the 5th day of May next; and to 
be printed. 


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





Mercurti, 5° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1854. 
PRAYERs. 


OF DERED, That all Committees have leave committees. 


to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


The Order for referring the Dublin and Wicklow publin and 
Railway Bill to the General Committee on Railway Wicklow 


and Canal Bills, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Railway Bill. 


Ordered, That the Petition of the Lowestoft Lowestoft 
Paving Commissioners, deposited in the Private Improvement 


Bill Office on the 20th day of February last, and ‘ 


the Petition of Owners, &amp;c., Ratepayers and Inha- 
bitants of Lowestoft, deposited in the Private Bill 


| Office on the 21st day of February last, against 
‘the Lowestoft Improvement Bill, be referred to the 
|Committee on the Lowestoft Improvement (No. 2) 


Bill :—And that the said Petitions be considered as 
having been duly deposited against the said Lowes- 
toft Improvement (No. 2) Bill, and the Parties 
heard thereon accordingly. 


No. 2) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Birmingham 


reading of the Birmingham Waterworks Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Whittle Dean Waterworks Bill was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


Petitions relating to Conventual and Monastic 
Institutions Committee ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;— 
Oaths Bill ;— Public-houses and Beer-shops ; — 
—Universities (Oxford and Cambridge) ;—Fire In- 
surance ;—Real Property ;— Education (Scotland) 
Bill ;—Friendly Societies Bill ;—Juvenile Crime ;— 
Medical Practitioners Bill ;—Ocean Penny Postage ; 
—Public-houses (Scotland) Act ;—Public Libraries 
and Museums Bill ;—and, Settlement and Remova! 
Bill,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Medical 


day of this instant April, be printed. 


Waterworks 
ill. 


Whittle Dean 


Waterworks 


Bill. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Twenty+ 
fifth Report. 


Medical 


Practitioners, which was presented upon the 4th Practitioners, 


No. 145. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Court Court of 


of Chancery, which was presented upon the 4th day Chancery. 


of this instant April, be printed. 


which was presented upon the 4th day of this in- 
stant April, be printed. 


which was presented upon the 4th day of this in- 
stant April, be printed. 


No. 159. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Spirits, Spirits. 


No. 160. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Army, Arniy. 


No. 161. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Guns, &amp;e, 


the Clerk of the House,— Further Return to an 
Order, dated the 27th day of March last, for a Re- 
turn of the Number of Guns, Pistols and Revolvers 
see in each year from 1844 to 1854, at the 

overnment Proof House, Birmingham, at the Bir- 


mingham Proof House and the London Proof House. 





AA 


The 


5° Aprilis. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Middlesex Industrial Schools Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz., To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now ” stand part of the Question 


A Member A Member was sworn. 


takes the Oaths. 


Middlesex 
Industrial 
Schools Bill. 





And the Question being again proposed, That the 
word “ now” stand part of the Question :—The said 
proposed Amendments were, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

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


Public 
Libraries and 
Museums Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Public Libraries and Museums Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 


And a Motion being made, and the Question being | 


put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the fo Spooner, 4 

Yeas, Mr. Malins : } y 

Tellers for the f Mr. Ewart, 134 

Noes, (Mr. Monckton Milnes : } ’ 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the Bill be now read a second time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz., To leave out the word 
‘* now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
‘* now” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the {Mr. Ewart, } 85 

Yeas, UMr. Monckton Milnes: ; 

Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, } es 

Noes, (Mr. Grenville Berkeley : ‘ 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being ut, That the words 
“ upon this day six months” « 
the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day six months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 


reading of the Uniform Assessment Bill ; 


Uniform 
Assessment 
Bill. 


ro 
" he Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz., To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question :—The said pro- 
— Amendments and Motion were severally, with 
eave of the House. withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


A. 1854, 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being pro , That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till To- 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways ana 

mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Aliens. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Aliens natura- 





And a Motion being made, and the Question being | 
sed, That the Bill be now read a second time; | 


_lised under the Provisions of the Act 7 &amp; 8 Vic. 
c. 66, intituled, “ An Act to amend the Laws re- 
lating to Aliens,” specifying the Name and Descrip- 
tion of each Alien, with the Date of his Naturalisa- 
_tion, from the passing of the aforesaid Act to the 
| present time. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Captain Noble 
Copy of the Report and Evidence taken before the 
Liverpool Marine Board, in the case of Captain 
Noble, of the “ Tayleur.” 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Irish Poor. 
a Return of the Numbers of Jrish Poor brought 
over Monthly to the Port of Liverpool from the 
Coast of Jreland, in each of the last Five years; 
distinguishing, as far as possible, those who remain 
in this Country from those who emigrate across 
the Seas :—And, similar Return from the Ports of 
we ig Bristol and Swansea, embracing a similar 
eriod. 


| Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Burgh _ 
amend the Law relating to the Boundaries of cer- ietieed} 
tain Royal Burghs of Scotland: And that Mr. ‘ 
Bouverie and Sir Henry Davie do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


Lord Claud Hamilton reported from the Com- Private Bills 
mittee on Group E. of Private Bills; That Mr. (Grup ®) 





added at theend of | Davison, one of the selected Members of the said 


Committee, was not present during the sitting of the 
Committee this day. 

| Ordered, That Mr. Davison be discharged from 
further attendance on the Committee. 

| Ordered, That the Committee have leave to pro- 
‘ceed with four selected Members. 


Burgh 
Boundaries 
(Scotland ) Bill 


Bill 60. 


Mr. Bouverie presented a Bill to amend the Law 
‘relating to the Boundaries of certain Royal Burghs 
of Scotland: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Wednes- 
‘day the 17th day of May next; and to be printed. 


| . 

| Mr. Bowyer presented a Bill to amend the Law Criminal Com 
| regarding eteie for Criminal Conversation: And ae 
‘the same was read the first time; and ordered tobe 9°" 
‘read a second time upon Tuesday the 25th day of 

‘this instant April; and to be printed. 


County Courts The County Courts Extension Act Amendment | 


Extension Act 


Amendment Bill was, according to Order, read a second time;| Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on Executor 


ee 
and committed toa Committee of the whole House, | the Executor and Trustee Society Bill; That they oo oicty Bill 
for Tuesday the 25th day of this instant April. had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same, by in- 
The Order of the day being read, for the second | serting the words “ rate Body,” instead of 
“ Responsible Institution,” in the recital es 


Property 
Disposal Bill. peading of the Property Disposal Bill ; 











17 Vicroriz. 


the Executor and Trustee Society, in order more 
fully to define the objects of the Bill; and found the 
same, as amended, to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 














Jovis, 6° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 
M R. Bouverie reported from the Committee on 
the Manchester Court of Record Bill; That 
they had examined the allegation contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same ver- 
bally ; and found the same, as amended, to be true ; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Ta ble. 





) 


| 


Abergavenny § Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the | 
I Abergavenny Improvement Bill; That they had exa- | 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of | 
the Bill, and amended the same, by striking out a | 
recital relating to certain rents not available for the 
purposes of the Bill, in order to make the same 
more consistent ; and found the same, as amended, 
to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the 
Kingston-upon-Thames Gas Bill; That they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and verbally amended the same ; and 
found the same, as amended, to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Kingston- 
upon-Thame 
Gas Bill, 


Guild of 
Literature 
and Art Bill. 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Guild of Literature and 
Art Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Ta ble. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the 
Islington Cattle Market Bill; That they had exa- 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, and amended the same, by inserting a 
recital for more fully explaining the facts of the case ; 
and found the same, as amended, to be true; and 
had gone througt the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Islington 
Cattle Market 
Bill, 


Private Bills 


(Group 1.) Mr. Ker Seymer reported from the Committee on 


Group I. of Private Bills; That Sir Robert Gore 
Booth was not present during the sitting of the Com- 
mittee this day. 
Ordered, That Sir Robert Gore Booth be dis- 
charged from further attendance on the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Committee have leave to pro- 
ceed with four se!ected Members. 


ron In- 
roveuient 


Mr. Compton reported from the Committee on 
Group L. of Private Bills; That in the case of the 
Burnley Improvement Bill, they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, by striking out, in the 13th 
line of the first page, the words “ Forty-four thousand 
“ seven hundred pounds,” and inserting instead 


thereof, the words “ Forty-three thousand nine hun- 
“dred and ninety-seven pounds,” the said sum of 
“ Forty-four thousand seven hundred pounds ” being 
an incorrect recital of the Act therein mentioned ; 


and found the same, as amended, to be true ; and 
Vou, 109. 


5°—6° Aprilis. 


179 


had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Compton reported from the Committee on Burnley Gas 
Group L. of Private Bills; That the Parties pro- Bill 
moting the Burnley Gas Bill had stated to the Com- 
mittee, that it was not their intention to proceed with 
the same. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Brighton, Hove 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Brighton, #4 Freste 
Hove and Preston Waterworks Bill; and the same pj, 
was twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
a agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The Bolton Gas Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


Bolton Gas 
Bill. 


The Hamilton Waterworks Bill was read the third Hamilton 
time. — 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 

to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Harrow Waterworks Bill was read the third Harrow 
ti me. Waterworks 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. _ 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Kingswood Roads Bill was read the third Kingswood 
time. Roads Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the Port Gordon Port Gordon 
Harbour Bill be now read the third time ; Harbour Bill. 
Mr. Hayter, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 


quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 


sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think 
fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Ridghill, Lanes and Holehouse Road Bill was Ridghill, Lanes 
read the third time. and Holehouse 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. seein 1 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the short Title of the Salford, Stock- Salford, 
ort and Manchester Division Bill, as first entered Stockport and 
in the Votes, be changed to “ Salford Borough and =a a 
Manchester Division.’ 


A Motion being made, That the Sa/ford Borough Salford 
and Manchester Division Bill be now read the third Borough and 
time: . Ma nehester 

; i Division Bill. - 

Mr. Hayter, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
_ the House may do therein as they shall think 

t. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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

AA2 





The 





Pot RE Ne ee ee ti 





Wellington 
(Salop) Im- 
provement 

Bill. 


180 6° Aprilis. 


The Wellington (Salop) Improvement Bill was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


Hertford,Ware The House proceeded to take into consideration 


and Welwyn 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Thames 
Embankment 
and Railway 
(London and 
West Iondon) 
Bill. 


Waveney 
Valley 
Drainage Bill. 


Nene Valley 
Drainage and 
Navigation 
Bill. 


Washing- 
borough Rec- 
tory Division 
Bill. 


Paisley 
Waterworks 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Southampton 
Writ. 


the Hertford, Ware and Welwyn Junction Railway 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Thames Embankment and Railway 


(London and West London) Bill ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday the 27th day of this instant April. 


Sir Benjamin Hall reported from the Committee 
on Group H. of Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Waveney Valley Drainage Bill, they had exa- 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble o 
the Bill, but the same had not been proved to their 
satisfaction. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir Benjamin Hall reported from the Committee 
on Group H. of Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Nene Valley Drainage and Navigation Bill, they 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found 
the same to be true ; and had made provision in the 
Bill, pursuant to the Instruction of the House; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 


Ordered, ‘That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Sir William Amcotts Ingilby, of 
Ripley Castle, in the county of York, Baronet, pray- 
ing that provision may be made in the Washingbo- 
rough Rectory Division Bill, authorizing the sale of 
the Parsonage-house of Washingborough, within the 
garden and premises thereto belonging, and the lay- 
ing out the monies to arise from such sale in the 
purchase or erection of a house and offices, or the 
purchase, adaptation and alteration of a house and 
offices already erected suitable for actual occupation, 
as a Parsonage-house for the Rector of Washing- 
borough; and also in the purchase or adaptation of 
sufficient land for the site of such house, and an 
garden contiguous thereto, or convenient to be held 
therewith; and that in the event of the monies 
arising from such sale being more than sufficient for 
such purposes, the surplus of such monies should be 
laid out, pro tanto, in aid of the provision by the said 
Bill authorized to be made for a Parsonage-house, 
offices and garden for the new Parish of Heighing- 
ton, was presented, and read; and referred to the 
Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to transfer the 
Paisley Waterworks to the Magistrates and Council 
of Paisley, and to enable them to construct addi- 
tional Works for supplying Paisley, Johnstone and 
Places adjacent with Water : And the same was read 
the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 


miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Town and County of the Town 
of Southampton, in the room of Sir Alexander James 
Edmund Cockburn, who, since his election for the 
said Town and County of the Town, hath accepted 
the office of Recorder of Bristol. 


Lord Stanley reported the South Staffordshire | 


Railway Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A, 1854, 


Lord Stanley reported the Birmingham Canal irmingham i 
Navigations Bill, with Amendments. pore avi. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. “a 


Colonel Peel reported from the Committee on Cheltenham 
Group J. of Private Bills; That in the case of the Waterworks 
Cheltenham Waterworks Bill, they had examined ® 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
but the same had not been proved to their satisfac- 
| tion. 
| Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





| Colonel Pennant reported from the Committee on South Shields 
'Group R. of Private Bills; That in the case of the ods Bil, 
South Shields Roads Bill, they had examined the 
, allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 

and amended the same, by inserting the word “ prin- 

“‘ cipal” before the word “ money ” in line 5, page 2, 

to show more clearly the objects contomaghiel by 

the Bill; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
_Amendments thereunto. 
| Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

Colonel Pennant reported from the Committee on Horsmonden 
Group R. of Private Bills; That in the case of the ae 
| Horsmonden and Marden Roads Bill, they had exa- . 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, and amended the same, by striking out that 

art which had reference to arrears of interest ; and 

ad gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 

thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Colonel Pennant reported the Petworth Roads Petworth 
Bill, with Amendments. Roads Bill 
| Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir John Young presented,—Return to an Order, Qhit and 
dated the 9th day of March last, for a Return pat tot: 
of all Estates in Jreland on which the Quit and “ean®) 
Crown Rents were purchased by the Commissioners 
for the Sale of Incumbered Estates ; specifying the 
Rate of Purchase, and also the Number of Years’ 
Purchase, on Ordnance Valuation, at which such 
Estates were sold, since the 19th day of April 1851 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper; No. 245, 

of Session 1851). 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 

Table. 
| Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Universities 
mand,—Copy of Correspondence respecting the pro- hee 
posed Measures of Improvement in the Universities 

and Colleges of Oxford and Cambridge:—Part V. 
Supplement to Part I1.:— Corpus Christi and Emanuel 

Colleges, Cambridge. 

Mr. Fitzroy also presented, pursuant to the direc- Nuisances 

tions of an Act of Parliament,—Copies of Three Removal ot 
Orders issued by the Poor Law Commissioners in vention Act 
| Ireland, under the Nuisances Removal and Diseases (Ireland.) 
Prevention Act, 1848, 

| Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

| Table. 

| Ordered, That the Petition of the Preses of the Judgment 
| Convention of Royal Burghs in Scotland, which was Executo™ 
| presented upon the 4th day of this instant April, 
praying that the Judgment Execution, &amp;c. Bill may 

'not pass into a law, be referred to the Select Com- 
' mittee on the Bill. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Gallons of Proof Spirits 
on which Duty was paid for Home Consumption in 
| Ireland, in each of the years ending the 5th day of 
Jan 1853 and the 5th day of January 1854 :— 
Of the Number of Detections, of Persons prosecuted, 
of Persons convicted, and of Persons confined for 


Offences in /re/and against the Laws for the Sup- 
pression 


Spiri 
Cfreland.) 











Coroners 
Inquests. 


Assistant 
Surgeons 
{Navy.) 


tine 
(Gibraltar. ) 


ne Quarantine, between the Governor of 


Apprentices 
(Merchant 
Sea Service.) 


Cork Found- 
ding Hospital. 








17 Vicroriz. 


pression of Illicit Distillation, im each of the years 
ending the 5th day of January 1853 and the 5th day 
of January 1854 :—And, of the Number of Persons 
confined in each Gaol in Jre/and, for Offences against 
the Laws for the Suppression of Illicit Distillation, on 
the 5th day of April 1853 and the 5th day of April 
1854. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Coroners’ In- 

uests held by every Coroner in each of the last 
Taree years, stating the Number of Jurors on the 


Average of Inquests in each year, and the Number 
of Jurors who have not been able to sign their Names, 
and the Number of Jurors who have a mark opposite 
their Names. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Assistant Surgeons re- 
quired at present for the Exigencies of the Naval 
Service :—Of the Number of Candidates for the Ap- 
pointment now on the Books of the Admiralty :— 
Of the Number of Applicants for the Appointment, 
from the Ist day of January to the 31st day of De- 
cember 1853, and from the 1st day of January 1854 
to the present time :—And, of the Number of Appli- 
cants in each Period who have proved to be unqua- 
lified on examination. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of the Correspondence 


Gibraltar and the Spanish Government, or between 
the English and Spanish Governments, or between 
the British Government and the Governor of Gi- 


braltar:—And, of any Minutes of the Board of 


Health of Gibraltar, and of the Orders in Council 
relating to Quarantive Regulations. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Apprentices in the Mer- 


chant Sea Service on the Ist day of January 1850 | 


and the Ist day of January 1854. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns showing the Balance to the Credit of the 
Cork Foundling Hospital, and the Number of Chil- 
dren maintained, with their Sex and Ages, on the 
13th day of July 1843 :—Of the Number of Chil- 


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18] 


the Appropriation of the Buildings or other Property 
belonging to the Institution, when no longer required 
for the Foundlings ; and if they are to be sold, to 
what purpose it is intended to apply the Proceeds (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 526, of 
Session 1843). 







































Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Distillers, &amp;c. . 
Returns showing the Number of Distillers in Eng- 
land, Scotland and Ireland, respectively, in each 
year from 1830 to 1854; distinguishing those in 
each Country who manufacture from Malt only ; 
and showing the ‘Total Quantity in each year distilled 
from Grain, or Grain and Malt mixed, and the 


Quantity made from Malt only :—And, showing the 

Quantity of Spirits exported to Foreign Parts from 
| England, Scotland and Ireland, respectively, from 
| 1848 to 1854; distinguishing those distilled from 
/unmalted Grain, or Grain and Malt mixed, from that 
| distilled from Malt only. 


| Petitions relating to Parliamentary Representation Public 
| Bill ;—Cathedral and Collegiate Churches ;—Con- Petitions. 


_ventual and Monastic Institutions Committee ;— yiae Twenty- 
'Gaols ; — Intoxicating Liquors ;— Oaths ; — Oaths fifth Report. 
Bill ;—Oxford University Bal ;—Public-houses and 
Beer-shops ;— Universities ( Oxford and Cambridge); 
_—Paper, Newspaper Stamps, Foreign Books, Kc. ; 
—Army ;—Board of Inland Revenue ;— Education 
(Scotland) Bill;—Friendly Societies Bill ;—Juvenile 
Crime ;— Medical Practitioners Bill ;—Settlement 
,and Removal Bill;—and, Union with Scotland, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Irish Office. 
| the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
| the 1st day of February last, for Copies of a Report, 
| dated the 9th day of December 1853, by the Com- 
missioner appointed under and by virtue ofa Minute 
| of the Lords of the Treasury (September 182), for 
| reorganization and rendering more efficient the Office 
| of Chief Secretary in Lreland, and other Offices 
|connected therewith, together with the Treasury 
| Minute (24th December 1853) directing the Reduc- 
tions and Alterations recommended in such respect ; 
and a Return of the Names, Age, Nature of Office, 
| Length of Service (Civil or otherwise), Pay and Al- 
: lowances of all Persons discharged or retiring from 
‘active Service by reason of the Abolition or Keduc- 
tion of their several Offices ; and also of the Amount 
‘of Compensation or Allowance awarded for such 


| Loss of Office. 


Mr. Cardwell presented,—Return to an Order, Captain Noble. 


dated the 5th day of this instant April, for Copy of 
the Report and Evidence taken before the Liverpool 
Marine Board, in the case of Captain Woble, of the 
“ Tayleur.” 

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


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Dungarvan 
‘before the Select Committee on the Dungarvan Plection. 
| Election Petition, which were presented upon the No. 162. 





dren who have since been claimed, apprenticed, or | 4¢h day of this instant April, be printed. 
who have left the Institution, or who have died since | 
that period :--Of the Number remaining, their Ages| Qydered, That there be laid before this House, a 
and Sex :—Of the yearly Income of the {nstitution, | Copy of all. Papers relative to ‘Territory ceded by his 
distinguishing the Amount received from the Coal | jJighness the Nizam, in liquidation of Debts alleged 
Tax and other sources; and of the yearly Expendi-| to have been due by his Highness to the British 
ture since the Return of the 13th day of July 1843, Government. 

showing how the Balance of each year has been | 

appropriated ; and whether there be any Debts still) _ Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
due to the Institution :—Of the Amount of Duty per | Return of the Number and Tonnage of the Vessels 
Ton levied on Coals imported into Cork for the | entering and clearing Outwards, of the several Ports 
Maintenance of the Hospital ; whether any Reduc- | of Ireland, from and to Foreign Ports, distinguishing 
tion in the Amount levied has been made since 1843, | the Foreign from the Shipping of the United Kingdom; 
and when it is proposed to give up the Collection of | the Number and Tonnage of the Vessels employed 


the Tax finally :—And, Statement from the Poor | in the Channel and Coasting Trade (those from and to 
Law Commissioners of their Intentions in respect of _a Port within a Port to be given separately from the 
AAS 


Vou. 109, Port 





Nizam’s 
Territory. 


Shipping 
(Ireland. ) 








Registration 
of Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland. ) 


Tallow, &amp;c. 


Drainage of 
Lands. 


Emigration 
Depot (Ire- 
land.) 


Railway Acts. 


Railway and 
Canal Traffic 
Regulation. 


182 


Port itself); also, the Number and To of the 
Vessels registered in the several Ports of Ireland, 
ear by year, for the Four * ye commencing the 
5th day of January 1850, and ending the 5th day of 
January 1854 (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 171, of Session 1851). 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to take 
into consideration the case of the appointment of 
Henry Stonor to the office of a Judge in the Colony 
of Victoria, the said Henry Stonor having been re- 
ported by a Committee of this House to have been 
guilty of Bribery at the Election for the Borough of 
Sligo in 1853 ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the words “ Colony 
“ of Victoria”’ to the end of the Question. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out, stand part of the Question : 
—The said proposed Amendment was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 

Then the main Question being put ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Lett. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Moore, 

Yeas, \ Mr. Lucas: 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Drummond, 

Noes, \ Mr. Thomas Duncombe : 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the General 
Committee of Elections to appoint the said Com- 
mittee, and that such Committee consist of Five 
Members. 


}uas. 


} a, 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
provide for the better Registration of Births, Deaths 
and Marriages in Scotland: And that Lord Elcho, 
Viscount Palmerston and the Lord Advocate do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Quantities of Tallow, Palm Oil, Train 
Oil, Spermaceti, Hemp, Flax, Flax Seed, Hides and 
Skins, and Sheep’s Wool, imported into the United 
Kingdom during the years 1844 to 1853 inclusive, 
specifying the Quantities imported from each 

ountry. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill to 
amend certain Rules of Law and Equity relating to 
the Administration of Deceased Persons : And that 
Mr. Locke King, Mr. Headlam and Mr. Massey do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for facilitating the Drainage of Lands in England 
and Wales: And that Mr. Ker Seymer and Sir Wil- 
liam Heathcote do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That in the Opinion of this House, it is ex- 
— that an Emigration Depot of the Colonial 

and Emigration Commissioners for free Emigra- 
tion to the Australian Colonies should be established 
at one of the Jrish Ports:—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Mr. Cardwell presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—A Return of the Railway Acts in 
the Session of 1853 ; the Length of each Line ; the 
——- Capital Stock; the Number of Shares 
authorized to be created ; and the Sums authorized 
to be raised on Loan. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 


— That leave be given to bring in a Bill for the 
tter Regulation of the Traffic on Railways and 
Canals ; 


? 


6°—7° Aprils. 





A. 1854. 
And the House having continued to sit till after 


Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 
Veneris, 7° die Aprilis, 1854: 


And the Question being put :—It was resolved in 
the Affirmative: And that Mr. Cardwell and Mr. 
Solicitor General do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Boun 
to make further provision for defining the Teuntatice Survey (Ing. 
of Counties, Baronies, Half Baronies, Parishes, “°*) 
Townlands and other Divisions and Denominations 
of Land in Ireland for public purposes : And that 
Sir John Young and Viscount Palmerston do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Episcopal 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendments which, and Capitular 
upon the 29th day of March last, were proposed to Estates Bill 
be made to the ation, That the Episcopal and 
Capitular Estates Bill be now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Wednesday the 17th day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Conventual 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 20d Monastic 
upon the 30th day of March last, was proposed to stitutions 
be made to the Question, That Mr. Walpole be one 
other Member of the Select Committee on Con- 
ventual and Monastic Institutions ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Thursday the 27th day of this instant April. 


The Church Building Acts Continuance Bill was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


Church 
Building Acts: 


Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Property 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon Disposal Bill. 
the 5th day of this instant April, that the Property 
Disposal Bill be now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Wednesday the 24th day of May next. 


Mr. Ker Seymer presented a Bill for facilitating Drainage of 
the Drainage of Lands in England and Wales : Lands Bill. 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered _ Bill 63. 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday the 17th 
day of May next; and to be printed. 


Sir John Young presented a Bill to make further Boundary 
rovision for defining the Boundaries of Counties, oo Bl 
Route Half Baronies, Parishes, Townlands and “ 5:1) 4 
other Divisions and Denominations of Land in Jre- ; 
land for public purposes: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Locke Kin 
Rules of Law 
tion of Deceased Persons: And the same was read 


resented a Bill to amend certain Real Estate 


uity relating to the Administra- Charses Bill 
Bill 65. 


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


upon Wednesday the 10th day of May next; and 
to be printed. 


Mr. Cardwell presented a Bill for the worm Rallent and 
Regulation of the Traffic on Railways and Canals: 58" |. 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered — _— 
to be read a second time upon Monday next; and ij! 2. 
to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Emigrant Emigrat 
Ships have Power to report the Minutes of the ee) 
Evidence taken before them from time to time. No. 66. 

Mr. John O’ Connell reported from the said Select 
Committee ; That they had made Progress in the 
matters to them referred, and directed him to report 
the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

\ Ordered, 








Public 


= 


Newport 


—_— 


Doak Bl 


Birmingham 
Waterworks 
Bill 


Cardiff Gas 
Bill 
Clitheroe 
Waterworks 
Bill, 


Accrington 
Waterworks 


Lancashire 
and Yorkshire 


(ian 
Branch) Bill, 


Louth Water- 
Works Bill, 


i 





17 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after Twelve of the clock on 
Friday morning, adjourned till this day. 





Veneris, 7° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1854. 
PRAYERS. 


M* Bonham Carter reported from the Select 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they 
had examined the Petitions presented upon the 4th, 
5th and 6th days of this mstant April, and had 
directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House. 

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


Mr. Bouverie reported the Newport Improvement 
Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the 
Neweastle-upon-Tyne Docks Bill; That the Order 
of the House of the 28th day of February last had 
been complied with ; and that the Committee had 
made a special inquiry into the bond fide character 
of the Subscription Contract and the sufficiency of 
the Subscribers thereto, which had been proved to 
the satisfaction of the Committee ; and that they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and found the same to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Birmingham Waterworks Bill was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Cardiff Gas Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Clitheroe Waterworks Bill was read the third 
time ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Accrington Gas and Waterworks Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, Thatthe Lancashire and Yorkshire Rail- 
way (Middleton Branch) Bill, as amended in the 
Committee, be taken into consideration upon Mon- 
day next. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Louth Waterworks Bill, as amended in the 
ee and Amendments were made to the 

ill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Manchester Corporation Waterworks Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Vou, 109. 


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183 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Manchester 
the Manchester Improvement Bill, as amended in 1mprovement 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Rossall Sea 
the Rossall Sea Wall Bill, as amended in the Com- W#!! Bill. 
mittee. 

A Clause (Saving Rights of the Duchy of Lan- 

a was twice read; and made part of the 

ill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Ryde Im- 
the Ryde Improvement Bill, as amended in the Bryon 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Tyne Keelmen 
the Tyne Keelmen Bill, as amended in the Com Bl 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


A Motion being made, That the Belfast Harbour Belfast Har- 
Bill be now read the third time ; bour Bill. 
Mr. Strutt, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the ag of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think 
fit. 
Then the Bill was read the third time. 
A Clause (Provision as to general Acts relating to 
Docks and Harbours, &amp;c.), was thrice read; and 
added to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit Committees. 
this day till Five of the clock, during the sitting of 
the House. 


Perth and 
Dunkeld 
Railway Bill. 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Perth and Dunkeld 
Railway Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Mr. Bouverie reported from the General Com- Railway and 
mittee on Railway and Canal Bills; That they have Canal Bils 
formed into Groups several Bills; and have agreed ant 
to report the same to the House. No. 164. 

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


Sir George Grey reported from the General Com- Controverted 
mittee of Elections ; That they had appointed Tues- Elections. 
day the 2d day of May, at half after ‘Two o’clock, to 
choose, from Panel No, 4, the Select Committee to 
try and determine the Louth Election Petition. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Distillers, &amp;c. 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 6th day of this instant April, for Returns show- 
ing the Number of Distillers in England, Scotland 
and Ire/and, respectively, in each year from 1830 to 
1854; distinguishing those in each Country who 
manufacture from Malt only; and showing the 
Total Quantity in each year distilled from Grain, or 
Grain and Malt mixed, and the Quantity made from 
Malt only :—And, showing the Quantity of Spirits 
exported to Foreign Parts from England, Scotland 
and Jreland, respectively, from 1848 to 1854; dis- 
tinguishing those distilled from unmalted Grain, or 
Grain and Malt mixed, from that distilled from 
Malt only. 


The following Papers, pursuant to the directions National Debt. 
of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon the 





AAa4 Table 








184 7° Aprilis A, 1854, 


Table by the Clerk of the House,—An Account of | permitted to deposit amended Plans, Sections and 

the Gross Amount of all Sums received and paid by | published Maps. 

the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National, 2. Resolved, That in the case of the Farnworth Farnwort) 
Debt, on account of Banks for Savings and Friendly | and Kearsley Gas Bill Petition for leave to deposit = Kearsiey 
Societies in Great Britain and Ireland, from their | a Petition for Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be ““* 
Commencement at 6th August 1817 to the 20th No- | dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to 

vember 1853, inclusive :—Also, an Account of all deposit their Petition accordingly. 

Expenses incurred by the said Commissioners, for| ‘The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 

Salaries of Clerks or other Incidental Charges, during | were agreed to. 


ino’ e . ° 
tie preseming you | Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Newspaper 


An Account of the Gross Amount of all Bank An- ; 
nuities and Long Annuities, and any other Annuities * Return of the Number of Stamps at 1d. each, Stamps, 


for Terms of Years transferred, and of all Sums of  #88ued to each Newspaper published in the Cities of 
Money paid to the Commissioners for the Reduction | London, Dublin and Edinburgh, respectively, for 
of the National Debt, and the Gross Amount of ¢#¢h Quarter in the years 1851, 1852 and 1853, 
Annuities for Lives and for Terms of Years which 24 in the first Quarter of the year 1854; specifying 
have been granted for the same, under the Provi- | the Name of each Newspaper, with the Number of 
sions of the Acts of 10 Geo. 4, c. 24, and 3 Will. 4, | Stamps issued to each in each Quarter. 


c. 14, and 15 &amp; 16 Vic. c. 45, within the year ending | Ordered, Tisat there be laid before this House, Re- Brasmus 


5th January 1854. . sar 
' . | turns of the Gross Rental of the Real Estates, and Smith's 

An Account of the Gross Amount of all Monies | ‘ : . : Schools (Ire. 

received and paid by the Commissioners for the of the Annual Income from other Sources, of the land.) 


. Aa A Governors of Erasmus Smith’s Schools, Jreland ; 
bt o | 4 ; “ 3 a ? 
Reduction of th National Debt oy ascot ofthe. with an Acamut of ts Expedite fr ve ya 
19th September 1845 to the Sth January 1954, in- | rey va eoanpest aang nat as OFS — by 
hein : 1e Governors, and the Number of Sc holars in each 
, College; specifying the Number of Free Scholars, 
. . | and distinguishing the Sons of the Tenants on their 

Civil Service. Ordered, That the Return relative to the Civil 2" eu 8 sy 2 . . 
No. 165, Service, which was presented upon the 27th day of | a ge a —_ Free oe atc —— 
March last, be printed. | of the several Masters, and the Amount of the Sala- 
‘ ‘ries paid to them respectively :—Of the Rates of 
-,- Ordered, That the Return relative to the Athlone | Charges for Education of Pupils (not being Free 
Railway. and Galway Railway, which was presented upon the Pupils) prescribed by Law or by Charter; and also 
No. 166, 31st day of March last, be printed. the actual Charges for the Education of such Pupils 
in the several Colleges :— Of the Number and Value 
Captain Noble. Ordered, That the Return relative to Captain | of the Exhibitions founded by the Governors in 
No. 167. Noble, which was presented upon the 6th day of Trinity College, and the Number of those Exhibi- 
this instant April, be printed. ‘tions conferred on Pupils from the Endowed Schools 
‘ : ‘for Ten years:—Of the Names of the Governors, 
Railway Acts. Ordered, That the Return relative to Railway ‘and the 7 ec of Meetings of Governors held for 


No. 168, Acts, which was presented upon the 6th day of this | the last Twelve Months, with the Names of the 
instant April, be printed. 'Governors who attended each of such Meetings :— 


| Copies of the Charter of 1669, and of the Private 
Public Petitions relating to Parliamentary Representation | Act of the 10th Geo. 1, for the further application 
Hetitions. Bill ;—Gaols ; —Intoxicating Liquors ;—Maynooth | of Rents and Profits given by Erasmus Smith for 
Vide Twenty. College Act;— Oaths Bill; — Ozford University Charitable Uses, and of all Charters or Grants made 
sixth Report. Bill ;—Public-houses and Beer-shops ;—Universities | by the Crown to Erasmus Smith or the Governors, 
(Oxford and Cambridge) ;—Fire Insurance ;—Mus- | in relation to the Erasmus Smith Schools, or for the 
covado Sugar ;—Paper ;—Education (Scotland) ;— | purposes of Education :—Of the Rules and Ordi- 
Education (Scotland) Bill;—Medical Practitioners | nances or Statutes of the Governors, for the Regula- 
Bill ;--and, Valuation of Lands (Scotland) Bill, | tion of the several Colleges and Schools :—And, of 
—-were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon | the Name of any Estate or Property heretofore pos- 
the Table. | sessed by the Governors in the County of Clare, and 
|a Return whether the Interest on the same has been 

Accidents in Ordered, That the Select Committee on Accidents | lost, or in any and what mode determined. 


Coal Mines in Coal Mines have Power to report the Minutes of | f : 
(First Report.) the Evidence taken before them from time to time. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Poor Law 


No. 169. Mr. Autchins reported from the said Select Com- | Return showing the Sums voted by Parliament for (Medical 
ittee 4 P f the Salaries of the Medical Officers in °° 
mittee ; That they have taken Evidence on the matters | Payment of the Salaries of the Medica care 


to them referred, which they have agreed to report | the several Poor Law Districts in England and 
to the House. : | Scotland, for the years 1847, 1848, 1849, 1850, 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; | 1851, 1852 and 1853, respectively. 


and be printed. | Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Burial-grounde 
4 .. | to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased ( Metropolis.) 
Committee of Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee | to give directions, that there he laid before this 
Selection . of Selection ; That they have made several alterations | House, Returns of the Metropolitan Parishes (ex- 
(Ninth Re- in the Groups of Private Bills already formed, and | clusive of those in the City of London) the Burial 


port.) i ° 
No. 170, ave agreed to report the same to the House. Grounds of which are closed, or are ordered to be 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; closed, under the Act 15 &amp; 16 Vic. c. 85 :—And, of 
and be printed. ithe Metropolitan Parishes (exclusive of those in the 
| City of London) which have provided for themselves 
Standing Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com- | Parochial Cemeteries, or appointed Burial Boards 
Orders. mittee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; | with a view to such provision. , 
which were read, as follow : | Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Relfast and 1. Resolved, That in the case of the Belfast and | Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
a of Ire- West of Ireland Railway (No. 2) Bill Petition for | of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 
and Railway di cae eultl ae Bean Ord | 
(No. 2) Bill. ispensing with certain Standing ers, and for 
leave to deposit amended Plans, Sections and pub-| Mr. Osborne presented,—Return to an Order, Arctic | — 
lished Maps, from John Bates, the Standing Orders | dated the 4th day of this instant April, for Copies of Expedition, 


ought to be dispensed with; that the Parties be| any Instructions which either have been =, or No. 17L 
: ereafter 











Oxford 
University 
Bill. 


Valuation of 
Lands (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


oa Keybama 
Tunnel (No. 2) 
Bill, 


Ways and 
Means. 


Supply. 
Adjournment. 


Assistant 
Surgeons 
(Navy.) 


Assistant 
(Ammy.) 


Spurn Point. 


17 Vicroriz. 


hereafter may be issued durmg the present Season, 
to the Commanders of Her Majesty's Ships now 
engaged in the Arctic Regions in the Search for 
Sir John Franklin’s Expedition. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Oxford University Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 


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


Sabbati, 8° die Aprilis, 1854: 


And the Question being put :—It was resolved in 
the Affirmative :—The Bill was accordingly read a 
second time; and committed to a Committee of the 
whole House, for Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Valuation of Lands (Scot/and) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee on the Devonport and Keyham Tunnel 
(No. 2) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Grenville 
Berkeley reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday | 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | 
mittee of Supply ; | 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday | 
next, resolve itself into tae said Committee. | 
| 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 
Returns of the actual Number of Vacancies for As- | 
sistant Surgeons, whether in Ships of War or in| 


Hospitals, and the Number of Candidates (qualified) | 
to fill up such Vacancies, together with the Number | 
rejected, from the 1st day of January 1853 to the 
6th day of March 1854 :—And, of the Number of 
Surgeons appointed to Hospitals to do the Duty of 
Assistant Surgeons; together with the Number of 
Druggists’ Assistants recently employed at Naval 
Hospitals to compound Medicine, a duty hitherto 
performed by Junior Assistant Surgeons. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Vacancies for Assistant 
Surgeons in the Army, and the Number of Candi- 
dates (qualified) to fill up such Vacancies, together 
with the Number rejected, from the 1st day of Ja- 
nuary 1853 to the 6th day of March 1854. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for regulating and maintaining the Harbours of 
Holyhead, and for vesting them in the Admiralty : 
And that Mr. Cowper and Mr. Osborne do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for enabling the Lords Commissioners of the Admi- 
ralty to acquire the Spit of Sand, called “ Spurn 
Point,” and to prevent Injury to the Navigation of 
the Humber : And that Mr. Cowper and Mr. Osborne 
do prepare, and bring it in. 

Vou. 109. 


7°—8°—10° Aprilis. 


185 


Lord Elcho presented a Bill to provide for the Registration 
better Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages of Births, &amp;c. 
in Scotland: And the same was read the first time ; ees a. 

| and ordered to be read a second time upon Friday Bill 66. 
the 12th day of May next ; and to be printed. 
| Mr. Cowper presented a Bill for regulating and Holyhead 
|maintaining the Harbours of Holyhead, and for Harbours Bill. 
| vesting them in the Admiralty: And the same was _ Bill 67. 
| read the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Examiners 
| of Petitions for Private Bills; and be printed. 
| o 
| Mr. Cowper presented a Biil for enabling the Spurn Point 
| Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to acquire Bul. 
| the Spit of Sand, called “ Spurn Point,” and to pre- _ Bill 68. 
vent Injury to the Navigation of the Humber: And 
the same was read the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Examiners 


| of Petitions for Private Bills ; and be printed. 


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


Lune, 10° die Aprilis ; 


Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Bouverie reported from the Committee on Birmingham 
the Birmingham and Midland Institute Bill ; 2nd Midland 

That they had examined the allegations contained *"™* a 

in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, 

by striking out a recital relating to other Societies, 

in order to make the same more in accordance with 

the objects of the Bill; and found the same, as 

amended, to be true; and had gone through the 

Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Saint Mawes Port, Saint Mawes 
Harbour and Pier Bill, with Amendments. an 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. ie 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Ayr and Maybole Junc- Ayr and May- 
tion Railway Bill, with Amendments. a a 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; “7 
and be printed. 


Mr. Tatton Egerton reported from the Sub-Com- Stockton and 
mittee on Group 4 of Railway and Canal Bills ; That ee 
in the case of the Stockton and Darlington Railway “" 
Bill, they had examined the allegations contained in 


., the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by 


inserting some additional statements as to the pre- 
sent Capital of the Company, and by striking out 
so much thereof as related to the proposed Counden 
| Branch (which was withdrawn by the Promoters) ; 
‘and found the same, as amended, to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
' thereunto. 

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


Mr. Tatton Egerton reported the Darlington and Darlington 
Barnard Castle Railway Bill, with Amendments. 274 Barnard 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; way Bill, 


and be printed. 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Public 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had Petitions — 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 7th day Soast —_— 
of this instant April ; and had directed him to make 
a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Swansea swansea 
Harbour Bill have leave to sit this day till Five of Harbour Bill. 
the clock, during the sitting of the House. 





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186 


Ordered, That so much of Standing Order, No. 4, 
as relates to the Chairman of the General Committee 
on Railway and Canal Bills, be suspended. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee of Selection, to appoint a Cliairman to the 
General Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


A Petition of the Surrey Consumers Gas-Light 
and Coke Association, praying that provision may 
be made in the Surrey Gas Bill, that new Shares 
may be entitled to a preferential fixed dividend of 
£.5 per centum per annum, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


Paisley 
Waterworks 
(No. 2) Bill 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of the Paisley Waterworks (No. 2) 
Bill, the Standing Orders have been complied with. 


Paisley Water- Ordered, That the Paisley Waterworks (No. 2) 
— (No.2) Bill be read a second time. 


Washing- 
borough Rec- 
tory Division 
Bill. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for additional Pro- 
vision in the Washingborough Rectory Division Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 


Committee on Standing Orders. 


Controverted 
Elections. 


Ordered, That the General Committee of Elec- 
tions have leave to sit this day till Five of the clock, 
during the sitting of the House. 


Havering, 
Dagenham, &amp;c. 
Sewers Bill. 


A Motion being made, That the Havering, Da- 
genham, &amp;c. Sewers Bill be now read the third time ; 
Mr. Hayter, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of oapenet of the Bill, gives Her Con- 


sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think 
fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

A Clause (One-fortieth part of money borrowed 
to be paid off every year), was thrice read; and 
added to the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


Hertford, Ware 
and Welwyn 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Ordered, That the short Title of the Her/ford, 
Ware and Welwyn Junction Railway Bill, as first 
entered in the Votes, be changed to “ Hertford and 
Welwyn Junction Railway.” 


Hertford 
and Welwyn 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


The Hertford and Welwyn Junction Railway Bill 
was read the third time. 

Ordered, That the further Proceeding upon the 
third reading of the said Bill be adjourned till 
Thursday the 27th day of this instant April. 


NorthLondon The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
Railway Bill. the further Proceeding on the third reading of the 
North London Railway Bill ; 
Ordered, That the further Proceeding upon the 
third reading of the said Bill be further adjourned 
till Thursday the 27th day of this instant April. 


Eastern Union The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Railway Bil. the Eastern Union Railway Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


10° Aprilis. 


A. 1854. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Great Indian 
the Great Zndian Peninsula Railway Company Bill, as Peninatls 4 
amended in the Committee. peny Hea 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Lancashire 
the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (Liverpool Baile 
vom Branches) Bill, as amended in the Com- verpect fall 


Branches) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. Bill. 

The House proceeded to take into consideration Madras Rail. 
the Madras Railway Company Bill, as amended in an Company 
the Committee. , 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration New River 
the New River (Hertford Sewerage Diversion, &amp;c.) (Hertford 

: . : Sewerage Di- 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. version, &amp;e,) 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration New River 
the New River (New Keservoirs, &amp;c.) Bill, as (New Reser. 
amended in the Committee. Made 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Portsmouth 
the Portsmouth Railway Bill, as amended in the Railway Bill 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration West Hartle 
the West Hartlepool Improvement Bill, as amended Pool Improve- 
in the Committee ; and Amendments were made to ™™* 
the Bill. ' 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Weymouth 
the Weymouth and Melcombe Regis Markets and meh 
Pier Bill, as amended in the Committee. ant Pier Bill 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into considera- Winchester 
tion the Winchester and Petersfield Road Bill, as snd Petersfi 
amended in the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Ambergate, 
take into consideration the Ambergate, Nottingham Notts nog 
and Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway (Exten- an4 Eastern 
sion into Nottingham, &amp;c.) Bill, as amended in the Junction 
Committee. a 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. _jnto Notting- 
ham, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 

The House, according to Order, proceeded to Blyth and 
take into consideration the Blyth and [yne Railway LS ae: 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. . 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Lancashire 
take into consideration the Lancashire and Yorkshire al nl 
Railway (Middieton Branch) Bill, as amended in (yjadleton 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Branch) Bill. 


The House, according to Order, eae Ha to London, od 
take into consideration the London, Brighton and as Oa 
South Coast Railway Bill, as amended in the Com- Railway Bill 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

The House, according to Order, proceeded to Whitehaye® 
take into comideration the Whitehaven, Cleator and noel 


Egremont Railway Bill, as amended in the Com- Railway Bill 
mittee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Sir Grey reported from the General Com- Henry Stonofe 
mittee of Elections, who were instructed to 7 


East Lanca- The House proceeded to take into consideration 
hire, Lanca- 


ri the East Lancashire, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and 
Yorkshire, and Manchester and Southport Railways Bill, as amended 
Manchester in the Committee. 


Taltvaye Bul Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 














17 Victoriz. 


the Select Committee appointed to take into con- 
sideration the case of the Appointment of Heary 
Stonor to the office of a Judge m the Colony of 
Victoria, the said Henry Stonor having been re- 
ported by a Committee of this House to have been 
guilty of Bribery at the Election for the Borough of 
Sligo in 1853, and that such Committee consist of 
Five Members ; That they had appointed a Com- 
mittee of Five Members accordingly, viz. :—Thomas 
Henry Sutton Sotheron, Esquire, John Bonham Car- 
ter, Esquire, James Milnes Gaskell, Esquire, Edward 
Horsman, Esquire, Sir John 7. B. Duckworth. 
Ordered, That the Keport do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Trustees of the British Museum 
being offered to be presented ; 

Lord John Russell, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the contents of the said Petition, re- 
commends it to the consideration of the House. | 

Then the said Petition was brought up, and read; | 
setting forth, That the only funds belonging to the 
Petitioners for the support of the British Museum 
consists of £.30,000 Three per Cent. Reduced Bank 
Annuities, the annual dividend whereof amounts to 
£.900; of a bequest of the late Earl of Bridgewater, 
the annual proceeds of which amount to about £.415 ; 
and also of a bequest of the late Lord Farnborough, 
the annual proceeds of which amount to £.86. 3s, 4d.; 
that the establishment is necessarily attended with 
an expense far beyond the annual produce of the 
above-mentioned sums, and the trust cannot, with 
benefit to the public, be carried on without the aid 


British 
Museum. 








of Parliament; and praying the House to grant | 
them such further support towards enabling them to | 


th ti f the trust d in them | 
ee ee a ee eee of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


ca 
by Parliament for the general benefit of learning 
and useful knowledge, as to the House shall seem 
meet. 

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


Estimates, &amp;c. Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, by 

Civil Services. Her Majesty's Command,—Estimates, &amp;c., Civil 

No. 172. Services, for the year ending 31st March 1855 ; viz. 
Class I.:—Public Works and Buildings. 


Class II. :—Salaries and Expenses of Public 
Departments. 

Class III. :—Law and Justice. 

Class 1V. :—Education, Science and Art. 

Class V.:—Colonial, Consular and other Fo- 
reign Services. 

Class VI.:—Superannuation and Retired Al- 
lowances, and Gratuities for Charitable and 
other purposes. 

Class VII. :—Miscellaneous, Special and Tem- 
porary Objects. 

General Abstract of the Grants to be proposed 
for Civil Services for 1854, compared wit 
similar Charges for 1852 and 1853. 

Abstract of the Sums expended under the Head 
of Civil Contingencies in the years 1851, 1852 and 
1853; Detailed Account of the Expenditure in the 
year 1853 ; and an Estimate of the Amount required 
for 1854. 

Ordered, That the said Estimates and Account be 
referred to the Committee of Supply ; and be printed. 


Civil Contin. 
gencies. 
No. 173, 


National Debt. Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the National 
No, 174, Debt, which were presented upon the 7th day of 
this instant April, be printed. 


Distillers, &amp;c. Ordered, That the Return relative to Distillers, 
No, 175. ke., which was presented upon the 7th day of this 
instant April, be printed. 


Universities Mr. Fitzro ted, by Her Maj ’s Com- 
of . y presen y Her Majesty s Com 
Cantedee? mand,— we of Correspondence relating to the 

proposed Measures of Improvement in the Universi- 


ties and Colleges of Ozford and Cambridge :— 
Vou. 109. 


10° Aprils. 





187 


Part VI. Supplement to Part I.: Christ Chureh, 
— 
r. Fitzroyalso presented,— Return to an Address Infanticide. 

to Her Majesty, dated the 29th day of March last, 

for a Return of the Number of Persons tried in 

England and Wales in each of the last Ten years, 

1844 to 1853 inclusive, for the Murder of Children 

under Ten years of age, who were Members of 

Burial Societies, distinguishing the Number con- 

victed or acquitted in each year. 

Return to an Order, dated the 21st day of February Grand Jury 
last, for a Return of the Poundage allowed to Col- Cess, &amp;e. 
lectors in Jreland upon Grand Jury Cess and Poor’s ‘ 4 
Rate, for the years 1852 and 1853, such Return to 
be in a Tabular Form by Electoral Divisions. 

Mr. Fitzroy also presented, pursuant to the direc- Nuisances 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—Nuisances Removal — - 
and Diseases Prevention Act, 1848 (Jre/and) : Copy vention Act 
of an Order issued by the Poor Law Commissioners (Ireland.) 
for Jreland, under the 14 &amp; 15 Vic. c. 68. 

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


Resolved, That an — Address be presented nomen f 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased *2Y™en’s 
to give Section that there “ laid befere this otbera, ame 
House, a Return of the Number of Houses charged 
with Customary Payments in lieu of Tithes, in each 
of the years 1818, 1819 and 1820, in the Parish of 
Saint Andrew, Holborn-above- Bars, and the Liber- 
ties of Hatton Garden and Ely Rents, showing the 
Total Amount paid by such Houses in each of the 
said years :—And, similar Return for the years 18590, 
1851 and 1852. 
Ordered, That the said Address be 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this 


* aa to 
ouse as are 


Mr. Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, Orange River 
—Copy of further Correspondence relative to the Territory. 
State of the Orange River Territory (in continuation 
of Papers presented to Parliament 31st May 1853). 

Further Papers relative to the Affairs of Mew New Zealand, 
Zealand (in continuation of Papers presented 3d and 
14th May 1852). 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an British 
Account of the Income and Expenditure of the Museum. 
British Museum, for the financial year ended the 
31st day of March 1854; of the estimated Charges 
and Expenses for the year ending the 31st day of 
March 1855; of the Sum necessary to discharge 
the same ; and of the Number of Persons admitted 





to visit the Museum, from Christmas 1847 to Christ- 
| mas 1853; together with a Statement of the progress 

made in the arrangement of the Collections, and an 
| Account of Objects added to them, in the year 1853. 


| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Stamps. 
|mittee on the Stamp Acts ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the 
24th day of this instant April, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Civil’Service: 

a Statement of the Names of all permanent Public 
Officers who hold any Office or Employment out of 
their Office, as Directors of Life Assurance, Railway, 
Banking or other Commercial Companies ; stating 
the Office each such Servant holds, the ‘lime he has 
been in the Public Service, and the Amount of Sa- 
lary and Emoluments received from the Public by 
him in the year 1852. 





The following Paper was laid upon the Table by British 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, made Museum. 
this day, for an Account of the Income and Expen- No. 176 
diture of the British Museum, for the financial -year 
ended the 31st day of March 1854; of the esti- 
BB2 mated 











Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Twenty- 


seventh Re- 
port. 


Controverted 


Elections, &amp;c. 


Bill. 


Bribery Pre- 
vention Bill. 


Railway and 
Canal Traffic 
Regulation 
Bill. 


Colonial 
Clergy Dis- 
abilities Bill. 


188 


mated Charges and Expenses for the year ending 
the 31stday of March 1855; of the Sum nec 
to discharge the same; and of the Number of Per- 
sons admitted to visit the Museum from Christmas 
1847 to Christmas 1853; together with a Statement 
of the progress made in the arrangement of the 
Collections, and an Account of Objects added to 
them, in the year 1853. oe * 
Ordered, That the said Return be referred to the | 
Committee of Supply; and be printed. 





Petitions relating to Ballot ;—Conventual and | 
Monastic Institutions Committee ;—Gaols ;—Intoxi- | 
cating Liquors ;—Maynooth College Act ;—Nunne- | 
ries; —Oaths Bill ; —Public-houses and Beer-shops;— | 
Universities (Ozford and Cambridge);—Emigrants; 
—Stage Carriages ;— Billingsgate Market;—Edv- | 
cation (Jreland) :—Education ( Scot/and) Bill ;—Fac- | 
tories ;—Friendly Societies Bill ;—Health of Towns | 
Act ;—Juvenile Crime ;—JVetter Carriers (London | 
District Post);— Medical Ofticers (Navy);—Medical | 
Practitioners Bill;—Poor Law ;—Public Prosecu- 
tors Bill ;—Sale of Beer ;—Settlement and Removal | 
Bill ;—and, Valuation of Lands (Scotland) Bill,— | 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon | 


the Table. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Bribery, &amp;c. Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
Cravuses, N° 6 to N° 20, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 
Postponed Clauses agreed to. 
Preamble agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





| 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had gone through | 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Select 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Controverted Elections, &amp;c. Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Select 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Bribery Prevention Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Select | 
Committee. 





The Railway and Canal Traffic Regulation Bill 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday the 24th day of this instant April. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Colonial Clergy Disabilities 
Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 
Cravuse, N°1 (Indemnity to the Clergy attending 
meetings for regulating Ecclesiastical Affairs). 
Amendment proposed, in p. 2, ls. 2 and 3, to leave 
out the words “ Metropolitan of any Province, or 
“ she Bishop of any Diocese,” in order to insert 
the words “ Bishops and Clergy,” instead thereof. 
Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out, stand part of the Clause ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the { Mr, Spooner, 
Yeas, (Mr. Mowbray : 
Tellers for the ¢Mr. Hayter, 
Noes, (The Earl of Mulgrave : 


34. 


1 
j 


81. 


10° Aprilis. 





4, 1854. 


An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p.2, Is. 4 and 5, 
to leave out the words “ together with his Clergy, 
“ and the lay person of such province or diocese, 
“ being cath of the United Church of England 
“ and Jreland,” in order to insert the words “ of 
“ Churches in communion with the United Church 


“ of England and Ireland, and the lay members of 


“ the congregations of such Clergy.” 
Question proposed, ‘That the words proposed to 
be left out, stand part of the Clause. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That the Chairman do now leave the Chair : 
—Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, |. 3, after 
the word “ Majesty,” to insert the words “ of 
“ Churches in communion with the United Church 
“ of England and Ireland, and the lay members of 
“ the congregations of such Clergy.” 

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

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Dunlop, l, 

Yeas, Mr. Kinnaird : j 3. 
Tellers for the {Mr. Hayter, 78 
Noes, (The Earl of Mulgrave: } , 
Amendments made. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
ress in the Bill ; and that he was directed to move, 
hat the Committee may have leave to sit again. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the 
24th day of this instant April, again resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The Boundary Survey (Jreland) Bill was, accord - Boundary 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed Survey (Ire- 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Monday the 
Ist day of May next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Valuation of 
into a Committee on the Valuation of Lands (Scot- Lands (Scot- 
land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. ) 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie re- 
a That the Committee had gone through the 

ill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 


| Committee of the whole House, for Friday the 12th 


day of May next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Devonport 

into consideration the Deronport and Keyham Tun- = ma: 

nel (No. 2) Bill, as amended in the Committee. (No. 2) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 


Friday the 28th day of this instant April. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; as. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 24th day of this instant April, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this Ulouse will, upon Monday the 
24th day of this instant April, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The House was moved, That the last paragraph of Ventilation 
the Report, which upon the 31st day of 1 March last o the House. 
was made from the Select Committee on the Venti- 
lation of the House, might be read; and the same 
was read, as followeth : 

“ Your Committee, after hearing Mr. Meeson, and 

deliberating 





Swansea 
Harbour Bill. 


Lowestoft 
Improvement 
(No, 2) Bill, 


17 VicrorizZ. 


the Board of Works should communicate at once 
with Mr. Gurney, and ascertain whether it would 
be possible to make any or all of the changes re- 
commended by him during the Easter Recess; and 


that if this can be done, the Board of Works should 


take immediate steps for instituting them ; care being 
taken that the experiment should be conducted in 
such a way, that if it should prove unsatisfactory, 


there should be as little difficulty and expense as 


possible in reverting to the old system, or having 


recourse toa better.” 
Resolved, That this House doth agree with the 
Committee in the said Report. 


Notice being taken, that Forty Members were not 
resent :—The House was told by Mr.Speaker ; and 
Forty Members not being present, and it being then 
after Four of the clock :—The House was adjourned 
by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first put, till 
To-morrow. 








Martis, 11° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


OLONEL Peel reported from the Com- 
mittee on Group J. of Private Bills; That in 
the case of the Swansea Harbour Bill, they had exa- 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, and amended the same, in the 3d and 4th 
pages, by striking out the words “ And whereas the 
‘ Corporation also claim to be entitled to collect and 
“ receive other dues, called Town Duties, and Key- 
“ age or Quayage, in respect of goods, wares and 
“ merchandize, the property of persons not free of 
the Borough, imported into or exported from the 
Borough :” 

“ And whereas the Corporation, as the owners 
“ of wharfs, warehouses and other buildings on the 
“ banks of the Town Float and River Tawe, have 
“ been much benefited by the formation of such 
“ Float, and will be further benefited by the works 
“ by this Act authorized to be made,” because the 

rtions of the Bill, to which such recitals referred, 

ad been abandoned. 

And, in the 3d line of the 4th page, by adding the 
words “ it is expedient that” and “ and.” 
And, in the 4th page, by striking out the words 
and Town Duties, and Keyage or Quayage are 
inconvenient and ill-adapted to the increasing 
trade of the Harbour, and it is expedient that the 
same.” 

And, in the 6th line of the same page, by insert- 
ing the word “ should ;” such alterations being neces- 
sary in consequence of previous Amendments in the 
recitals. 

And, in the 10th line of the 4th page, by substi- 
tuting the letter “ C.” for the letter “ D.” im conse- 


“ 
“ 


“ 
“cc 
“ 
“ 


quence of an alteration in the Schedule there referred | 


to; and found the same, as amended, to be true ; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That Standing Orders 170, 172 and 202 
be suspended with respect to the Lowestoft Improve- 
ment (No.2) Bill; and that the Bill be read a second 
time forthwith :—The Bill was accordingly read a 
second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Accrington Gas and Waterworks Bill was 
read the third time. 

_ Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to consolidate and extend the 
Powers of the Accrington Gas and Waterworks 


10°—11° Aprilis. 


deliberating on this Report, would recommend that | Company ; and to enable them the better to supply 


189 


with Gas and Water the Townships and Places of 
Old Accrington, New Accrington, Church, Lower 
Booths and Huncoat, in the Parish of Whalley, and 
the Extra-parochial Place of Henheads, all m the 
County of Lancaster; and to sell or lease their Un- 
dertaking to the Local Board of Health forthe Dis- 
| trict of Accrington, and for other purposes. 

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


The Manchester Corporation Waterworks Bill was Manchester 
| read the third time ; and an Amendment was made —— 
‘to the Bill. — 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
| Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


| to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
{ 


The Manchester Improvement Bill was read the Manchester 
third time. ctr 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ; 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Abergavenny 
the Abergavenny Improvement Bill, as amended in rc, 
Y ill. 
the Committee. 
Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration the Buckingham 
Buckingham and Towcester Road Bill, as amended 9rd Towcester 
: : oad Bill. 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Caterham 
the Caterham Railway Bill, as amended in the Com- Railway Bill. 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Guild of - 
the Guild of Literature and Art Bill, as amended in ape 
the Committee. a 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded te take into consideration Islington 
the Jslington Cattle Market Bill, as amended in the Pattle Market 
Committee. , 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


| The House proceeded to take into consideration Newcastle- 

the Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle Railway Bill, pry 

as amended in the Committee. Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 





| The House proceeded to take into consideration South Staf- 
the South Staffordshire Railway Bill, as amended in réshire 
: Railway Bill. 
| the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That all Committees on Private Bills Committees 
which stand adjourned till Tuesday the 25th day of 9” Private 
this instant April, be further adjourned till Friday ~~ 
the 28th day of this instant April. 


The Select Committee on the Middlesex Industrial Middlesex 

Schools Bill was nominated of Lord Dudley Stuart, ee 
Sir John Pakington, Mr. Henley, Mr. Baines, Mr. : 
Roebuch, Sir William Clay, Lord Robert Grosvenor, 
Sir George Grey, Mr. John O’ Connell and Mr. Grey, 
and five Members to be added by the Committee of 
Selection ; with Power to send for persons, papers 
and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Sir William Molesworth presented,—Return to an River Thames. 
Order, dated the 16th day of March last, for Copy 
of Report of Mr. Walker and Sir Charles Barry, 
on the accumulation of Mud in the River Thames, 
dated the 25th day of March 1850, to the Commis- 
sioners of the New Palace of Westminster. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 





Vou. 109. 


Table. 
BB3 Resolved, 

































































Barial-grounds Resolved, That an humble Address be 


(Metropolis. ) 


Irish Poor. 


Irish Poor. 


Hustings 
Expenses Bill. 


Biil 70. 


Emigration. 


Troops 
(Colonies.) 
No. 177. 


Emigrant 
Vessels. 


No. 178. 


11° Aprils. 


presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Lists of the Burial-grounds or Grave-yards 
which have been closed by virtue of the Powers con- 
tained in the Act passed during the last Session of 
Parliament, intituled, “ An Act to amend the Laws 
concerning the Burial of the Dead in the Metro- 
polis :”—Of the Applications which have been made 
to the Secretary of. Beate for the Home Department, 
to recommend the closing of Grave-yards, under 
the provisions of the same Act, and of the Applica- 
tions to him for permission to open Cemeteries or 
Burial-grounds within the District defined by the 
same Act; stating in what cases permission has been 
granted, and in what refused :—And, Copies or Ex- 
tracts of all Correspondence which has taken place 
between the Home Office and ‘any Parish or Com- 
pany with respect to the closing of any Grave-yard 
or Burial-ground, or the opening of any new Ceme- 
tery or Burial-ground ; se of all Evidence laid be- 
fore the Secretary of State for the Home Department 
in relation thereto (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 99, of Session 1852-53). 

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


The Order made upon the 5th day of this instant 
April, that there be laid before this Hoan, a Return 
of the Numbers of Jrish Poor brought over monthly 
to the Port of Liverpool from the Coast of Jreland, 
in each of the last Five years; distinguishing, as far 
as possible, those who remain in this Country from 
those who emigrate across the Seas :—And, similar 
Return from the Ports of Glasyow, Bristol and 
Swansea, embracing a similar period, was read, and 
discharged. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Jrish Poor 
brought over monthly to the Port of Liverpool from 
the Coast of Jreland in each of the last Five years ; 
distinguishing, as far as possible, those who remain 
in this Country from those who emigrate across the 
Seas :—And, similar Return from the Ports of Glas- 
gow, Bristol, Swansea, Neath, Cardiff and Newport, 
embracing a similar period. 

Ordered, That the said Address be 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this 
of Her M 


resented to 
ty, by ouse as are 
ajesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Names of the Poor Law Unions of Jre- 
land ; distinguishing those that have their Schools 
in connexion with the National Board from those 
that have not. 


Mr. Hume presented a Bill to charge the Ex- 
a of Hustings at Elections upon Counties and 

oroughs, in lieu of the Candidates: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Tuesday the 2d day of May next; 
and to be printed. 


Mr. Peel eee Her Majesty’s Command, 
—Papers relative to Emigration to the North Ame- 
rican Colonies (in continuation of Papers presented 
17th June 1853). 

Mr. Peel also presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 14th day of February 
last, for Copies or Extracts of any Correspondence 
which has taken place between the Colonial Office 
and the Governors of the West India Colonies, re- 
lating to the Removal of the Troops. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
17th day of February last, for Copies of any Reports 
to the Colonial Office, within the Six Months end- 





A. 1854. 


ing the 31st day of January 1854, of the Loss of 
Vessels carrying Emigrants from the United King- 
dom to America and Australia; giving the Number 
of Emigrants in each Vessel at the time of De- 
parture ; the Number lost ; the ascertained or sup- 
posed Cause of Wreck ; together with any Reports 
touching such Vessels from the Emigration Offices, 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Cholera 
20th day of February last, for Copy of the Report (“amaica) 


made by Dr. Mitroy to the Colonial Office, on the 
Cholera Epidemic in Jamaica, 1850-51; and Copies 
or Extracts of Despatches addressed to and received 
from the Governor of Jamaica in relation to the said 
Report. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table ; and that the Returns relative to Troops (Co- 
lonies); and, Emigrant Vessels, be printed. 


The Order made upon the 7th day of February Stanneries 
last, that leave be given to bring in a Bill to extend Court. 


the Jurisdiction of the Stannaries Court, to define 
and regulate the Cost-book System of Mining, and 
to limit, in some degree, the Liability of Partners 
in Cost-book Mines, was read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Stannaries 
to extend the Jurisdiction of the Stannaries Court, SU" (No.2) 


and to regulate Cost-book Mines: And that Mr, Co/- 
lier and Mr, Moffatt do prepare, and bring it in. 

Mr. Collier accordingly presented the said Bill: 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday the 3d 
day of May next ; and to be printed. 


Resolved, ‘That an humble Address be presented Burial. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased grounds, 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Parishes and Places (exclu- 
sive of those in the Metropolis) the Burial-grounds 
of which are closed, or are ordered to be closed, 
under the Acts 15 &amp; 16 Vic. c. 85, and 16 &amp; 17 Vie. 
ce. 134, or either of them, or any other Act now in 
force. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Deficiency 
Statements of the Amount of all Deficiency Bills, or Bills, &amp;. 


other Bills, inanticipation of the Public Revenue (spe- 
cifying whether payable out of the growing Revenue 
of the present or next Quarter), issued since the 5th 
day of January last, and up to the 11th day of April; 
with the Dates of their Issues, Dates of their Redemp- 
tion, and Amount outstanding on the 11th day of 
April ; setting forth also the Rate per cent. of Interest 
payable for the same, and the Aggregate Amount 
of Interest paid :—Of all Exchequer Bills, or other 
Government Securities, purchased by the Governor 
and Company of the Bank of England, since the 
5th day of January last, or on which any Sum has 
been lent or advanced for the Public Service, or 
issued to the South Sea Company; showing the 
Amount of such Bills paid off, and when ; the Rate 
per cent. per annum or per day of Interest payable ; 
the Amount paid for Interest; and the Amount of 
such Bills or Securities outstanding :—Of all Sales 
or Purchases of Stock, or Exchequer or Deficiency 
Bills, by the Commissioners for the Reduction of 
the National Debt, since the Returns (68) and (70), 
either in respect of Savings Banks or the Sinking 
Fund ; with the Dates of the Transactions and Rates 
of Purchase, and Rate of Equivalent Stock created 
as respects Savings Banks; and Amount of Defi- 
ciency Bills, if any, now held by the said Commis- 
sioners :—Of the Balance in the Exchequer at the 
end of the year, 5th day of April 1854, of the Amount 
received ; specifying whether from Revenue, or from 
what other sources; of the Amount paid ; —_ of 

ance 




































































17 Vicroriz. 11° Aprils. 191 


Balance in the Exchequer on the 11th day of April| — Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
1854 :—Of all Additions to, and Reductions of, the | Table ; and be printed. 
Funded and Unfunded Debt, respectively, from the | 


5th day of April 1853 to the 11th day of April 1854; | , , . 
and of the Amount of the Fund od and Unfandes | The following Paper was laid on the Table by the Hops. 


, | Clerk of the House,—Further Return to an Order, No, 182. 
Debt on those Days respectively :—Of the Sums | dated the 28th day of February last, for Returns of 

certified after the expiration of each of the last Four ‘the Quantity of Hops imported into Great Britain 

Quarters (ending the 5th day of January last), by the | during each Month, from the 1st day of September 

Lords Commissioners of the T f the N to the Com- | 1853 to the 1st day of March 1854, with the Coun- 
‘missioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, | tries from whence they were imported, and the 

in pursuance of the Act 10 Geo. 4, c. 27, as being | Amount of Duty paid thereon :—And, of all Hops 

the actual Surplus Revenue beyond the actual Ex- | exported during the same Period, stating whether 

penditure for the year preceding ; with a Statement | they are British or Foreign, with the Amount of 

of the Sums which the Commissioners for the Reduc- | the’ Drawback or Duty allowed thereon. 

tion of the National Debt gave Notice in the Gazette The following Papers, pursuant to the directions Russian 
would be applied during the then next ensuing | of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon Dutch Loan. 
Quarters to the Reduction of the National Debt :— | th. Table by the Clerk of the House,—An Account, 


And, of the Sums actually applied, in pursuance of | made up to the 31st December 1853, of the Sums 
such Notices, towards the Reduction of the National which have been paid and applied within the year 


Debt, during each of such Quarters, and of theSums 4953) by virtue of an Act 55 Geo. 3,c. 11 5, inti- 
applied out of such Surplus in paying Deficiency 7 ; 
ills. 


tuled, “‘ An Act for carrying into effect a Convention 
between his Majesty and the King of the Wether- 
lands and the Emperor of all the Russias,” for paying 
and satisfying the Interest on the part of the Loan 
: .| therein agreed to be borne by his Majesty, on all or 
turn, as far as can be ascertained, of the Number of | any of the Securities therein mentioned, and towards 
.) Married Women belonging to each of the Regiments | paying and satisfying the Principal thereof (in case 
ordered on Foreign Service, the Numbers who are | ofthe Principal of any of the said Securities shall 
married with, and the Numbers married without | have been paid), and also for paying the Expenses 
Leave; and the Number of Children. | of carrying the said Act into execution, and the Sink- 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the | ing Fund for the extinction of the same. 
Table ; and be printed. | An Account of Monies paid out of the Consoli- Greek Loan. 
— | dated Fund under the Acts 2 &amp; 3 Will. 4, c. 121, 
Public Health © Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty's Com- | ang 6 &amp; 7 Will. 4, c. 94, for Interest and Sinking 
Act, &amp;e, mand,—Coupy of Report of the General Board of | Fund on that part of the Greek Loan guaranteed 
Health on the Administration of the Public Health | by this Country under the Authority of the said 
Act, and the Nuisances Removal and Diseases Pre-| ats and of the Amount repaid by the Greek Go- 
vention Act, from 1848 to 1854. : y ) 


; sae , | vernment on account of the same. 
Bankruptcy. Copy of the Report of Her Majesty’s Commis- | Ordered, That the Return relative to Hops be 
sioners appointed to inquire into the Fees, Funds | 


and Establishments of the Court of Bankruptcy, and | printed. 


= po eh &lt; Gap fk Coma, | Ordered, That the Return relative to Workhouses Workhouses 
’ ’ _ &gt; * 


nutes of Evidence, &amp;c. | “7 — oy a. — upon the 4th day aes - 
Metropolitan — Mr. Fitzroyalso presented,—Return to an Address | oa ae cee 
Drainage. to Her Majesty, dated the 27th day of March last, for! Ordered, That the Returns relative to the Incum- Incumbered 
No.180. Copies of any Reports and Communications made | bered Estates Court (Ire/and), which were presented ——— 
by the Board of Health to the Secretary of Statefor upon the 23d and 31st days of March last, Oh conngg- 


Army. Mr. Secretary-at-War presented,—Return to an 
No. 179. Order, dated the 30th day of March last, for a Re- 


the Home Department in reference to the Drainage | printed. —_— 

of the Metropolis ; together with Copies of Corres- . , —_— 

pondence on the subject, and of any Plans and Esti- Parag —— ~ pers’ = a a een Rents ; 
mates which may have been forwarded to the Home |) 0 4.41, ga ws Gite tastes nial he at se “er "POP (Ireland.) 

Office by the Board of Health, with the Names of y italia ‘ No. 185. 


the Engineers and Surveyors by whom such Plans! Qydered, That the Return relative to Grand Jury Grand Jury 
and Estimates may have been made :—And, of all Cess, &amp;c. (Ireland), which was presented upon the Ce &amp;c. 
Correspondence that may have passed between the | j oth day of this instant April, be printed. (ireland.) 
Secretary of State for the Home Department and , No. 186. 
the Commissioners of Sewers, since the 1st day of| Ordered, That the Return relative to the Jrish Irish Office. 
January 1853, in reference to the Drainage of the | Office, which was presented upon the 6th day of No. 187. 
i. ——- ne = Y a this instant April, be printed. 
jon eturn to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the . . ; 
Geotlnd.) 34 day of this instant April, for Co a y aitie, Pat gaa the pct - Mean oer = Oomaid 
respondence that has taken place between the Pro- May ~ “ Rao = SEED 0 SOR CaF No. 188. 
moters of the Secular School, Saint Andrew’ s-square, | °'°? "8% DE printed. 
Glasgow, and the Committee of Council on Educa- 
tion :—And, of the Correspondence between the| Petitions relating to Ballot ;— Barnstaple Bribery Public 
Promoters of Wiiliams’ Secular School, Edinburgh, | Prevention Bill ;— Parliamentary Representation F — 
and the same Committee. Bill ;—Conventual and Monastic Institutions Com- Vide Twenty- 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the | mittee ; —- Gaols ; — Intoxicating Liquors ;— Nun- seventh Re- 
' Table ; and that the Return relative to Metropolitan | neries ;—- Oaths Bill ; — Public-houses and Beer- — 
Drainage be printed. shops ; — Universities (Oxford and Cambridge) ; 
: — Newfoundland (Responsible Government) ; — 
Aleand Porter. Mr. Cardwell presented,—Return to an Address | Paper; — Stage Carriages;—John Bell Brown ; 
No. 181, to Her Majesty, dated the 9th day of March last,|—— County Courts Act ; — Education (Scotland) ; 
for a Return of the Rates of Duties on Ale and |—Education (Scotland) Bill ;—Factories ; — Juve- 
Porter imported into France, Spain, Portugal, the | nile Crime ; — Medical Officers (Navy) ; — Me- 
Rhenish Provinces, Madeira, the Two Sicilies, Rus-|dical Practitioners Bill ; — Auguste Crens Nei- 
sia, Prussia, Holland, Belgium, the Hanse Towns, | rinckk ;—Ocean Penny Postage ;—Public Health 
the United States of America, the Brazils and| Act (1848); — Settlement and Removal Bill; 
Buenos Ayres. —and, Valuation of Lands (Scotland) Bill,—were 
Vox. 109. BB4 presented, 

















192 


presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
lable 

Petitions relating to the Judgment Execution, &amp;c. 
Bill ;—were also presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on the Bill. 


‘Local Acts. 


Mr. Osborne presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
No. 44. 


mand,—Further Reports from the Admiralty relative 
to Applications for Local Acts :—41. Irish South 
Eastern Railway.—42. Bagenalstown, New Ross and 
Wexford Railway.—43. Bannow Reclamation.—44. 
Tacumshin Embankment.—45. Grand Junction Rail- 
way of Ireland. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 
Adjournment. Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till Thursday the 27th 
day of this instant April. 


11° Aprils. 





Message from 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Serjeant Man- | 
the Lords. 


ning : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Warrington Im- | 
provement and Market Bill, without any Amend- 
ment: And also, 


Warrington 
Improvement 
and Market 
Bill. 


Hastings and 
Saint Leonard’s 
Gas Bill. 


Hatfield Chase 
Warping and 
— a, 
Bi 


The Lords have agreed to the Hastings and Saint 
Leonard's Gas Bill, without any Amendment: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Hatfield Chase 
Warping and Improvement Bill, without any Amend- 
ment: And also, 

y _ The Lords have agreed to the Norwich Equitable | 
—= te Fire Assurance Company Bill, without any Amend- | 
Company Bill, ment: And also, 


Nottingham 
Waterworks 
Bill. 





Norwich 


The Lords have agreed to the Nottingham Water- 
works Bill, with an Amendment; to which Amend- 
ment the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : | 
And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to transfer to the Court of Chancery the Testamen- 
tary Jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical Courts, and to | 
alter and amend the Law in relation to matters of 
Testacy and Intestacy ; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House :—And then the Mes- 
senger withdrew. 


Testamentary 
Jurisdiction 
Bill. 


Public 


Resolved, That, during the remainder of the Ses- 
Business. 


sion, Orders of the day have precedence of Notices 
of Motions upon Thursdays. 


Ordered, That the Journal of this House, from the 
end of the last Session to the end of the present 
Session, with an Index to the 109th Volume, be 
printed. 

Ordered, That 1,250 Copies of the said Journal 
and Index be printed by the appointment and under 
the direction of Sir Denis Le Marchant, the Clerk 
of this House. 

Ordered, That the said Journal and Index be 

rinted by such Person as shall be licensed by Mr. | 
Speaker, and that no other Person do presume to | 
print the same. 





Oxford 
University 
Bill. 


Bill 72. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Ozford University Bill ; | 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- | 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitzroy reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Thursday the 27th 
day of this instant April. 


Dublin The Order for reading a second. time, upon Mon- 
Carriage Bill. day the 24th day of this instant April, the Dublin 
Carriage Bill, was read, and discharged. 





A. 1854. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday the 27th day of this instant April. 


The Order for reading a second time, u 
day the 24th day of this instant April, the 
Shipping Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday the 4th day of May next. 


n Mon- Merchant 
erchant Shipping Bin 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Mon- Merchant 
day the 24th day of this instant April, the Merchant Shipping Ads 
Shipping Acts Repeal Bill, was read, and dis- “°? Bill 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday the 4th day of May next. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Stamps, 
Committee, upon Monday the 24th day of this in- 
stant April, on the Stamp Acts, was read, and dis- 
charged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
the 4th day of May next, resolve itself into the said 


| Committee. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Railway and 
Committee, upon Monday the 24th day of this in- Catal Tratic 


stant April, on the Railway and Canal Traffic Regu- gi.” 


lation Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, ‘That this House will, upon Monday 
the 1st day of May next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Colonial 
Committee, upon Monday the 24th day of this in- Clergy Dis 
stant April, on the Colonial Clergy Disabilities Bill, —a 
was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the ist day of May next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into the Ways and 
Committee of Ways and Means, upon Monday the Means. 
24th day of this instant April, was read, and dis- 
charged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
28th day of this instant April, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into the Supply. 
Committee of Supply, upon Monday the 24th day 
of this instant April, was read, and discharged. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
28th day of this instant April, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a County Court 

Committee, upon Tuesday the 25th day of this instant Extension Act 
. , Amendment 

April, on the County Court Extension Act Amend- pin, 
ment Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 3d day of May next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Tues- Criminal as 
day the 25th day of this instant April, the Criminal Convers" 
Conversation Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 3d day of May next. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- Declarations 
nesday the 26th day of this instant April, the De- 
clarations Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 3d day of May next. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- Tenants’ os 


nesday the 26th day of this instant April, the Tenants’ oo niend) Bill 
Compensation (Jreland) Bill, was read, and dis-* 
charged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 3d day of May next. is 
e 













ct 


Fs 





- Absconding 
- Debtors 
(Ireland) Bill. i tant April, on the Absconding Debtors (Jreland) 


17 Vicroriz. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee, upon Wednesday the 26th day of this 


Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 3d day of May next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Carlisle The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
Canonries Bill. nesday the 26th day of this instant April, the Car- 
lisle Canonries Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 3d day of May next. 


Bankruptcy The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
(ireland) Bill. nesday the 26th day of this instant April, the Bank- 
ruptcy (Jreland) Bull, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 3d day of May next. 


The Select Committee on the Payment of Wages 
Bill was nominated of Mr. Charles Forster, Mr. 
Austin Bruce, Mr. Fitzroy. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being 

roposed, That Mr. Cheetham be one other Mem- 
be of the said Committee ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Question, by leaving out the name of “ Mr. 
“ Cheetham,” and inserting the name of “ Mr. 
“ Thomas Duncombe” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, that the name 
of “ Mr. Cheetham” stand part of the Question :— 
The said proposed Amendment was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 

And the Question being put, That Mr. Cheetham 
be one other Member of the said Committee :—It 
was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then Mr. Moffatt, Mr. Craufurd, Mr. Booker, 
Mr. Peto, Lord Stanley, Mr. Baird, Mr. Coffin, 
Sir Henry Halford, Sir Joshua Walmsley, Mr. 
Wickham and Mr. Gardner were nominated other 
Members of the said Committee. 

Ordered, That the Committee have Power to send 
for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That. Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of the Income and Expenditure for the 
year ended the 5th day of April 1854, together 
with the Balances in the Exchequer at the Com- 
mencement and at the ‘Termination of the year, and 
the Amount of Funded or Unfunded Debt created 
or redeemed in the said year. 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer accordingly pre- 
sented the said Account. 

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


Payment of 
Wages Bill. 


Public Income 
and Expen- 
diture. 


No. 189. 


Ordnance A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 


posed, That there be laid before this House, Copies 
of all Correspondence with the Officers of Ordnance 
referring to the decision of the Board of Ordnance 
refusing to entertain the Complaint against a Senior 
Clerk inthe Department, or to institute an inquiry 
into his alleged misconduct, in violating the rules 
for the guidance of the Civil Service, whereby he 
became liable to dismissal:— And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Witnesses. Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 


to enable Her Maje-ty’s Superior Courts of Com- 
mon Law in England and Ireland to issue Process 
to compel the attendance of Witnesses resident out 
of their jurisdiction, and to give effect to the service 
of such Process in anv part of the United Kingdom : 
And that Mr. Isaac Butt and Mr. Gaskell do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 

Patliamentary The Order of the day being read, for the second 

tion Bil,” «= "eading of the Parliamentary Representation Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn, 
VoL. 109. 


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193 


The Order for resuming, upon Friday the 28th Settlement 
day of this instant April, the adjourned Debate on —" 
the Amendments which, upon the 27th day of March 
last, were proposed to be made to the Question, That 
the Settlement and Removal Bill be now read a se- 
cond time, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Viscount Palmerston presented a Biil for the Pre- Canterbury 
vention of Bribery in the Election of Members to Bribery Pre- 
serve in Parliament for the City of Canterbury : Vention Bill. 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered Bill 73. 
to be read a second time upon Friday the 28th day 
of this instant April; and to be printed. 


Viscount Palmerston presented a Bill for the Pre- cambrid 
vention of Bribery in the Election of Members to Bribery Pre- 
serve in Parliament for the Borough of Cambridge : Vention Bill. 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered _ Bill 74. 

to be read a second time upon Friday the 28th day 

of this instant April; and to be printed. 


Viscount Palmerston presented a Bill for the Pre- xingston- 
vention of Bribery in the Election of Members to upon-Hull 
serve in Parliament for the Borough of Kingston- Bribery Pre- 
upon-Hull: And the same was read the first time ; ian _ 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Friday ™ 175. 
the 28th day of this instant April; and to be 
printed. 


Viscount Palmerston presented a Bill for the Pre- yaidon 
vention of Bribery in the Election of Members to Bribery Pre- 
serve in Parliament for the Borough of Maldon : vention Bill. 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered _ Bill 76. 
to be read a second time upon Friday the 28th day 
of this instant April; and to be printed. 


Viscount Palmerston presented a Bill for the Pre- Barnstaple 
vention of Bribery in the Election of Members to Bribery Pre- 
serve in Parliament for the Borough of Barnstaple : ¥°"% = 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered _ Bill 77. 
to be read a second time upon Friday the 28th day 
of this instant April; and to be printed. 


Mr. Cardwell presented a Bill for the Amendment Wreck and 
of the Law relating to Wreck and Salvage: And Salvage Bill 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to Bill 78. 
be read a second time upon Thursday the 4th day of 
May next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Isaac Butt presented a Bill to enable Her Witnesses 
Majesty’s Superior Courts of Common Law in Eng- Bill. 
land and Jrelund to issue Process to compel the Bill 79. 
Attendance of Witnesses resident out of their Juris- 
diction, and to give effect to the Service of such 
Process in any part of the United Kingdom: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday the Ist day of 
May next; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That Members wishing to move Amend- Oxford _ 
ments to the Oxford University Bill, do send them University 
to the Clerk of the House on or before Monday the 
24th day of this instant April; and that the same 
be printed and circulated with the Votes. 


And then the House adjourned till Thursday 
the 27th day of this instant April. 








Jovis, 27° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 
QRDERED, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Flint County 
Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make Writ. 
out a new Writ for the electing of a Knight of the 
Shire to serve in this present Parliament for the 
cc County 





194 


County of Flint, in the room of Edward Mostyn 
Lloyd Mostyn, Esquire, —— called the Ho- 
nourable Edward Mostyn Lloyd Mostyn, now Baron 
Mostyn, called up to the House of Peers. 


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

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





Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Petition for additional | 
provision in the Surrey Gas Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- | 


lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


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

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


Spurn Point 
Bill. 


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

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


Holyhead 
Harbours Bill. 


The Great Jndian Peninsula Railway Company | 
Bill was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. | 
Ordered, That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill to | 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


| 
| 


Great Indian 
Peninsula 
Railway Com- 
pany Bill. 


The Louth Waterworks Bill was read the third | 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. | 

Ordered, That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill to | 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. | 
| 
The Madras Railway Company Bill was read 
the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill to | 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Louth Water- 
works Bill. 


Madras Rail- 
way Company 
Bill. 


New River 


— 
werage Di- 
version, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


The New River (Hertford Sewerage Diversion, 
&amp;c.) Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





| 
The New River (New Reservoirs, &amp;c.) Bill was | 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, ‘That Mr. Bouverie do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. | 
| 

Weymouth A Motion being made, That the Weymouth and 
and Meleombe Melcombe Regis Markets and Pier Bill be now read | 


New River 
(New Reser- 
voirs, &amp;c.) Bill. 


is Market - . 
eee Ba the third time ; | 


Mr, Hayter, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 


sent, as far as Her 
that the House may do therein as they shall think | 
fit. ’ ; 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. | 


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


27° Aprilis. 


quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been | 
informed of the a. of the Bull, gives Her Con- | 
ajesty’s interest is concerned, | reading of the Thames Embankment and Railway 


A. 1854, 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Hertford 
the further Proceeding on the third reading of the 4nd Welwyn 
Hertford and Welwyn Junction Railway Bill ; omens 

Ordered, That the further Proceeding on the of 
third reading of the said Bill be further adjourned 
till Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming North London 
the further Proceeding on the third reading of the Railway Bi, 
North London Ruilway Bill ; 

Ordered, That the further Proceeding on the 
third reading of the said Bill be further adjourned 
till Tuesday next. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Darlington 
the Darlington and Burnard Castle Railway Bill, #4 Barnard 
as amended in the Committee. way Ba 

Ordered, ‘that the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Eastern Coun. 
the Eastern Counties Railway (Station Enlargement, (ountien ma 
&amp;c.) Bill, as amended in the Committee. leogument, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. &amp;c.) Bill. 

The House proceeded to take into consideration Manchester 
the Manchester Court of Record Bill, as amended rt of Re- 
in the Committee. ae. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration National 
the National Assurance and Investment Association ene and 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. yp won 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. Bill. 

The House proceeded to take into consideration Newcastle- 
the Newcastle-upon- Tyne Docks Bill, as amended in ¥P%-Tyne 
the Committee. — 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time, 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Perth and 
the Perth and Dunkeld Railway Bill, as amended hee , 
= &lt; way Bill, 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration South Eastern 
the South Eastern Railway (Lewisham to Bromley, ees ‘ 
&amp;c.) Bill, as amended in the Committee. ay 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. _ Bill. 

The Paisley Waterworks (No. 2) Bill was read a Paisley Water- 
second time; and committed. works (No. 2) 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ® 
mittee of Selection. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Belfast Water 
reading of the Belfast Water Bill ; oe. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday the 11th day of May next. 


|] Electric 
d Telegraph 
Company 


(No. 2) Bill. 


The Electric Telegraph Company (No. 2) Bi 
was, according to Order, read a second time ; an 
committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


+1] Royal Conical 
Bill er Sill 
Company Bill. 


The Royal Conical Flour Mill Company 
was, according to Order, read a second time; an 


committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


Thames 
mye me 
d Railwa; 
London and West London) Bill; ! (London and 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being West London) 

roposed, That the Bill be read a second time upon ® 
Monday next ; 
An Amendment was proposed 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 


( 


to be made to the 


| Question, by leaving out the words “ Monday ro 
| an 














Pe 
&amp;e 










Tees Con- 
servancy. 


Carlisle and 
Silloth Bay 
Railway and 
Dock Bill. 


Agricultural 
Statistics 
(England. ) 


Income Tax 
(Ireland. ) 


British Spirits. 


Western Mail. 


Unstamped 
Publications, 


Castletown 
vin and 


ingar 
Loan Funds. 


17 Vicroriz. 


and inserting the words “ this day six months” in- 
stead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
pro to be left out, stand part of the Question : 
—tThe said proposed Amendment was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


A Petition of the Tees Conservancy Commis- 
sioners, for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal, alter, 
amend and extend some of the Powers and Provi- 
sions of the Tees Conservancy and Stockton Dock 
Act, 1852, and for other purposes relating to the 
Conservancy of the Tees, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders. 


Mr. Gore Langton reported from the Sub-Com- 
mittee on Group (3) of Railway and Canal Bills ; 
That in the case of the Carlisle and Silloth Bay 
Railway and Dock Bill, they had examined the alle- 
gations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, but 
the same had not been proved to their satisfaction. 

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


Mr. Cardwell presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Reports of Sir John Walsham and 
Mr. Hawley on the Agricultural Statistics of Norfolk 
and Hampshire. 

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


The following Papers were laid on the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Further Return to an 
Order, dated the 19th day of May in the last Session 
of Parliament, for Returns for each of the years 
ending on the 5th day of April 1850, 1851 and 
1852, of the Amount of Property assessed to the 
Income Tax in each of the above years, under 
Schedule D., arising from Securities and Possessions 
in Ireland :—Of the Amount of Dividends assessed 
under Schedule C. in the Public Funds in I[reland 
for each of the above Periods, and under Sche- 
dule E. on Salaries in Public Offices and Pensions 
in Jreland, for each of the above years :—And, 
similar Returns for the year ending the 5th day of 
April 1853, so soon as the Assessment shall be com- 
plete (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 27, 
of Session 1850). 

Return to an Order, dated the 2d day of February 
last, for a Return of the Number of Gallons of 
British Spirits exported to the Colonies and Foreign 
Parts, in the years 1852 and 1853; distinguishing 
the Quantities sent to the respective Places of 
Export (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 370, of Session 1852-53). 

Return to an Order, dated the 10th day of Fe- 
bruary last, for Returns of the Time of Arrival of 
the London Mail Train at Eveter, on each Day from 
the 1st day, of October last to the Ist day of this 
instant February :—And, of the Time of Arrival of 
the same Trains at Plymouth, and of the Time of 
Arrival of the Mail at Launceston. 

Return to an Order, dated the 27th day of Fe- 
bruary last, for Copies of Correspondence, since 
April 1853 to the present time, between the Solicitor 
and Secretary of the Board of Inland Revenue and 
the Publishers of Unstamped Publications, with 
Cases of Proceedings, &amp;c. (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 683, of last Session) :—And, 
of all Correspondence during the same period, be- 
tween the Board of Inland Revenue and other 
Parties, where Application has been made for News- 
paper Stamps, and been refused. 

eturn to an Order, dated the 20th day of March 
last, for Copy of the Annual List of Depositors in 
each of the Castletown Delvin and Mullingar Loan 
Funds, from the Time they commenced :—Account 


27° Aprils. 





195 


of what Debentures were signed by Trustees, &amp;c., 
and their Dates :—Copy of the Annual Report, and 
Account of each Fund, duly certified and signed by 
the Treasurer, and transmitted to the Loan Fund 
Board in the month of January, and any other 
month in each year; when they commenced their 
Operations, and when closed :—Return of the Total 
Number of Borrowers during that Period ; Amount 
issued in Loans of from £.1 to £.10 each; Amount 
repaid by Instalments of One Shilling in the Pound 
each Week ; bad Debts during that Period; Net 
Amount of Profits realised after paymg Expenses 
of Management; how Profits expended ; Amount 
of Debenture List at period of closing ; additional 
Debentures issued by the ‘Treasurer on Castletown 
Delvin Loan Fund, but subsequently transferred by 
him to the Mullingar Loan Fund ; Balance due by 
Treasurer at foot of Accounts; and Amount of 
Dividends paid to Depositors :—-Copies of the cer- 
tified Rules of Castletown Delvin Loan Fund ; of 
the Name of the Treasurer, and when appointed ; 
Names of his Securities, and of Bond of Security: 
—And, of Resolutions adopted at a meeting of 
Depositors in October 1851, the Board’s Inspector 
being present; and of any Correspondence which 
can throw light on the subject. 

Return to an Order, dated the 30th day of March River Barrow. 
last, for Copy of Report of the Commissioners of 
Public Works in /reland, on the Survey of the River 
Barrow ; and an Account of the Sums of Money 
received and expended on such Survey, from the 
year 1842 to 1850, inclusive. 

Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of this Poor Law 
instant April, for a Return showing the Sums voted nag 
by Parliament for Payment of the Salaries of the a 
Medical Officers in the several Poor Law Districts 
in England and Scotland, for the years 1847, 1848, 

1849, 1850, 1851, 1852 and 1853 respectively. 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of Lunacy. 
an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—An Account of all 
Monies received and paid by the Secretary of the 
Commissioners in Lunacy, and of Charges and Ex- 
penses incurred under or by virtue and m execution 
of the Act 8 &amp; 9 Vic. c. 100, s. 34, during the year 
ending on 31st July 1853. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the River River Thames, 
Thames, which was presented upon the 11th day of No. 190. 
this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Russian Russian 
Dutch Loan, which was presented upon the 11th day Dutch Loan. 
of this instant April, be printed. No. 191, 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Greek Greek Loan. 
Loan, which was presented upon the 11th day of No, 192. 
this instant April, be printed. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Mercantile 
mand,—Copy of the First Report of Her Majesty's —- 
Commissioners appointed to inquire how far the ; 
Mercantile Laws of the United Kingdom may be 
advantageously assimilated, and into the Law of 
Partnership as regards the limited or unlimited re- 
sponsibility of Partners. 

Nuisances Removal and Diseases Prevention Act, Nuisances- 
1848 (Lreland):—Copies of Six Orders issued by —— _ 
the Poor Law Commissioners in Jreland, under the weeny ae 
14th &amp; 15th Vice. c. 68. (Ireland.) 
Mr. Fitzroy also presented,—Return to an Ad- Fees, &amp;c... 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 20th day of Fe- eg of 
bruary last, for Returns of all the Fees received by eet 
the Masters or other Officers of the Courts of Queen’s 

Bench, Common Pleas and Exchequer of Pleas, 

from the first day of Michaelmas Term 1852 to the 

day before Michaelmas Term 1853, inclusive, dis- 
tinguishing the Amounts received for each respective 

Class of Fees :—Of the Salaries and Expenses paid 

out of such Receipts during the same period, dis- 
tinguishing the Amount of Salaries from the Ex- 





VoL. 109. 


cc 2 penses :— 





Public * 
Petitions. 


Vide Twenty- 
eighth Report. 


Slave Trade. 


Oxford Uni- 
versity Bill. 


196 


enses :—Of the Pensions paid during the same | 
eriod to Retired Officers of those Courts :—And, | 
of the Compensations paid during the same Period 
to the Holders of abolished Offices of such Courts. | 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the | 
2d day of March last, for a Return of the Net 
Amount of Revenues which, in the case of each | 
Cathedral and Collegiate Church in England and | 
Wales, has been paid since the passing of the Act 
3 &amp; 4 Vic. c. 113, to the Ecclesiastical Commission- | 
ers on account of suspended Canonries, and charged 
Deaneries and Canonries, in each year; distinguish- 
ing the several Payments from each source. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
6th day of this instant April, for a Return of the | 
Number of Apprentices in the Merchant Sea Service | 
on the 1st day of January 1850 and the Ist day of | 
January 1854. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the , 
11th day of this instant April, for Returns of the | 
Parishes and Places (exclusive of those in the Me- | 
tropolis) the Burial-grounds of which are closed, or 
are ordered to be closed, under the Acts 15 &amp; 16 Vic. | 
c. 85, and 16 &amp; 17 Vic. c. 134, or either of them, or | 
any other Act now in force. 

Ordered, That the said 
Table. 


| 
Papers do lie upon the 


Petitions relating to Parliamentary Representation | 
Bill ;—Conventual and Monastic Institutions Com- | 
mittee ; — Ecclesiastical Courts ;— Gaols ;— Intoxi- 
cating Liquors ;—Oaths Bill ;—Ozford University | 
Bill ;—Public-houses and Beer-shops ;— Universities | 
(Oxford and Cambridge) ;—Colonial Clergy Disabi- | 
lities Bill; —Extra Parochial Places ;— Paper ;—_ 
Decimal Coinage ;—Education (Scotland) Bill; — | 
Friendly Societies Bill ;—Judgment Execution, &amp;c. | 
Bill ;—Juvenile Crime ;—Medical Practitioners Bill ; | 
—Ocean Penny Postage:—Payment of Wages Bill; | 
— Petty Sessions Clerks (Ireland) ; — Political 
Exiles ;—Poor Law ;—Post Office ;—Preston Bo- | 
rough ;—Settlement and Removal (Jrish Poor) | 
Soldiers’ Wives and Families ;—and, Valuation of | 
Lands (Scotland) Bill,—were presented, and read ; | 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to the Judgment Execution, Xc. | 
Bill,—were also presented, and read ; and referred | 
to the Select Committee on the Bill. 

Mr. Osborne presented, by Her Majesty's Com- | 
mand,—Further Reports from the Admiralty relative 
to Applications for Local Acts :—No. 46. Cork and 
Waterford Railway Bill.—No. 47. Newport Dock 
Company Bill.—No. 48. Glasgow New Suspension 
Bridge Bill. 

Mr. Osborne also presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 4th day of this instant 
April, for Returns of all Vessels, their Names and 
Tonnage, seized (on suspicion of being engaged in the 
Slave ‘T'rade), with the ~~ of the Captain, and the 
Ship that captured the same, from the 1st day of 
January 1853; specifying the Date of Capture, the 
Latitude and Longitude, and whether with Slaves on 
board or not, and of the Number of Slaves captured 
during the same Period :—And, of Her Majesty’s 
Ships and Vessels employed on the Coast of Cuba 
for the Prevention of the Slave Trade, from the 28th 
day of July 1853 (the last Return) to the latest Dates. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Oxford University Bill ; 

Ordered, ‘That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, that they have Power to make provision 
in the Bill for the case of Winchester College in 
connexion with New College. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 





27° Aprilis. 


A. 1854, 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ the Bill be committed to a Select Committee,” 
instead thereof. 

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

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, 

Yeas, \The Earl of Mulgrave : 

Tellers for the) Mr. Heywood, 

Noes, (Mr. Blackett: 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question being put ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, 

Yeas, (The Earl of Mulgrave : 

Tellers for the {Sir William Jolliffe, 

Noes, (Lord Henry Lennoz : 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 


| the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
reamble postponed. 
Cravuse, N°1 (Appointment of Commissioners). 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
ress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
‘hat the Committee may have leave to sit again: 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Public Pro- 
reading of the Public Prosecutors Bill ; secutors Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Towns Im- 
mittee on the Towns Improvement (Jredand) Bill; eet) Ba 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday ‘ ‘ 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Improvement 
mittee on the Improvement of ‘Towns (Jreland) Bill; Cleland) Bill 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Dublin Port Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Dublin Port 
Bill. 


the Com- Church 
t Building Acts 
Amendment 


The Order of the day being read, for 
mittee on the Church Building Acts Amendmen 
Bill ; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Dublin Carriage Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 8th day of May next. 


Dublin Car- 
riage Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Conventual 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, pe nog 
upon the 30th day of March last, was proposed “ 














Accidents in 
Coal Mines. 


Corrupt 
Practices at 
Elections. 


Colonial 
Clergy Dis- 
abilities Bill. 


Corrupt 
Practices at 
Elections Bill. 


Bill 80. 


Eastern 
Papers. 


Turkey. 


Stannaries 
Court (No. 2) 
Bill. 


Highways 
(District Sur- 
veyors) Bill, 


Public 
Petitions 
(Twenty- 
seventh Re. 
port.) 









poorRemoval. Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 


17 VicrorizZ. 27°— 28° Aprilts. 


be made to the Question, That Mr. Walpole be one 
other Member of the Select Committee on Conven- 
tual and Monastic Institutions ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Tuesday next. 


197 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the Law Life 
Law Life Assurance Society Bill; That they had A*suTance 
5 2 eee ‘ ‘ Society Bill. 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, in order more 
clearly to define the obiects of the Bill; and found 
the same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 


to inquire into the Operation of the Act 8 &amp; 9 Vic. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


c. 117, relating to the removal from England of 
chargeable Poor Persons born in Scotland, Ireland, 
the Isles of Man, Scilly, Jersey, or Guernsey ; and} Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the Shipley 
also into the operation of the Act 8 &amp; 9 Vic. c. 83, Shipley Waterworks Bill ; That they had examined Waterworks 
relating to the removal from Scotland of chargeable | the allegations contained in the Preamble of the a 
ry Persons born in England, Ireland, or the Isle | Bill, and amended the same, by striking out the 
of Man. “Township of Baildon” from a recital, in order 
; ’ | more correctly to describe the district affected by 

Ordered, That Mr. Thicknesse be added to the ithe Bill; and found the same, as amended, to be 

Select Committee on Accidents in Coal Mines. ‘true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 


| Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill| Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to | 
Bribery, Corrupt Treating and Intimidation at Elec-| The House proceeded to take into consideration Nottingham 
tions: And that Mr. Walpole, Mr. Disraeli and Sir the Amendment made by the Lords to the Notting- Waterworks 
Frederick Thesiger do prepare, and bring it in. ‘ham Waterworks Bill; and the same was twice 
read, and agreed to. 

The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
Committee, upon Monday next, on the Colonial | to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
Clergy Disabilities Bill, was read, and discharged. | hath agreed to the Amendment made by their 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the | Lordships. 
5th day of May next, resolve itself into the said | 








Committee. The Abergavenny Improvement Bill was read the Abergavenny 
| third time. —_— 
1. 


Mr. Walpole presented a Bill to consolidate and | Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
d the L relating to Brit Corrupt Treat- Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
amend the Laws relating to bribery, Corrupt Treat- | ? . . y 
ing and Intimidation at Elections: And the same to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time To-morrow ; and to be printed. | The Buckingham and Towcester Road Bill was Buckingham 
' seed 43 and Towcester 
— Tead the oy oe ae - Send Dee. 
Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s! Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Command,—Part VIIl.—Eastern Papers : Pro- | Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
tocol signed at Vienna, on the 9th of April 1854, by | to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
the Representatives of Austria, France, Great Bri- | 
tain and Prussia, _ : | The Guild of Literature and Art Bill was read the Guild of 
Copy of Convention between Her Majesty and third time. Literature 
the Emperor of the French, relative to Military Aid| Resolved, That the Bill do pass. and Art Bill. 
to be given to Turkey. Signed at London, April10, | Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
1854. _to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the | 
} 
Table. | A Motion being made, That the Rossall Sea Wall Rossall Sea 
. , } | Bill be now read the third time ; Laat 
The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- |. Mr. Hayter, by Her Majesty's Command, ac- 
nesday next, the Stannaries Court (No. 2) Bill, was | quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 


read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon ‘Thursday the 11th day of May next. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
nesday the 10th day of May next, the Highways 
(District Surveyors) Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday the 11th day of May next. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Veneris, 28° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 18 54. 


PRAYERS. 
R. Bonham Carter reported from the Select 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they 
had examined the Petitions presented upon the 
10th and 11th days of this instant April; and had 
directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
Vou. 109. 





informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think 
fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

A Clause (Walls not to be constructed below 
high-water mark without consent of Admiralty), was 
thrice read ; and added to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


Ordered, That the South Staffordshire Railway 


| Bill be read the third time upon Tuesday next. 


The West Hartlepool Improvement Bill was read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for paving, lighting, watching, 
draining, cleansing, regulating and otherwise im- 
proving the Town of West Hartlepool, and part of 
the Township of Stranton, in the County of Dur- 
ham ; for providing a Cemetery, and for other pur- 

oses. 

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


cc3 + The 


South Staf- 
fordshire 
Railway Bill. 


West Hartle- 
pool Improve- 
ment Bill. 





Ayr and May- 
bole Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Horsmorden 
and Marden 
Roads Bill, 


Saint Mawes 
Port, Harbour 
and Pier Bill. 


South Shields 
Roads Bill. 


Cornwall 
Railway Bill. 


Hull and 
Holderness 
Railway Bill. 


Portsmouth 
Railway Bill. 


Private Bills 
(Group R.) 


Standing 
Orders. 


Railway and 
Canal Bills 
(Group 4.) 


Railway and 
Canal Bills 
(Group 2.) 


Oxford, Wor- 
cester and 
Wolverhamp- 
ton Railway 
(Stratford- 
upon-Avon 
and Stour- 
bridge 
Branches) Bill. 


198 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Ayr and Maybole Junction Railway Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Horsmonden and Marden Roads Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Saint Mawes Port, Harbour 
and Pier Bill, as amended in the Committee, be 
taken into consideration upon Monday next. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the South Shields Roads Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Cornwall Railway Bill was read a second 
time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Order for referring the Hull and Holderness 
Railway Bill to the General Committee on Railway 
and Canal Bills, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order for reading the third time the Ports- 
mouth Railway Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee :—And that they have leave to sit, 
and proceed upon Monday next, or any subsequent 
day. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, that they have Power to divide the Bill into 
two Bills. 


Ordered, That Mr. John George Smuth be dis- 
charged from further attendance on the Committee 
on Group R. of Private Bills. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wyvill be added to the Com- 
mittee. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders have leave to sit this day till Five of the 
clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Tatton Egerton reported from the Sub-Com- 
mittee on Group 4 of Railway and Canal Bills ; That 
Mr. A’Court, one of the selected Members of the 


28° Aprilis. 





A. 1854, 


Colonel Pennant reported from the Committee on Private Bills 
Group R. of Private Bills ; That Sir John Carnac, (Group B.) 
one of the selected Members of the said Committee, 
was not present during the sitting of the Committee 
this day. 

Ordered, That Sir John Carnac do attend the said 
Committee upon Monday next. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com- Standing 
mittee on Standing Orders, a Resolution ; which was Orders. 
read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That in the case of the Washingborough Washing. 
Rectory Division Bill Petition for additional pro- borough Rec. 
vision, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed gi," 
with; that the Parties be permitted to introduce 
their additional provision, if the Committee on the 
Bill shall think fit. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


The House was moved, that the Report from the Washing. 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of borough Rec- 
the Petition for additional provision in the Washing- yi) 
borough Rectory Division Bill, might be read; and 
the same being read ; 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, that they have Power to make 
provision therein pursuant to the prayer of the said 
Petition. 


Mr. Baines presented,—Return to an Address to Poor Law 
Her Majesty, dated the 31st day of March last, for (Strath) 
Copy of Report of the Visiting Officer sent by the 
Board of Supervision for the Relief of the Poor in 
Scotland, to inquire into the State of the Parish of 
Strath, as referred to in the Letter of the Board to 
the Crown Agent, dated the 21st day of February. 

. a That the said Return do lie upon the 
able. 


The following Paper was laid on the Table by tmports and 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, Exports, &amp;. 
dated the 3d day of February last, for Accounts of (A™s!talia.) 
the Quantities of the principal Articles imported into 
the United Kingdom from the British Settlements 
in Australia, distinguishing each Colony, for each of 
the Three years ending the 5th day of January 1854: 

—Of the Exports from the United Kingdom to the 
same Settlements for the same Period ; specitying, 
in separate Divisions, the Quantities and Declared 
Value of the Principal Articles of British Manu- 


| factures, and the Quantities of the principal Articles 
| of Foreign and Colonial Merchandize :—And, of 


said Committee, was not present during the sitting | the Number of Ships, and their Tonnage, cleared 


of the Committee this day. 


from the United Kingdom to the British Settlements 


Ordered, That Mr. A’Court be discharged from | in Australia, for a like Period. 


further attendance on the said Committee. 


Lord Stanley reported from the Sub-Committee on 
Group 2 of Railway and Canal Bills ; That Mr. Wells 
and Mr. Marjoribanks, two of the Members of the 
said Sub-Committee, were not present during the 
sitting of the Sub-Committee this day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wells and Mr. Marjoribanks 
be discharged from further attendance on the said 
Committee. 


Lord Stanley reported from the Sub-Committee 
on Group 2 of Railway ‘and Canal Bills; That in 
the case of the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhamp- 
ton Railway (Stratford-upon-Avon and Stourbridge 
Branches) Bill, they had examined the allegations 
contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended 
the same, by omitting part of the intended Works 
near Stourbridge, with which the Promoters inti- 
mated it was not their intention to proceed in the 
present Session ; and found the same, as amended, 
to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

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





| Ordered, That the Return relative to Infanticide, Infanticide. 


which was presented upon the 10th day of this in- 
stant April, be printed. 


No. 193. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Income Tax Income Tax 
(Ireland), which was presented upon the 27th day of (Ireland.) 
this instant April, be printed. No. 194. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to British BritishSpirits. 
Spirits, which was presented upon the 27th day of No, 195. 
this instant April, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Unstamped Unstamped 
Publications, which was presented upon the 27th day Pana. 
of this instant April, be printed. Ne, 196. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Fees, &amp;c. Fees, &amp;c. 
(Courts of Law), which was presented upon the 27th ome of 
day of this instant April, be printed. No. 197. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Suspended suspended 
Canonries, &amp;c., which was presented upon the 27th Canonries, &amp;e. 
day of this instant April, be printed. No. 198. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Burial- Burial- 
grounds, which was presented upon the 27th day of ae . 
this instant April, be printed. No. 199. 

Sir 











Arctic 
Expedition. 
No. 200. 





Public 
Petitions 


—_—_— 
'- 


Vide Twenty 


eighth Report. Representation 


Adjournment. 


Message from 
’ the Lords. 


Ventilation of 


the House, 


Ships. 


Accidents in 
_ Coal Mines, 


17 Vicroriz. 


Sir James Graham presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Copy of Instructions from the Lords 
Commissioners of the Admiralty for the Arctic 
Expedition. 

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


Petitions relating to Barnstaple Bribery Preven- 
tion Bill ;—Cambridge Bribery Prevention Buill;— 
Canterbury Bribery Prevention Bill ;—Parliamentary 

Bill ;—Conventual and Monastic In- 
stitutions Committee ; — Gaols ;— Intoxicating Li- 
quors ;—Oaths Bill ;—Oxford University Buill;— 
Public-houses and Beer-shops ;— Universities (Ox- 


ford and Cambridge) ;—Paper ;—Board of Inland 


Revenue ;—Chimney Sweeps ;—Dubdlin Port Bill; 
—Education (Scotland) Bill ;—J udgment Execution, 
&amp;c. Bill;—Medical Practitioners Bill ;—Mortmain 
Bill ;—Ovcean Penny Postage ;—- Passports ;— Pay- 
ment of Wages Bill ;—Registration of Bills of Sale 
Bill ;— Russia ;—Scottish Laws;—Settlement and 
Removal Bill ;—and, Valuation of Lands (Scotland) 
Bill,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to the Judgment Execution, &amp;c. 
Bill,—were also presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That this House will, at the rising of the 
House this day, adjourn till Monday next 





A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Tinney: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords request that this House will be pleased 
to communicate to their Lordships, Copies of the 
Reports from the Select Committee appointed by 
this House in the present Session of Parliament, 
to consider of the best means of improving the 
Ventilation of the House, the Lobbies, and the 
Libraries, and to report thereupon to the House as 


soon as may be ; together with the Minutes of Evi- | 


dence taken before the said Committee, and the Ap- 
pendix and Index thereto: And also, 
The Lords request that this House will be pleased 


to communicate to their Lordships, Copies of the | 


Reports from the Select Committee appointed by 
this House in the present Session of Parliament, 
to inquire into the recent cases of extensive Loss of 
Life aboard Emigrant Ships, whether by Sickness, 
Wreck or other Causes; and generally into the 
efficiency, or otherwise, of the existing Regulations 
for the Health and Protection of Emigrants from 
the United Kingdom ; together with the Minutes of 
Evidence taken before the said Committee, and the 
— and Index thereto: And also, 

e Lords request that this House will be pleased 
to communicate to their Lordships, Copies of the 
Reports from the Select Committee appointed by 
this House in the present Session of Parliament, to 
inquire into the Causes of the numerous Accidents 
in Coal Mines, with a view of suggesting the best 
means for their Prevention ; together with the Mi- 
nutes of Evidence taken before the said Committee, 
and the Appendix and Index thereto :—And then 
the Messenger withdrew. 

Resolved, That Printed Copies of the said Reports 
be communicated to the Lords, as desired by their 
Lordships. 

And the Messenger was again called in, and Mr. 
Speaker acquainted him therewith; and Printed 
a of the said Reports were delivered to him, 
to be communicated to the Lords:—And then he 
again withdrew. 





“Miummest, And the Question being put, That this House will, 








at the rising of the House this day, adjourn till 
Monday next :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 
_ Vox. 109. 


28° Aprilis. 





199 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s Russia, 
Command,—Copy of Her Majesty’s Declarations, 
Proclamations and Orders in Council, &amp;c., with 
reference to the Commencement of Hostilitiés against 
the Emperor of All the Russias. 

‘ Ordered, That the said Paper do: lie upon the 
able. 


The Order of the day: being read, for the second Canterbury 
reading of the Canterbury Bribery Prevention Bill ; Bribery Fre- 
Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday the 12th day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Cambridge 
reading of the Cambridge Bribery Prevention Bill ; Bribery Pre- 
vention Bill 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday the 12th day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Kingston- 
reading of the Kingston-upon-Hull Bribery Preven- Bribery Pre- 
tion Bill &gt; vention Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday the 12th day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Maldon 
reading of the Maldon Bribery Prevention Bill ; Be oe bing 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon“ 
Friday the 12th day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Barnstaple 
reading of the Barnstaple Bribery Prevention Bill; Bribery tne 

Ordered, That the Bill be wnt a second time upon ee 
Friday the 12th day of May next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Ways and 
the Committee of Ways and Means. Means, 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That, towards making good the Supply Exchequer 
granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of Sixteen millions Bills. 
twenty-four thousand one hundred pounds be raised 
by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the year 1854. 

Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come toa 
Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 


day next. 

Mr. Bouverie also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, het this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Devonport and Keyham Tunnei (No. 2) Bill Devonport 
was, according to Order, read the third time. and Keyham 
Resolved, ‘that the Bill do pass. Fat 
Ordered, That Mr. Hayter do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Corrupt Practices at Elections Bill was, ac- Corrupt 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- Practices at 
mitted to a Select Committee. Elections Bill. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon Grand Canal 
the 17th day of March last, that there be laid before (Ireland.) 
this House, a Copy of every Deed, Lease, Agreement 
or Instrument under which the Midland Great West- 
ern Railway of Jreland Company have entered into, 
and are now in possession and receipt of, the Tolls 
and Duties of the Grand Canal, and have rented the 
carrying Stock of the Grand Canal Company, or any 
portion thereof, might be read ; and the same being 
read ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That a Return to the said Order be laid 

cc4 before 











28° Aprilis. 


before this House forthwith :—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Judgment 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
— &amp;e. 


That the Select Committee on the Judgment Execu- 
tion, &amp;c. Bill do consist of Seventeen Members :—It 
passed in the Negative. 


The Select Committee on the Bribery, &amp;c. Bill ; 
Controverted Elections, &amp;c. Bill; Bribery Preven- 
tion Bill; and,Corrupt Practices at Elections Bill, was 
nominated of Lord John Russell, Mr. Walpole, Mr. 
Attorney General, Sir FitzRoy Kelly, Mr. Bright, | 
Mr. George Butt, Mr. Phinn, Mr. Liddell, Mr. John | 
Ball, Mr. Philipps, Mr. Mullings, Mr. Vernon Smith, | 
Mr. William Williams, Mr. Ker Seymer and Mr. | 
Byng. | 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. | 


Bribery, &amp;c. 
Bills. 





And then the House adjourned till Monday next. | 





Lune, 1° die Maii ; 
Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 
R. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had 
M 3 


received Notice that it is not intended to pro- 
ceed with the Petition complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the County of Louth ; and 
the same was read, as followeth: 
Dublin, 20th April 1854, 
24, St. Dominick-st. 
To the Right Honourable the Speaker 
of the House of Commons. 
Sir, 

I hereby withdraw the Petition presented by me 
against the Return of Mr. Chichester Samuel For- 
tescue, at the last Election for the County of Louth. 
I am, Sir, 

Your obedient servant, 
J. Macnamara Cantwell. 


The Order for referring the said Petition to the 
General Committee of Elections, was read, and 
discharged. 


Louth 
Election. 





A Petition of Promoters of the Bill thereinafter- | 
mentioned, praying that provision may be made in | 
the Zraethbach Bridge and Road Bill for making | 
certain alterations in the dimensions, position an 
construction of the intended Bridge over the Estuary 
of Traethbach, and in the proposed mode of cross- 
ing and dealing with the Zraethbach Estuary and 
the River Dwyryd, was presented, and read; and | 
referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private | 
Bills. 


The Manchester Court of Record Bill was read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


Tracthbach 
Bridge and 
Road Bill. 


Manchester 
Court of 
Record Bill. 


National Ordered, That the National Assurance and In- 
Assurance and yestment Association Bill be read the third time 


a To-morrow. 
Bill. 
Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne 
and Carlisk 
Railway Bib. 


Nene Valley 

anc 
Navigation 
Bill. 


Ordered, That the Newcastle-upon- Tyne and Car- 
lisle Railway Bill be read the third time To-morrow. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Nene Valley Drainage and Navigation Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Vewport Improvement Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Newport 
Improvement 
Bi 





—1° Maiz. A. 1854. 


Ordered, That the Stockton and Darlington Rail- Stockton a 
way Bill, as amended in the Committee, be taken Darlington 
into consideration upon Wednesday next. Railway Bi : 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Saint Maw, 
take into consideration the Saint Mawes Port, Har- Port, Harbouy 
bour and Pier Bill, as amended in the Committee, "4 Pier Bin 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. ' 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Thames Em. 
reading of the Thames Embankment and Railway &gt;aokment ang | 
(London and West London) Bill; roy 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 


don Oot ‘ 
London) Hy 


= |“ now” stand part of the Question:—The said pro- 


posed Amendments and Motion were severally, with 


| leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day for the second 


| reading of the said Bill be discharged. 


The Testamentary Jurisdiction Bill was read the Testamentary 
first time, and ordered to be read a second time upon Jurisdiction 
Friday next; and to be printed. = w 


Mr. Floyer reported from the Committee on Group Ipswich 
P. of Private Bills; That the Parties promoting Corporation 
the Ipswich Corporation Waterworks Bill had stated W# 
to the Committee, that it was not their intention to 
proceed with the same. 

Ordered, ‘That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had examined ro een 
the Petitions presented upon the 27th and 2th days cighth Report) 
of April last, and had directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. 

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


Ordered, That the Select Committee relative to Henry Stonor. 
Henry Stonor, have Power to send for persons, 
papers and records. 


Ordered, That Sir Francis Baring have leave of Leave of 
absence for six weeks, on account of illness in his 4 


family. 


Mr. Cardwell presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Railways. 
mand,—Copy of Report of Captain Wynne, R. E., 
to the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for 
Trade, on Professor Glukman’s Invention of a means 
of Communication between Guards and Drivers of 
Trains on Railways. 

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


Mr. Osborne presented, —Return to an Order, Hay Contracts 
dated the 4th day of April last, for Copies of all 
Correspondence between Government Departments 
and the Contractors for Hay, during the last Two 
Months :—And, Return of the Quantities of Hay 
supplied by and returned to the several Persons 
on Go to supply it, with the respective Names 
and Dates. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to Convicts 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Licenses to be at large in 
the United Kingdom, granted to Convicts under ° 
Sentence of Transportation, under the Act 16 &amp; 17 


Vic. c. 99. 
_— Ordered, 














ined, dt el 


os 


rt.) 











jpeal Estate 
ee Bill 


Licenses 
(Ireland. ) 


Slave Trade. 
No, 201. 


Imports _ 
Exports, &amp;c. 
(Australia. ) 


No, 202. 


Turnpike 
Trusts. 


Chichester 
Grammar 


Customary 
Payments 
(Saint Andrew, 
Holborn, &amp;c.) 


Milton-next- 
Royal er 

Terrace 
Pier, 


unatic 
Asylum, 








17 Vicroriz. 


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


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- | 
nesday the 10th day of this instant May,the Real | 
Estate Charges Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon | 
Thursday the 18th day of this instant May. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a | 
Return of the Sums paid in each Diocese in /reland | 
by a Curate or other Clergyman taking out a License | 
to preach or officiate within such Dioceses respec- | 
tively, and the Amount in the whole of the Sums 
paid in respect of such Licenses in each Diocese, 
for the year ending the 25th day of March last, and 


to whom paid, and for whose use. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Slave 
Trade, which was presented upon the 27th day of 
April last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Imports and 
Exports, &amp;c. (Australia), which was presented upon 


the 28th day of April last, be printed. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Turnpike Trusts :—Copy of Fourth Report 


1° Mazz. 








made by direction of the Secretary of State, under 
the Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 80, Nos. 17 to 23. 

Mr. Fitzroy also presented,—Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 31st day of March | 
last, for a Return of the Emoluments which have been | 
received each year for the last Thirty years by the | 
Prebend of Highly, in the Diocese of Chichester, in | 
respect of the Grammar School of the City of Chi- | 
chester, and his Prebendal Stall in conjunction there- | 
with ; distinguishing such portion of the said Emolu- | 
ments as has accrued through the renewal of Leases | 
or otherwise, and specifying the Number of Lives | 
by the Cessor of which each such renewal was occa- | 
sioned; also, the Number of Boys which have been | 
on the foundation of such School each year, for the | 
last Thirty years. 





201 


Vic. c. 130, stating, for each Work, the following 
particulars :— 








| Amount 


Amount 


j 








| | | | 

And, similar Returns in cases where Awards have 
been already made, and have been referred to the 
said Commissioners to re-open them and to make 
new Awards, stating in addition the original Award. 











2 expended under | | Amount | proposed by | a Names of 
“4 68 en roy inet) += | required to Commis- | aint Proprietors 
&gt; | 3 | 3 | complete | sioners to be | pened on whom 
6 Pare es as | Work, as | expended | ners on | Awards 
S 214) 2 Fs | &lt;3 | originally | for Comple- “VC | have been 
: &amp; | $ Zz | 5 | | 2 | estimated. tion of | Proprister. made. 
z:o|&lt; A|B&lt;/es| | 

| 





Return to an Order, dated the 11th day of April Poor Law 


last, for a Return of the Names of the Poor Law 
Unions of Ireland, distinguishing those that have 
their Schools in connexion with the National Board 
from those that have not. 

Sir John Young also presented, pursuant to the 
directions of several Acts of Parliament,—Accounts 
of Presentments made by the Grand Juries of the 
several Counties, Cities and Towns in Jreland, in 
the year 1853. 


Unions (Ire- 


land.) 


Grand Jury 
Presentments 
(Ireland.) 


An Abstract of the General Statements of the In- Turnpike 
come and Expenditure of the several ‘Turnpike — (Ire- 
Trusts in Jreland, from 1st January to 31st Decem- 


' ber 1852. 


A Return of the Expenditure on the Relief of the Poor Relief 


Poor in each Union in Jreland, for the year ended 
29th September 1853; and of the Total Number of 
Persons relieved in and out of the Workhouse in 
each Union during the same Period. 

An Account in Charge and Discharge of Fees 
received by the Registrar of Treasurers’ Accounts 
and Receiver of Fee Fund in Jreland, for the year 
ended 25th March 1854. 

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


Petitions relating to Conventual and Monastic 


(Ireland.) 


County 
Treasurers 
(Ireland. ) 


Public 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the | Institutions Committee ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;— Petitions. 


10th day of April last, for a Return of the Number 
of Houses charged with Customary Payments in lieu 
of Tithes, in each of the years 1818, 1319 and 1820, 
in the Parish of Saint Andrew Holborn-above- Bars, | 
and the Liberties of Hatton Garden and Ely Rents, 
showing the Total Amount paid by such Houses, in | 
each of the said years :—And, similar Return for the | 
years 1850, 1851 and 1852. 

' oo That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament, was laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of tie House,—A Copy of the Receipts 
and Applications of the Sums of Money received by 
the Commissioners of the Royal Terrace Pier, Wi/- 
ton-neat-Gravesend, for the year ending the 31st | 
December 1853. 





Sir John Young presented,—Return to an Order, | 
dated the 2d day of March last, for, a Copy of the | 
Correspondence which has taken place between the | 
Governors of the Belfast District Lunatic Asylum | 
and the Jrish Government, relative to the building 
ofa Chapel in that Asylum, and the Appointment | 
of Chaplains thereto, explanatory of the Circum- | 
stances which have led to the Suspension of the | 
Government Grant for its Maintenance, and the 
consequent Derangement of the Affairs of that! 
Institution. 

Return to an Order, dated the 3d day of March | 


Beer-shops;—Roman Catholic Processions ;—Uni- 
versities (Oxford and Cambridge) ;— Local Taxation ; 
— Newspapers ; — Paper ; — Paper, Newspaper 
Stamps, Fenige Books, &amp;c. ;—Education ;—Edu- 


‘cation (Scotland) ;—Education (Scotland) Bill;— 


Factories ;-- Friendly Societies Bill ;— Medical Prac- 
titioners Bill ;—Ocean Penny Postage ;— Passports ; 
—Preston Borough ;— Punishment of Death ; — 
Railway and Canal Traffic Regulation Bill ;—Re- 
gistration of Bills of Sale Bill ;—and, Settlement 
and Removal Bill,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to the Judgment Execution, &amp;c. 
Bill,—were also presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


| Maynooth College Act ;—Nunneries ;—Oaths Bill ; yige Twenty- 
'— Oxford University Bill; — Public-houses and 


ninth Report. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Oxford Uni- 


into a Committee on the Oxford University Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Cravusg, N* 1 (Appointment of Commissioners). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, |. 4: To leave out 
the words “ the Right honourable Francis Earl of 
“ Ellesmere, the Right Reverend Father in God 
“ Charles Thomus Lord Bishop of Ripon, the Ho- 
“ nourable Sir John Taylor Coleridge, one of the 
“ Justices of the Court of Queen’s Bench, the Very 
“ Reverend the Dean of Wells, and Sir John Wither 
“ Awdry, late Chief Justice of the Supreme Court 


last, for a Return of the Works of Drainage in Ire-| * of Bombay.” 


land which have been referred to the Commissioners 


appointed by the Treasury, under the Act 16 &amp; 17 | out stand part of the Clause ; 


VoL. 109, { 


Question put, That the words proposed to be left 


DD The 


versity Bill. 





Railway and 
Canal Traffic 
Regulation 
Bill. 


Bill 82. 


202 


The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the i Hayter, 

Yeas, Mr. Grenville Berkeley: 
Tellers for the (Mr. Horsman, 

Noes, \ Mr. Blackett: 


Clause agreed to. 
Cuavse, N° 2, agreed to. 
Cravsz, N° 3, amended, and agreed to. 


Cuiavuse, N* 4 (Commissioners empowered to re- 
quire production of documents, &amp;c.) 

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, |. 26: To leave out 
from the words “ respectively and” to the end of 
the Clause, in order to insert the words “ it shall be 
“ the duty of such officer to produce and furnish 
“ the same, any prohibition or impediment now ex- 
“ isting or arising in or by reason of any of the Sta- 
“ tutes thereof respectively notwithstanding,” instead 
thereof. 

Question put, That the words “ no oath which 
“ may have been taken” stand part of the Clause ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the; Mr. Hayter, 1307 
Yeas, | Mr. Grenville Berkeley: J°°" 
Tellers for the f Sir William Heathcote, 
Noes, Mr. Roundell Palmer: 
Clause agreed to. 


1 oo. 
Criause, N° 5, amended, and agreed to. 


Crause, N° 6 (Composition of Hebdomadal 
Council), 

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 35 : To leave out 
the word “ Six” in order to insert the word “ Seven.” 

Question, That the word “ Six” stand part of the 
Clause,—put, and agreed to. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 35: To 
leave out the words “elected by the Congregation 


169 


lies. 
J 
jai. 


“ hereinafter mentioned of the said ar ae and 
“ one other Head appointed by the Chancellor of 
“ be selected from among themselves by such Heads 
“ of Colleges or Halls,” mstead thereof. 
left out stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 

Yeas, (Mr. Grenville Berkeley : }rao, 
Tellers for the (Sir William Jolliffe, lie 2. 
An Amendment made. 

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 38, to the said 
add the words “of Theology.” 
Question put, That those words be there added ; 
Tellers for thef Viscount Galway, liss 
Yeas, {Me Wigram : aaa 
\ 

Noes, (Mr. Grenville Berkeley : rr 

Other Amendments made. 


“ the University,” in order to insert the words “ to 
Question put, That the words proposed to be 
Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, 
Noes, \Mr. Newdegate: J 
last Amendment: After the word “ Professors” to 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the; Mr. Hayter, ; 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


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


Martis, 2° die Maiti 1854: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
ress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
hat the Committee may have leave to sit again. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Railway and Canal Traffic 
Regulation Bill ; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie 
— That the Committee had gone through the 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


}°— 2° Maii. 


A. 1854, 


Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


The Witnesses Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee of Ways ang 
Ways and Means, a Resolution; which was read, as Means. 
followeth : 

Resolved, That, towards making good the Supply Exchequer 
granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of Sixteen millions Bills. 
twenty-four thousand one hundred pounds be raised 
by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the year 
1854. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolution: And that Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Chancellor 
of the Exchequer and Mr. Wilson do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways ana 

mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, ‘That this House will, upon Wednesday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- supply, 
‘mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, ‘\hat this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Boun 
_mittee on the Boundary Survey (Jreland) Bill ; a 
| Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday = 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
_ The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Towns Im. 
mittee on the Towns Improvement (Jreland) Bill ; Prvelend) Bal 
| Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, ‘ ) 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Improvement 

} or iowns 

| gag on the Improvement of Towns (Jreland) (Ireland) Bill, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 

| resolve itself into the said Committee. 

| The Order of the day bein 

‘mittee on the Dublin Port Bill; 
Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 

mittee, That they have Power to make provision in 

the Bill, for repairing and rebuilding Bridges over 

the River Liffey. 

‘Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
‘Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Thursday 
next, 


read, for the Com- Datta Best 





Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Militia. 
to amend the Acts relating to the Militia of the 
United Kingdom: And that Viscount Palmerston 
‘and Mr. Secretary-at-War do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


| The House was moved, That the Order made Grand Cane 
| upon the 17th day of March last, that there be laid (Ireland) 
before this House, a Copy of every Deed, Lease, 
Agreement or Instrument under which the Midland 

Great Western Railway of Zreland Company have 

entered into, and are now in possession and receipt 

of, the Tolls and Duties of the Grand Canal, and 

have rented the carrying Stock of the Grand Canal 
Company, or any portion thereof, might be read ; 

and the same being read ; And 








Inns of Court. 


Militia Bill. 
Bill 83. 


, Adjournment. 


Committees, 


Stourbridge 
Waterworks 
Bill 


mpevement 





17 Vicroriz. 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That a Return to the said Order be 
laid before this House forthwith ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That ” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ the Order for the Return relating to the Grand 
“ Canal (/reland), ordered the 17th day of March 
“ last, be discharged,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out, stand part of the 
Question :— The said proposed Amendment was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That a Return to the said Order be laid 
before this House forthwith. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of Her Majesty’s Commission to in- 
quire into the Inns of Court. 

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


Viscount Palmerston presented a Bill to amend 
the Acts relating to the Militia of the United King- 
dom: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time this day; and to 
be printed. 

And then the House, havin 
till One of the clock on 
adjourned till this day. 


continued to sit 
uesday morning, 











Martis, 2° die Maii ; 
Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


iy~ House met; and being counted by Mr. 
Speaker, it appeared that Forty Members were 
not present; yet it being Four of the clock, Mr. 
Speaker took the Chair, and again counted the 
House ; and Forty Members not being present :— 
The House was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without 
a Question first put, till To-morrow. 





Mercurit, 3° die Maii ; 
Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Stourbridge Water- 
works Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the 
Birmingham (mprovenient Bill ; That they had exa- 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 


the Bill, and amended the same, by inserting words | 


more clearly defining the objects of the Bill; and 
found the same, as amended, to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Llandudno Improve- 
ment Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, ‘That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the 
Padiham Waterworks Bill; That they had exa- 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, and amended the same, by including within 
the limits of the Bill so much of the Town of 

VoL. 109. 





1°—9°—-3° Maii. 





203 


Hapton as lies on the north side of the Leeds and 
Liverpool Canal, in order to make the same more 
consistent with the objects of the Bill; and found 
the same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Beccles Water and Gas Beccles Water 
Bill, with Amendments. and Gas Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Public 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had ex- Petitions — 
amined the Petitions presented upon the 1st day of comer 
this instant May ; al had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House. 

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


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto Lemuiomim 
subscribed, praying that provision may be made in 2"¢ Miagton 
the Leominster and Kington Railway Bill, autho- a 
rizing a deviation of the Line in certain Parishes, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Order for referring the Birkenhead Dock Birkenhead 
Company Bill to the Committee of Selection, was Dock Com 
read, and discharged. sais 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order, That the Report on the Shipley Water- Shipley 
works Bill do lie upon the Table, was read, and Waterworks 
discharged. = 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee. 


The Order for reading the third time the East East Lanca- 
Lancashire, Lancaster and Yorkshire, and Man- — —- 
chester and Southport Railways Bill, was read, and jie and 


6 shire, and 
discharged. Manchester 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed. and Southport 
Railways Bill. - 


The Islington Cattle Market Bill was read the Islington 
third time ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. gu Market 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. - 

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


Ordered, That the Birmingham and Midland Birmingham 


Institute Bill be re-committed to the former Com- #4 Midland 
mittee Institute Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Executor 
the Executor and Trustee Society Bill, as amended 2n4 Trustee 
in the Committee; and Amendments were made to ~°"“Y _ 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Stockton and 
consideration the Stockton and Darlington Railway ae ag 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; a 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
To-morrow. 


The Horsmonden and Marden Roads Bill was Horsmondém 
read the third time. and Marden: 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Rae 

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


The South Shields Roads Bill was read the third South Shields: 
time. Roads Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The National Assurance and Investment Associa- National 

tion Bill was, according to Order, read the third Assurance and 
p Investment 
time, Association 
Dpd2 





Resolved, Bill. 





204 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for granting certain Powers to 
“The National Assurance and Investment Asso- 
ciation.” 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle 
Railway Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Friday next. 


Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne 
and Carlisle 
Railway Bill. 


The South Staffordshire Railway Bill was, accord- 
ing to Order, read the third time ; and Amendments 
were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


South Staf- 
fordshire 
Railway Bili. 


Hertford 
and Welwyn 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the further Proceeding on the third reading of the 
Hertford and Welwyn Junction Railway Bill; 

Ordered, That the further Proceeding on the 
third reading of the said Bill be further adjourned 
till Friday next. 


North London The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
Railway Bill. the further Proceeding on the third reading of the 
North London Railway Bill ; 
Ordered, That the further Proceeding on the 
third reading of the said Bill’be further adjourned 
till Friday next. 


Ordnance. Mr. Monsell presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
No. 156. mand,—Supplemental Estimate of the Charge which 
will probably be incurred during the year ending 

31st March 1855, for Ordnance Services. ° 
Ordered, That the said Estimate be referred ‘to 

the Committee of Supply; and be printed. 


Sir James Graham presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Supplementary Estimate of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Navy, for the year'1854-55. 

Ordered, That the said Estimate be referred to 
the Committee of Supply; and be printed. 


Navy. 
No. 203. 


Exchequer Mr. Hayter presented a Bill for raising a Sum by 
1 024.100) “xchequer Bills for the Service of the year One 
Bil. | | thousand eight hundred and Fifty-four: And the 

same was read the first time; and ordered to be 


read a second time To-morrow. 


Farnworth 
and Kearsley 
Gas, 


Mr. Speaker laid uvon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders in the case of the Petition for the Farn- 
worth and Kearsley Gas Bill. , 

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


A Petition of the there-undersigned Persons, for 
leave to bring in a Bill for supplying with Gas the 
Townships of Farnworth and Kearsley, in the 
County Palatine ‘of Lancaster, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders. 


Farnworth 
and Kearsley 


: The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Expenses Bill. reading of the Hustings Expenses Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 10th day of this instant May. 


Hustings 


Education 
— day next, the Education (Scotland) Bill, was read 
ill. “) y : 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Friday the 12th day of this instant May. 


Museum 
of Industry 
(Dublin. ) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Statements of Amount voted by Parliament, or ex- 
pended from other Sources, for the Museum of In- 


3° Maiti. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Fri- 


A. 1854, 


dustry, Stephen's Green, Dublin, during each year 
since the Formation of that Institution; distinguish- 
ing the Amount expended in purchasing the Pre- 
mises, in building or enlarging or repairing, in Rent, 
in Fittings and Furniture, in Salaries, and in Pur- 
| chases of Specimens or Collections :—Of the Num- 
ber and Subjects of Lectures delivered, and by 
| whom; of the Reports or Publications issued; of 
‘the Amount of Fees received, and how applied, 
|during the year 1853:—And, of the Number of 
| Days on which the Director of the Museum has 
been in Attendance at the Museum during the year 
1853, and of the other Offices held by the Director. 

| The Order for reading a second time, 
nay next, the Testamentary Jurisdiction 
read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 

Monday the 15th day of this instant May. 


oy Fri- Testa 
ill, was Sarisdiction 


Ordered, That the Report of the Select Com- Communica. 
mittee of last Session on Communication between tion between 
London and Dublin, together with the Minutes of Publis Gate 
Evidence, be referred to the Select Committee on ) 


Conveyance of Mails by Railway. 


Petitions relating to Elective Franchise ;—Con- Public 
— and Monastic Institutions Committee ; — Petitions. 
eclarations Bill ;—-Gaols ;—Intoxicating Liquors ; yiae Thirties 
— Maynooth College Act ;—Oaths — Oxford Uni- Lae 
versity Bill; — Public-houses and Beer-shops ; — 
Universities (Oxford and Cambridge) ;—Fire Insu- 
rance ;—Income Tax ;—Paper ;— Agricultural Sta- 
tistics ;— County Courts Act ;— Decimal Coinage ; 
— Dog Carts; — Education (Scotland) Bill; — 
Friendly Societies Bill ;—Juvenile Crime ;—Medical 
Officers (Navy); — Medical Practitioners Bill ;— 
Payment of Wages (Hosiery) Bill ;—Public-houses 
and Beer-shops ;—Railway and Canal Traffic Regu- 
lation Bill; — and, Valuation of Lands (Scotland) 
Bill,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 
Petitions relating to the Judgment Execution, &amp;c. 
Bill,—were also presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by Public Works 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated India.) 
the 14th day of February last, for Copies of the 
Reports of the Commission on Public Works at 
Bombay, and of the Second Report of the Commis- 
sioners on Public Works at Madras, together with 
the Minutes or Reports of the Governor and Mem- 
bers of the Council at Madras to the Governor 
General or Court of Directors, respecting those 
Reports :—Of all Minutes or Reports of the Go- 
vernor General to the Court of Directors in answer 
to or respecting those Reports:—Of any Memo- 
rials from the Commissioners on Public Works at 
Madras to the Court of Directors respecting those 
Reports :—And, of any of the Answers of the Court 
of Directors to the said Memorials, Minutes and 
Reports. 

Return to an Order, dated the 31st day of March Conveyance 
last, for Copies of Contract for the Convey-° 
ance of Mails by Steam Vessels to and from South- 
ampton, Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz and Gib- 
raltar :—Ot the same for the Conveyance of Mails 
by Steam Vessels to and from Liverpool and Hali- 
ax and Boston, and to and from Liverpool and 
New Yorh:-—Of the same for the Conveyance of 
Mails by Steam Vessels to and from the West 
Indies :—Of the same for Extension of the West 
India Contract to Brazil and Buenos Ayres :—Of 
the same for the Conveyance of Mails by Steam 
Vessels on the West Coast of America between 
Callao and Valparaiso:—Of any written Memo- 
randa, Stipulations or Agreements that may exist 
respecting the Conveyance of Passengers by the 
Vessels employed in these Services :—And, of the 





Agreement 








Income Tax 
(Ireland. ) 


No. 194. 


Pauper School 
Districts. 
No. 210. 


Trade and 
Navigation. 
No. 57-I I I, 


Mortmain Bill, 


Medical 
Practitioners 
(No. 2) Bill, 


County Court 

ion Act 
Amendment 
Bill, 


Criminal 
nettstion 





17 Vicrorrz. 


Agreement made with the East India Company in 
1837, towards defraying the Expense of Steam 
Communication to India (Bombay), by way of the 
Red Sea, under which a Sum of £.50,000 is an- 
nually charged in the Post-office Estimates. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Drainage 
(Ireland), which was presented upon the Ist day 
of this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Law 
Unions (Jreland), which was presented upon the 1st 
day of this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Returns relative 
to Grand Jury Presentments (Ireland), which were 
presented upon the 1st day of this instant May, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Turnpike 
Trusts (Jreland), which was presented upon the Ist 
day of this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Re- 
lief ( /reland), which was presented upon the 1st day 
of this instant May, be printed. 


Sir John Young presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—The Census of Jreland for the year 
1851 :—Part III.: Report on the Status of Disease. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Income Tax 
(Ireland), which was presented upon the 8th day of 
July in the last Session of Parliament, be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
to Pauper School Districts, which was presented upon 
the Sth day of August in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, be printed. 


Mr. Cardwell presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Accounts relating to Trade and Navigation, 
Month ended 5th April 1854, and Three Months 
ended 5th April 1854. 

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


The Mortmain Bill was, according to Order, read 
a second time; and committed to a Committee of 
the whole House, for Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Medical Practitioners (No. 2) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the County Court Extension Act Amend- 
ment Bill; 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the -Com- 
mittee, that they have Power to make provision in 
the Bill for extending the provisions of the 18th sec- 
tion of the Act 15 &amp; 16 Vic. c. 54, to cases of Pe- 
titions for Protection from Process made to a County 
Court, under the Acts 5 &amp; 6 Vic. c. 116, 7 &amp; 8 Vie. 
ec. 96, and 10 &amp; 11 Vic. c. 102. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Committee ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 


mittee, be taken into consideration upon Friday 


next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Criminal Conversation Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
Vox. 109. 


38° Maiz. 


‘Assurance Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 








205 


made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “ now ”” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for thes Mr. Bowyer, lao 
Yeas, Mr. Digby Seymour : YE 
Tellers for the { Mr. Hauter, L a 
Noes, (Mr. Grenville Berkeley: J°~"* 


So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the words 

“ upon this day six months” be added at the end 
of the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirma- 
tive. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day six months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Declarations Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

‘The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question-being put, That the word “ now ” 
stand part of the Question ; 

. The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Declarations 
Bill. 


Tellers for the f Mr. Pellatt, 1 
Yeas, (Mr. Hadfield: Eee 
~ Tellers for the mo Hayter, 71 136 
Noes, - (Mr. Grenville Berkeley: for 


So it passed in the Negative. 

_ And the Question being put, That the words 
“ upon this day six months”’ be added at the end 
of the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirma- 
tive. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read.a second time upon 
this day six months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Tenants’ _ 
reading of the Tenants’ Compensation (Ireland) a 
Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Abseonding 
mittee on the.Absconding Debtors (Jre/and) Bill; Debtors 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday ‘i¢l#n4) Bill. 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Russed/: Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 
The Lords have agreed to the Royal Exchange Royal Ex- 

Assurance Consolidation Bill, without any Amend- change Assur- 


ment: And also, prod a 


The Lords have agreed to the Amicable Society Amicable 

Society As- 

surance Bill. 
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Ward's Estate 

for enabling Leases, Sales and Exchanges to be Bill. 

made of Lands subject to the Will of George Ward, 

deceased, and for other purposes, and of which the 

short Title is “‘ Ward’s Estate Act, 1854;” to which 

the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :— 

‘And then the Messenger withdrew. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Carlisle 
reading of the Carlisle Canonries Bill ; Canonries 

And a Motion being made, and the Question Bill. 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 


time; | 
pDpD3 The 





3° Mau. A. 1854, 


4. Resolved, That in the case of the Ambergate, Ambergate, 
Nottingham and Boston, and Eastern Function bail Nottingham 
way (Working Arrangements with Great Northern od Bone 
Railway) Bill Petition of Ambergate, Nottingham Sunction Raj. 
and Buston, and Eastern Junction Railway Com- ¥4Y (Working 
pany, for dispensing with Standing Order 143, the wii, Count 
said Standing Order ought to be dispensed with ; Northern 
that the Powers of Lease, Sale and Purchase con- R#ilway) Bay 


206 


The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “ now” 
stand part of the Question; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 





Conventual 
and Monastic 
Institutions. 


Standing 
Orders. 


Surrey Gas 
Bill. 


Ardrossan and 
Glasgow and 
South Western 
Railways Bill. 


Holyhead 
Harbours Bill, 


The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the {Mr. Ferguson, } 79 
Yeas, § \Mr. Thomas Chambers : ‘ 
Tellers for the {Mr. Goulburn, 1 a7 
Noes, \Mr. Robert Phillimore: { ~"* 
So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
“* upon this day six months” be added at the end 
of the Question :—-It was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day six months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Bankruptcy (Jreland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 17th day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 
upon the 30th day of March last, was = sores to 
be made to the Question, “ That Mr. Walpole be 
“one other Member of the Select Committee on 
“ Conventual and Monastic Institutions ;"’ and which 
Amendment was to leave out from the word “ That” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “ the further nomination of the Committee 
“ be proceeded with upon this day six months,” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question :—The House resumed the said adjourned 
Debate. 

And it being a quarter before Six of the clock, 
Mr. Speaker further adjourned the Debate till To- 
morrow, without putting the Question. 


being read, for the second 


The Order of the da 
reading of the Militia Bill : 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 


morrow. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; 
which were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Surrey Gas 
Bill Petition for additional Provision, the Standing 
Orders ought not to be dispensed with. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Ardrossan 
and Glasgow and South Western Railways Bill 
Petition for dispensing with Standing Orders 112 
and 178, in the case of the Petition of the Duke of 
Portland from Messrs. Maitland and Grahame, the 
said Standing Orders ought to be dispensed with ; 
that the Parties be permitted to be h on their Pe- 
tition, notwithstanding the same shall have been de- 
posited later than Seven clear days after the second 
reading of the Bill. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the Holyhead 
Harbours Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be dis- 
pensed with ; that the Parties be permitted to pro- 
ceed with their Bill. 





tained in the Bill may be retained therein if the 
Committee on the Bill shall think fit, provided it 
shall be shown that the Promoters have proved to 
the satisfaction of the Railway Department of the 
Board of Trade, that they have paid up one-half of 
the amount of £.1,376,550 to which the share 
capital is intended to be reduced, and have expended 
for the purposes of their Act or Acts a. sum equal 
thereto, and provided that a clause be inserted in 
the Bill postponing the exercise of the said Powers 
of Lease, Sale and Purchase until the capital of 
£. 1,932,000 shall have been so reduced ; that the 
Committee on the Bill do report how far such Order 
has been complied with on the Report of the Bill. 

The second, third and fourth Resolutions, being 
read a second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Busi- Business of 
ness of the House have Power to report their Obser- the House. 
vations thereupon, together with the Minutes of the No, 212. 


Evidence taken before them. 

Mr. Wilson Patlen reported from the said Select 
Committee ; That they had examined the matters to 
them referred, and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House, together with the Mi- 
nutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

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


Lord Claud Hamilton reported from the Com- Kingston- 


mittee on Group E. of Private Bills; That in the 


case of the Kingston-upon-Hull Improvement Bill, pi, 


they had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by 
striking out so much thereof as relates to the pur- 
chase of the Gas Works and sale of Gas by the 
Local Board, to the prevention of Frauds in the sale 
and delivery of Coals, and to the proposed repeal of 
exemptions from Rates, it appearing to the Com- 
mittee that it was not expedient to grant such 
Powers, and by other verbal Amendments; and 
found the same, as amended, to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Secretary-at-War presented, by Her Majesty's Army. 
ee ae Estimate of the Charge No, 204 


which will probably be incurred for the Pay, Clo- 
thing and incidental Expenses of a further augmen- 
tation of 14,264 of all Ranks. 

Ordered, That the said Estimate be referred to 
the Committee of Supply ; and be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Report made by Captain 
Warburton to Her Majesty in Council, on the sub- 
ject of a Petition of the Inhabitant Householders of 
the Town of Brighton, praying for a Municipal 
Charter. 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 











17 Vicrori2. 





Jovis, 4° die Maiti; 
Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1854. 
PRrayvERs. 
Furness R. Bouverie reported the Furness Railway 
Railway Bill. M Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
Blackburn Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on 
— the Blackburn Improvement (No. 2) Bill; That 
(2) Bl” they had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by 
inserting a recital respecting the ownership of the 
Manor of Blackburn, and striking out a recital affect- 
ing the Blackburn Gas Company, which, by Amend- 
ment, is not included in the provisions of the Bill, 
in order to make the same consistent with the facts 
of the case; and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, ‘That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Bethesda and «=©Mr, Bouverie reported the Bethesda and Lian- 
Uanlleched = //eched Improvement Bill, with Amendments. 
— Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
BangorWater- Mr, Bouverie reported the Bangor Waterworks 
works Bill. Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, ‘Vhat the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Kingston- The Order, That the Report on the Kingston-upon- | 
— Thames Gas Bill do lie upon the Table, was read, | 


and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee. 


The Order for referring the Kilkenny and Great | 
Bill to the General 


anal Bills, was read, 


Kilkenny and 
Great Southern Southern and Western Railwa 
malvey Bill Committee on Railway and 
and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Chesterfield © The Order for reading the third time the Chester- 
+ Market Bill. field Market Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee. 


Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Bradford 
Waterworks 
Bill, 


Mr. Stanley reported from the Committee on 
Group B. of Private Bills; That in the case of the | 
Bradford Waterworks Bill, they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, in the 11th line of the 2d 
page, by striking out the word “ Shipley,” the part 
of the Bill relating thereto not having been proved to 
their satisfaction ; and found the same, as amended, 
to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


anit 4 Mr. Stanley reported from the Committee on 
Waerwork, Oroup B, of Private Bills; That in the case of the 


4° Mait. 
“ hereinafter-mentioned ; and whereas the purposes 
“ aforesaid,” at the end of the said recital, such 
alteration being necessary in consequence of pre- 
vious amendments ; and found the same, as amended, 


to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 


and Improvement Bill, with Amendments. 


consideration the Stockton and Darlington Railway 


third time. 


and be printed. 





Bradford Corporation Waterworks Bill, they had | 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble | 
of the Bill, and amended the same in the 12th line | 
of the 3d page, by striking out the words “or take | 
“a lease of,” in consequence of the Promoters of | 
the Bill not intending to take such Power; and by | 
inserting after the word “ Act,” in the 15th line of the | 
same page, the Articles of Agreement, dated the 15th | 
day of March 1854, made between the said Mayor, | 
Aldermen and Burgesses of the one part, and the | 
said Company of the other part; the recital of such | 
Agreement being necessary, in consequence of the | 
Committee having given the said Promoters of the | 
Bill a Power to purchase ; and by striking out the | 
words “ but the same,” and inserting instead thereof, 


207 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Tatton Egerton reported from the Sub-Com- Barnard Castle 


mittee on Group 4 of Railway Bills; That in the case and Bishop 
of the Barnard Castle and Bishop Auckland Junc- 
tion Railway and Branch Bill, the 

the allegations contained in the B 
Bill, but the same had not been proved to their satis- 
faction. 


Auckland 


: Junction Rail- 
had examined way and 


reamble of the Branch Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


Sir William Clay reported the Edinburgh Police rainburgh 
Police and 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Stockton and 
Darlington 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; Railway Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 


former Committee ; and that they have leave to sit, 
and proceed To-morrow, at Twelve o’clock. 


The Newport Improvement Bill was read the Newport 
Improvement 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Bill. 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


” | to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order for referring the Glasgow Bridges Bill Glasgow 


to the Committee of Selection, was read, and dis- Bridges Bill. 
charged. 


Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Lord Stanley reported the Oxford, Worcester and Oxford, Wor- 
Wolverhampton Wailway (Chipping Norton Branch) cester and 
Bill, with Amendments. pa Railway 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; (Chipping 
a 

Mr. Wrightson reported from the Committee on Wadsley and 
Group T. of Private Bills; That in the case of the Langset Road 
Wadsley and Langset Road Bill, they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Pantie of the 
Bill, and amended the same, by adding a paragraph 
stating that the persons entitled to certain therein- 
mentioned sums had required payment thereof, and 
that it was expedient that Power should be granted 
to the Trustees to borrow upon the security of the 
Tolls by the said Bill authorized such sums of 
money as were therein set forth ; and that they had 
made two verbal Amendments in the said Preamble, 
the Committee having been satisfied of the necessity 
of such alterations ; and found the same, as amended, 
to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Wrightson reported the Trowbridge Roads Trowbridge 
Bill, with Amendments. Roads Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Adair reported from the Sub-Committee on Railway and 
Group 6 of Railway and Canal Bills; That the Canal Bills 
Committee could not proceed to business this day, we 
in consequence of the absence of Mr. 0’ Flaherty, 
and his not having signed his “ Declaration.” 

Ordered, ‘Vhat Mr. O'Flaherty be discharged 
from further attendance on the Committee. 


Ward’s Estate Bill was read the first time. Ward's Estate 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- ¥i 


“and it is expedient to raise the same in manner | miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Von. 109. 


pp4 Mr. 








Tracthbach 
Bridge and 
Road Bill. 


British 
Museum. 


Holt Forest. 


Rural Police. 
No. 211. 


Public Works 
(India. ) 


No. 213. 


Loan Fund 
Board of Ire- 
land, 


Queen's Col- 
lege (Cork.) 


London and 
Dublin Mails. 


Public Build. 


ings (Downing: 


street.) 


Excise Officers. 


208 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for additional Pro- 
vision in the Traethbach Bridge and Road Bill. | 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of all Minutes made by the ‘I'rustees of the | 
British Museum since the 1st day of January 1850, 
relating to the Salaries and Promotion of Officers 
and all other Persons in that Establishment :—Of 
any Report or Communication from the Heads of 
Departments to the Trustees of the British Museum, 
relative to the Salaries and Promotions subsequent 
to the Report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry 
into the Progress and Management of the said Bri- 
tish Museum:—And, of any Communication or 
Representation made to the said Heads of Depart- 
ments relating to the same. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Report from the Referees appointed by 
the Tréasury on the 31st day of March last, to in- 
og: into the Charges of Fraud, &amp;c. made against 
the Deputy Surveyors of Holt Forest by Mr. Ken- 
nedy and by Mr. Brown, and of any Papers conse- | 
quent thereon. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
to Rural Police, which was presented upon the 14th 
day of February last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Public 
Works (India), which was presented upon the 3d 
day of this instant May, be printed. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty's Com- 
mand,—Copy of Sixteenth Annual Report of the 
Commissioners of the Loan Fund Board of Jreland, 
pursuant to the Act 6 &amp; 7 Vic. c. 91. 

Copy of Report of the President of the Queen’s 
College, Cork, for the Academic year 1852-53. 

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


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 2d day of February last, for a Return of the ‘Time | 
at which the Night Mail from Zondon to Dublin is | 
due at Holyhead and Dublin respectively, under the 
present Arrangement; of the Date when such 
Arrangement took effect, and of the actual Time of 
Arrival and Delivery on board the Packet at Holy- | 
head, and of the Arrival in Dublin, in each day, from | 
that day to the 31st day of December 1853 :—And, | 
Similar Return as regards the Day Mail from Zon- 
don to Dublin. 

Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of Fe- 
bruary last, for a Keturn of the Expenses that have 
been incurred in Alterations, Repairs and Improve- 
ments to the various Public Buildings in Downing- 
street, from the year 1830 to the end of 1853, spe- 
cifying what Amount has been expended each 
year. 
Return to an Order, dated the 14th day of March | 
last, for Returns of the Number of Officers of Ex- | 
cise under the Rank of a Supervisor employed in | 
England, Scotland and Ireland, respectively, in the | 
year 1848, and subsequent years :—Of the N umber | 
of such Officers removed annually, since the begin- 
ning of the year 1848 (in consequence of havin 
been Four years in one Station), from England, 
Scotland and Ireland, distinguishing to which 
of these Kingdoms they have been respectively 
removed :—And, Account of Expenses incurred and 
paid to or on account of such Ofiicers in consequence 
of such Removals ; distinguishing, as far as can be 











4° Mazz. 


A. 1854, 


ascertained, Travelling Expenses from any other 
Items. 


Return to an Order, dated the 11th day of April last, Deficiency 
for Statements of the Amount of all Deficiency Bills, or Bills, &amp;. 
other Bills, in anticipation of the Public Revenue(spe- No. 214, 


cifying whether payable out of the growing Revenue 
of the present or next Quarter), issued since the 5th 
day of January last, and up to the 11th day of April; 
with the Dates of their Issues, Dates of their Redem 
tion, and Amount outstanding on the 11th day of 
April ; setting forth also the Rate per cent. of Interest 
payable for the same, and the Aggregate Amount 
of Interest paid :—Of all Exchequer Bills, or other 
Government Securities, purchased by the Governor 
and Company of the Bank of England, since the 
5th day of January last, or on which any Sum has 
been lent or advanced for the Public Service, or 
issued to the South Sea Company; showing the 
Amount of such Bills paid off, and when; the Rate 
per cent. per annum or per day of Interest payable ; 
the Amount paid for Interest ; and the Amount of 
such Bills or Securities outstanding :—Of all Sales 
or Purchases of Stock, or Exchequer or Deficiency 
Bills, by the Commissioners for the Reduction of 
the National Debt, since the Returns (68) and (70), 
either in respect of Savings Banks or the Sinking 
Fund; with the Dates of the Transactions and Rates 
of Purchase, and Rate of Equivalent Stock created 
as respects Savings Banks; and Amount of Defi- 
ciency Bills, if any, now held by the said Commis- 
sioners :—Of the Balance in the Exchequer at the 
end of the year, 5th day of April 1854, of the Amount 
received ; specifying whether from Revenue, or from 
what other sources ; of the Amount paid; and of 
Balance in the Exchequer on the 11th day of April 
1854 :—Of all Additions to, and Reductions of, the 
Funded and Unfunded Debt, respectively, from the 
5th day of April 1853 to the 11th day of April 1854; 
and of the Amount of the Funded and Unfunded 
Debt on those Days respectively: — Of the Sums 
certified after the expiration of each of the last Four 
Quarters (ending the 5th day of January last), by the 
Lords Commissioners of the Treasury to the Com- 
missioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, 
in pursuance of the Act 10 Geo. 4, c. 27, as being 
the actual Surplus ltevenue beyond the actual Ex- 
penditure for the year preceding ; with a Statement 
of the Sums which the sana. dof for the Reduc- 
tion of the National Debt gave Notice in the Gazette 
would be applied during the then next ensuing 
Quarters to the Reduction of the National Debt :— 
And, of the Sums actually applied, in pursuance of 
such Notices, towards the Reduction of the National 
Debt, during each of such Quarters, and of the Sums 
applied out of such Surplus in paying Deficiency 
Bills. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Deficiency 
Bills, &amp;c. be printed. 


Petitions relating to Church Rates ;—Conventual 
and Monastic Institutions Committee ;—Gaols ;— 
Intoxicatin 
and “wom 
bridge) ;—Militia Stores ;—Stage Carriages ;—Edu- 
cation (Scotland) ;—Education (Scotland) Bill ;— 
Medical Officers (Navy) ;— Medical Practitioners 
Bill ;— Merchant Shipping Bill; Ocean Penny 
Postage ;— Russia; —Settlement and Removal Bill ; 
—and, William Sturgeon,— were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to the Judgment Execution, &amp;c. 
Bill,—were also presented, and read ; and referred to 
the Select Committee on the Bill. 


Ordered, 
Copy of Report by Vice-Admiral Dundas, of the 
Visit of Her Majesty’s Steam Ship “ Sampson,” and 
the French Steam Ship “ Cacique,” to the Coasts of 
Georgia and Circassia. 

Ordered, 





Public 
Petitions. 


Liquors ;—Oaths Bill ;—Public-houses Vide Thirty- 
ops ;— Universities (Oxford and Cam- first Report. 


That there be laid before this House, @ Ships “Samp~ 
son” and 


“ Cacique.” 











17 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That Mr. Aglionby have leave of absence 
for ten days, on account of illness in his family. 


« 1 ‘ of 


Mr. Osborne presented,—Further Return to an 
Order, dated the 31st day of March last, for Copies 
of Contract for the Conveyance of Mails by Steam 
Vessels to and from Southampton, Vigo, Oporto, 
Lisburn, Cadiz and Gibraltar :—Of the same for the 
Conveyance of Mails by Steam Vessels to and from 


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Liverpool and Halifax and Boston, and to and from 
Liverpool and New York:—Of the same for the | 
Conveyance of Mails by Steam Vessels to and from | 
the West Indies :—Of the same for extension of the | 
West India Contract to Brazil and Buenos Ayres : | 
—0Of the same for the Conveyance of Mails by Steam | 
Vessels on the West Coast of America between Callao | 
and Valparaiso :—Of any written Memoranda, Sti- | 
pulations or Agreements that may exist respecting 
the Conveyance of Passengers by the Vessels em- | 
ployed in these Services :—And, of the Agreement ; 
made with the East India Company in 1837, to-| 
wards defraying the Expense of Steam Communica- 
tion to India (Bombay), by way of the Red Sea, 
under which a Sum of £. 50,000 is annually charged | 
in the Post-office Estimates. | 

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





Lichfield Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 

Writ. to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Citizen to serve in this present 
Parliament for the City of Lichfield, in the room of 
Thomas George Anson, commonly called Viscount 
Anson, now Earl of Lichfield, called up to the House 
of Peers. 

Message from A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Russell: | 

the Lords. Mr. Speaker, 

Income Tax The Lords have agreed to the Income Tax Bill, | 

Bill. without any Amendment: And also, 


Berens’ 


Esquire, with Louisa Maria Berens, his now Wife, 
and to enable him to marry again, and for other pur-| 
poses therein mentioned ; to which the Lords desire | 
the concurrence of this House:—And then the | 


Messenger withdrew. 


Berens’ Berens’ Divorce Bill was read the first time ; and | 
Divorce Bill. ordered to be read a second time. 
Merchant The Order of the day being read, for the second | 
Shipping Bill. reading of the Merchant Shipping Bill ; | 
Ordered, Vhat the Bill be read a second time 

upon Monday next. | 

Merchant The Order of the day being read, for the second | 
Being Acts reading of the Merchant Shipping Acts Repeal | 
ill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon | 
Monday nest. 


Stamps. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Stamp Acts ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Wreck and The Order of the day being read, for the second 


Bill. reading of the Wreck and Salvage Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Church The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Pailin i Acts mittee on the Church Building Acts Amendment 
ti, Bill; 

. Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 





Oxford Uni. 


‘Mut Bill. mittee on the Oxford University Bill; 


| 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act | 
Divorce Bill. to dissolve the peg of William Joseph Berens, 





VoL. 109. 


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es 


» 


Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Railway and 
mittee on the Railway and Canal Traffic Regulation Canal Traffic 
Bill ; : — eae 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Debate be now adjouried ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Ricardo, 1 40 

Yeas, Mr. Thomas Duncombe: J ** 

Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, : 261 

Noes, \UMr. Grenville Berkeley - } ° 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 

(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Criause, Ne 1 (Board of Trade). 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 


That the Committee a have leave to sit again. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Witnesses 
mittee on the Witnesses Bill ; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Boundary 
mittee on the Boundary Survey (Jreland) Bill ; Survey (Ire- 
Resolved, That this House will, after the other Or- land) Bi. 
ders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 

mittee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Dublin Port 
into consideration the Dublin Port Bill, as amended Bill. 
in the Committee ; and an Amendment was made to 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow. 


The Exchequer Bills Bill was, according to Order, Exchequer 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee Tats shail 
of the whole House, for To-morrow. &lt; ne 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Conventual 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, and Monastic 
upon the 30th day of March last, was proposed to stitutions. 
be made to the Question, “ That Mr. Walpole be 
‘‘one other Mémber of the Select Committee on 
“ Conventual and Monastic Institutions ;” 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Thursday the 18th day of this instant May. 


The Militia Bill was, according to Order, read a Militia Bill. 
second time ; and committed to a Committee of the 
whole House, for To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Oxford Uni- 
a Committee on the Oxford University Bill. versity Bill 


(In the Committee.) 


Cuiause, N*6 (Composition of Hebdomadal 
Council). 


EE Another 











Boundary 
Survey (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Colonial 
Clergy Dis- 
abilities Bill. 


Royal Military 


Asylum. 


Accidents in 
Coal Mines. 


Vice-Admiralty Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 
_a Return from the Registrar of the High Court of 


Courts. 


210 


Another Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 4, at 
the end of the Amendment, to insert the words 
“ which other Professor shall always be chosen 
“ from among the Professors of Theolo hag 

Question, That those words be there inserted, 
—put, and negatived. 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the 
Clause, to leave out the word “ Congregation,” in 
order to insert the word “ Convocation,” instead 
thereof. 

Question put, That the word “ Congregation ” 
stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the oe Hayter, 

Yeas, Mr. Grenville Berkeley : 

Tellers for the; Mr. Newdegate, 

. Noes, { Six William Jolliffe : 

An Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 7, amended, and agreed to. 

Cravse, N° 8, agreed to. 

Cuiause, N° 9, disagreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 10, amended, and agreed to. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


192. 


176. 


1 
J 
1 
J 


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


Veneris, 5° die Maii, 1854: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Boundary Survey (Jre- 
land) Bill; and, after some time spent therem, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bounerie 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee, this day, on the Colonial Clergy Dis- 
abilities Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
19th day of this instant May, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, praying that She will be graciously 
pleased to grant an Inquiry into the capability of 
increasing the Accommodation at the Royal Military 
Asylum at Chelsea, for the Reception of the Chil- 
dren of Non-commissioned Officers and Soldiers on 
Foreign Service, as far as may be practicable, to the 
extent which that Establishment afforded under 
various Warrants of Her Majesty’s Royal Prede- 
cessors :— And the said Motion was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That Colonel Pennant be discharged 
from further attendance on the Select Committee on 
Accidents in Coal Mines. 

Ordered, That Viscount Goderich be added to the 


Committee. 


Admiralty, together with Copies of the Return trans- 
mitted to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty 
from the several Vice-Admiralty Courts, of all Cases 
which have been adjudged in the said Courts re- 


4°—5° Maii. 


A. 1854, 


spectively, under the Act 13 &amp; 14 Vic. since the 1st 
day of June 1850, with the Dates of the Seizure, 
according to the Schedule annexed to the said Act. 


to amend the Industrial and Provident Societies 
Act, 1852: And that Viscount Goderich, Mr. So- 
theron and Mr.John Ball do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


The Payment of Wages (Hosiery) Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to the Select Committee on the Payment of 
Wages Bill. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the following Members be Members 
of the Select Committee on Poor Removal :—And 
a Debate arising thereupon ; 

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

Ordered, That the following Members be Mem- 
bers of the Select Committee on Poor Removal :— 
Mr. Baines, Sir George Grey, Sir John Trollope, 
Sir Benjamin Hall, Mr. Liddell, Mr. Dunlop, Mr. 
Alexander Hastie, Colonel Blair, Colonel Mure, Mr. 
Cumming Bruce, Sir John Young, Mr. George Alex- 
ander Hamilton, Sir Robert Ferguson, Mr. John Bail 
and Mr. Maguire; with Power to send for persons, 
papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
ws the Public StatueS“within the Metropolitan 

olice District under the control of the Commis- 
sioners of Her Majesty’s Works and Public Build- 
ings: And that Sir William Molesworth and Mr. 
Attorney General do prepare, and bring it in. 


Viscount Goderich presented a Bill to amend the 
Industrial and Provident Societies Act, 1852: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Tuesday the 16th day of 
this instant May ; and to be printed. 


Sir William Molesworth presented a Bill to place 
the Public Statues within the Metropolitan Police 


Her Majesty’s Works and Public Buildings: And 
the same was read the first time; and ate to 
be read a second time upon Thursday next; and to 
be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
| till One of the clock on Friday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 














Veneris, 5° die Maii; 
Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1854. 





PRAYERS. 
M R. Wilson Patten reported from the Com- 
mittee of Selection; That they have added 
‘the Stourbridge and Bridgnorth Road Bill to Group 
| T. of Private Bills. 

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

Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; 
which were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Ballymena, 
| Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Rail- 
way (No. 1) Bill Petition for dispensing with Stand- 
ing Order 143, from Ballymena, &amp;c. Railway Com- 
pany, the said Standing Order ought not to be 


di d with. 
ispensed wi 2. Resolved, 


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


gud Provident | 


Payment of — ! 
ages 
(Hosiery) Bu, 


Poor Removal, 


Public Statues, 


Industrial 

and Provident 

Societies Bill, 
Bill 84, 


Public Statues 
Bill. 


District under the control of the Commissioners of _ Bill 85. 


Committee of 
Selection 
(Tenth Re- 
port. 

No. 215. 


Standing 


Ballymena, 
Ballymoney, 


Coleraine and © — 
Portrush py. 


Junction ee 
way (No. 1) 
Bill. 


i 









Bab 
ymoney, 


in 


4 vay (No. 2) 


Midland Great 
Western Rail- 
way of Ireland 

estown 
ion. ) 


Lowestoft 
Improvement 
(No, 2) Bill. 


North Shields 
ys and 
vements 


Private Bill 
(Group Q)" 


Rail ing 


17 Vicroriz. 


2. Resolved, That inthe case of the Ballymena, 
Ballymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Rail- 
way (No. 2) Bill Petition for dispensing with Stand- 
Order 143, from Ballymena, Ballymoney, Cole- 
raine and Portrush Junction Railway Company, the 
said. Standing Order ought not to be dispensed 
with. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the Tees Con- 
servancy Petition, the Standing Orders ought to be 
dispensed with ; that the Parties be permitted to 
proceed with their Bill, provided that they give 
Notice to the 2d Class Mortgagees of the Bill 
being allowed to proceed ; that the Committee on the 
Bill do report how far such Order has been com- 
plied with on the Report of the Bill. 

4. Resolved, That in the case of the Traethbach 
Bridge and Road Bill Petition for additional Provi- 
sion, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed 
with; that the Parties be permitted to introduce 
their additional Provision, if the Committee on the 
Bill shall think fit. 

5. Resolved, That in the case of the Farnworth 
and Kearsley Gas Petition, the Standing Orders 
ought to be dispensed with; that the Parties be 
permitted to proceed with their Bill. 

6. Resolved, That in the case of the Midland 
Great Western Railway of Jreland (Strokestown 
Extension) Petition for leave to deposit Petition for 
Bill, the Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed 
with. 

The third, fourth and fifth Resolutions, being read 
a second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the General Com- 
mittee on Railway and Canal Bills; That they have 
made certain alterations in several Groups already 
formed ; and have agreed to report the same to the 

ouse. 

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


Mr. Christopher reported from the Committee on 
Group Q. of Private Bills That in the case of the 
Lowestoft Improvement (No. 2) Bill, they had exa- 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, and amended the same, by the insertion of 
the words “and Robert Reeve, William Cleveland 
“ and Edmund Newton” after the word “ Naviga- 
“ tion,” in 1. 4, p. 6, for the purpose of correctly 
describing the account under which certain purchase- 
monies of the Lamp Lands have been paid into the 
Court of Chancery, and by striking out the words 
“ such land be vested in the Commissioners and for 
“ for ever appropriated,” and inserting in lieu there- 
of, the words “ the Commissioners be empowered to 
“ improve the same,” in ]. 3, p. 7, as the Committee 
did not think it expedient to vest the Battery-green 
absolutely in the Commissioners ; and also had made 
several verbal Amendments thereto; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Christopher reported the North Shields Quays 
and Improvements Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Christopher reported from the Committee on 
Group Q. of Private Bills; That Sir John Fitz- 
Gerald, one of the selected Members of the said 
Committee, was not present during the sitting of the 
Committee this day. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Duncan reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 3d day of this instant 
May; and had directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. 

Vou. 109. 


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211 


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


Ordered, That so much of the Standing Order Railway Bills. 
184, as requires the printing of Clauses in extenso, 
be suspended with regard to the forwarding of Traffic 
Clauses inserted in Railway Bills, provided that the 
marginal notes and numbers of such Clauses be 


printed. 


The Order for referring the Patent Solid Sewage Patent Solid 
Manure Company Bill to the Committee of Selection, Sewage 
was read, and discharged. a 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Patent Solid 
to re-incorporate the Patent Solid Sewage Manure Sewage 
Company, and to extend its Powers: And that Mr. vou Ona 
Scholefield and Mr. Bright do prepare, and bring 


it in. 


The Order, That the Report on the Llandudno Liandudno 
[mprovement Bill do lie upon the Table, was read, Improvement 
and discharged. = 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee :—And that they have leave to sit, 
and proceed forthwith. 


Ordered, That the ~— Harbours Bill be Holyhead 
read a second time upon Monday next. Harbours Bill. 


Ordered, That the Blyth and Tyne Railway Bill Blyth ana 
be read the third time upon Monday next. 7 Railway 


Ordered, That the Caterham Railway Bill be read Caterham 
the third time upon Monday next. ning = 


Ordered, That the Darlington and Barnard parlington 
Castle Railway Bill be read the third time upon ee gt 
Monday next. walk. 

Ordered, That the Eastern Union Railway Bill Eastern Union 
be read the third time upon Monday next. Railway Bill. 


Ordered, That the Lancashire and Yorkshire Rail- Lancashire 
way (Middleton Branch) Bill be read the third time and Yorkshire 
upon Monday next. veaae a 

Branch) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Lancashire and Yorkshire Rail- Lancashire 
way (Liverpool Dock Branches) Bill be read the Raileey Cie’ 
third time upon Monday next. weed Dock 
Branches) Bill. 


Ordered, That the London, Brighton and South London, 
Coast Railway Bill be read the third time upon Brighton and 


th Coast 
Monday next. Railway Bill. 


The Nene Valley Drainage and Navigation Bill Nene Valley 
was read the third time; and Amendments were ee 
made to the Bill. Bil. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the Vewcastle-upon- Newcastle- 
Tyne Docks Bill be now read the third time ; ey 
Mr. Hayter, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- ~ 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think 
fit. 
Then the Bill was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Perth and Dunkeld Railway Perth and 
Bill be read the third time upon Monday next. ee 
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onan e SERN SSS Se 


Saaeaen 


a aE SRS SERB 


















Whitehaven, 
Cleator and 
Egremont 
Railway Bill. 


ae 
upon-Tyne 
and Carlisle 
Railway Bill. 


Hertford 
and Welwyn 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


North London 
Railway BIL 


Birmingham 
Canal Navi- 
gations Bill. 


Farnworth 
and Kearsley 
Gas. 


Railway and 
Canal Bills 
(Group 6.) 


Devonport 
Writ. 


Hastings 
Writ. 


London and 
Dublin Mails. 


Gaming- 
houses Bill. 


Bill 86. 


212 


Ordered, That the Whitehaven, Cleator and - 
mont Railway Bill be read the third time upon Mon- 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle 
Railway Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the further Proceeding on the third reading of the 
Hertford and Welwyn Junction Railway Bill ; 

Ordered, That the further Proceeding on the third 
reading of the said Bill be further adjourned till 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 


further Proceeding on the third reading of the | 


North London Railway Bill ; 

Ordered, That the further Proceeding on the third 
reading of the said Bill be further adjourned till 
Monday next. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Birmingham Canal Navigations Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

A Clause (Land for extraordinary purposes), was 
twice read; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Contracts to be made impar- 
tially), was twice read ; aud made part of the Bill. 

Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House was moved, That the Report from the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of 
the Petition for the Farnworth and Kearsley Gas 
Bill, might be read ; and the same being read ;. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for supplying with Gas the Townships of Farnworth 
and Kearsley, in the County Palatine of Lancaster : 
And that Mr. Brotherton and Mr. Barnes do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Sub-Committee on Group 6 of 
Railway and Canal Bills be revived:—And that 
they have leave to sit, and proceed upon Monday 
next, at Twelve o'clock. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Devonport, in the 
room of the Right honourable Henry Tufnell, who, 
since his Election for the said Borough, hath ac- 
cepted the Office of Steward of Her Majesty’s 
Manor of Northstead. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Baron to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Town and Port of Hastings, in 
the room of Musgrave Brisco, Esquire, who, since 
his Election for the said Town and Port, hath ac- 
cepted the Office of Steward or Bailiff of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough 
and Bonenxham, in the County of Buckingham. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to London and 
Dublin Mails, which was presented upon the 4th 
day of this instant May, be referred to the Select 
Committee on Conveyance of Mails by Railway. 


Mr. Attorney General presented a Bill for the 
Suppression of Gaming-houses : And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Thursday the 11th day of this instant 
May ; and to be printed. 


5° Maiti. 


A. 1854, 


Group R. of Private 
Hexham Roads Bill, they had examined the allega- 
tions contained in the mas of the Bill, and 
amended the same, by the insertion of the word 
“ principal ” after the word “ such,” in 1. 16, p. 2, for 
the purpose of extinguishing all arrears of interest ; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


and Gloucester Roads Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Group S. of Private Bills ; 
Yeovil Improvement Bill, they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, in the 2d line of the 1st 
| page, by adding the words “ certain of,” because all 
'the Inhabitants of the Borough of Yeovil are not 
|“ a body politic and corporate, called and known 
|“ by the name of ‘ The Portreeve and Burgesses of 
“ the Borough of Yeovil;’” and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





mittee on Group 4 of Railway and Canal Bills; 
That in the case of the Stockton and Darlington 
Railway (re-committed) Bill, they had amended the 
Preamble of the Bill, by increasing to £. 200,000 the 
amount which it is expedient that the Company 
should be authorized to raise, evidence having we 
adduced to the Committee that such additional 
amount was required by the Company; and that 
the Committee had gone through the Clauses of the 
Bill, and amended the same, in conformity there- 
with. 

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


Group I. of Private Bills; That in the case of the 
Bolton Improvement Bill, they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, by striking out the words re- 
lating to making and maintaining Gas Works and 
Cemeteries, the Powers to make and maintain such 
Gas Works and Cemeteries having been abandoned 
by the Promoters of the Bill; and found the same, 
as amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


2d day of March last, for Returns of the Depdts esta- 
blished by the Colonial Land and Emigration Com- 
missioners, for the purpose of sending Emigrants to 
the Australian Colonies with Free Passages, with 
the Date of the establishment of each:—Of the 
Total Expense of maintaining each Depét in each 
year since its establishment, and of the Number and 
Salaries of the Persons employed in each :—Of the 
Sum expended in each year in paying the Expenses 
of the ‘transmission of Emigrants from Ireland to 
each Depot :—And, of the Total Number of Emi- 
grants in each year who have been sent with Free 
Passages from each Depot, and of the Number of 
such Emigrants who have been /{rish. 

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


to Her Majesty, that She will be paren! pleased 
ive directions, that there be laid before this House, 
eturns of the Names of Persons convicted of steal- 

; ing 





Colonel Pennant reported from the Committee on Hexham a 
ills ; That in the case of the Roads By, ~ 


Colonel Pennant reported the Stroud, Painswick Strova, Pain. 


wick and 
Gloucester 
Roads Bill, 


Rail 


Sir William Clay ee from the Committee on Yeovil Im- 
That in the case of the en 


Mr. Eliot Lockhart reported from the Sub-Com- Stockton and 
Darlington 
way 


Bill 


Mr. Ker Seymer reported from the Committee on Bolton Im- 


ape 


Mr. Peel presented,—Return to an Order, dated the Emigration. 


-stealin 
Resolved, That an humble Address be preemies Cer in + 
land, &amp;¢. 





















































" Bmigration 
(Australian 
Colonies. ) 


China 
Expedition. 


17 Vicroriz. 


ing Coal, during the Two years ending respectively 
the Ist day of May 1853 and 1854, at the Courts 
of Assize and of Quarter Sessions in Northumber- 
land, Durham, Lancashire, the West Riding of 
Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Monmouthshire 
and Glamorganshire, and before Recorders of Towns 
in the said Counties and Riding, specifying the Age 
and Sex of the Offenders, the Number of those ad- 
mitted to Bail, the Length of Imprisonment before 
Trial of those not admitted to Bail, the Sentences 
imposed, and the Cost of the Prosecutions in each 
County :—And, of the Names of Persons convicted 
of the same Offence dnring the same years, under the 
“ Juvenile Offenders Acts,” specifying the Age and 
Sex of the Offenders, and the Sentences imposed 
upon them. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of any Despatches rela- 
tive to Emigration to the Australian Colonies (in 
continuation of Papers presented to this House in 
April 1853). 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Correspondence between Her Majesty’s 
Government or any Department of it, or the Board 
of Commissioners for the Affairs of Zndia, and the 
Court of Directors of the East India Company, re- 
garding the Settlement of the Balance of the Expen- 
diture by the Government of Jndia, on account of 
the Expedition to China. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of the Amount of Stocks purchased by the 
Commissioners of Savings Banks, between the 5th 
day of June 1853 and the 25th day of April 1854, 
both days inclusive:—Of the Amount of Stocks 
sold by the Commissioners of Savings Banks, be- 
tween the 5th day of June 1853 and the 25th day 
of April 1854, both days inclusive :—Of the Amount 


5° Maiz. 





of Exchequer Bills purchased by the Commissioners 
of Savings Banks, between the 5th day of June 
1853 and the 25th day of April 1854, both days in- 
clusive :—Of the Amount of Exchequer Bills sold 
by the Commissioners of Savings Banks, between 
the 5th day of June 1853 and the 25th -day of 
April 1854, both days inclusive :—Of the Amount | 
of Money received between the 5th day of June 
1853 and the 25th day of April 1854, both days 
inclusive, for the purpose of being invested by the 
Commissioners of Savings Banks on account of 
the Depositors:—Of the Amount of Money re- 
quired from the Commissioners of Savings Banks, 


| Her Majesty, dated the 9th day of March last, for a Measures 





between the 5th day of June 1853 and the 25th day 
of April 1854, both days inclusive, on account of 
the Depositors :—Of the Amount of Money remain- 
ing uninvested in the Hands of the Commissioners | 
of Savings Banks, on the 5th day of June 1853 and | 
the 25th day of April 1854 :—And, of the Amounts | 
of Funded and Unfunded Debt held by the Com- | 
missioners of Savings Banks, on the 5th day of June, 
1853 and the 25th day of April 1854. | 


Mr. Osborne presented, — Return to an Order, | 
dated the 28th day of March last, for a Copy of the 
Report of the Committee of Naval Officers appointed 
by the Admiralty in 1852, to inquire into and to 
test the relative or comparative merits of Anchors of 
all Nations :—And, Statement whether the Admiralty 
have acted upon that Report in adoption of any 
particular Anchor for the use of the Navy. 

VoL, 109. 








213 


. Return to an Order, dated the 23d day of March Cone Tele- 
last, for Copy of all Correspondence and Reports staph. 
relating to Mf. Redl’s Cone ‘l'elegraph. 

Return to an Order, dated the 6th day of April Assistant 
last, for Refurns of the Number of Assistant Sur- — 
_— required at present for the exigencies of the A“) 

aval Service :—Of the Number of Candidates for 
the Appointment now on the Books of the Admi- 
ralty :—Of the Number of Applicants for the Ap- 
pointment, from the 1st day of January to the 31st 
day of December 1853, and from the 1st day of Ja- 
nuary 1854 to the present time :—And, of the Num- 
ber of Applicants in each Period who have proved 
to be unqualitied on Examination. 

Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of April Assistant 
last, for Returns of the actual Number of Vacancies Surgeons 
for Assistant Surgeons, whether in Ships of War or “**Y ) 
in Hospitals, and the Number of Candidates (quali- 
fied) to fill up such Vacancies, together with the 
Number rejected, from the 1st day of January 1853 
to the 6th day of March 1854 :—And, of the Num- 
ber of Surgeons appointed to Hospitals to do the 
duty of Assistant Surgeons, together with the Num- 
ber of Druggists’ Assistants recently employed at 
Naval Hospitals to compound Medicine, a duty 
hitherto performed by junior Assistant Surgeons. 
™ — That the said Returns do lie upon the 

able. 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Zilandudno Improve- Liandudno 
ment (re-committed) Bill, with further Amend- Improvement 
ments. = 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Standing Order Public 
relative to the Days on which the Committees of Business. 
Supply and Ways and Means shall be fixed, might 
be read; and the same was read, as followeth: 

“ That the Committees of Supply and Ways and 
Means shall be fixed for Monday, Wednesday and 
Friday, and for any other day on which Orders of 
the day shall have precedence of Notices of Motions, 

. which Notice shall be given or. the preceding Fri- 
ay.” 

Ordered, That the said Standing Order be re- 

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


Mr. Fitzroy presented,—Return to an Address to Weights and 
Return showing the various Weights and Measures eon) _ 
customarily used for the Sale of Corn and Grain in 
the different Unions in the Counties of Stafford and 
Salop. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Aliens. 
5th day of April last, for a Return of the Number of No. 217. 
Aliens naturalized under the Provisions of the Act 
7 &amp; 8 Vic. c. 66, intituled, “ An Act to amend the 
Laws relating to Aliens,” specifying the Name and 
Description of each Alien, with the Date of his 
Naturalization, from the passing of the aforesaid Act 
to the present time. 

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


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by East India. 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 21st day of February last, for a Statement, show- 
ing the Quantity of Land under Cultivation in each 
of the Districts of the Madras Presidency, distin- 
guishi the Quantity in Acres or Cawnies of Land 
irrigated, with the Amount in Rupees of the Go- 
vernment Assessment rated thereon, and the Quan- 
tity of Land in Acres or Cawnies under dry Cultiva- 
tion, with the Amount of Government Assessment 

EE3 rated 





Excise Officers. 
No. 218. 


Public Build- 

ings (Down- 

ing-street. ) 
No. 219. 


Wine and 
Spirit Licenses. 
No. 220. 


Public 

Petitions. 

Vide Thirty- 
first Rep ort. 


214 


rated thereon; the Total Land Revenue in each 
District, Gross and Net, and the Total Area of each 
District in Acres or Cawnies, which fre barren, not 
cultivated or alienated, in Enaum ; also, an Abstract 
of the Total Area, in Acres or Cawnies; in the several 
Districts of the Madras Presidency, comprising 
cultivated and uncultivated Lands :—And, Copies 
of all Applications from the Government of Madras 
to the = tomamere of India and to the Honourable 
Court of Directors, during the Seven years from 
1847 to 1853, both inclusive, for sanction for Ex- 
penditure for Public Works connected with the Im- 
pms of the Country, or connected with the 

evenue, Works, or Works of Irrigation, or for W orks 
on which the Cultivation of the Country depends; | 
tugether with Copies of the Replies and Letters from | 
the Honourable Court of Directors and Government 
of India to the Government of Madras to such Ap- | 
— during the Seven years from 1847 to 1853, 

oth inclusive. 

Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of March 
last, for Returns of the Number of Appeals made 
to the Poor Law Board during the years ended on 
the 31st day of December 1852, and on the 31st day 
of December 1853, against Disallowances and Sur- 
charges of District Auditors, with the Number of 
Statements of Reasons given by District Auditors for 
such Disallowances and Surcharges, and submitted 
to the Poor Law Board on Appeal :—And, of the 
Number of such Appeals determined in each of such 
years, distinguishing, 1. The Disallowances and Sur- 
charges confirmed, but remitted by virtue of the 
Equitable Jurisdiction possessed by the Poor Law 
Board; 2. Those confirmed and not so remitted ; 
3. Those reversed ; such Particulars to be arranged 
in Tabular Form so as to show them for each Audit | 








District separately. | 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Excise 
Officers, which was presented upon the 4th day of 
this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Public Build- 
ngs (Downing-street), which was presented upon the 
4th day of this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Wine and 
Spirit Licenses, which was presented upon the 10th 
day of March last, be printed. 


Petitions relating to Conventual and Monastic 
Institutions Committee ; — Gaols ; — Intoxicating 
Liquors ;—Jews ;— Maynooth College Act ;— Oaths 
Bill ;—Public-houses and Beer-shops ;—Universities 
(Oxford and Cambridge) ;— Periodical Press and 
Newspaper Stamps ; — Decimal Coinage ;— Educa- 
tion (Scotland) Bill ;—Factories ; — Foreign Policy ; 


5° Mazz. 





— Friendly Societies Bill; — Juvenile Crime ; — 
Medical Officers (Navy) ; — Medical Practitioners | 
Bill; — Ocean Penny Postage ;—Poor Law (Jre- | 
land) ;— Preston Borough ;— Railway and Canal 
Traffic Regulation Bill; — Registration of Births, 
&amp;e. (Scotland) Bill; — Settlement and Removal 
Bill ;—Valuation of Lands (Scotland) Bill;— and, 
War Medals ( American War),—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to the Judgment Execution, 
&amp;c. Bill, was also presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That Five thousand additional Men 
be employed for the Sea Service, for the year ending 
on the 31st day of March 1855. 





A. 1854, 


2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four Wages 
hundred and sixty-one thousand seven hundred 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 
Charge of Wages to additional Seamen, which will 
come in course of —_— during the year ending 
on the 31st day of March 1855; also of additional 
Pay to Coast Guard Men and Seamen Riggers; 
and to provide for the Balance of Pay due to the 
Representatives of the Officers and Crews of Her 
Majesty’s Ships “ Erebus” and “ Terror.” 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two hun- Victuals, 
dred thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray the Charge of Victuals to additional Sea- 
men, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1855. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five Admiralty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to Mftice 
provide for the additional Expense of the Admiralty 
Office, to be incurred in consequence of the increase 
of business arising out of the Declaration of War, 
which will come in course of ae during the 
year ending on the 31istday of March 1855. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Naval Esta 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to Dlishments 
provide for the additional Expense to be incurred ™ —_ 
for Salaries in Her Majesty’s Naval Establishments 
at Home, for a Deputy Inspector at Deal Hos- 
pital, and Clerks in the Dock and Victualling Yards, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1855. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- Wages to 
seven thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, Artificers 
to provide for the additional Expense to be incurred sa 
for Wages to Artificers and others employed in Her 
Majesty’s Naval Establishments at Home, which 
will come in course of payment during the year 
ending on the 31st day of March 1855. 


7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Wages to 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to ey 
provide for the additional Expense to, be incurred Te 
for Wages to Artificers and others employed in Her 
Majesty's Naval Establishments Abroad, which will 
come in course of payment during the year ending 
on the 31st day of March 1855. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six hun- Naval Stores. 
dred and ninety-seven thousand three hundred and 
thirty-one pounds, be ted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the additional Expense of Naval Stores for 
the Building, Repair and Outfit of the Fleet, the 
Purchase of Steam Machinery, Steam Vessels, Gun-° 
boats, &amp;c., which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending on the 31st day of March 
1855. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven New Works. 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the additional Charge for New Works, Im- 
provements and Repairs in the Naval Establish- 
ments, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1855. 

10, Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty Medicines 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to ch 
defray the additional Ex nse for Medicines and 1 
Medical Stores, which will come in course of pay- 
ment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1855. 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six Naval Mis- 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to celaneous 
defray the additional Charge of divers Naval Mis- 
cellaneous Services, which will come in course of 
payment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1855. 4 

12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three Freight of 
millions ninety-six thousand seven hundred pounds, S!Ps- 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the additional 
Charge for the Freight of Ships, and for the Vic- 
tualling and Conveyance of Troops and Stores on 
account of the Army and Ordnance Departments, 
which will come in course of payment during the 


year ending on the 31st day of March 1855. 
13. Resolved, 

















17 Vicrortz. 


13. Resolved, That a further Number of Land 
Forces, not exceeding Fourteen thousand seven hun- 
dred and ninety-nine Men (exclusive of the Men 
employed in the Territorial Possessions of the East 
India Company), Commissioned and Non-commis- 
sioned Officers included, be maintained for the Ser- 
vice of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland, from the 1st day of April 1854 to the 31st 
day of March 1855, inclusive. 

14. Resolved, That a further Sum, not exceeding 
Three hundred thousand pound§, be granted to Her 
Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Her Majesty’s 
Land Forces in the United Kingdom of Great Bri- 
tain and Ireland, and on Foreign Stations (excepting 
India), which will come in course of payment from 
the 1st day of April 1854 to the 31st day of March 
1855, inclusive. 

15. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty- 
three thousand three hundred and thirty-three pounds, 


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be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge | 
which will probably be incurred, to the 31st day of | 
March 1855, for the Pay, Allowances, &amp;c. of Ord- | 
nance Military Corps. | 
16. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ninety- | 
six thousand seven hundred and thirty-four pounds, | 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge | 
which will probably be incurred, to the 31st day of | 
March 1855, in the purchase of Barrack Supplies | 
and Clothing. 
a 17. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two | 
Establishments thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
atHome. defraying the Charge which will poche be in- | 
curred, to the 31st day of March 1855, for Salaries | 
and Allowances at Ordnance Establishments at | 
Home. 

Wages of 18. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
Artificers and hundred and four thousand one hundred and ninety 
—* pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying 
' the Charge which will probably be incurred, to the 
31st day of March 1855, for Wages of Artificers 

and Labourers at Home. 


Se ad 
ing 


Ordnance 19. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four 
_— Stores, hundred and fifty-five thousand cight hundred and 
seventy-five pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
defraymg the Charge which will probably be in- 
curred, to the 31st day of March 1855, in the pur- 
chase of Ordnance Stores. 
Works, 20. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty 
—e thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for | 


defraying the Ch 
curred, to the 31st day of March 1855, for Works, 
Buildings and Repairs. 

Resolutions to be reported. 





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


Sabbati, 6° die Maii, 1854: 


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

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 


ag gr 
r. Bouverie also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 








_ The House, according to Order, resolved itself 

into a Committee on the Railway and Canal Traffic 

Regulation Bill; and, after some time 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and 
Vou. 109. 


r. Bouverie 


e which will probably be in- | 


t therein, | 






215 
—— That the Committee had gone through the 
ill. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next; and be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Exchequer 
into a Committee on the Exchequer Bills Bill; and, x 6,024,100) 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed tin 
the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Militia Bill 
into a Committee on the Militia Bill; and, after 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take County Court 
into consideration the County Court Extension Act Extension Act 
Amendment Bill, as amended in the Committee. —_— 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Criminal Pro- 
reading of the Criminal Procedure Bill; cedure Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday the 19th day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Towns Im- 
mittee on the Towns Improvement (Ireland) Bill ; provement, = 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the (Ireland) Bi 


22d day of this instant May, resolve itself into the 
‘said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Improvement 
mittee on the Improvement of _ (Zreland) Bill; &lt; an) Bill 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday ‘ — 
the 22d day of this instant May, resolve itself into 


the said Committee. 


The Dublin Port Bill was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to enable the Collector General of 
Dublin to levy Money to repay a certain Outlay by 
'the Corporation, for preserving and improving the 
| Port of Dublin, in and about repairing the Quay 
|Wall of the River Liffey, and for future Repairs 
‘thereof, and for repairing and rebuilding Bridges 
| over the said River. 
| Ordered, That Sir John Young do carry the Bill 
| to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Witnesses 
| mittee on the Witnesses Bill ; Bill. 
| Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to extend the provi- 
sions of the Bill to the Court of Session or Exche- 
quer in Scotland. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Granville 

erkeley reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


Dublin Port 
Bill. 


Bill 88. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Boundary 
take into consideration the Boundary Survey (Jre- Cirelax 4) Bill. 
land) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 


| Monday next. 
Resolved, 





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216 5°—H°— 


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


Adjournment. 


Dublin Car- 


tog The Order for reading a second time, upon Mon- 


day next, the Dublin Carriage Bill, was read, and 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 22d day of this instant May. 


Public 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
Libraries. 


to amend an Act of the last Session, for extending 


the Public Libraries Act, 1850, to Ireland and Scot- | 


land: And that Mr. Ewart, Mr. Dunlop and Mr. 


8° Maiz. A. 1854. 


provisions of the Bill as agreed upon with the land- 
owners ; and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

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


the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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





Chichester Fortescue do prepare, and bring it in. 

Ships“Samp- Sir James Graham presented, — Return to an | 
oC and | Order, dated the 4th day of this instant May, for. 
— Copy of Report by Vice-Admiral Dundas, of the | 


Visit of Her Majesty’s Steam Ship “ Sampson,” and | 
the French Steam Ship “ Cacique,” to the Coast of | 


Georgia and Circassia. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon th 
Table. 


e€ 


Public Li- 
braries Bill. 
Bill 89. 


Mr. Ewart presented a Bill to amend an Act of 
the last Session for extending the Public Libraries 
Act, 1850, to Ireland and Scotland: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Wednesday the 17th day of this 
instant May; and to be printed. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee, upon Wednesday next, on the Mortmain 
Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 17th day of this instant May, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


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


Luna, 8° die Maii ; 
Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1854. 
PRAYERS. 


M R. Bonham Carter reported from the Select 
1 Committee on Public Petitions; That the 


Public 
Petitions 
— 
port.) 
and 5th days of this instant May; and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Payment of 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Pay- 
Wages Bill. 


ment of Wages Bill have leave to sit this day till 
Five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Railway and 

Canal Bills 

(Sixth Report.) 
No, 222. 


rted from the General Committee 
anal Bills; That they have formed 


Mr. Greene re 
on Railway and ba 
into an additional Group several Bills; and have 
agreed to report the same to the House. 

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


Controverted 


Ordered, That the General Committee of Elec- 
Elections. 


tions have leave to sit this day till Five of the clock, 
during the sitting of the House. 


York, New- Mr. Tatton Egerton reported from the Sub-Com- 
castle and 


ick Raile mittee on Group 4 of Railway and Canal Bills; 
not That in the case Pr the York, pee Ne and Berwick 
and South Railway (Pontop and South Shields, &amp;c.) Bill, they 
= %c) had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same, with a 

view to make it correspond with the facts of the 

case as proved before the Committee, and with the 


had examined the Petitions presented upon the 4th | 


read the third time To-morrow. 


The Executor and Trustee Society Bill was read Executor 
an 


Society Bill, 


Ordered, That the Ryde Improvement Bill be Ryde In. 
provement 


A Motion being made, That the Saint Mawes Port, Saint Mawes 


Harbour and Pier Bill be now read the third time; 

Mr. Hayter, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
|that the House may do therein as they shall think 

fit. 

| And Notice being taken, that the interest of the 
Prince of Wales, as Duke of Cornwall, is concerned 
' therein ; 

Mr. Hayter, by Her Majesty’s Command, -ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
sent, as far as the Prince of Wales’s interest is con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 
think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, ‘That the Bill do pass. 
| Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 
‘the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





| 

| The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Blyth and Tyne Kailway Bill; 

| And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 
read the third time ; 

Mr. Cardwell, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bil, gives Her Con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
| that the House may do therein as they shall think 
fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time ; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
| Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





The Caterham Railway Bill was, according to 
Order, read the third time ; and Amendments were 
made tc the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
ony of the Darlington and Barnard Castle Rail- 
way Bill ; 

led a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read the third time ; 

‘the Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “upon this day week.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
word “ now” stand part of the Question :—The said 
proposed Amendments were, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. ’ 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read the third 
time ; and Amendments were e to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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

e 





Port, Harbour: 
and Pier Bill, . 


Blyth and 
Tyne Railway 
ill. 


Caterham 


Railway 


Darlington 


and 
Castle Rail- 
way Bill. 









| Railway Bill. 


and Yorkshire 


Middleton 
ranch) Bill. 


eer 
Dock 


* Branches) 
Bil 


ace, Pet 


nal 
ne 
ani Carlisle 
Railway Bill. 


Perth and 
Dunkeld 
Railway Bill. 


and ’ 


t 
Railway Bill. 


Hertford 
and Welwyn 
Junction 


Railway Bill. 


Railway Bill, 










17 Vicroriz. 


to Order, read the third time; and Amendments 
were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (Middleton 
Branch) Bill was, according to Order, read the third 
time ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway ( Liverpool 
Dock Branches) Bill was, according to Order, read 
the third time ; and Amendments were made to the 
Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway 
Bill was, according to Order, read the third time; 
and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to enable the London, Brighton and 
South Coast Railway Company to enlarge their 
Stations at New Cross, the Bricklayers Arms, and 
Norwood ; to widen the Branch Railway called “ The 
Thames Junction Railway,” and their main Line of 
Railway in the Neighbourhood of such Branch; to 
increase their Capital, and to establish a Provident 
Institution for their Servants and Workmen, and for 
other purposes. 

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


The Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle Railway 
Bill was, according to Order, read the third time ; 
and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Perth and Dunkeld Railway Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time ; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill | 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Whitehaven, Cleator and Egremont Railway | 


Bill was, according to Order, read the third time; 
and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the further Proceeding on the third reading of the 
Hertford and Welwyn Junction Railway Bill :—The 
House resumed the said further Proceeding ; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for making a Railway from the 
Great Northern Railway at or near Welwyn, in the 
County of Hertford, to Hertford, in the same County, 
to be called the ‘‘ Hertford and Welwyn Junction 
Railway,” and for other purposes. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the further Proceeding on the third reading of the 


North London Railway Bill:—The House resumed 
Vou. 109. 


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217 


the said further Proceeding ; and Amendments were 
made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The House proceeded to take into consideration Norfolk 
the Norfolk Railway Bill, as amended in the Com- Railway Bill 
mittee. 

A Clause (Rates to be charged equally), was twice 
read ; and made part of the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Holyhead Harbours Bill was, according to Holyhead 
Order, read a second time ; and committed to a Se- Harbours Bill, 
lect Committee. 


Ordered, That the Committee of Selection have Committee of 
leave to sit this day till Five of the clock, during the Selection. 
sitting of the House. 


Ordered, That Mr. Cobbold be discharged from Private Bills 
further attendance on the Committee on Group D. (Group D.) 
of Private Bills. 


The Order for referring the York and North York and 
Midland Railway Bill to the General Committee North Midland 
on Railway and Canal Bills, was read, and dis- ’ 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Thurs- Public Statues 
day next, the Public Statues Bill, was read, and Bil. 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Vernon Smith reported from the Committee Surrey Gas 
on Group G. of Private Bills; That in the case 
of the Surrey Gas Bill, they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, by the introduction of a 
recital of fact as to the amount of Capital paid 
up; and found the same, as amended, to be true ; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Vernon Smith reported from the Committee Deptford Gas 
ou Group G. of Private Bills ; That the Parties pro- B# 
moting the Deptford Gas Bill had stated to the 
Committee, that it was not their intention to proceed 
with the same. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Mr. Vernon Smith reported from the Committee Wellington 
on Group G. of Private Bills; That in the case of mek 
the Wellington Docks (Southwark) Bill, they had ; 
examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, but the same had not been proved 
to their satisfaction. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for supplying Farnworth 
with Gas the Townships of Farnworth and Kearsley, 24 Kearsley 
: . Gas Bill 
in the County Palatine of Lancaster: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 


second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to re-incorporate Patent Solid 
the Patent Solid Sewage Manure Company, and to ———- 
extend its Powers: And the same was adh the first (No.2) Si. 
time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 

¥ F A Message 








| 
| 
| 


{ 
i 
i 


ei Re PR RAE aE IORI SEPIA PITRE SAE IRE AE ALLA LED ALLEL OEE PILE DES ALES IER 











ee 


Message from 
the Lords. 
Ministers’ 
Money (Ire- 
land) Bill. 
Kingston- 


upon-Hull 
Docks Bill. 


Liverpool 
Police Super- 
annuation 


Fund Bill. 


Liverpool 
Sanitary and 
other Local 
Acts Bill. 


Burry Port 
Bill. 


Chimney 


Winchester 
and Petersfield 
Read Bill. 


Henry Stonor. 


Public 
Business. 


Henry Stonor. 


218 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blunt : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Ministers’ Money 
(Freland) Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Kingston-upon- 
Hull Docks Bill, without any Amendment: And 
also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Liverpool Police 
Superannuation Fund Bill, without any Amend- 
ment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Liverpool Sanitary 
and other Local Acts Bill, without any Amend- 
ment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Burry Port Bill, 
with Amendments; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for the further Regulation of Chimney Sweepers ; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House :-- And then the Messenger withdrew. 


Ordered, That so much of the Standing Order 
No. 4, as limits the number of Members of the 
General Committee on Railway and Canal Bills to 
Forty, be suspended. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee of Selection, to add Twenty Members to the 
General Committee on Railway and Canal Bills. 


The Order for reading the third time, the Win- 
chester and Petersfield Road Bill, was read, and dis- 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee :—And that they have leave to 
sit, and proceed forthwith. 


Mr. Sotheron informed the House, That Sir John 
Duckworth was unable to attend the Select Com- 
mittee relative to Henry Stonor, on account of ill 
health. 

Ordered, That Sir John Duckworth be discharged 
from attendance on the Committee. 

Ordered, That the General Committee of Elec- 
tions be directed to appoint another Member in his 
place. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Government Orders of the day have 
precedence of other Orders on Thursdays, during 
the remainder of the Session; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That ” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ upon Thursday the 25th day of this instant May, 
“ and upon every alternate Thursday, Bills intro- 
“ duced by the Government, or any other Go- 
“ vernment business, shall have precedence of the 
“ other Orders of the day, till the end of the Ses- | 
sion,” instead thereof. 

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

The said proposed Amendment and Motion were, 
with leave of tle House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That Government Orders of the day | 
have precedence of other Orders, on all Thursdays | 
after the 20th day of this instant May, during the | 
remainder of the Session. | 


‘ 





Sir George Grey reported from the General Com- | 
mittee of Elections, who were instructed to appoint | 
a Member to serve on the Select Committee on the 
case of Henry Stonor, in the room of Sir John 
Duckworth ; That they had appointed Mr. Deedes to | 
be a Member of such Committee accordingly. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


8° Maii. 


A, 1854, 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Werfs Baas 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Bill &lt;7 
That in the case of Ward’s Estate Bill, no Standing 
Orders are applicable. 


Ordered, That Ward's Estate Bill be read a se- 
cond time. 


Ward 
Bite 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,— Report from Leominster 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 2nd Kington 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standin Railway Bill, 
Orders in the case of the Petition for additional 
— in the Leominster and Kington Railway 

ill. 

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


Lord Stanley reported from the Sub-Committee Severn Valley ” 
on Group 2 of Railway and Canal Bills ; That the Railway Bul 
Parties promoting the Severn Valley Railway Bill 
had stated to the Sub-Committee, that it was not 
their intention to proceed with the same. 


Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s Borneo. 
Command,—Papers relative to Borneo, and the 
Commission of Inquiry respecting Sir James 
Brooke. 

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


The following Papers were laid upon the Table Fire In- 
by the Clerk of the Sessnyodieian to an Order, surances, 
dated the 8th day of February last, for Accounts of 

all Sums paid into the Stamp Office in Great Bri- 

tain and Jreland on Insurance from Fire, for the 
Quarters ending severally the 25th day of March, 

the 24th day of fom, the 29th day of September and 

the 25th day of December 1853, distinguishing the 
Amount of Allowance made to each Office for col- 
lecting the same, in the Country, London, Edinburgh 

and Dublin respectively, with the Dates of each 
Payment :—And, of Sums insured by each Office 

on Farming Stock for the same Period (in continu- 

ation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 728, of Session 
1852-53). 

Return to an Order, dated the 6th day of April Spirits 
last, for Returns of the Number of Gallons of Proof “reland) 
Spirits on which Duty was paid for Home Consump- 
tion in Jre/and, in each of the years ending the 5th 
day of January 1853 and the 5th day of January 
1854 :—Of the Number of Detections, of Persons 
prosecuted, of Persons convicted, and of Persons 
confined tor Offences in Jreland against the Laws for 
the suppression of Illicit Distillation, in each of the 
years ending the 5th day of January 1853 and the 
5th day of January 1854 :—And, of the Number of 
Persons confined in each Gaol in Ireland, for Of- 
fences against the Laws for the suppression of Illicit 
Distillation, on the 5th day of April 1853 and the 
5th day of April 1854. 

Return to an Order, dated the 1'7th day of March Grand Canal 
last, for Copy of every Deed, Lease, Agreement or ( 
Instrument under which the Midland Great Western 
Railway of Jreland Company have entered into, and 
are now in possession and receipt of, the Tolls and 
Duties of the Grand Canal, and have rented the 
Carrying Stock of the Grand Canal Company, or 
any portion thereof. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Number Assistant - 
of Assistant Surgeons required at _— for the s°ns a 
exigencies of the Naval Service, which was presented No. 
upon the 5th day of this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return of the actual Number Assistant Sot 
of Vacancies for Assistant Surgeons in Ships of seom*( avy 
War, whieh was presented upon the sth day of this No. 22%. 
instant May, be printed. 

Ordered, 


















Bast India. 
No. 224. 


s 


(Appeals-) 
No. 225. 


17 Vicrori 2. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India, 
which was presented upon the 5th day of this mstant 
May, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Law 
(Appeals), which was presented upon the 5th day of 
this instant May, be printed. 


ships “Samp- Ordered, That the Return relative to the Ships 


son” and 
«C . ue.” 


No. 221. 


Local Acts. 
No. 44. 


Ways and 


Means. 


Excise Duties. 


“ Sampson” and “ Cacique,” which was presented 
upon the 5th day of this instant May, be printed. 


Mr. Osborne presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Further Reports from the Admiralty, rela- 
tive to Applications for Local Acts :—-No. 49. London- 
derry Bridge Bill—No. 50. Londonderry and En- 
nishillen Railway Bill. : 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
the Committee of Ways and Means. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, there shall be charged, 
raised, levied, collected and paid upon the goods and 
commodities hereinafter-mentioned and described, 
the several Duties of Excise respectively specified 
and set forth; (that is to say): 


SPIRITS. 

For and upon every gallon of spirits of the strength 
of hydrometer proof, which, on or after the 8th day 
of May 1854, shall be distilled in Scotdand and Ire- 
land respectively, or be in the stock, custody or 
possession of any distiller in Sevt/and or Ireland, or 
of any person in trust for him, or for his use, benefit 
or account, or which, having been distilled in Eng- 
land, Scotland or Freland, shall, on or after the Jast- 
mentioned day, be in warehouse in Scotland or Jre- 
jand, and be taken out of warehouse for consumption 
in Scotland or Ireland, or which, having been taken 
out of warehouse in England for removal to Scot- 
land or Ireland, shall, on or after the said last-men- 
tioned day, be brought into Scotland or Ireland, 'the 
additional duty following ; that is to say, in Scotland 
the additional duty of One shilling, and in Freland 
the additional duty of Eight-pence ; and so in pro- 
portion for any greater or less degree of strength, or 
any greater or less quantity. 


2. Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply 
oo to Her Majesty, on and after the 8th day of 

ay 1854, in lieu of the Countervailing Duties now 
chargeable under any Act or Acts in foree on Spirits 
of the nature or quality of plain British Spirits ma- 
nufactured or distilled in the Islands of Guernsey, 
Jersey, Alderney and Sark respectively, and im- 
ported from any of the said Islands into Scotland or 
Ireland, there shall be charged and paid the following 
Countervailing Duties; (that is to say): 

For and upon every gallon of such last-mentioned 
spirits of the strength of hydrometer proof, imported 
into Scotland, the sum of 64. 10d.; and for and 
upon every gallon of such last-mentioned spirits of 
the.like strength, imported into Jreland, the sum of 
5s.2d.; and so in proportion for any greater or 
less degree of strength, or any greater or less quan- 
tity of such spirits, imported into Scotland and Ire- 
land respectively. 

3. Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, in lieu of the respective 
Duties of Excise now payable under any Act or 
Acts in force upon the several mixtures, compounds, 
preparations and commodities mentioned and de- 
scribed in the Schedule (A.) hereto annexed, on the 
removal of the same respectively as hereinafter-men- 
tioned, there shall be raised, levied, collected and 
paid upon the said several mixtures, compounds, 
preparations and commodities which, on or after the 
8th day of May 1854, shall be removed from Scot- 
land or Treland to England, or from Ireland to Scot- 
land, the several Sums of Money and Duties of 
Excise respectively inserted, described and set forth 
in the said Schedule. 

Vou, 109. 


S° Mai. 





219 























Scurepue (A.) 
ARTICLES ENUMERATED. Countervailing Duties. 
From From From 
For every Gallon thereof removed Scotland to Treland to Treland to 
1 England. | England. | Scotland. 
£2 di 42 di &amp; «@ d. 
Ether - += &lt;-«- =~ «}/ = &amp; Si =~ 9 7} - 4 B 
Sweet Spirits of Nitre - =|) 
Camphorated Spirits - - 
Lavender Water and other Per- 
fumes, being Spirits scented 
with Essential Oils, Flowers 
or other Ingredients - - 
Compound Spirits of Lavender 
Spirits of Rosemary - = - 
Spirits of Ammonia - 
Sal Volatile - e - -|/)- 3 3/ - 6 9} -26 
Friar's Balsam - - - 
Compound Tincture of Benzoin 
Tincture of Assafeetida - - 
Tincture of Castor - - - 
Tincture of Kino - - - 
Tincture of Guaiacum - - 
Tincture of Myrrh - 
Tincture of Ginger - we 
Spirit Varnishes - ~ - 
Other Tinctures and Medicated 
Spirits ~- ~ = w=f = 22) = 810} - 1 8 
eWines- - - =| = = BH - - 5} 23 














4. Resolved, That there shall be made, allowed 
and paid for or in respect of the several goods and 
commodities hereinafter described or mentioned, the 
several Allowances and Drawbacks of Excise re- 
spectively hereinafter specified and set forth ; (that 
1s to say): 

For and upon every gallon of spirits of the strength 
of hydrometer proof, and so in proportion for any 
greater or less quantity, or any greater or less degree 
of strength, distilled in Scotland from malt only, 
which shall be mashed on or after the 8th day of 
May 1854, and which spirits shall be distilled at the 
rate of two gallons of such spirits for every bushel 
of barley malt, or oae bushel and three-tenth parts 
of a bushel of malt made from bear or bigg, an 
allowance after the rate of 1s. —}d. per gallon, in 
lieu of all ullowances granted on such spirits: by any 
Act or Acts now in force. 

Provided always, that if the quantity of malt mashed 
and used in the production of such spirits shall be 
less than after the rate of one bushel of barley malt, 
or one bushel and three-tenth parts of a bushel of 
malt made from bear or bigg, for every two gallons 
of proof spirits charged with duty, a deduction from 
the amount of such allowance shall be made after 
the rate of 4s. for every bushel of barley malt, and 
every bushel and three-tenth parts of a bushel of 
bear or bigg malt, which shall be so deficient. 

And for and upon such spirits distilled in Scotland 
from malt only, and on which the allowance afore- 
said shall have been made, and ‘which said spirits 
shall be duly removed from warehouse for exporta- 
tion,’ or for use as ship’s stores, and be duly exported 
or shipped as stores, under and according to the 
laws and regulations of Customs’ in such respect, 
there shall be granted and paid, over aud above the 
allowance aforesaid, and in lieu of the drawback 
granted and payable under the 11th section of the 
Act 11 &amp; 12 Vie. c. 122, a drawback after the rate 
of 114d. for every gallon of such spirits actually 
exported or shipped as stores as aforesaid. 


And for and upon every gallon of spirits of the strength 
of hydrometer proof, and so in proportion for any 
greater or less quantity, or any greater or less degree 
of strength distilled in England or Ireland, for ex- 
portation only, or for use as ship's stores, from malt 
only, mashed on or after the said last-mentioned 
day, an allowance after the rate of 1s. -}d. per 
gallon, in lieu of the allowance on such spirits. 
granted and payable under the 13th section of the- 
Act 11 &amp; 12 Vie. c. 122. 

And for and upon such spirits distilled in England or 
Treland from malt only, and which shall be duly 
removed from warehouse for exportation or for use - 
as ship's stores, and be duly exported or shipped as 
stores, under and according to the laws and regula-- 
tions of the Customs in such respect, there shall he - 
granted and paid over and above the allowance- 
aforesaid, and in lieu of the drawback granted and! 

ayable under the: said 13th section of the Act 11 
12 Vie. c. 122, a drawback after the rate of 114d. 
FF2 for 





8° Mair. A, 1854, 


for every gallon of such spirits actually exported or | goods and commodities hereinafter-mentioned and 


shipped as stores as aforesaid. 


And for and upon all British spirits distilled or made 


from any other materials than malt only, such ma- 
terials being mashed on or after the 8th day of May 
1854, and which spirits shall have been duly ware- 
housed in any warehouse in the United Kingdom, 
and removed therefrom for exportation, or for use 
as ship's stores, there shall be granted and paid a 
drawback after the rate of 2d. for every gallon at 
proof of such spirits actually exported or shipped 
as stores as aforesaid, in lieu of the drawback granted 
and payable under the 14th section of the said Act 
11 &amp; 12 Vie. ¢. 122. 


And for and in respect of all sugar and molasses actually 


used, on or after the 8th day of May 1854, in the 
brewing or making of worts or wash brewed or made 
from sugar only, or from molasses only, or from any 
mixture of these materials, and treacle, or malt, or 
grain, and distilled into spirits by any distiller in 
England, Scotland or Ireland, an allowance after the 
rate of 15 per cent., together with and in addition to 
the present allowance, for every 112 Ibs. of sugar so 
used, and after the rate of 15 per cent., together with 
and in addition to the present allowance, for every 
112 lbs. of molasses so used, in lieu of the allowances 
granted in respect of such sugar and molasses respec- 
tively, specified in the respective Schedules (A.) and 
(B.) annexed to the Act 11 &amp; 12 Vie, ¢, 100. 


And for and upon all mixtures, compounds, prepara- 


tions and commodities described in the Schedule (B.) 
hereto annexed, and which, on or after the 8th, day 
of May 1854, shall be removed from England to 
Scotland or Ireland, or from Scotland to Ireland, the 
several drawbacks of Excise inserted and set forth in 
the said Schedule (B.) 


ScHEDULE (B.) 








ARTICLES ENUMERATED. Countervailing Drawbacks. 


For every Gallon thereof renova England to England to 


Ether - - 
Sweet Spirits of 


Camphorated Spirits -  - 
Lavender Water and other Per- 
fumes, being Spirits scented 
with Essential { 
or other ingredients - - 
Compound Spirits of Lavender 
Spirits of Rosemary - = 
Spirits of Ammonia - = 


Sal Volatile - 
Friar’s Balsam 


Compound Tincture of Benzoin 
Tincture of Assafeetida - - 
Tincture of Castor - - 
Tincture of Kino - - 
Tincture of Guaiacum - 
‘Tincture of Myrrh - 
Tincture of Ginger - 


Spirit Varnishes 
Other Tinctures 
Spirits - 
Made Wines - 


From 
Scotland to 


From From 





| 
| 
Scotland. | Ireland. | Ireland. 


£. 2 


£. 8s. d, 
- 4 


Nit - = 


Jils, Flowers, 





and Medicated 
. m . a ££ - 1 8 
- = =| + = BH = = By - - 











And for and upon every barrel of thirty-six gallons, 


and so in.proportion for any greater quantity, of beer 
brewed or made after the 8th day of May 1854, by 
any entered or licensed Brewer of Beer forwale in 
the United Kingdom, in the brewing of whic \ beer 
the worts used before fermentation were of tht spe- 
cific gravity hereinafter mentioned, and which shall 
be duly exported from any part of the United King- 
dom to foreign parts as merchandize; there shall be 
granted and paid the drawback hereinafter specified 
and set forth (that is to oj be when the original 
gravity of such worts was not less than— 
£. 8. 

1-041 - 6 

1-054 8 

1-068 10 

1081 12 

1095 14 

3108 16 

1°122 - -18 - 
In lieu of all other drawbacks on such beer granted 
by any Act or Acts now in force. 


granted to Her Majesty, there shall be charged, 


5. Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply 


raised, 


levied, collected and paid upon the several 





described, the several Duties of Excise respectively 
specified and set forth ; (that is to say) : 


MALT. 


For and upon every bushel imperial standard measure, 
and so in proportion for any greater or less quantit 
of malt, which, after the 8th day of May 1854, shall 
be made in any part of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, from barley or any other corn 
or grain (except malt made for home consumption in 
Scotland and Ireland respectively from bear or bi 
only), or which after the said day shall be brought 
from Scotland into England or Ireland without a 
certificate from the proper officer that it hath paid 
the full duty of Excise imposed thereon by law, or 
which after the said day shall be brought from Jre- 
dand into England or Scotland without such certi- 
ficate, the duty of four shillings in lieu of all other 
duties of Excise now payable under any Act or Acts 
in force. 

And for and uponevery bushel imperial standard mea- 
sure, and so in proportion for any greater or less . 
quantity of malt which after the said day shall be 
made from bear or bigg only in Scotland and Ireland 
respectively, the duty of 3s. 1d., in lieu of all such 
other duties of Excise as aforesaid. 

And for and upon every bushel of malt, whether ground 
or unground, belonging to any maltster, or maker of 
malt, dealer in or seller or retailer or roaster of malt, 
brewer, distiller or vinegar maker, and which, on the 
8th day of May 1854, shall be either in his custody 
or possession, or in the custody or possession of an 
other person in trust for him, or for his use, benefit 
or account in England, Scotland or Ireland, the fol- 
lowing additional duty, over and above all other 
duties of Excise paid or payable thereon under an 
Act or Acts now in force (that is to say), an addi- 
tional duty after the rate of 1 s. 34d. per bushel. 

Provided always, that if such last-mentioned malt shall 
be in Scotland or Ireland, and shall have been made 
for home consumption there from bear or bigg only, 
then an additional duty after the rate of 1s. per 
bushel only. 


6. Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, there shall be charged and 
paid on the articles under-mentioned, imported into 
Scotland or Ireland on or after the 8th day of May 
1854, the Duties of Customs hereinafter specified, 
in lieu of the Duties now chargeable thereon : 


Spirits or Strong Waters :.— Duty 

For every gallon of such spirits or strong | per Gallon. 
waters of any strength not exceeding }-—-——— 
the strength of proof by Sykes’s hydro- 
meter, and so in proportion for an 
greater or less strength than thestrength 
of proof, and for any greater or less 
quantity than a gallon, viz., spirits or 
strong waters, the produce of any Bri- 
tish possession in America, or the Island 
of Mauritius, not being sweetened spi- 
rits or spirits mixed with any article, 
so that the degree of strength thereof 
cannot be exactly ascertained by such 
hydrometer: 


Rum— 
If imported into Scotland 
If imported into Ireland 


Spirits other than Rum— 
If imported into Scotland - - = 
If imported into Jreland - - = - 


Rum— . 

The produce of any British possession 
within the limits of the East India 
Company’s Charter, in regard to 
which the conditions of the Act 4 Vie. 
c. 8, have, or shall have, been fulfilled, 
hot being sweetened spirits, or spirits 
so mixed as aforesaid : 

If imported into Scotland - - = - 

If imported into Ireland - - - 


Rum Shrub, however sweetened— 

The produce of, and 6 pes from, 
suc pareenens qualified as aforesaid, 
or of or from any British possession 
in America or the Island of Mau- 
ritius : 

If imported into Scotland - - -| - 6 = 

If imported into Ireland - - -| - 4 4 


7. Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply Sugar Duties 
granted to Her Majesty, there shall be raised, levied, 
collected and paid on and after the 9th day of May 
1854, an additional Duty after the rate of Fifteen 
pounds 


£8. d 
















Exchequer 
Bonds. 








17. Vicrori2. 


pounds per centum upon the produce and amount of 
the Duties of Customs _ ow Sugar, which are now 
due and payable to Her Majesty, and are collected 
in the United Kingdom under the management and 
direction of the ‘Commiadenen of Her Majesty’s 
Customs. 

8. Motion made, and Question proposed, That, 
towards raising the Supply granted to Her Majesty, 
the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury be 
authorized to issue Exchequer Bonds, bearing in- 
terest at £.3. 10s. per centum per annum, to be 
paid off at par on 8th May 1858, for any Sums 
not exceeding in the whole £. 2,000,000, which may 
have been subscribed for at a price not less than 
£.98. 158. per cent., to be paid in Exchequer Bills 
at par, or in money at £.100. 1s. for every £.100 
so subscribed. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That the Chairman do report Progress, and 
ask leave to sit again:—Motion, by leave, with- 
drawn. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 


9. Resolved, That the interest for all such Ex-. 


chequer Bonds shall be payable half-yearly, and 
shall be charged upon and issued out of the growing 

roduce of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kington. 

10. Resolved, That such parties as have subscribed 
for any such Exchequer Bonds, and shall have made 
a deposit of £. 10 per centum on the 8th May instant, 
and shall pay the further instalments in. completion 
of the price at the following times ; viz. 

£.30 per centum on the 9th June next.; 
£.20 per centum on the 11th July next ; 
£.20 per centum on the 8th September next; 
And the remaining £. 20 on the 17th October 
next, shall, on completing such payments, 
be entitled to the Tends for which they 
have severally subscribed ; 
and that interest at the rate of £.3. 10s. per centum 
per annum from the day of payment, up to the re- 
spective days on which the instalments fall due, shall 
be paid to such parties as shall desire. to pay the 
instalments at an earlier period. 
Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to se- 
veral Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report of the seven first Re- 
solutions be received To-morrow, at half after Four 
o'clock. : 

Ordered, That the Report of the subsequent Re- 
solutions be received upon Monday-next. 

Mr. Bouverie also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
* Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, preceeded to take 
into consideration the Militia Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Railway and Canal Traffic Regu- 
lation Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Exchequer Bills Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Vou, 109, 


8° Maitz. 






221 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
-To-morrow; at half after Four o’clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Oaths Bill. 
reading of the Oaths Bill; ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday the 25th day of this instant May. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee of supply. 
Supply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as 
follow : 
| 1. Resolved, That Five thousand additional Men geamen. 
| be emploved forthe Sea Service, for the year ending 
| on the 3ist day of March 1855. 
| 2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four Wages. 
hundred and sixty-one thousand seven hundred 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 
Charge of Wages to additional Seamen, which will 
come in course of payment during the year ending 
|on-the 31st day of March 1855; also of additional 
| Pay to Coast Guard Men and Seamen Riggers ; 


and to provide for the Balance of Pay due to the 








| Representatives of the Officers and Crews of Her 
| Majesty’s Ships “ Erebus” and “ Terror.” 
3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two hun- Victuals. 
dred thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray the Charge of Victuals to additional Sea- 
men, which will come in course of payment during 
‘the year ending on the 31st day of March 1855. 
4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five Admiralty 
| thousand ‘pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to Mflice. 
provide for the additional Expense of the Admiralty 
Office, to be incurred in consequence of the increase 
of business arising out of the Declaration of War, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1855. 


5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Naval Esta- 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to blishments 
provide: for the additional Expense to be incurred — 
for Salaries in Her Majesty’s Naval Establishments 
at. Home, for a Deputy Inspector at Deal Hos- 
pital, and Clerks in the Dock and Victualling Yards, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1855. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- wages to 
seven thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, Artificers 
to provide for the additional Expense to be incurred 2%4 others at 
for Wages to Artificers and others employed in Her 
Majesty’s Naval Establishments at Home, which 
will come in course of payment during the year 
ending on the 31st day of March 1855. 

7. Resolved, ‘That a Sum, not exceeding One Wages to 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to Artificers and 
provide for the additional Expense to be incurred °'** “°*™ 
tor Wages to Artificers and others employed in Her 
Majesty’s Naval Establishments Abroad, which will 
come in course of payment during the year ending 
on the 31st day of March 1855. ‘ 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six hun- Nayal stores. 
dred and ninety-seven thousand three hundred and 
thirty-one pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the additional Expense of Naval Stores for 
the Building, Repair and Outfit of the Fleet, the 
Purchase of Steam Machinery, Steam Vessels, Gun- 
boats, &amp;c., which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending on the 31st day of March 
1855. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven New Works. 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the additional Charge for New Works, Im- 
provements and Repairs im the Naval Establish- 
ments, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1855. 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty Medicines 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to and Medica}, 
defray the additional Expense for Medicines and ““** 
Medical Stores, which will come in course of pay- 
ment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1855. 





FF3 11. Resolved, 








Freight of 
Ships. 


Barrack 
Supplies and 
Clothing. 


Ordnance 
Establishments 
at Home. 


Merchant 
Shipping Bill. 


Merchant 
Shipping om 


292 


11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the additional Charge of divers Naval Mis- 
cellaneous Services, which will come in course of 

ayment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1855. 


12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 
millions ninety-six thousand seven hundred pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the additional 
Charge for the Freight of Ships, and for the Vic- 
tualling and Conveyance of Troops and Stores on 
account of the Army and Ordnance Departments, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1855. 


13. Resolved, That a further Number of Land 
Forces, not exceeding Fourteen thousand seven hun- 
dred and ninety-nine Men (exclusive of the Men 
employed in the Territorial Possessions of the Kast 
India Company), Commissioned and Non-commis- 
sioned Officers included, be maintained for the Ser- 
vice of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland, from the 1st day of April 1854 to the 31st 
day of March 1855, inclusive. 


14. Resolved, That a further Sum, not exceeding 
Three hundred thousand pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Her Majesty’s 
Land Forces in the United Kingdom of Great Bri- 
tain and Jre/and, and on Foreign Stations (excepting 
India), which will come in course of payment from 
the 1st day of April 1854 to the 31st day of March 
1855, inclusive. 

15. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty- 
three thousand three hundred and thirty-three pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
which will probably be incurred, to the 31st day of 
March 1855, for the Pay, Allowances, &amp;c. of Ord- 
nance Military Corps. 


16. Resolved, ‘That a Sum, not exceeding Ninety- 


six thousand seven hundred and thirty-four pounds, | 


be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
which will probably be incurred, to the 31st day of 
March 1855, in the purchase of Barrack Supplies 
and Clothing. 

17. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
defraying the Charge which will probably bé in- 
curred, to the 31st day of March 1855, for Salaries 
- Allowances at Ordnance Establishments at 

ome. 


18. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and four thousand one hundred and ninety 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying 
the Charge which will probably be incurred, to the 
3ist day of March 1855, for Wages of Artificers 
and Labourers at Home. 

19. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four 
hundred and fifty-five thousand eight hundred and 
seventy-five pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
defraying the Charge which will probably be in- 


curred, to the 31st day of March 1855, in the pur- | 


chase of Ordnance Stores. 


20. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
defraying the Charge which will probably be in- 
curred, to the 31st day of March 1855, for Works, 
Buildings and Repairs. : 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Merchant Shipping Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Merchant Shipping Acts Repeal 
Bill; 


8° Maii. 





A. 1854. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- stamps. 
mittee on the Stamp Acts ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Wreck ana 
reading of the Wreck and Salvage Bill ; Salvage Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Oxford Uni. 
mittee on the Ozford University Bill ; versity Bill, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com-~ Church Buia. 
mittee on the Church Building Acts Amendment Bill; ing Acts 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday punta 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The County Court Extension Act Amendment County Court 
Bill was, accordmg to Order, read the third time; Extension Act 
and Amendments were made to the Bill. Ta 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Craufurd do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments ; to which 
Amendments this House doth desire the concurrence 
of their Lordships. 


The Boundary Survey (Ireland) Bill was, accord- Boundary 
ing to Order, read the third time. a be. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ¢ ) 

Ordered, That Sir John Young do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Royal Dublin 
Copy of the Minute of the Lords’ Committee of the Society. 
Privy Council for Trade, dated the 11th day of April, 
in reference to the Estimates for the Royal Dublin 
Society, and of the Report of the Council of the 
Royal Dublin Society in reference thereto :—State- 
ments of the Amount voted by Parliament for the 
Royal Dublin Society during each of the last Ten 
years, distinguishing the Sum expended in purchasing 
Premises (if any), in building, enlarging or repairing, 
in Rent, in Fittings and Furniture, in Salaries, in 
Purchases of Specimens or Collections :—Of the 
Number and Subjects of Lectures delivered, whether 
in Society House or elsewhere, and by whom; of 
the Number of Persons who attended those Lec- 
tures; of any Reports or Publications issued ; of the 
Amount of Fees received, and how applied, during 
the year 1853 :—Of the Number of Meetings of the 
Society, Council and Committees during the year 
1853; of the Number of Members present at each 
of such Meetings :—Of the Number of Days on 
which the Director or Curator of the Museum has 
been in attendance at the Museum during the year 
1853 :—And, of all Sums received annually by the 
Society from other Sources than a Grant from Par- 
liament during each of the last Ten years, and of any 
Donations to the Society during the year 1853. 


Public 

Petitions. 

Vide Thirty- 

third Report. 
Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Crown Forests 

to inquire into the present management and con- 

dition of the’'Crown Poreats in England, with a view 

of ascertaining the responsibility of the present Com- 

missioners, and whether it would be for the public 

interest that some of the smaller Forests should be 

sold, as being unfit for the growth of Timber for Her 


Majesty’s Navy. oiled 
ered, 


A Petition relating to Woods and Forests, was 
agg and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 













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Railways. 


Dowie’s 
Patent Boots. 


Manning the 
Navy. 


Navy Pay ’ &amp;e. 


Newspapers. 


Dublin 
Hospitals. 


Chimney 
Sweepers Bill. 
Bill 90. 


Tenants’ 
Compensation 
nd) Bill 


Manning the 
Navy Bill. 
Bill 91, 


17 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of all Sums of Money expended or now due 
by the several Railway Companies, Proprietors or 
Shareholders in the United Kingdom, in obtaining 
Acts of Parliament for establishing such Companies 
and their Undertakings, or subsequent thereto, and 
for Branches and Additions, or for purchasing other 
Railways, or amalgamating with Railway or Canal 
Companies, or otherwise howsoever ; and all Costs, 
Charges and Expenses incurred and occasioned by 
any Actions, Suits and other Proceedings at Law or 
in Equity by the said Companies, Proprietors and 
Shaseheliionn, and particularly including insuch Sums, 
Costs, Charges and Expenses all legal Charges and 
engineering Expenses of every kind; and showing 


what proportion of the said Sums, Costs, Charges | 
and Expenses has been paid and borne out of Ca-_ 
pital, and what part is to be paid and borne out of 


the Profits of the said Companies respectively. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Returns relating to Dowie’s Patent 

oots, [ordered i7th March], be forthwith laid be- 
fore this House :—And the said Motion was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the Encouragement of Seamen, and the more effec- 
tual Manning of Her Majesty’s Navy during the 
present War: And that Sir James Graham, Mr. Os- 
borne and Mr. Cowper do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
facilitating the Payment of Her Majesty’s Navy, 
and the Payment and Distribution of Prize, Bounty, 
Salvage and other Monies to and amongst the Of- 
ficers and Crews of Her Majesty’s Ships and Vessels 
of War, and for the better Regulation of the Ac- 


counts relating thereto: And that Sir James Graham, | 


Admiral Berkeley and Mr. Osborne do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 


That there be laid before this House, a Return of | « 


the Titles, Names, Addresses of Publishers, Weight 


and Dates of Registration of all registered News- | 


papers, whereof a portion is published without 
Stamps ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the {Sir John Shelley, 1 36 
Yeas, Mr. Craufurd : ae 
Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, 1 59 
Noes, \Mr. Grenville Berkeley: J “~ 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That Mr. John Ball be discharged from 
further attendance on the Select Committee on 
Dublin Hospitals. 

Ordered, That Sir Thomas Burke be added to the 
Committee. 


The Chimney Sweepers Bill was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Friday the 19th day of this instant May ; and to be 
printed. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
nesday next, the Tenants’ Compensation (Jreland) 
Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 17th day of this instant May. 


Sir James Graham presented a Bill for the En- 
couragement of Seamen, and the more effectual 
Manning of Her Majesty’s Navy during the present 
War: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Thursday 
next ; and to be printed. 

Vo, 109. 





8°—Y° Maiz. 223 


Sir James Graham presented a Bill for facilitating Navy Pay, &amp;e. 
the Payment of Her Majesty’s Navy, and the Pay- Bill. 
ment and Distribution of Prize, Bounty, Salvage and _ Bill 92. 
other Monies to and amongst the Officers and Crews 
of Her Majesty’s Ships and Vessels of War, and for 
the better Ressiedlin of the Accounts relating there- 
to: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Thursday 
next ; and to be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Martis, 9° die Maiti; 
Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


Rh. Bouverie reported from the Committee on Blyth Harbour, 
| 2 the Blyth Harbour, Docks and Railway Bill; tg J 
That, inasmuch as the Committee had struck out of“ ”*? * 
the Bill so much thereof as relates to the making 
of a Railway in connexion with the proposed Dock, 
the several Standing Orders relating to Railway Bills 
were inapplicable to this case; and that the Com- 
mittee had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto, by striking out the words “together with a 
“ Railway therefrom to the Blyth and Tyne Rail- 
way, at or near the Terminus of that Railway in 
“ Blyth aforesaid: And whereas the Blyth and Tyne 
Railway Company were incorporated by a Local 
and Personal Act of the sixteenth year of the reign 
of Her present Majesty, chapter One hundred and 
twenty-two, and additional Powers were granted 
| “ to that Company by a Local and Personal Act of 
“ the seventeenth year of the reign of Her present 
Majesty, chapter One hundred and seventy-two : 
And whereas the intended Railway will join the 
“ Railway of the Blyth and Tyne Railway Com- 
pany, and it is expedient to authorize that Com- 
|“ pany, and the Company hereby incorporated, to 

enter into arrangements for the working of the 
“ intended Railway by the Blyth and Tyne Rail- 
way Company, and into other traffic arrange- 
ments between the two Companies,” and the word 
| several” in the last Clause of the Preamble; and 
found the same, as amended, to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

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








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| 66 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Kingston-upon- Thames Kingston- 
Gas (re-committed) Bill, with further Amendments. ee 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. “** *™ 


| Mr. Bouverie _ the Birmingham and Mid- Birmingham 
‘land Institute (f-committed) Bill, with further #94 Midland 

Institute Bill. 
Amendments. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Shipley Waterworks Shipley 
(re-committed) Bill, with further Amendments. — 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. ~ 


The House was moved, That the Report from Traethbach 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders, in re- Bridge and 
_ of the Petition for additional Provision in the “°*° ~~ 

'raethbach Bridge and Road Bill, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, that they have Power to make 
—— therein pursuant to the prayer of the said 

etition. 


Ordered, That the Examiner of Petitions for Patent Solid 
Private Bills have leave to sit, and proceed To- — 
morrow on the Patent Solid Sewage Manure Com- (No.2) Bill, 


pany (No. 2) Bill. 





FF4+ The 





Barnsley 
Local Board 


of Health Bill. 


Ambergate, 
Nottingham 
and Boston, 
and Eastern 


Junction Rail- 


way (Exten- 
sion into 
Nottingham, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Glasgow 
Waterworks 
Bill (1853.) 


Birmingham 
Canal Navi- 
gations Bill. 


Ryde Im- 
provement 
Bill. 


Beccles Water 


and Gas Bill. 


Edinburgh 
Police and 


Improvement 


Bill. 


Padiham 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Petworth 
Roads Bill. 


Stourbridge 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Berens’ 
Divorce Bill. 


Middlesex 
Industrial 
Schools Bill. 


No. 93. 


Rochdale an 
Burnley Roads 


Bill, 


224 


The Order for referring the Barnsley Local 
Board of Health Bill to the Committee of Selection, 
was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order for reading the third time the Amber- 
gate, Nottingham and Boston, and Eastern Junction 
Railway (Extension into Wottingham, &amp;c.) Bill, was 
read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee :—And that they have leave to 
sit, and proceed upon Thursday next. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Committee on the Glasyow Waterworks 
Bill, in the last Session, be referred to the Commit- 
tee on the Glasgow Waterworks Bill. 


The Birmingham Canal Navigations Bill was read 
the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Ordered, That Mr. Muntz do carry the Bill to, 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Fyde Improvement Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Beccles Water and Gas Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Edinburgh Police and Im- 
provement Bill, as amended in the Committee, be 
taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Padiham Waterworks Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Petworth Roads Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Stourbridge Waterworks Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Berens’ Divorce Bill was read a second time, and 
committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select 
Committee on Divorce Bills. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, that they do hear Counsel and examine 
Witnesses for the Bill, and also that they do hear 
Counsel and examine Witnesses in the Bill, if 


the Parties concerned think fit to be heard by 
Counsel or produce Witnesses. 


Sir John Shelley reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on the Middlesex Industrial Schools Bill ; 
That they had examined the allegations of the Bill, 
and found the same to be true ; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


Colonel Pennant reported from the Committee 
on Group R. of Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Rochdale and Burnley Roads Bill, they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by inserting the 
words “edging or kerb” after the word “and,” in 
|. 13, p. 1; and also by striking out all the words 
from the word “thereof,” in 1. 1, p. 2, to the word 
“ and,” inl. 9, p. 2; and also inserting after the 
word “Trustees” in next line, the words “acting 
‘“‘ under the said Act ;” and also by inserting the 


9° Mai. 


field, &amp;c. Roads Bill, with Amendments. 





A. 1854. 


words “edging or kerb” after the word “and” in 
the next line, and after the word “used” in same 
line ; striking out the words to the end of the para- 
graph, and inserting in lieu thereof, the words “in 
“ making or repairing any turnpike-road under the 
charge of the said Trustees, or in making or re- 
pairing some highway in some parish, township, 
hamlet or place liable to contribute out of the 
highway-rate to the repairs to some part of such 
turnpike-roads, or in making or repairing some 
public highway within the limits of any Improve- 
ment Act, the limits of which shall comprise any 
part of the roads which now is, or heretofore was, 
part of the said turnpike-roads; or in building, re- 
building or repairing any present or any future 
bridge or bridges on any such turnpike-road or 
public highway,” for the purposes of confining the 
operation of the Bill to flags and edging or kerb- 
stones, and extending the exemption from tolls for 
such flags, edging or kerb-stones to towns upon the 
line of the roads in which Improvement Acts have 
been passed ; and had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


‘ 


‘ 


Colonel Pennant reported the Winchester and Winchester 
Petersfield Road (ve-committed) Bill, with further 2"4 Petersfield 
Amendments. Road Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Colonel Pennant reported the Brighton, Cuck- Brighton, 
Cuckfield, &amp;c. 
Roads Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Colonel Pennant reported from the Committee on Stamford 
Group R. of Private Bills ; That in the case of the and Kettering 
Stamford and Kettering Road Bill, they had exa-""°”” 

mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, and amended the same, by striking out, in 
1. 9, p. 2, the words “with certain interest thereon,” 
for the purpose of extinguishing the arrears of in- 
terest ; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Colonel Pennant reported from the Committee on Private Bills 
Group R. of Private Bills; That Mr. Grenfell, one (Group R.) 
of the selected Members of the said Committee, was 
not present during the sitting of the Committee this 
day. 

ar That Mr. Grenfell be discharged from 
further attendance on the Committee. 


Lord Harry Vane reported from the Sub-Com- Portsmouth, 
mittee on the Portsmouth Railway (re-committed) Railway 8 
Bill; That they had, pursuant to the Instruction of 
the House, divided the Bill into two Bills; and 
that, in the case of the Portsmouth Railway Bill, 
intituled, “ A Bill to enable the Portsmouth Railway 
“* Company to make certain Alterations in the Line 
‘‘ and Levels of their Railway, and to extend their 
“ said Line from Godalming to Shalford, and for 
“ other purposes,” they had made further Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

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


Lord Harry Vane reported from the Sub-Com- Portsmouth, 
mittee on the Portsmouth Railway (re-committed) Railway 
Bill; That they had, pursuant to the Instruction of 
the House, divided the said Bill into two Bills; and 
that, as regards one of such Bills, “ The Portsmouth 
and Direct London and Portsmouth Railways Bill,’ 
intituled, “ A Bill to authorize Agreements between 
“ the Direct London and Portsmouth Railway Com- —e 1 
“ pany and the Portsmouth Railway Company, and Portsmouth 
“ for winding up the Affairs of the Direct London and Railways 
“ Portsmouth Railway Company,” in carrying out 
the Instruction of the House above-mentioned, they 
had inserted as the Preamble of the Bill the Preamble 
to Clause 32 of the Bill, as originally passed by the 

Committee, 


Portsmouth 





Convict 
secipline 
oe rans 
portation. 


Committee of 
Selection 
Eleventh 
port.) 
No, 226. 


Public Income 
and Expen- 
diture. 


British 
Museum. 


Nussian- 
Dutch Loan. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Henry Stonor, 


17 Vicroriz. 


Committee, so as to confine the same to the objects 
before-mentioned ; and had examined the allegations 
of the Bill as amended, and found the same to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
—Copy of further Correspondence on the subject of 
Convict Discipline and Transportation (in continua- 
tion of Papers presented 18th July 1853). 

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


Sir Robert Ferguson reported from the Committee 
of Selection; That they have added the Camden 
Town Cemetery Bill to Group Y. of Private Bills. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of the Public Income and Expenditure 
of the United Kingdom, in the years ending the 
5th day of January 1852, 1853 and 1854, dis- 
tinguishing the actual Payments for the Expenses 
incurred in the Collection and Management of 
the Revenue; for the Charges of the Public Debt 
(the Terminable Annuities being valued by Esti- 
mate); for the Expenses of the Civil Government ; 
the Allowances to the Royal Family and to his Ma- 
jesty the King of the Belgians; the Establishment 
of the Lord Lieutenant of Jreland ; the Expenses of 
the two Houses of Parliament, and the Civil Depart- 
ments; the other Pensions on the Consolidated Fund, 
on the Gross Revenue, and the Civil List; also, the 
Payments for the Administration of Justice, Diplo- 
matic Expenses, and on account of the Sums voted 
for the Army, Navy, Ordnance and Miscellaneous 
Services; also, Public Works, Bounties, Post-office, 
the Quarantine and Warehouse Establishments ; and 
all other Payments not coming under any of the 
foregoing Heads; with an Appendix, showing the 
several Items composing each Head of the Account 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 817, of 
Session 1853). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of all Minutes or a between the 
Government and the Trustees of the British Museum, 
respecting Alterations in the Management of the 
Museum, recommended by the ey Commission 
appointed “ for inquiring into the Constitution and 
Government of the British Museum,” in July 1847 
(m continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 425, 
of Session 1850), 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Account showing the Total or Aggregate Sum which 
has been paid by Great Britain for the Principal 
and Interest of the Russian--Dutch Loan, under the 
Convention of the 19th day of May 1815, and the 
Act 55 Geo. 8, c. 115, stating the Amount paid in 
Redemption of the Principal of the Debt, and the 
Amount paid for Interest, and the Totals paid as 
Principal and Interest in each year, since the 19th 
day of May1815 ; stating also the estimated Amount 
of Principal and Interest remaining on the 1st day 
of January 1854, to be paid by Instalments in dis- 
charge of this Loan by Great Britain (in continu- 
ation of the Account in Parliamentary Paper, No. 52, 
of Session 1852). 


Ordered, That Sir John Duckworth have leave of 
absence for a fortnight, on account of illness in his 
family. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to request that their Lordships will be pleased to 
give leave to the Duke of Mewcastle to attend and 
give Evidence before the Select Committee appointed 
by this House on the appointment of Henry Stonor : 
= that Mr. Sotheron do carry the said Message. 

OL. 109, 





G° Marz. 








225 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Criminal Code 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Malta.) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Despatch of Her Majesty’s 
Secretary of State for the Colonies to his Excellency 
the Governor of Malta, dated the sth day of Fe- 
bruary 1854, which Despatch had reference to the 
new Criminal Code passed by the Legislative Coun- 
cil of that Island, and transmitted to this Country 
to be laid before Her Majesty in Council. 

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


Mr. Osborne presented,—Return to an Order, Greenwich 

dated the 14th day of March last, for Accounts of Hospital. 
the Government Establishment of the Royal Hos- 
pital for Seamen at Greenwich, in the year 1853, 
stating the several Officers in the Military Depart- 
ment and in the Civil Branch ; the Number of Pen- 
sioners, and Establishment; the Number of Super- 
annuated Officers, and the Total Expense in the year: 
—And, of the Monies expended upon repairing and 
extending Farm-houses, &amp;c. in that year, exhibiting 
the same kind of Account in detail for 1853 (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 495, of 
Session 1850). 

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


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, Property 
the Property Qualification Bill, was read, and dis- — 
charged. ae 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Westminster 
Copies of all Correspondence, Tenders and Con- Bridge. 
tracts with reference to the rebuilding of West- 
minster Bridge. 


Sir John Young presented,—Return to an Order, poor Removal 
dated the 23d day of February last, for Copies of all (Ireland.) 
Correspondence between Boards of Guardians in 
Ireland and the Poor Law Commissioners in Jreland, 
respecting the Removals of Paupers ; together with 
all Correspondence relating thereto with the Poor 
Law Commissioners in England, or the Board of 
Supervision of the Poor in Scotland :— And, of all 
Resolutions passed by Boards of Guardians in Jre- 
land, relating to the Power of Removal possessed 
by the English and Scotch Parochial Authorities, and 
suggesting Alterations in the Law. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Education Education 
(Scotland), which was presented upon the 11th day (Scotland.) 
of April last, be printed. No. 227. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Fire In- Fire In- 
surances, which was presented upon the 8th day of surances. 
this instant May, be printed. No, 228. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Spirits (Jre- spirits 
land), which was presented upon the 8th day of this (Ireland.) 
instant May, be printed. No. 229. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by East India. 
the Clerk of the House,—Further Return to an Or- 
der, dated the 21st day of February last, for a State- 
ment showing the Quantity of Land under Culii- 
vation in each of the Districts of the Madras Pre- 
sidency, distinguishing the Quantity in Acres or 
Cawnies of Land irrigated, with the Amount in 
Rupees, of the Government Assessmentrated thereon, 
and the Quantity of Land in Acres or Cawnies under 
dry Cultivation, with the Amount of Government 
Assessment rated thereon ; the Total Land Revenue 
in each District, Gross and Net, and the Total Area 
of each District, in Acres or Cawnies, which are 
barren, not cultivated, or alienated, in Znaum; also, 
an Abstract of the Total Area, in Acres or Cawnies, 
in the several Districts of the Madras Presidency, 

GG comprising 


Brighton 
Municipal 
Charter. 


Nuisances 
Removal and 
Diseases Pre- 
vention Act 


Ireland.) 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Thirty- 
second Re- 
port. 


Exchequer 
Bills 


(£. 16,024,100) 
Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Excise Duties, 


226 


comprising cultivated and uncultivated Lands : — 
And, Copies of all Applications from the Govern- 
ment of Madras to the Government of India, and 
to the Honourable Court of Directors, during the 
Seven years from 1847 to 1853, both inclusive, for 
sanction for Expenditure for Public Works con- 
nected with the Improvement of the Country, or 
connected with the Revenue, Works, or Works of 
Irrigation, or for Works on which the Cultivation of 
the Country depends ; together with Copies of the 
Replies and Letters from the Honourable Court of 
Directors and Government ot J/ndia to the Govern- 
ment of Madras to such Applications, during the 
Seven years from 1847 to 1853, bot inclusive. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 1st day of this instant May, 
for Copy of Her Majesty’s Commission to inquire into 
the Inns of Court. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
3d day of this instant May, for copy of the Report 
made by Captain Warburton to Her Majesty in 
Council, on the subject of a Petition of the Inha- 
bitant Householders of the Town of Brighton, pray- 
ing for a Municipal Charter. 

Mr. Fitzroy also presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—Nuisances Removal 
and Diseases Prevention Act (Ireland): Copy of an 
Order issued by the Commissioners for administering 
the Laws for Relief of the Poor in Zreland. 

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


Petitions relating to Bribery, &amp;c. Bills ;—Cam- 
bridge Bribery Prevention Bull ;— Kingston-upon- 
Hull Bribery Prevention Bili ;—Conventual and 
Monastic Institutions Committee ;—Crystal Palace 
(Sydenham) ; — Gaols ;— Intoxicating Liquors ; — 
Nunneries ;—Oaths Bill ;— Ozford University Bill; 
—Public-houses and Beer-shops ;—Religious Opi- 
nions ;—Universities (Oxford and Cambridge) ;— 
County Rates (Jreland) ;—Fire Insurance ;—Paper, 
Newspaper Stamps, Foreign Books, &amp;c. ;—Billings- 
gate Market ;—Burgh Boundaries’ (Scotland) Bill ; 
— John Judkin Butler ;— Luke Clarke;—Copyholds ; 
—Criminal Prosecutions ;—Education (Ireland) ;— 
Education (Scotland) ;— Education (Scotland) Bill ; 
—Factories ;—Foreign Policy ;— Friendly Societies 
Bill; — Harbours of Refuge ;— Improvement of 
Towns (Zreland) Bill ;—Medical Officers (Navy) ;— 
Medical Practitioners Bill; — Mortmain Bill ;— 
Ocean Penny Postage ;—Poor Law (Scotland) ;— 
Preston Borough ;— Registration of Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) Bill ;-—Sherifts (Dublin) ;—Testamentary 
Jurisdiction Bill ;—and, Valuation of Lands (Scot- 
land) Bill,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to Accidents in Coal Mines, 
was also presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Accidents in Coal Mines. 

Petitions relating to the Judgment Execution, &amp;c. 
Bill,—were also presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


The Exchequer Bills Bill was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for raising the Sum of Sixteen 
millions twenty-four thousand one hundred pounds 
by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the year One 
thousand eight hundred and fifty-four. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson . carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee of 
Ways and Means, several Resolutions ; which were 
read, as follow: 


1. Resolved, That, towards raising the Suppl 
granted to Her Majesty, there shall be charged, 
raised, levied, collected and paid upon the goods and 
commodities hereinafter-mentioned and described, 


9° Maiz. 





A. 1854, 


the several Duties of Excise respectively specified 
and set forth ; (that is to say): 


SPIRITS. 

For and upon every gallon of spirits of the strength 
of hydrometer proof, which, on or after the 8th day 
of May 1854, shall be distilled in Scotland and Ire- 
land respectively, or be in the stock, custody or 
possession of any distiller in Scotland or Ireland, or 
of any person in trust for him, or for his use, benefit 
or account, or which, having been distilled in Eng- 
land, Scotland or Ireland, shall, on or after the last- 
mentioned day, be in warehouse in Scotland or Ire- 
land, and be taken out of warehouse for consumption 
in Scotlund or Ireland, or which, having been taken 
out of warehouse in England for removal to Scot- 
land ov Ireland, shall, on or after the said last-men- 
tioned day, be brought into Scotland or Ireland, the 
additional duty following ; that is to say, in Scotland 
the additional duty of One shilling, and in Zreland 
the additional duty of Eight-pence, and so in pro- 
portion for any greater or less degree of strength, 
or any greater or less quantity. 

2. Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply 

ranted to Her Majesty, on and after the 8th day of 
ay 1854, in lieu of the Countervailing Duties now 
chargeable under any Act or Acts in force on Spirits 
of the nature or quality of plain British Spirits ma- 
nufactured or distilled in the Islands of Guernsey, 
Jersey, Alderney and Sark respectively, and im- 
ported from any of the said Islands into Scotland or 
Lreland, there shall be charged and paid the following 
Countervailing Duties ; (that is to say) : 

For and upon every gallon of such last-mentioned 
spirits of the strength of hydrometer proof, imported 
into Scotland, the sum of 6s. 10d.; and for and 
upon every gallon of such last-mentioned spirits of 
the like strength, imported into Jredand, the sum of 
5s, 2d.; and so in proportion for any greater or 
less degree of strength, or any greater or less quan- 
tity of such spirits imported into Scotland and Ire- 
land respectively. 

3. Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, in lieu of the respective 
Duties of Excise now payable under any Act or 
Acts in force upon the several mixtures, compounds, 
preparations and commodities mentioned and de- 
scribed in the Schedule (A.) hereto annexed, on the 
removal of the same respectively as hereinafter-men- 
tioned, there shall be raised, levied, collected and 
paid upon the said several mixtures, compounds, 
preparations and commodities which, on or after the 
8th day of May 1854, shall be removed from Scot- 
land or Ireland to England, or from Ireland to Scot- 
land, the several Sums of Money and Duties of 
Excise respectively inserted, described and set forth 
in the said Schedule. 


ScHEDULE (A.) 





ARTICLES ENUMERATED. | Countervailing Duties. 





From 
Treland to 
England. 


£ 


From 
Scotland to 


For every Gallon thereof removed: 
England, 








£. 


£. 


8. 8. d. 
Ether - - 5 7 
Sweet Spiritsof Nitre - -}) 
Camphorated Spirits -  - 
Lavender Water and other Per- 
fumes, being Spirits scented 
with Essential Oils, Flowers, 
or other Ingredients - - 
Compound Spirits of Lavender 
Spirits of Rosemary - 
Spirits of Ammonia 
Sal Volatile - - 
Friar’s Balsam 
Compound Tincture of Benzoin | 
Tincture of Assafoetida - 
Tincture of Castor - 
Tincture of Kino - 
Tincture of Guaiacum 
Tincture of Myrrh 
Tincture of Ginger 
Spirit Varnishes -  - 
Other Tinctures and Medicated 
irits mr ee 
Made Wines - 








| 
j 
| 











From 
Ireland to 
Scotland. 


&amp; 


4 


———&gt; 













17 Victori&amp;. 9° Mait. 227 























tion, or for use as ship’s stores, and be duly exported 
or shipped as stores, under and according to the | 
laws and regulations of Customs in such respect, | 
there shall be granted and paid, over and above the | 
allowance aforesaid, and in lieu of the drawback | 
granted and payable under the 11th section of the | 


Act 11 &amp; 12 Vie. c. 122, a drawback after the rate | 
y gallon of such spirits actually | 


of 114d. for ever 


exported or shipped as stores as aforesaid. 


And for and upon every gallon of spirits of the strength | 
of hydrometer proof, and so in proportion for any | 


greater or less quantity, or any greater or less degree 
of strength distilled in England or Ireland, for ex- 
portation only, or for use as ship’s stores, from malt 


| 
} 








4. Resolved, ‘That there shall be made, allowed ScHEDvuLE (B.) 
and paid for or in respect of the several goods and 
commodities hereinafter described or mentioned, the ARTICLES ENUMERATED. Countervailing Drawbacks. 
several Allowances and Drawbacks of Excise re- a an aaa . ‘ 
spectively hereinafter specified and set forth; (that| Fo, every Gallon thereof _— England to | England to Scotland to 
is to say): l Scotland. Treland. Ireland. 
For and vpon every gallon of spirits of the strength ee 7 
of hydrometer proof, and so in proportion for any Zadjisfadiéi.ad, 
greater or less quantity, or any greaterorlessdegree| Ether - - - - -| - 55} -97| = 4 2 
of strength, distilled in Scotland from malt only, | Sweet Spirits of Nitre - - 
which shall be mashed on or after the 8th day of | Camphorated Spirits -  - 
May 1854, and which spirits shall be distilled at the | Lavender Water and other Per- 
rate of two ae of such spirits for every bushel} fumes, being Spirits scented 
of barley malt, or one bushel and three-tenth parts | with Essential Oils, Flowers, 
of a bushel of malt made from bear or bigg, an| or other ingredients - i 
allowance after the rate of 1 s.-}d. per gallon, in | Compound Spirits of Lavender 
lieu of all allowances granted on such spirits by | Spirits of Rosemary - - 
any Act or Acts now in force. | Spirits of Ammonia - - 
Provided always, that if the quantity of malt mashed | Sal Volatile - - - -/$- 8 8} =- 5 9] - 2 6 
and used in the production of | spirits shall be | Friar’s Balsam et 
less than after the rate of one bushel of barley malt, Compound Tincture of Benzoin 
or one bushel and three-tenth parts of a bushel of | Tincture of Assafetida - - 
malt made from bear or bigg, for every two gallons | Tincture of Castor - a a 
of proof spirits charged with duty, a deduction from | Tincture of Kino - - = - 
the amount of such allowance shall be made after | Tincture of Guaiacum - - 
the rate of 4s. for every bushel of barley malt, and | Tincture of Myrrh - - 
every bushel and three-tenth parts of a bushel of | Tincture of Ginger - = 
bear or bigg malt, which shall be so deficient. Spirit Vanishes - - =|} 
And for and upon such spirits distilled in Scotland | Other Tinctures and Medicated 
from malt only, and on which the allowance afore-| Spirits - © © cf = 3 S$] = 310] - 1 8 
said shall have been made, and which said spirits | Made Wines - - - -| - — 8H - — 53 - — 2 
shall be duly removed from warehouse for exporta- | : 











And for and upon every barrel of thirty-six gallons, 
and so in proportion for any greater quantity, of beer 
brewed or made after the 8th day of May 1854, by 
any entered or licensed Brewer of Beer for sale in 
the United Kingdom, in the brewing of which beer 
the worts used before fermentation were of the spe- 
cific gravity hereinafter mentioned, and which shall 
be duly exported from any part of the United King- 
dom to foreign — as merchandize, there shall be 
granted and paid the drawback hereinafter specified 
and set forth (that is to 4b when the original 
gravity of such worts was not less than— 


j j £. 2 d. 
only, mashed on or after the said last-mentioned 1041 ‘ wa - - 6 - 
day, an allowance after the rate of 1s. -—4d. per | 1054 &lt; = ‘i ae 
gallon, in lieu of the allowance on such spirits | 1-068 ‘i= Rew - tasgenlee 
granted and payable under the 13th section of the | 1-081 * e eet ee 
Act 11 &amp; 12 Vie. ¢. 122. 1095 i a er. ee 

And for and upon such spirits distilled in England or 1108 od i: eer 
Irelanil from malt only, and which shall be duly Sa ts tts eel 


removed from warehouse for exportation or for use 
as ship’s stores, and be duly exported or shipped as 
stores, under and according to the laws and regula- 
tious of the Customs in such respect, there shall be 


granted and paid over and above the allowance | 
aforesaid, and in lieu of the drawback granted and | 





In lieu of all other drawbacks on such beer granted 
by any Act or Acts now in force. 


5. Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, there shall be charged, 


payable under the said 13th section of the Act 11 &amp; | raised, levied, collected and paid upon the several 


12 Vie. c. 122, a drawback after the rate of 113d. 
for every gallon of such spirits actually exported or 
shipped as stores as aforesaid. 

And for and upon all British spirits distilled or made 
from any other materials than malt only, such ma- 
terials being mashed on or after the 8th day of 
May 1854, and which spirits shall have been duly 
warehoused in any wallean in the United King- 
dom, and removed therefrom for exportation, or for 
use as ship’s stores, there shall be granted and paid 
a dvewhack after the rate of 2d. for every gallon at 
proof of such spirits actually exported or shipped 
as stores as aforesaid, in lieu of the drawback granted 
and payable under the 14th section of the said Act 
11 &amp; 12 Vic. ¢. 122. 

And for and in respect of all sugar and molasses actually 
used, on or after the 8th day of May 1854, in the 
brewing or making of worts or wash brewed or made 
from sugar only, or from molasses only, or from any 
mixture of these materials, and treacle, or malt, or 
grain, and distilled into spirits by any distiller in 
England, Scotland or Ireland, an allowance after the 
rate of 15 per cent., together with and in addition to 
the present allowance, for every 112 lbs. of sugar so 
used, and after the rate of 15 per cent., together with 
and in addition to the present allowance, for every 
112 lbs. of molasses so used, in lieu of the allowances 
granted in respect of such sugar and molasses respec- 
tively, specified in the respective Schedules (A.) and 
(B.) annexed to the Act 11 &amp; 12 Vie. c. 100. 

And for and upon all mixtures, compounds, oe. 
tions and commodities described in the Schedule (B.) 
hereto annexed, and which, on or after the 8th day 
of May 1854, shall be removed from England to 
Scotland or Ireland, or from Scotland to Ireland, the 
several drawbacks of Excise inserted and set forth in 
the said Schedule (B.) 


VoL. 109. 








oods and commodities hereinafter-mentioned and 
described, the several Duties of Excise respectively 
specified and set forth ; (that is to say): 


MALT. 


For and upon every bushel imperial standard measure, 
and so in proportion for any greater or less quantity 
of malt which, after the 8th &amp; of May 1854, shall 
be made in any part of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, from barley or any other 
corn or grain (except malt made for home consump- 
tion in Scotland and Ireland respectively from bear 
or bigg only), or which after the said day shall be 
brought from Scotland into England or Ireland 
without a certificate from the proper officer that it 
hath paid the full duty of Excise imposed thereon 
by law, or which after the said day shall be brought 
from Ireland into England or Scotland without such 
certificate, the duty of four shillings in lieu of all 
other duties of Excise now payable under any Act or 
Acts in force. 

And for and upon every bushel imperial standard mea- 
sure, and so in proportion for any greater or less 
quantity of malt which after the said day shall be 
made from bear or bigg only in Scotland and Ireland 
respectively, the duty of 3s. 1d., in lieu of all such 
other duties of Excise as aforesaid. 

And for and upon every bushel of malt, whether 
ground or unground, belonging to any maltster, or 
maker of malt, dealer in or seller or retailer or roaster 
of malt, brewer, distiller or vinegar maker, and 
which, on the 8th day of May 1854, shall be either in 
his custody or possession, or in the custody or posses- 
sion of any ther person in trust for him, or for his 
use, benefit or account, in England, Scotland or 
Ireland, the following additional duty, over and 

GG2 above 





Sugar Duties. 


228 


above all other duties of Excise paid or payable 
thereon under any Act or Acts now in force (that is 
to say), an additional duty after the rate of 1 s. 3}d. 
per bushel. 

Provided always, that if such last-mentioned malt shall 
be in Scotland or Ireland, and shall have been made 
for home consumption there from bear or bigg only, 
then an additional duty after the rate of 1s. per 
bushel only. 


? 


6. Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, there shall be charged and 
paid on the articles under-mentioned, imported into 
Scotland or Ireland on or after the 8th day of mw 
1854, the Duties of Customs hereinafter specified, 
in lieu of the Duties now chargeable thereon : 


Duty 


Spirits or Strong Waters :— 
per Gallon. 


For every gallon of such spirits or strong 
waters of any strength not exceeding 
the strength of proof by Sykes’s hydro- 
meter, and so in proportion for any 
greater or less strength than the strength 

of proof, and for any greater or less 
quantity than a gallon, viz., spirits or 
strong waters, the produce of any Bri- 
tish possession in America, or the tsland 
of Mauritius, not being sweetened = 
rits or spirits mixed with any article, 
so that the degree of strength thereof | 
cannot be exactly ascertained by such 
hydrometer: 

Rum— 

If imported into Scotland - - -| - 6 = 
If imported into Ireland - - -| - 4 4 


Spirits other than Rum— 
If imported into Scotland - - ° - 6 - 
If imported into Jreland - - - | - 44 
Rum— 
The produce of any British possession 
within the limits of the East India | 
Company's Charter, in regard to 
which the conditions of the Act 4 Vie. 
c.8, have, or shall have, been fulfilled, 
not being sweetened spirits, or spirits 
so mixed as aforesaid : 
If imported inte Scotland - - -| - 6 = 
If imported into Ireland - - -| - 4 4 


ao ae | 





Rum Shrub, however sweetened— 

The a of, and imported from, 
such possessions qualified asaforesaid, 
or of or from any British possession 
in America or the Island of Mau- 
ritius : 

If imported into Scotland - - -| = 6 - 

If imported into Jreland - - oh --= Ao 





7. Resolved, That, towards raising the Suppl 
granted to Her Majesty, there shall be raised, levied, 
collected and paid on and after the 9th day of May 
1854, an additional Duty after the rate of Fifteen 
pounds per centum upon the produce and amount of 
the Duties of Customs upon Sugar, which are now 
due and payable to Her Majesty, and are collected 
in the United Kingdom under the management and 
direction of the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s 
Customs. 

The four first Resolutions, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 

The fifth Resolution being read a second time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made there- 
unto, by leaving out the words “ for and upon every 
“* bushel imperial standard measure, and so in pro- 
“ portion for any greater or less quantity of malt 
“ which, after the 8th day of May 1854, shall be 
“ made in any part of the United Kingdom of Great 
“ Britain and Ireland.” 

And the Question being put, That the words 
= to be left out, stand part of the Reso- 
ution ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the ts Hayter, 1 004 
Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave: J°~™ 

Tellers for the{ Mr. Edward Ball, ) 
Noes, \ Mr. Bentinck : jis. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
And the said Resolution was agreed to. 


9° Maii. 





A. 1854. 


Then the subsequent Resolutions, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, Yhat a Bill or Bii!s be brought in upon 
the said Resolutions: And that Mr. Bouverie, Mr. 
Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lord John Russell 
do prepare, and bring them in. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blunt: Message from 
Mr. uke, . the Lords, 
The Lords have agreed to the Rossendale Union Rossendale 
Gas Bill, with an Amendment; to which Amend- Union Gas 
ment the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Railway ana 
consideration the Railway and Canal Tratfic Regu- ~ 4 
lation Bill, as amended in the Committee ; Bill = 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Thursday next. 


Mr. Secretary-at-War presented,— Return to an Assistant 
Order, dated the 7th day of April last, fora Return Surgeons 
of the Number of Vacancies for Assistant Surgeons rmy:) 
in the Army, and the Number of Candidates (qua- 
lified) to fill up such Vacancies, together with the 
Number rejected, from the 1st day of January 1853 
to the 6th day of March 1854. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Orange River 
a. That an humble Address be presented to Her Tetitory. 
ajesty, praying that She will be graciously pleased 
to re-consider the Order in Council for the promul- 
gation, on or before the 1st day of August next, of 
a Proclamation abandoning and renouncing all So- 
vereignty over the Orange Liver Territory, and its 
Inhabitants :—And the said Motion was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Medical 
extend the Rights enjoyed by the Graduates of the a of 
Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, in respect to toes” 
the Practice of Physic, to the Graduates of the 
University of London: And that Mr. Bell and Mr. 


Thornely do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Church Rates. 
to relieve Dissenters from the Payment of Church 
Rates in certain cases, and otherwise to amend the 
Law respecting the making, assessing and collecting 
of Church Rates in England and Wales : And that 
Mr. Packe, Mr. Sotheron and Mr. Miles do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Medical Relief. 
to inquire into the mode in which Medical Relief is 

now administered in the different Unions in England 

and Wales, and to ascertain whether any additional 

facilities might be afforded the Poor in obtaining 

Medical Aid. 


Ordered, That leave be given tu bring in a Bill to Bills of 
make Fraudulent Dealings with regard to Bills of 2xchange. 
Exchange felonious in certain cases: And that Mr. 

Digby nee, Mr. Atherton and Mr. Bowyer do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


The Piers and Harbours (Scotland) (No. 2) Bill Piers and 
was, according to Order, read a second time ; and Seetiand? 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for (No. 2) Bill. 
Monday next. 


The Militia Bill was, according to Order, read the Militia Bill 
third time. 

A Clause (Notice of the time and place of meet- 

ing to be sent by the Commanding Officer, by post, 

to the residences of the men, as stated in their 
attestations, and to be deemed sufficient), was thrice 

read ; and added to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 








Ordered, 





Hertford 
County Writ. 


Church Rates 
Bill. 
Bill 94. 


Medical 
Graduates 
(University 
London) Bill. 
Bill 95. 


Bankruptcy 


({reland) Bill 


Crystal Palace 
Company Bill. 


Bradford 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Burnley 


improvement 


Birmingham 


Improvement 


Kingston. 
upon- Hull 


pyprovement 


West Brom- 


Wich Improve- 
Ment, &amp;c, Bill, 


ain 
Paice wah 


amended in the 


&amp;e., Bill be re-committed to the former 


17 VicrortZ. 


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


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


Mr. Packe presented a Bill to relieve Dissenters 
from the Payment of Church Rates in certain cases, 
and otherwise to amend the Law respecting the 
making, assessing and collecting of Church Rates in 
England and Wales: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 14th day of June next; and 
to be printed. 


Mr. Bell presented a Bill to extend the Rights 


of enjoyed by the Graduates of the University of Ox- 
ford and Cambridge, in respect to the Practice of 


Physic, to the Graduates of the University of London: 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday the 24th 
day of this instant May; and to be printed. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
nesday the 17th day of this instant May, the Bank- 
ruptcy (Jreland) Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 24th day of this instant May. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Mercurii, 10° die Maii; 
Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS, 

S IR Edmund Hayes reported from the Committee 

on Group V. of Private Bills; That in the case 
of the Crystal Palace Company Bill, they had exa- 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, and amended the same, by confining the 
Powers of the Company to taking on lease the por- 
tion of Dulwich Wood comprised in the recited Act, 
instead of including the whole of the said Wood ; 
and by curtailing certain outlying portions of land 
which the Bill originally gave the  aeenen Power 
to appropriate ; and found the same, as amended, to 
be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Bradford Waterworks Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Burnley Improvement Bill, as 
amended in the Committee, be taken into conside- 
ration To-morrow. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Birmingham Improvement Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Kingston -upon- Hull Improvement Bill, as 
ommittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the West Bromwich Improvement, 
mmittee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 


hprovement into consideration the Edinburgh Police and Im- 





provement Bill, as amended in the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


9°—10° Mai. 





229 


Viscount Emlyn reported from the Sub-Committee Grand June- 
on Group 7 of Railway and Canal Bills; That tion Railwey 
the parties opposing the Grand Junction Railway : 
of Ireland Bill had stated to the Committee, that 
the Evidence of Richard Griffiths, Esquire, one 
of the Commissioners of Public Works in Jreland, 
was essential, in order to enable them to establish 
their case before the Committee ; and it having been 
proved that his attendance could not be obtained 
without an Order of the House, he had been di- 
rected by the Committee to move the House, That 
the said Richard Griffiths do attend the Committee 
on Friday the 12th day of May, at Twelve o'clock. 

Ordered, That Rickard Griffiths, Esquire, do at- 

— “4 said Committee upon Friday next, at Twelve 
o'clock. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Patent Solid 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; Sewage Manure 
That in the case of the Patent Solid Sewage Manure (No.2) an 
Company (No. 2) Bill, the Standing Orders have 


been complied with. 


Ordered, That the Patent Solid Sewage Manure Patent Solid 
Company (No. 2) Bill be read a second time. Sewage Manure 
Company 
(No. 2) Bill. 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, cheese, 
an Account of the Quantities of Cheese imported 
into the several Ports of Great Britain in each 
Month of the year 1853, distinguishing the Euro- 
pean, United States and Colonial Produce ; and, of 
all European Cheese, exclusive of British Cheese, 
exported from England in the year 1853 (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 408, of Ses- 
sion 1853). 


Poor Removal 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Poor Re- 
(Ireland.) 


moval (Ireland), which was presented upon the 9th 
day of this instant May, be referred to the Select 
Committee on Poor Removal. 


Petitions relating to Conventual and Monastic In- Public 

stitutions Committee ; — Intoxicating Liquors ; — Petitions. 
Oaths Bill ;—Public-houses and Beer-shops ;—Uni- Vide Thirty- 
versities (Oxford and Cambridge) ;—Orange River second Re- 
Sovereignty (South Africa) ;—Civil Bills, &amp;c. (Jre- Port. 
land) Act ;—Decimal Coinage ;—Dublin Carriage 
Bill ;— Education (Jreland) ;—Education ( Scotland) 
Bill ;—Friendly Societies ;—Friendly Societies Bill ; 
—Medical Practitioners Bill ;—Ocean Penny Post- 
age ;—Preston Borough ;—Testamentary Jurisdic- 
tion Bill ;—and, Valuation of Lands (Scotland) Bill, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions relating to the Judgment Execution, &amp;e. 
Bill,—were also presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Brighton Brighton 
Municipal Charter, which was presented upon the Municipal 
9th day of this instant May, be printed. Me. one 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Greenwich Greenwich 
Hospital, which was presented upon the 9th day of Hospital. 
this instant May, be printed. No. 232, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to East India, East India. 
which was presented upon the 9th day of this in- No. 224. 
stant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Assistant Assistant 
Surgeons (Army), which was presented upon the 9th Surgeons 


day of this instant May, be printed. ge 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Apprentices Apprentices 
(Merchant Sea Service), which pene upon (Merchant 


the 27th day of April last, be prin a magn 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Muskets, &amp;c. 





Vor, 109. 


the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
GG3+ the 






































































ey RSP 














Friendly 
Societies Bill. 


Hustings 
Expenses Bill, 


Medical 
Practitioners 
(No. 2) Bill. 


230 10°—11° Mazi. 


the 2d day of March last, for Copies of the Report 
and Evidence, from a Committee in 1849 appointed 
to inquire into the Cost of Muskets :—Of the Peti- 
tion wae the Gun-lock Makers in 1852, respecting 
Minié Rifles :—Of the Advertisement for Tenders 
for the Materials of 20,000 Muskets in September 
1853, and of the Tenders sent in, stating the 
Names of the Persons tendering, whether accepted 
or rejected:—Of any Contract in October 1853 
with Brazier and Sons for 20,000 Muskets, stating 
the Time for executing the Contract, and whether 
executed :—And, of the Report, recommending the 
Establishment of Gun Manufactories ; together with 
the Estimate for the Erection of the requisite Build- 
ings, and the Scheme of Establishment to be main- 
tained for the Manufacture of Small Arms. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Friendly Societies Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, ‘That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word ‘‘ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ the Bill be committed to a Select Committee” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
— to be left out, me part of the Question :— 

t passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words “ the 
“ Bill be committed to a Select Committee” be 
added instead thereof: —It was resolved in the 
Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Select 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Hustings Expenses Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz., To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 


The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the (Mr. Hume, 57 
Yeas, (Lord Robert Grosvenor ; } , 

Tellers for the (Mr. Spooner, P 
Noes, Mr. Packe : \154, 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being ut, That the words 
“ upon this day six months” be added at the end of 
the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day six months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Medical Practitioners (No. 2) Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day six months, re- 
“ solve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 

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

The House divided. 





The Yeas to the Rigyt ; 
The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the Yeas, aq Frag 69. 
Tellers for the Noes, Mn oe 4, 118. 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ this House will, upon this day six months, re- 
“ solve itself into the said Committee,” be added 
instead thereof:—It was resolved in the Affirma- 
tive. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon this day 
six months, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Absconding 
mittee on the Absconding Debtors (Zreland) Bill; Debtors 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday (Ireland) Bill 
the 24th day of May next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Ways and 
into the Committee of Ways and Means. Means. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply Molasses. 
granted to Her Majesty, there shall be raised, levied, 
collected and paid, on and after the 10th day of 
May 1854, an additional Duty, after the rate of 
Fifteen pounds per centum, upon the produce and 
amount of the Duties on Molasses, which are now 
due and payable to Her Majesty in the United 
Kingdom, under the management and direction of 
the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Customs. 

2. Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply Sugar. 
granted to Her Majesty, there shall be raised, levied, 
collected and paid for and upon all Sugar which, 
after the 10th day of May 1854, shall be used by 
any Brewer of Beer for sale in the brewing or 
making of Beer, the Duty of Five shillings and two- 
pence for every hundred weight, and after the like 
rate for any greater or less quantity than a hun- 
dred weight of such Sugar, in lieu of the Duty of 
Excise chargeable on such Sugar, under the 3d sec- 
tion of the Act 13 &amp; 14 Vic. c. 67, but over and 
above all other Duties, whether of Excise or Cus- 
toms. 


Resolutions to be reported. 


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

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 

Mr. Bouverie also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, hat this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 











Jovis, 11° die Maii ; 
Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 
R. Bouverie reported the Londonderry Bridge Londonderry 
M Bill, with Amendments. Bridge Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Wells and Fakenham wets and 
Railway Bill; with Amendments. Fokeshew, 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; Railway 

and be printed. M 
r. 









233 


SS 


N 










Newport and 
Pilgwenll 
Waterworks 


Mallow and 
Fermoy 
Railway Bill. 


East Suffolk 
Railway Bill. 


Burry Port 
Bill, 


Norfolk 
Railway Bill. 


Ryde Im. 





17 VicToriz. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on 
the Newport and PillgwenllyWaterworks Bill ; That 
they had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by 
defining more exactly, in accordance with the amen- 
ded provisions of the Bill, the amount expended from 
revenue which it is proposed to replace, and by in- 
troducing recitals showing the Powers already given 
to the Newport Dock Company and the Newport 
Harbour Commissioners, of subscribing to the un- 
dertaking, and the extent to which those Powers 
have been exercised ; and found the same, as amen- 
ded, to be true ; and had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto; and that the Com- 
mittee had made a ‘special te into the bond 


11° Mai. 





231 


And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 
read the third time ; 

Mr. Hayter, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
1 the House may do therein as they shall think 

t. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

A Clause (Acts of old Commissioners not to be 
affected), was thrice read ; and added to the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Colonel Harcourt do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





fide character of the Subscription Contract and the 
sufficiency of the Subscribers thereunto, which were | 
proved to the satisfaction of the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. | 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the | 
Mallow and Fermoy Railway Bill; That they had | 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by striking out 
so much thereof as related to arrangements with the 
Great Southern and Western Railway Company, 
those parts of the Bill to which the said portion of 
the Preamble had reference having been abandoned ; 
and found the same, as amended, to be true ; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

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


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on 
the East Suffolk Railway Bill; That they had ex- 
amined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, and amended the same, by making a verbal 
alteration therein; and found the same, as amended, 
to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

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


The House proceeded to take into consideration 





the Amendments made by the Lords to the Burry 
Port Bill; and the same were twice read, and 
agreed to. | 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill | 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House | 
hath agreed te the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


A Motion being made, That the Vorfolk Railway 
Bill be now read the third time; 

Mr. Hayter, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
= the House may do therein as they shall think 

t. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

A Clause (Plans, &amp;c., to be deposited at the Ad- 
miralty), was thrice read ; and added to the Bill. 

Another Clause (Company not to construct works | 
to contract waters of Lake Lothing without consent | 
&lt; ennai was thrice read; and added to the 

ill. 


Another Clause (Admiralty may order local sur- | 
vey), was thrice read ; and added to the Bill. 

Another Clause (Admiralty may remove works 
suffered to fall into decay, &amp;c.), was thrice read; and 
added to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


_ The Order of the day being read, for the third read- 
ing of the Ryde Improvement Bill ; 
VoL. 109. 





The House proceeded to take into consideration Oxford, Wor- 


the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway cester and 
(Stratford-upon-Avon and Stourbridge Branches) Wolverhamp- 
" 4 7 y 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. (Stratford- 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. | ¥pon-Avonand 
Stourbridge - 
Branches) Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Wadsley and 
the Wadsley and Langset Road Bill, as amended Langset Road 
in the Committee. = 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Burnley 
into consideration the Burnley Improvement Bill, — 
4 ill. 
as amended in the Committee. 
A Clause (Presiding officer at first election of 
Commissioners), was twice read; and made part of 
the Bill. 
Another Clause (Power for Justices to order re- 
pair of reservoirs, and in certain cases to direct the 
water therein to be lowered), was twice read; and 
made part of the Bill. 
Another Clause (If works not carried out, borrow- 
ing Power to be reduced pro tanto), was twice read ; 
and made part of the Bill. 
Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Belfast Water 
reading of the Belfast Water Bill ; Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 


| Thursday next. 


Ordered, That the Standing Order of the 22d day Tees Conser- 
of February last be suspended, in reference to the V@2°Y- 
Petition for the Tees Conservancy Bill. 

The House was moved, That the Report from the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders, in respect of 
the Petition for the said Bill, might be read; and 
the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
repeal, alter, amend and extend some of the Powers 
and Provisions of “ The Tees Conservancy and 
Stockton Dock Act, 1852,” and for other purposes 
relating to the Conservancy of the Zees: And that 
Lord Harry Vane and Mr. Cayley do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Mr. Tatton Egerton reported from the Sub-Com- Stockton and 
mittee on Group 4 of Railway and Canal Bills ; Cleveland 
That in the case of the Stockton and Cleveland Union Oey Bil 
Railway Bill, they had examined the allegations 
contained in the Preamble of the Bill, but the same 
had not been proved to their satisfaction. 

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


Mr. Tatton Egerton reported from the Sub-Com- York, New- 
mittee on Group 4 of Railway and Canal Bills ; castle and Ber- 


. wick Railway 
That in the case of the York, Newcastle and Ber- (constructica 


wick Railway (Construction of Docks, &amp;c.) Bill, of Docks, &amp;c.) 
they had examined the allegations contained in the Bill 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by 

GG4 


striking 





North York- 
shire and 
Cleveland 
Railway Bill. 


Swansea Vale 
Railway Bill. 


Tees Conser- 
vancy Bill. 


Great Western 
Railway 
(Scratford, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Derbyshire, 
Staffordshire 
and Worces- 
tershire Junc- 
tion Railway 
Bill. 


Shrewsbury 
and Chester 
Railway Bill. 


Henry Stonor. 


Slave Trade 
(Cuba. ) 


252 


striking out the words “ within the Port of New- 
“ castle, and,” in order to remove an objection of the 
Commissioners of Customs, and by inserting some 
verbal additions; and found the same, as amended, 
to be true ; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Tatton Egerton reported the North York- 
shire and Cleveland Railway Bill, with Amend- 


ments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


11° Maz. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Co: 


A. 1854, 


Return showing the Total Number of Officers and 
Subordinate Persons of the Commissariat Establish- 
ment employed at each separate Post, at the several 
Stations enumerated in the Return laid before the 
Select Committee on Army and Ordnance Expendi- 
ture, for each of the years 1851, 1852 and 1853 (in 
continuation of Return, No. 152, page 1098, of the 
Report printed the 1st day of August 1850); and 
showing, also, in addition, for the same years, the 
Number of Rations issued by the Commissariat, the 
Amount of Force, and the Total Cost of the Com- 
missariat Establishment at each Post for each of the 
same years, in parallel Columns. 


and be printed. 





; : Ordered, That the Petition of George Hearson, re- Barnst 
Mr. Adair reported from the Sub-Committee on_ lating to Barnstaple Borough, oe presented Borougi 
Group 6 of Railway and Canal Bills; That in the | upon the 27th day of February last, be printed. 


| 


case of the Swansea Vale Railway Bill, they had | 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble iia as 
of the Bill, but the same had not been proved to | Mr. Osborne presented, by Her Majesty s Com- Local Acts, 
their satisfaction. | mand,— Further Reports from the Admiralty rela- No, 44, 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; | tve to applications for Local Acts game o. 51. Lon- 
and be printed. donderry and Coleraine Railway Bill. — No. 52, 

| Ennis and Shannon Navigation Bill. 

| Ordered, That the said Papers i 

Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to repeal, alter,| Table; and be printed. d Papers do lie upon the 
amend and extend some of the Powers and Provi- | 
sions of “ The Zees Conservancy and Stockton Dock | 
Act, 1852,” and for other purposes relating to the | 
Conservancy of the Tees: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by Sugar, &amp;. 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 2d day of February last, for a Tabular Return, 
| showing the Quantities of Sugar of the several Sorts 
imported into the United Kingdom, and the Quan- 
| tities retained for Home Consumption, together with 
Lord Stanley reported the Great Western Railway | the Rates of Duty charged thereon, and the Net 
(Stratford, &amp;c.) Bill, with Amendments. _ Revenue accruing therefrom, in each year, from 1800 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; | to 1853 inclusive ; followed by a Comparative State- 


and be printed. 


Lord Stanley reported from the Sub-Committee 
on Group 2 of Railway and Canal Bills; That the 
Parties promoting the Derbyshire, Staffordshire and 
Worcestershire Junction Railway Bill had stated to 
the Committee, that it was not their intention to pro- 
ceed with the same. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; | 


and be printed. 


Lord Stanley reported from the Sub-Committee 
on Group 2 of Railway and Canal Bills ; That in the 
case of the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Bill, 
they had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by 
striking out that portion relating to the construc- 
tion of a Branch Kailway ; and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Ordered, That Mr. Moore, and one other Member 
of the House, to be named by the General Com- 
mittee of Elections, be appointed to serve on the 
Select Committee on the case of Henry Stonor, 
to examine Witnesses, but without the Power of 
voting. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That an humble Address be presented to Her 
Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to give 
directions, that there be laid before this House, Copies 
or Extracts of the Correspondence between the 
Spanish Government and Her Majesty’s Govern- 
ment, respecting the abolition of the Slave Trade to, 
and respecting any modification of the Slave Trade 
within, the Island of Cuba, since the Report of the 
Select Committee of 1853:—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


'ment of the Average Prices of British Plantation 
and Foreign Sugar (Ordinary Yellow Havunnah), 
for the same series of years :—Account of the Im- 
ports into the United Kingdom of Sugar, Molasses, 
Rum, Coffee, Cocoa and Cotton, from the West 
Indies, British Guiana, the Mauritius and British 
Possessions in India, for the years 1831 to 1853 in- 
clusive ; distinguishing the Quantities imported from 
each Colony and each Possession in each year :—- 
Similar Account of the Quantities of Foreign Sugar 
imported, stating from whence, and the Quantities 
from each Place or Country :—And, Account of the 
Quantity of Refined Sugar and Sugar Candy im- 
ported into the United Kingdom in the years 1848, 
1849, 1850, 1851, 1852 and 1853 respectively ; 
stating the Quantity retained for Home toa A 
tion, the Rates of Duty paid, and the Quantity ex- 
ported (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 461, of Session 1852-53). 


Mails are despatched trom London for Scotland, 
the usual Hours per day when the London Mails 
arrive, and the Number and usual Time each day of 
the Deliveries of Letters at Glasgow, Edinburgh and 
Liverpool. 


of March last, for a Return of the Number of Guns, 
Pistols and Revolvers proved in each year, from 
1844 to 1854, at the Government Proof House, 
Birmingham, at the Birmingham Proof House, and 
the London Proof House. 


each, issued to each Newspaper published in the 
Cities of London, Dublin and Edinburgh respec- 
tively, for each Quarter, in the years 1851, 1852 
and 1853, and in the first Quarter of the year 1854, 
specifying the Name of each Newspaper, with the 
Number of Stamps issued to each in each Quarter. 
Return to an 
stant May, for Accounts of the Amount of Stocks 
purchased by the Commissioners of Savings Banks, 
between 





Return to an Order, dated the 20th day of March Mails (London 
last, for a Return stating Hours at which the Daily 204 Scvtland.) 


Further Return to an Order, dated the 27th day Guns, &amp;e. 


Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of April Newspaper 
last, for a Return of the Number of Stamps at 1 d. Stamps. 


rder, dated the 5th day of this in- Savings Banks 














17 Vicroriz. 


between the 5th day of June 1853 and the 25th day 

of April 1854, both days inclusive :—Of the Amount | 
of Stocks sold by the Commissioners of Savings | 
Banks, between the 5th day of June 1853 and the | 
25th day of April 1854, both days inclusive :—Of | 
the Amount of Exchequer Bills purchased by the 

Commissioners of Savings Banks, between the 5th 

day of June 1853 and the 25th day of April 1854, 

both days inclusive :—Of the Amount of Exchequer 

Bills sold by the Commissioners of Savings Banks, 

between the 5th day of June 1853 and the 25th day | 
of = 1854, both days inclusive :—Of the Amount | 
of Money received between the 5th day of June 1853 

and the 25th day of April 1854, both days inclusive, 

for the purpose of being invested by the Commis- 

sioners of Savings Banks on account of the De- 

positors :—Of the Amount of Money required from 

the Commissioners of Savings Banks, between the 

5th day of June 1853 and the 25th day of April 

1854, both days inclusive, on account of the De- 

positors: —Of the Amount of Money remaining 

uninvested in the hands of the Commissioners of 
Savings Banks, on the 5th day of June 1853 and 

the 25th day of April 1854 :—And, of the Amounts 

of Funded and Unfunded Debt held by the Com- 

missioners of Savings Banks, on the 4th day of June 

1853 and the 25th day of April 1854. 

The following Papers, pursuant to the directions 
of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon 
the Table by the Clerk of the House,—An Account 
of all Monies received during the year ended 5th 
April 1854, to the Account of Her Majesty’s Ex- 
chequer at the Bank of England and of Ireland, 
under the respective Heads of Public Revenue ; the 
Amount of all Royal Orders and Treasury Warrants 
received, and of the Credits and Transfers made by 
the Comptroller-General of the Exchequer, the Pay- 
ments by the Bank of England, and the Balance re- 
maining to the Account of the Exchequer at each 
Bank, on the 5th April 1854. 

A Statement of the Expenses incurred under the 
Acts for the Redemption and Sale of the Land Tax, 
and for discharging the incidental Expenses attend- 
ing the execution of those Acts, from the 5th April 
1853, the Period to which the last Account was 
made up, to the 5th April 1854. ‘ 


Exchequer. 


Land Tax. 


Cholera 
(Jamaica. ) 


No, 235. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Cholera 
(Jamaica), which was presented upon the 11th day 


of April last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Court of 
Chancery, which was presented upon the 24th day 
of February last, be printed. 


Court of 
Chancery. 


No, 234, 


CityofLondon Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
Commission. mand,—Copy of Report of the Commissioners ap- 
pointed to inquire into the existing state of the Cor- 
— of the City of London, together with the 
inutes of Evidence. 
Lunatics Mr. Fitzroy also presented,—Return to an Ad- 
(Middleex.) dress to Her Majesty, dated the 9th day of August 
in the last Session of Parliament, for a Return, in a 
Tabular Form, for a Period from Lady-day 1850 to 
Lady-day 1853, of the Number of Lunatics sent to 
the County Lunatic Asylums, namely, Hanwell and 
Colney Hatch, by the Parish Officers of each Parish 
or Union in the County of Middlesex, as Pauper 
Lunatics, whose Maintenance has been paid or pro- 
mised to be paid for, during the Residence of the 
Lunatic in such Asylum, by the Relations or Friends 
of the Lunatic, from Funds belonging to the Luna- 
tic, or from any Source other than the Poor or 
County Rate; also, the Weekly Rate agreed to be 
paid to the County for the Maintenance of such Lu- 
natic ; the Time during which the Lunatic remained 
in the Asylum, whether discharged from, and when, 
or now in the Asylum; the Total Amount paid for 
the Maintenance of such Lunatic by the Parish or 
Union sending such Lunatic ; and the Total Amount 
VoL, 109. 





11° Maiz. 





233 


received by such Parish or Union for or on account 
of such Maintenance. 




















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


Petitions relating to Canterbury Bribery Preven- Public 
tion Bill;—Conventual and Monastic Institutions Petitions. 
Committee ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;— Oaths Bill ;— vide Thirty- 
Oxford University Bill;—Public-houses and Beer- third Report. 
shops ;—Universities (Oxford and Cambridge) ;— 
Fire Insurance; — Mines ;— Paper, Newspaper 
Stamps, Foreign Books, &amp;c. ;— Wine; — Burgh 
Boundaries (Scotland) Bill ;—Education (Scotland) 
Bill ;—Friendly Societies Bill ;--Mortmain Bill ;— 
Ocean Penny Postage ;—Stannaries Courts ;—Vac- 
cination Act ;—and, Valuation of Lands (Scotland) 
Bill,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 
A Petition relating to Metropolitan Bridges (Put- 
ney and Fulham), was also presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Metropolitan 
Bridges. 
A Petition relating to the Judgment Execution, 
&amp;c., Bill, was also presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


Mr. Cardwell presented, pursuant to the directions Merchant 
of several Acts of Parliament,—An Account of the Seamen’s 
Receipt and Expenditure under the Seamen’s Fund ae 
Winding-up Act, 14 &amp; 15 Vie. c. 102, from 1st Ja- 
nuary to 31st December 1853 ; with an Account of 
the Sums received and paid for the Wages and 
Effects of deceased Seamen in the year 1853; to- 
gether with an explanatory Letter from the Board 
of Trade to the Treasury, dated 22d April 1854. 

An Account of the Income and Expenditure under Mercantile 
the Mercantile Marine Act (1850), for the year end- Marine Fund. 
ing 31 December 1853. * 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second Stannaries 
reading of the Stannaries Court (No. 2) Bill ; Court (No. 2) 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon ~ 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Highways 
reading of the Highways (District Surveyors) Bill ; (District Sur- 
-And a Motion being made, and the Question being Y°7°"*) Bil 

proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ;. 
he Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 
And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now ” stand part of the Question 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blunt: Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 
The Lords have agreed to the Stafford New Gas Stafford New 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Gas Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Kingswood Roads Kingswood 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Roads Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Rossendale Water- Rossendale 
works Bill, without any Amendment: And also, ‘Waterworks 





The Lords have agreed to the Ramsbottom Gas Ramsbottom 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Gas Bill. 
HH The 


Searborough 
Market Bill. 


Bolton Gas 
Bill. 


Southport 
Waterworks 
Bill 


Imperial Gas 


Company Bill. wy Sows with Amendments ; to which Amendments 


Highways 


(District Sur- « 


veyors) Bill. 


Gaming-houses 


Witnesses Biil. 


Oxford Uni- 
versity Bill. 


234 





The Lords have agreed to the Scarborough Mar- 
ket Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bolton Gas Bill, 
without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Southport Water- 
works Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


| 
The Lords have agreed to the Imperial Gas Com- 


the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :— 
And then the Messenger withdrew. 





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

And the Question being put, That the words “upon 
“ this day six months” be added at the end of the 
Question :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a he time 
upon this day six months. 


The Gaming-houses Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Thursday next. 








The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Witnesses Bill; and, after 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill; and directed him 
to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Oxford University Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Criause, N° 11 (Date of election of Hebdomadal 
Council). 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed: In p. 3, l. 19, to 
leave out “ the first day of Michaelmas MKerm, 1854,” 
in order to insert the words “ Twelfth day of Decem- 
“ ber 1854.” 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cravse, N° 12, agreed to. 

Cravuses, N° 13 to N° 16, amended, and agreed 
to. 

Cravse, N° 17(Hebdomadal Council may regulate 
its own Proceedings). 

Amendment proposed: In p. 4, 1. 23, to leave out 
the words * and Convocation.” 

Question proposed, That the words “ and Convoca- | 
“ tion” stand part of the Clause. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 

Cxiause, N° 18 (Composition of Congregation). 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed: In p. 4, 1. 32, to | 
leave out the word “ only.” 

Question, That the word “only” stand part of 
the Clause——put, and agreed to. 

Another Amendment proposed: To leave out the 
paragraphs 9, 10, 11 and 12, in order to insert the 


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words “ all residents.” ? 
Question put, That the words “ the Tutors” stand | 
part of the Clause ; 
The Committee divided. 


Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, 1 
Yeas, \The Earl of Mulgrave : pe 

Tellers for the Lord Henry Lennoz, im 
Noes, Lord Robert Cecil: - 


Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Ciavse, N° 19 (Promulgation of Statutes in Con- 
gregation). 





A. 1854. 


Amendment proposed : In p. 5, 1. 21, after the 
word “ Statute” to insert the words “or other Act 
“ or Ordinance requiring the consent of Convoca- 
“ tion.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted ; 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed: In p. 5, |. 18, 
after the word “ promulgated,” to insert the words 
“ in the English language.” 

Question put, That those words be there in- 


serted ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for thes Mr. Heywood, 131 
Yeas, {Mr Ewart: } P 
Tellers for the; Mr. Hayter, 155 
Noes, {The Earl of Mulgrave: } P 
An Amendment made. 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill 
The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, le15 
Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave : { : 
Tellers for the! Mr. Newdegate, 68 
Noes, (Lord March : | Gua 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





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


Veneris, 12° die Mati, 1854: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Church Build- 
mittee on the Church Building Acts Amendment ing Acts 
Bill; —— 
And a Motion being made, and the Question be- 
ing proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Qifestion, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day six months, resolve 
“ itself into the said Committee,” instead thereof. 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee ; and, after some time spent therein, 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie 
— That the Committee had gone through the 

ill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The Manning the Navy Bill was, according to Manning the 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Navy Bill 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


The Navy Pay, &amp;c., Bill was, according to Order, Navy Pay, &amp;. 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee Bill 
of the whole House, for this day. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Railway and 
into consideration the Railway and Canal Traffic — 
Regulation Bill, as amended in the Committee ; and Bill 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


this day. 


Mr. Hayter reported from the Committee of Ways Ways and 
and Means, several Resolutions ; which were read, as Means. 


follow : 
1. Resolved, 

















Sugar. 


Divorce Bills. 


Sheriff and 
Sheriff Clerk 
of Chancery 
(Scotland. ) 


Portuguese 
Claims. 


Manning 
the Navy 
[Bounties. ] 


Customs 
Duties Bill, 
Bill 96. 





17 VicToriz. 


1. Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, there shall be raised, levied, 
collected and paid, on and after the 10th day of 
May 1854, an additional Duty, after the rate of 
Fifteen pounds per centum, upon the Produce and 
Amount of the Duties on Molasses, which are now 
due and payable to Her Majesty in the United 
Kingdom, under the management and direction of 
the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Customs. 

2. Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, there shall be raised, levied, 
collected and paid for and upon all Sugar which, 
after the 10th day of May 1854, shall be used by 
any Brewer of Beer for sale in the brewing or 
making of Beer, the Duty of Five shillings and two- 
pence for every hundred weight, and after the like 
rate for any greater or less quantity than a hundred 
weight of such Sugar, in lieu of the Duty of Excise 
chargeable on such Sugar, under the 3d section of 
the Act 13 &amp; 14 Vic. c. 67, but over and above all 
other Duties, whether of Excise or Customs. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Gentle- 
men appointed to prepare, and bring in a Bill or 
Bilis, pursuant to the Resolutions which, upon the 
9th day of this instant Mey: were reported from the 
Committee of Ways and Means, That they do make 
provision therein, pursuant to the Resolutions now 
reported and agreed to. 


The Select Committee on Divorce Bills was nomi- 
nated of Mr. Sotheron, Sir John Yarde Buller, Sir 
John Pakington, Mr. Walpole, Mr. Headlam, Mr. 
Bonham Carter, Mr. Robert Phillimore, Mr. Vernon 
Smith and Mr. Freshfield. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, this 
day, resolve itself into a Committee, to consider of 
providing for the payment of the Salaries and Re- 
tiring Allowance of the Sheriff and Sheriff Clerk of 
Chancery in Scotland ; 

Sir James Graham, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
recommends it to the consideration of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That Sir Francis Baring be discharged 
from further attendance on the Select Committee on 
Portuguese Claims. 

Ordered, That Sir George Grey be added to the 
Committee. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, this 


day, resolve itself into a Committee, to consider of 


authorizing the payment, out of the Consolidated 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland, of a Bounty for every person on board any 
Ship or Vessel of War or Privateer, belonging to Her 
Majesty’s Enemies, which may be captured or de- 
stroyed by the Officers and Crews of Her Majesty’s 
Ships and Vessels of War ; 

Sir James Graham, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
recommends it to the consideration of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Grenville Berkeley presented a Bill to alter 
and amend certain Duties of Customs: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday next; and to be 
printed. 


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


Vou. 109. 


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Veneris, 12° die Maii; 


Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


M ESSAGE from the Lords, by Mr. Blunt: Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 

The Lords have agreed to the Church Building Church Build- 

Acts Continuance Bill, without any Amendment : ing Acts Con- 

And also, tinuance Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Exchequer Bills Bachoqesr 
1S 


Bill, without any Amendment: And also, (£.16,024,100) 
Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Militia Bill, with- Militia Bill. 
out any Amendment: And also, 
The Lords have agreed to the Hereford Improve- Hereford 
ment Bill, with Amendments; to which Amend- Improvement 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this ~~“ 
House: And also, 
The Lords request, That this House will be pleased Ventilation 
to give leave to the Honourable Edwurd Pleydell 4 Lighting 
Bouverie, a Member of this House, to attend their be a nas 
Lordships, to be sworn, in order to his being exa- 
mined as a Witness before the Select Committee ap- 
pointed by their Lordships in the present Session of 
Parliament, to inquire mto the possibility of im- 
proving the Ventilation and the Lighting of the 
House, and the contiguous Chambers, Galleries and 
Passages :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House will send an Answer 
to the last part of the said Message, by Messengers 
of their own. | 

And tlie Messenger was again called in; and Mr. 
Speaker acquainted him therewith :—And then he 
again withdrew. 


A Message by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of Royal Assent. 

the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission, for declaring Her Royal Assent to se- 
veral Acts agreed upon by both ~ sea do desire 
the immediate attendance of this Honourable House 
in the House of Peers, to hear the Commission read. 

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

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 
desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Commission, had been at the House of Peers, 
where a Commission under the Great Seal was read, 
giving, declaring and notifying the Royal Assent to 
the several Acts therein mentioned; and that the 
Lords, thereby authorized, had declared the Royal 
Assent to the said Acts, as follow : 

An Act for granting to Her Majesty additional Income Tax 
Duties on Profits arising from Property, Professions, Bill 
Trades and Offices : 

An Act for raising the Sum of Sixteen millions Exchequer 
twenty four thousand one hundred pounds by Ex- Bills 
chequer Bills, for the Service of the year One thou- aaa 
sand eight hundred and fifty-four : 

An Act for extending the Time limited for putting Highways 
into execution the Act of the fourteenth and fifteenth = Wales) 
vears of Her present Majesty, for the better Manage- 
ment and Control of Highways in South Wales : 

An Act further to amend an Act relating to the Valuation — 
Valuation of rateable Property in Ireland : (Ireland) Bill 
An Act to authorize the Inclosure of certain Commons’ _ 
Lands in pursuance of a Report of the Inclosure M™&lt;losure Bill 

Commissioners for England and Wales: 

An Act to amend the Laws relating to Ministers’ Ministers’ 
tg and the Church Temporalities (Jreland) firelendy Bil 

ct: 

An Act to continue Her Majesty's Commission Church Build- 


ildi : ing Acts Con- 
for building new Churches pr ana 


An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Militia Militia Bill 
of the United Kingdom : 

An Act to enable the Zondon Life Association to London Life 
increase the Amount authorized by their Deed of Association 





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Radcliffe and 
Pilkington 
Gas Bill. 


Middleton 
Gas Bill. 


Leeds New 
as Bi 


Hastings and 


Saint Leonard’s 


Gas Bill. 


Brighton, Hove An Act for enabling the Brighton, Hove and Pres- 


and Preston 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Warrington 
Improvement 
and Market 
Bill. 


Hatfield Chase 


Warping and 
Bil 


Norwich 


Equitable Fire 


Assurance 


Company Bill.’ 


Nottingham 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Royal Exchange 


Assurance 
Consolidation 
Bill. 


Amicable 
Society Assur- 
ance Bill. 


Kingston- 
upon-Hull 
Docks Bill. 


Liverpool 
Police Super- 
annuation 
Fund Bill. 
Liverpool‘ 
Sanitary and 
other Local 
Acts Bill. 


Stafford New 
Gas Bill. 


Kingswood 
Roads Bill, 


Rossendale 
Waterworks 
Bill. 
Ramsbottom 
Gas Bill 


Scarborough 
Market Bill. 


Bolton Gas 
Bill. 


12° Maiti. 


Settlement to be assured upon a single Life in the 
said Society : 

An Act for granting further Powers to “The Rad- 
cliffe and Pilkington Gas Company :” 





An Act for better supplying with Gas the Town 
of Middleton, and the cighboushood thereof, in | 
the County Palatine of Lancaster : 
An Act to enable the Leeds New Gas Company to | 
raise a further Sum of Money; to consolidate and 
amend the Acts relating to the Company, and for 
other purposes : 
An Act for incorporating and extending the Pow- | 
ers of the Hastings and Saint Leonard’s Gas Com- | 
any : 


ton Constant Service Waterworks Company to pur- 
chase the Undertaking of the Brighton, Hove and | 
Preston Waterworks Company, and for granting to 
the first-named Company all necessary Powers for 
supplying with Water the Parishes of Brighton, 
Hove and Preston, in the County of Sussex : 

An Act for the Improvement of the Borough of | 
Warrington, and for enabling the Council thereof to 
erect a covered Market, and for other purposes : 


An Act to warp and improve certain Lands in the 
Level of Hatfield Chase: 


An Act for enabling the Norwich Equitable Fire 
Assurance Company to sue and be sued in that 
Name, and for other purposes : 


An Act for enabling the Nottingham Waterworks 
Company to raise a further Sum of Money ; and for 
amending some of the Provisions of the Act relating 
to such Company : 

An Act to consolidate the Stock and Powers of 
the Corporation of “The Royal Exchange Assurance 
of Houses and Goods from Fire,” with the Stock 
and Powers of the Corporation of “The Royal Ex- 
change Assurance,” and to confer on the last-named 
Corporation the Powers of the Royal Exchange 
Assurance Annuity Company, and the Royal Ex- 
change Assurance Loan Company, and to give addi- 
tional Powers to the Royal Exchange Assurance : 

An Act to confer additional Powers upon the Cor- 
poration of the Amicable Society for a perpetual 
Assurance Office, for the purposes of Investment : 

An Act to enable the Dock Company at King- 
ston-upon-Hull to raise a further Sum of Money, 
and to convert the Mortgage and Bond Debt of the 
Company into Debenture Stock and Perpetual An- 
nuities, and for other purposes : 

An Act for establishing a Police Superannuation 
Fund in the Borough of Liverpool : 


An Act to make further Provision for the Sewer- 
age Sanitary Regulation and Improvement of the 
Borough of Liverpool : 

An Act for repealing “The Stafford Gas Act, 
1846,” and for re-constituting the Stafford Gas 
Company, with additional Powers, and for other 
purposes : 

An Act for continuing the Term, and amending | 
and extending the Provisions of the Act relating to 
the Kingswood District of Turnpike Roads, in the 
County of Gloucester : 

An Act to enable the Rossendale Waterworks | 
Company to raise a further Sum of Money : 


An Act for supplying with Gas Ramsbottom and 
other Places in the Parish of Bury, in the County 
Palatine of Lancaster : 

An Act for enabling the Scarborough Public Mar- 
ket Company to raise a further Sum of Money, and 
for amending and consolidating the Provisions of 
the Act relating to such Company : 

An Act for lighting with Gas the Borough of Bol- 
ton and Places near thereto, and for other purposes ; 
and of which the short Title is “The Bolton Gas 
Company’s Act, 1854 :” 





A. 1854, 


An Act for better supplying with Water the Town gouthpo 
| 


of eye in the, County Palatine of Lancaster, 
and the Neighbourhood thereof. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Venti 
that part of the Message from the Lords of this and Lighting 
day, wherein their Lordships request, that this House 0 pane 
will give leave to the Honourable Edward Pleydell 
Bouverie, a Member of this House, to attend their 
Lordships, to be sworn, in order to his being exa- 
mined as a Witness before the Select Committee 
appointed by their Lordships in the present Session 
of Parliament, to inquire into the possibility of im- 
porns the Ventilation and the Lighting of the 

ouse, and the contiguous Chambers, Galleries and 
Passages. 

And Mr. Bouverie, being present in his place, 
declared that he was willing, with leave of the House, 
to go to the House of Lords, as desired by their 
Lordships. 

Resolved, That the Honourable Edward Pleydell 
Bouverie have leave to go to the House of Lords, 
as desired by their Lordships, if he think fit. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to 
acquaint them, that this House hath given leave to 
the Honourable Edward Pleydell Bouverie to go to 
the House of Lords, as desired by their Lordships, if 
he think fit: And that Mr. Brotherton do carry the 
said Message. 


The Earl of March reported from the Sub-Com- Great Southem 
mittee on Group 7 of Railway and Canal Bills ; That 2nd Westen 
the Parties opposing the Great Southern and Western ®#!"9y Bill 
Railway Bill had stated to the Committee, that the 
Evidence of Florence Mahony, Esquire, was essential, 
to enable them to establish their case before the 
Committee ; and it having been proved that his at- 
tendance could not be procured without the inter- 
vention of the House, he had been instructed by 
the Committee to move the House, that the said 
Florence Mahony do attend the said Committee on 
Monday the 15th May, at Twelve o’clock. 

Ordered, That Florence Mahony, Esquire, do 
attend the said Committee upon Monday next, at 
Twelve o'clock. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Small Small Arms. 
Arms have Power to report their Observations there- No, 236. 
upon, together with the Minutes of Evidence taken 
before them. 

Sir William Molesworth reported from the said 
Select Committee ; That they had considered the 
matter to them referred ; and directed him to make 
a Report. thereof to the House, together with the Mi- 
nutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

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


Mr. Duncan reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the 7 cere 
Petitions presented upon the 8th, 9th and 10th days i Report.) 
of this instant May, and had directed him to make 
a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Mr. Duncan reported the Ambergate, Nottingham Ambergate, 
and Boston, and enn Junction Railway (Exten- jer 
sion into Nottingham, &amp;c.) (re-committed) Bill, with gnq Eastern 
further Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


Junction Rail- 
way (Exten- 
and be printed. 


sion into Not- 
tingham, &amp;c.) | 
Bill. 


Mr. Bankes reported from the Committee on Glasgow ‘ 
Group D. of Private Bills; That in the case of the ay ‘ 
Glasgow Waterworks Bill, they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill; but 
the same had not been proved to their satisfaction. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Rossendale 
Union Gas 


the Amendment made by the Lords to the ~—— Bill 
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Water 
and Gas Bill. 


Waterworks 


Stourbridge 
Waterworks 


» Bradford 


Corporation 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Furness 
Railway Bill. 


Llandudno 
Improvement 


. North Shields 


ys and 
Im rovements 


Stockton and 
Darlington 
Railway Bill. 


Swansea 
Harbour Bill, 


oot Estate 


Henry Stonor, 


Canterbury 
Bribery Pre. 
vention Bill, 


rege 
vention Bill 


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+ Hull 


Vention Bill, 


























17 Vicroriz. 


dale Union Gas Bill; and the same was twice read, 
d agreed to. 

* Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 

the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 

agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships. 


The Beccles Water and Gas Bill was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Padiham Waterworks Bill was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Stourbridge Waterworks Bill was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Foley do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Bradford Corporation Waterworks Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Furness Railway Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration the 
Llandudno Improvement Bill, as amended in the 
Committee ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the North Shields Quays and Improvements Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration the 
Stockton and Darlington Railway Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Swansea Harbour Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ward's Estate Bill was read a second time; and 
committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Sir George Grey reported from the General Com- 
mittee of Elections, who were instructed to appoint 
a Member to serve on the Select Committee on the 
Appointment of Henry Stonor to examine Witnesses, 
without the Power of voting; That they had ap- 
pointed Lord Elcho to be a Member of such Com- 
mittee accordingly. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Canterbury Bribery Prevention Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 22d day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Cambridge Bribery Prevention Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 22d day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 


Pre. Teading of the Kingston-upon-Hull Bribery Preven- 


tion Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 22d day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
— of the Maldon Bribery Prevention Bill ; 
OL. 109, 




























12° Maitz. 237 


~- 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 22d day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Barnstaple 
reading of the Barnstaple Bribery Prevention Bill ; oer fg 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon ° 


Monday the 22d day of this instant May. 


Petitions relating to Public-houses ;—Conventual Public 
and Monastic Institutions Committee ;—Ecclesias- Petitions. 
tical Titles Assumption Act ;—Episcopal and Capi- yiae Thirty- 
tular Estates ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;—Lord’s Day ; third Report. 
—Maynooth College Act ;—Oaths Bill; — Public- 
houses and Beer-shops ;— Universities (Ozford and 
Cambridge) ;—Burgh Boundaries (Scotland) Bill ;— 
Criminal Prosecutions ;— Education (Scotland) ;— 
Education (Scotland) Bill ;—Friendly Societies Bill ; 
—Highways ;—Juvenile Crime ;—Medical Officers 
(Navy); Ocean Penny Postage;—Piers and Har- 
bours (Scotland) Bill ;—Preston Borough ;—Regis- 
tration of Births, &amp;e. (Scotland) Bill ;— Royal Dubd- 
lin Society ;—and, Valuation of Lands (Scotland) 
Bill,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to the Judgment Execution, &amp;e. 
Bill,—were also presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill Excise Duties 
for granting certain additional Rates and Duties of Bil 
Excise: And the same was read the first time; and _ Bill 97. 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next ; and to be printed. 


Sir John Young presented,—Further Return to Poor Removal 
an Order, dated the 23d day of February last, for (Ireland. ) 
Copies of all Correspondence between Boards of 
Guardians in Jreland and the Poor Law Commis- 
sioners in Jreland, respecting the Removals of 
Paupers, together with all Correspondence relating 
thereto with the Poor Law Commissioners in Eng- 
land, or the Board of Supervision of the Poor in 
Scotland: — And, of all Resolutions passed by 
Boards of Guardians in Jreland, relating to the 
Power of Removal possessed by the English and 
Scotch Parochial Authorities, and suggesting Altera- 
tions in the Law. 

Ordered, That the said Return be referred to the 
Select Committee on Poor Removal. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Sugar, &amp;c., Sugar, &amp;e. 
which was presented upon the 11th day of this in- No, 237. 
stant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Newspaper Newspaper 
Stamps, which was presented upon the 11th day of Stamps. 
this instant May, be printed. No. 238. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Savings Savings Banks. 
Banks, which was presented upon the 11th day of No. 239. 
this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Ex- Exchequer. 
chequer, which was presented upon the 11th day of No. 240, 
this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Lunatics Lunatics 
(Middlesex), which was presented upon the 11th (Middlesex. ) 
day of this instant May, be printed. No. 241. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Mer- Merchant 
chant Seamen’s Fund, which was presented upon the Seamen’s Fund. 
11th day of this instant May, be printed. No, 242. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Mer- Mercantile 
cantile Marine Fund, which was presented upon the Marine Fund. 
11th day of this instant May, be printed. No, 243. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by China 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated Expedition. 
the 5th day of this instant May, for Copies of the 
Correspondence between Her Majesty’s Govern- 
ment or any Department of it, or the Board of Com- 
missioners for the Affairs of India, and the Court of 
Directors of the East India Company, regarding 
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Holt Forest. 
No. 244. 


Sheriffs, &amp;c. 
(Scotland. ) 


Savings Banks. 
No, 245. 


Adjournment. 


Postal Com- 
munication 
between Lon- 
don and Paris 
(1850.) 


Education 
{Scotland ) 
Bill. 


12°—13° Maui. 


the Settlement of the Balance of the Expenditure 
by the Government of Jndia on account of the Ex- 
pedition to China. 

Return to an Order, dated the 2d day of February 
last, for a Return of the Quantity of Foreign Sugar 
entered for Home Consumption during each year, 
from 1831 to 1853 inclusive, distinguishing Refined 
from Unrefined ; and also the several Places from 
whence such Sugar was imported (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 522, of Session 1852-53). 

Return to an Order, dated the 4th day of this in- 
stant May, for Copy of the Report from the Re- 
ferees appointed by the Treasury on the 31st day of 
March last, to inquire into the Charges of Fraud, 
&amp;e. made against the Deputy Surveyors of Holt 
Forest by Mr. Kennedy and by Mr. Brown, and of 
any Papers consequent thereon. 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—Copy of War- 
rant granting Compensation for loss of Fees to cer- 
tain Sheriffs, Sheriffs’ Substitute, and Sheriff Clerks 
in Scotland, 1854. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Holt Forest 
be printed. 


Mr. Wilson presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 8th day of February last, for 
a Return from each Savings Bank in England and 
Wales, Scotland and Ireland, containing, in Columns, 
the Names of the Officers, their respective Salaries, 
and other Allowances, if any ; the Amount of Secu- 
rity each gives; the Numbers of Accounts remain- 


ing open ; the Total Amount owing to Depositors ; | 


the Total Amount invested with the Commissioners 
for the Reduction of the National Debt; the Rate 
of Interest paid to Depositors on the various 
Amounts of Deposit, and the Average Rate of In- 


terest on all Accounts ; and the Total Amount of the | 


separate Surplus Fund, on the 28th day of No- 
vember 1852; the Rate per centum per annum on 
the Capital of the Bank for the Expenses of Ma- 
nagement ; the Annual Number of Receipts from 
Depositors ; the Annual Number of Payments ; the 
Average Amount of Receipts ; the Average Amount 
of Payments; the Number and Amount of An- 
nuities granted ; the Annual Expenses of Manage- 
ment, inclusive of all Payments and Salaries, for the 
year ended the 20th day of November 1852 ; also, 
the Day or Days, and the Number of Hours in the 
Week on which the Banks are open for the deposit 
and withdrawal of Monies :—And, like Return for 
the year ended the 20th day of November 1853. 

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


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


Ordered, that the Report from the Select Com- 


mittee on Postal Communication between London | 


and Paris in’ Session 1850, be referred to the Select 
Committee on Conveyance of Mails by Railway. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Education (Scotland) Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. ‘To leave out the word 
““ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question ; 


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


Sabbati, 13° die Mati, 1854: 


And the Question being put; 
The House divided. 








A. 1854. 


The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, 7 
Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave: 184 
Tellers for the (Mr. Stirling, 
Noes, The Earl of Dalkeith : }i93. 
So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
“¢ upon this day six months” be added at the end of 
the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day six months. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Manning 
into a Committee on Manning the Navy [Bounties]. fia 


: unties, 
(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That provision be made, out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, for the payment of a Bounty 
of Five pounds for every person on board any ship 
or vessel of war, or privateer, belonging to Her 
Majesty’s enemies, which may be captured or de- 
stroyed by the officers and crews of Her Majesty’s 
ships and vessels of war. 

Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to a 
Resolution. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Manning the 
mittee on the Manning the Navy Bill; Navy Bill, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Navy Pay, 

mittee on the Navy Pay, &amp;c. Bill ; &amp;e. Bill 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Railway and 
reading of the Railway and Canal Traffic Regulation — os 
Bill ; — gue 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, ‘That the Bill be now read the third 


| time :-—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the ong Isuac Butt, \ 

Yeas, Mr. James MacGregor: J 

Tellers for the; Mr. Hayter, 

Noes, (The Earl of Mulgrave: } 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the Bill be now read the third time ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

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

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


18. 


97 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Church Build 

consideration the Church Building Acts Amendment peer il 

Bill, as amended in the Committee ; Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 


upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Sheriff and 
mittee on Sheriff and Sheriff Clerk of Chancery eo Chanceny 
(Scotland) ; (Scotland.) 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. - 

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17 VicToriz. 


ion The Registration of Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill 
of Births, &amp;- was, according to Order, read a second time ; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Scot- mittee on the Valuation of Lands (Scuéland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supprys 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Witnesses The Witnesses Bill was, according to Order, read 
Bill, the third time ; and an Amendment was made to the 
Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to enable the Courts of Law in 
England, Ireland and Scotland to issue Process to 
compel the Attendance of Witnesses out of their 
Jurisdiction, and to give Effect to the Service of 
such Process in any Part of the United Kingdom. 
Ordered, That Mr. Isaac Butt do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Select Committee on Crown Forests was no- 
minated of Mr. Drummond, Lord Edward Howard, 
Colonel Clifford, Mr. Vernon Smith, Mr. Compton, 
Lord Harry Vane, Mr. Fitzgerald, the Earl of 
Shelburne, ‘Mr. Portal, Mr. Evelyn Denison, Mr. 
Chichester Fortescue, Mr. Brand, Sir William 
Heathcote, Mr. Tollemache, and Lord Hotham; 
with Power to send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Crown Forests. 


Middlesex The Order for printing the Middlesex Industrial 
Industrial 


Schools Bill Schools Bill, as amended in the Committee, was 
read, and discharged. 


Exchequer Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
as Account showing the Amount subscribed for the 
0, 246. 


Exchequer Bonds described as Bonds A, payable 
at par, on the 8th day of May 1858; on Bonds B, 
ending the 8th day of May 1859; and on Bonds C, 
ending the 8th day of May 1860, up to and inclu- 
ding the 8th instant; distinguishing the Amount 
—_ in Money, and that payable in Exchequer 

ills; showing on what Amount the Deposit was 
paid, and the Amount on which Deposit has not 
been paid. 

Mr. Wilson accordingly presented the said Ac- 
count. 

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


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





Luna, 15° die Maiti ; 
Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1854. 
PRAYERS. 


Berens’ RDERED, Th 
Di : , That a Message be sent to the 
eae, O Lords, to request that their Sendshign will be 
pleased to communicate to this House, a Copy of the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before their Lordshi 
in the case of Berens’ Divorce Bill: And that Mr. 


Oliveira do carry the said Message. 
VoL. 109, 


19°—13°—15° Maiz. 


239 


Mr. Tatton Egerton reported from the Sub-Com- Bradford, 
mittee on Group 4 of Railway and Canal Bills ; i 
That in the case of the Bradford, Wakefield and Railway Bill. 
Leeds Railway Bill, they had examined the allega- 
tions contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
amended the same, so as to make it consistent with 
the provisions of the Bill as passed by the Com- 
mittee; and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Tatton Egerton reported from the Sub-Com- a Pat. 
mittee on Group (4) of Railway and Canal Bills; °° yunction 
That in the case of the Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Raitway Bill. 
Junction Railway Bill, they had examined the alle- 
gations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
amended the same, so as to make it consistent with 
the provisions of the Bill as passed by the Com- 
mittee; and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Wrightson reported the Chester, Farndon Chester, 
and Worthenbury Road Bill, with Amendments. Wonnnern 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Road Bill. 


Mr. Wrightson reported the Chapel-en-le- Frith Chapel-en-le- 
Roads Bill, with Amendments. a Roads 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Wrightson reported from the Commitiee on Radstock 
Group T. of Private Bills; That in the case of the snd Buclland 
Radstock and Buckland Dinham Roads Bill, they gay 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and made two verbal Amend- 
ments therein; and found the same, as amended, 
to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Wrightson reported from the Committee on Bideford 
Group T. of Private Bills; That in the case of the ods Bill. 
Bideford Roads Bill, they had examined the alle- 
gations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, by adding a recital stating 
the time at which the term of years granted and 
continued by the therein-mentioned Acts of Parlia- 
ment for continuing certain turnpike-roads will ex- 
pire, the Committee being of opinion that such recital 
should be inserted in the Preamble; and found the 
same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Public 
| Committee on Public Petitions ; That they had exa- pen . 
mined the Petitions presented upon the 11th and heeert: ‘ ~ 
12th days of this instant May, and had directed him 
to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Sir Henry Willoughby reported the West Brom- West Brom- 
wich Improvement, &amp;c. (re-committed) Bill, with Wich —— 
further Amendments. a 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee Standing 
on Standing Orders, a Resolution; which was Orders. 
read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That in the case of the Leominster and Leominster 
Kington Railway Bill Petition for additional Pro- ohare 
vision, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed . 
with; that the Parties be permitted to introduce 
their additional Provision, if the Committee on the 
Bill shali think fit, on proving before the said Com- 
mittee, that with respect to the proposed deviation, 














amended plans and sections have been deposited ; 
HH4 that 




















































240 


that Notices have been published in the London 
Gazette and County Newspapers; and that applica- 
tion has been made to all the Owners, Lessees and 
Occupiers affected by the proposed deviation for 
their consent thereto; that the Committee on the 
Bill do report how far such Order has been complied 
with on the Report of the Bill. 

The said Resolution, beg read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Londonderry § Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
— and, mittee on the Londonderry Port Bill; and, the Lon- 
ad donderry Port and Harbour Bill, that they have 
Harbour Bill. Power to consolidate the two Bills into one Bill. 


Imperial Gas The House proceeded to take into consideration 

Company Bill. the Amendments made by the Lords to the Im- 
perial Gas Company Bill; and the same were twice 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Birmingham § The Birmingham Improvement Bill was read the 
Improvement third time. 
= Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Burnley The Burnley Improvement Bill was read the 
a third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Kingston- A Motion being made, That the Aingston-upon- 
 oneneel Huil \mprovement Bill be now read the third time ; 
Bil Sir William Molesworth, by Her Majesty's Com- 


mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the purport of the Bill, 
gives Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest 
is concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


Lanark Police The Lanark Police and Improvement Bill was 

and Improve- read the third time. 

—— A Clause (Extension and improvement of markets 
to be done by special order), was thrice read; and 
added to the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for regulating the Police of the 
Royal Burgh of Lanark, and for paving, draining, 
cleansing, lighting, watching and improving the 
same; for regulating the Markets thereof, and for 
other purposes. 

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


Wadsley and The Wadsley and Langset Road Bill was read the 
Langset Road third time. 
- Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Oliveira do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Bangor Waterworks Bill, as amended in the 


Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Bangor Water- 
works Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Birmingham and Midland Institute Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Birmingham 
and Midland 
Institute Bill. 


15° Maz. 





A. 1854, 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Blyth Hay. 
the Blyth Harbour, Docks and Railway Bill, as ur, Docks 
amended in the Committee. Bin Bailway 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Bolton Im. 
the Bolton Improvement Bill, as amended in the Prvement 
Commitee. ” 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Cryst p 
the Crystal Palace Company Bill, as amended in the Company By, 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration the Hexham 
Hexham Roads Bill, as amended in the Committee, Roads Bi, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Kingston 
the Kingston-upon-Thames Gas Bill, as amended in 'pon-Thames 
the Committee. Gas Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Portsmouth 
the Portsmouth Railway Bill, as amended in the Railway Bin, 
Committee. &gt; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Rochdale 
the Rochdale and Burnley Roads Bill, as amended 4d Burnley 
in the Committee. Reads Ul 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Shipley 
the Shipley Waterworks Bill, as amended in the Waterworks 


Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Stroud, Pains- 
the Stroud, Painswick and Gloucester Road Bill, as wick and 
amended in the Committee. ee 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Surrey Gas 
the Surrey Gas Bill, as amended in the Committee. Bil 
* A Clause (Limiting profits of Company to £.8 
per cent. when they are charging more than 4s. 6d.) 
was twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Yeovil Im- 
the Yeovil Improvement Bill, as amended in the provement 
Committee. _ 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration York, New- 
the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway (Pontop ey 
and South Shields, &amp;c.) Bill, as amended in the Com- (Pontop my 
mittee. South Shields, 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time.  &amp;¢-) Bill. 


The Farnworth and Kearsley Gas Bill was read a Farnworth 
second time; and committed. = — 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir George Rose: Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 
The Lords have agreed to the Whitehaven Junc- Whisheven 
a Railway Bill, without any Amendment: And Railway Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Port Gordon Har- Port Gordon 
bour Bill, without any Amendment: And also, _ Harbour BE 
The Lords have agreed to the Cardiff Gas Bill, Cardiff Gas 
with Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 
The Lords have agreed to the Ashton-under-Lyne scene 
and Dukinfield Bridge Bill, with Amendments ; to Dokinfield 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence Bridge Bill. 
of this House: And also, R 
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act —— 
to authorize Sir William Milborne Milborne Swin- **™° 





nerton, 








































15° Mazz. Q41 


land sales of that province for the shareholders of 
the New Zealand Company can only be regarded as 
a most obnoxious grievance ; that, referring toa Pe- 
tition presented to Parliament in the last Session 
from some of the members of the late Provincial 
Council of New Ulster, for a fuller statement of 
reasons, the Petitioners beg to call the attention of 
the House to the following, as some of the grounds 


17 Vicroriz. 


nerton, Baronet, and his issue, to resume and bear 
the surname of Pilkington, jointly with the sur- 
names of Milborne and Swinnerton, and to be called 
by the surnames of Milborne Swinnerton Pilkington ; 
and for such purposes to repeal in part an Act of the 
sixth and seventh years of the reign of his late Ma- 
jesty King William the Fourth ; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House :—And then 









@ws* 


32 





Swinnerton’s 
Name Bill. 


Grand Junc- 
tion Railway 


of Ireland Bill. 


Towy Vale 
Railway Bill 


Public 
Petitions. 


the Messenger withdrew. 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


mittee on Group (7) of Railway and Canal Bills; 
That in the case of the Grand Junction Railway of 
Treland Bill, they had examined the allegations con- 
tained in the Preamble of the Bill; but the same 
had not been proved to their satisfaction. 


Swinnerton’s Name Bill was read the first time; 


The Earl of March reported from the Sub-Com- 


upon which that conviction is founded :—1. Because 
all the northern settlements, now comprised in the 
province of uckland, were founded by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Government, and not by the New Zealand 
Company, and between these settlements and those 
of the Company there exists no community of in- 
terest, and far less intercourse than between New 
Zealand and Australia. 2. Because all the land 
which the Mew Zealand Company professed to sur- 





Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


Mr. Adair reported the Jowy Vale Railway Bill, 
with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 


and be printed. 


Petitions relating to Kingston-upon-Hull Bribery 
Prevention Bill ;—Church Rates ;—Conventual and 
Monastic Institutions Committee ;—Gaols ;— Oaths 


render, and as payment for which the charge com- 
| plained of is imposed, were situate in other pro- 
_vinces at a great distance from Auckland; and no 
‘part of the proceeds of the sales of such lands will 
| ever, directly or indirectly, be of any advantage or 
benefit whatever to that province. 3. Because no 
reduction of price, however great, in any land given 
up by the Company could, in the slightest degree, 
atfect the value of public lands in the province of 
| Auckland. 4. Because there does not exist in the 
province of Auckland any waste land, properly so 
called; all the public lands now made subject by 
'the “ Constitution Act” to the New Zealand Com- 


pad Report. Bill;— Oxford University Bill ;—Public-houses and | pany’s claim being from time to time purchased from 


New Zealand. 


Beer-shops ;— Universities (Oxford and Cambridge) ; 
—New Zealand ;—Fire Insurance ;— Malt ;—News- 
papers ;—Civil Bills, &amp;c. (Jreland) Act ;—Education 
(Scotland) Bill ;—Friendly Societies Bill ;—Juvenile 
Crime ;— Landlord and Tenant (Jreland) ;— Medical 
Officers (Navy) ;—Medical Practitioners Bill ;—Mer- 
chant Shipping Bill; — Mortmain Bill; — Ocean 
Penny Postage ;—Settlement and Removal Bill ;— 
Tenants’ Compensation (Jreland) Bill ;—Towns Im- 
provement (Jreland) Bill, and Improvement of Towns 
(Ireland) Bill;—and, Valuation of Lands ( Scotland) 
Bill,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to the Judgment Execution, 
&amp;c. Bill, was also presented, and read ; and referred to 
the Select Committee on the Bill. 

A Petition relating to the Payment of Wages 
Bill, was also presented, and read ; and referred to 
the Select Committee on the Bill. 

A Petition relating to Metropolitan Bridges, was 
also presented, and read; and referred to the Seiect 
Committee on Metropolitan Bridges. 


A Petition of the Members of the Provincial Council 
of Auckland, in Council assembled (signed by the 
Speaker), was presented, and read ; setting forth, That 
the Petitioners are just now assembled for the first 
time under the Act recently passed by the Imperial 
Parliament to grant a representative constitution to 
New Zeuland; that the Petitioners have much plea- 
sure in expressing their gratitude for the liberal con- 
cessions made by that Act, and in conferring on the 
colonists the control of the waste lands ; but the Pe- 
titioners deeply lament that these concessions have 
been accompanied by a charge of £. 268,370. 15s. in 
favour of the New Zealand Compan 7, which is re- 
garded throughout that province in the light only of 
an oppressive burden unjustly imposed ; that the Pe- 
titioners deem it to be one of their most urgent and 
important duties to use every effort in their power to 
obtain relief from this burden ; and, with a view to 
give expression to their own opinions, as well as in 
deference to the universal wishes of their constituents, 


the Petitioners take the earliest opportunity of bring- | 
ing before Parliament a subject upon which intense | 


anxiety and feeling exist throughout that province ; 

that the Petitioners most res 

vocally, state it to be their deliberate conviction that 

the abstraction of one-fourth of the proceeds of the 
VoL. 109. 


tfully, but unequi- | 


|the aborigines by funds raised entirely within the 
province, without any contribution whatever, di- 
rectly or indirectly, by the New Zealand Company. 
|5. Because, therefore, the only reason given by 
Earl Grey, “ that the price due for the lands 

acquired from the Company by the Crown must be 

_a charge on the whole of the Crown lands of Wew 
| Zealand,” as the purchase was “ essential for secu- 
‘ring a proper value to the whole of the Crown lands 
| throughout the entire extent of Mew Zeuland,” is 
not only untenable, but absolutely without any foun- 
| dation whatever. 6. Because the New Zealand 
| Company never had any beneficial connexion with 
| any part of the province of Auckland; they neither 
expended any money in it on any public object, nor 
introduced a single emigrant, nor ever rendered it 
ithe slightest service; but, on the contrary, they 
‘treated the northern settlements as rivals to their 
'own; they unceasingly deprecated their advantages, 
and traduced the character of their colonists; and 
even treated Auckland as so foreign from the set- 
_tlements created by the Company as to insist on 
being reimbursed, frum the land fund of Auckland, 
for the passage of a few emigrants who were 

brought here from Weilington by the first Governor 

of New Zealand to erect a public building ;—that 

the Petitioners entreat the House not to look on the 

New Zealand “Constitution Act” as finally dispo- 

sing of the Mew Zealand Company’s claims ; and 

the Petitioners beg most respectfully to assure the 

House that, so far from this being likely to be the 

case, the sense of wrong and indignity mflicted on 

that province is so universally and acutely felt, that 

any attempt to enforce those claims will but lay the 

foundation for an agitation which must be prejudi- 

cial, and at the same time cannot fail, however much 

it is to be deplored, to sow the seeds of discontent 

and disaffection towards the British Government; 

that the Petitioners do not plead in favour of relief 

from a debt founded on any moral obligation what- 

‘ever, but for relief from a burden which has cer- 
tainly no more reason or justice to support it than 

there would be in favour of the appropriation of the 

land revenue of the province of Auck/and in New 

Zealand to reimburse the shareholders of a bankrupt 

land jobbing company of British North America; 
that, under such circumstances, the House will not 
feel surprised that there should exist throughout that 
community a settled determination to resist, by every 
Ii legitimate 








China 
Expedition. 
No. 247. 


Foreign Sugar. 


No. 248. 


Shipping 
(Ireland.) 


East India. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Argentine 


Confederation. 


Excise Duties 


Bill. 





Q42 


legitimate means, the payment of a single shilling 
from the revenue of that province to the New Zea- 
land Company ; and the Petitioners feel the great- 
est confidence that the House will approve of and 
encourage a determination, not seeking to evade a 
reasonable obligation, but firmly bent on opposing 
to the utmost what is felt and believed to be oppres- 
sive and unjust; the Petitioners therefore appeal 
with confidence to the justice of the House on the 
behalf of the province of Auckland, and pray that 
steps may be immediately taken, by amending the 
74th clause of the New Zealand Constitution Act, 
15 &amp; 16 Vic., so as to relieve that province from the 
payment of any portion of the £. 268,370. 15s. now 
charged against the proceeds of its land sales, in 
favour of the New Zealand Company. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to the China 
Expedition, which was presented upon the 12th day 
of this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Foreign Su- 
var, which was presented upon the 12th day of this 
instant May, be printed. 


The following Paper was lai! upon the Table by the 
Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 6th day of April last, for a Return of the Num- 
ber and Tonnage of the Vessels entering and clear- 
ing Outwards, of the several Ports of Lreland, from 
and to Foreign Ports, distinguishing the Foreign 
from the Shipping of the United Kingdom; the 
Number and onnage of the Vessels employed in 
the Channel and Coasting Trade (those from and to 
a Port within a Port to be given separately from the 
Port itself); also, the Number and Tonnage of the 
Vessels registered in the several Ports of Ireland, 
vear by year, for the four years commencing the 5th 
day of January 1850, and ending the 5th day of 
January 1854 (in continuation of Parliamentary Pa- 
per, No. 171, of Session 1851). 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of 
an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Accounts respecting 
the Annual Territorial Revenues and Disbursements 
of the Eust India Company for three years, 1849-50, 
1850-51, 1851-52, according to the latest Advices ; 
with a Statement of the same for the succeeding 
year, partly estimated. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the Report from the Committee of Ways and Means ; 

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


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty's 
Command,—Copy of Treaty between Her Majesty 
and the Argentine Confederation for the Free Navi- 
gation of the Rivers Parana and Urnguay.—Signed 
at Sau José de Flores, July 10, 1858. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Excise Duties Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 


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A. 1854, 


And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question 











A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Serjeant 
Manning : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords request, That this House will be Printing 
ee to give leave to Thomas Vardon, Esquire, (House of 
ibrarian of this House, to attend their Lordships, to /"™s) 
be sworn, in order to his being examined as a Wit- 
ness before the Select Committee appointed by their 
Lordships in the present Session of Parliament, to 
consider the subject of printing Papers for the 

House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 
Resolved, That Thomas Vardon, Esquire, have 
leave to go to the House of Lords, as desired by 
their Lordships. 
And the Messenger was again called in; and Mr. 
Speaker acquainted him therewith:—And then he 
again withdrew. 


Message 
the oe 





And the Question being again proposed, That the Excise Duties 
word “ now” stand part of the Question ; Bill. 


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


Martis, 16° die Maii, 1854: 






And the Question being put ; 
The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 





Tellers for the{ Mr. Hayter, 1 303 
Yeas, UMr. Grenville Berkeley: J , 
Tellers for the Mr. Cayley, 1 195 é 
Noes, Mr. Stanhope: | Toes 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

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





Viscount Palmerston acquainted the House, That Militia, 
he had a Message from Her Majesty to this House, 
signed by Her Majesty:—And he presented the 
same to the House, and it was read by Mr. Speaker 
(all the Members of the House being uncovered) ; 
and is as followeth : 


VICTORIA R. 


The operations of the War, in which Her Majesty 
is engaged with the Emperor of Russia, having ren- 
dered it necessary to send a large part of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Regular om Abroad, Her Majesty deems 
it proper to provide, without delay, additional means : 
for the Military Service at Home, and, therefore, in 
enene of the Act of Parliament enabling Her 
Majesty to call out and assemble the Militia of the 
United Kingdom, Her Majesty has thought it right 
to make this Communication to the House of Com- 
mons, to the end that Her Majesty “7 cause the 
said Militia, or such part thereof as Her Majesty 
shall think necessary, to be forthwith drawn out and 
embodied, and to be disposed and posted as occasion 
shall require. 

Ordered, That Her Majesty’s said most gracious 
Message be taken into consideration this day. 








The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Stamps. 
mittee on the Stamp Acts ; 

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





The Order of the day being read, for the second Testamentary 
reading of the Testamentary Jurisdiction Bill; _ — 
Ordered, Vhat the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 29th day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second — 
reading of the Merchant Shipping Bill ; a 
Ordered, Tinrat the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. “ 
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[— iol ool 








17 Vicrori2z. 


Merchant The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Shipping ets reading of the Merchant Shipping Acts Repeal Bill ; 
Repeal Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
m upon Thursday next. 





Wreck and The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Salvage Bill. reading of the Wreck and Salvage Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


piersand Har- The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
yond) (x02) mittee on the Piers and Harbours (Scotland) (No. 2) 

Bill ; 
- Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Customs The Customs Duties Bill was, according to Order, 
Duties Bil. = -ead a second time; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


Manning Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on 
the Navy Manning the Navy [Bounties], a Resolution ; which 
ponte was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That provision be made, out of the Con- 


15°—16° Mazz. 248 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Select Committee on the Holyhecd Harbours Holyhead 

Bill was nominated of Mr. Cowper, Mr. Stanley, Harbours Bill. 
Mr. Horsfall, Mr. Grogan, Mr. Kinnaird, Mr. 
Heyworth, Mr. Stafford, Lord George Paget, Mr. 
Henry Herbert, Mr. Francis Scully, and five Mem- 
bers to be added by the Committee of Selection. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Hospitals and 
to amend the Laws for affording Medical and Sur- mg 
gical Aid in Hospitals and Infirmaries in Ireland : °°" 
And that Sir John Young and Viscount Palmerston 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Portland, &amp;c. 
enable the Trustees of Portland Chapel, Oxford Chapels. 
Chapel and Welbeck Chapel, in the Parish ef Saint 
Marylebone, to augment the Salaries of the Mi- 
nisters of the said Chapels: And that Sir William 
Molesworth and Mr. Fitzroy do prepare, and bring 
it in. 





solidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great | 


Britain and Ireland, for the payment of a Bounty 
of Five pounds for every person on board any ship 
or vessel of war, or privateer, belonging to Her 
Majesty’s enemies, which may be captured or de- 
stroyed by the officers and crews of Her Majesty’s 
ships and vessels of war. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Manning the Navy Bill, That they have 
Power to make provision therein, pursuant to the 
said Resolution. 


Manning the The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Navy Bul mittee on the Manning the Navy Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Navy Pay,&amp;c. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Bill mittee on the Navy Pay, &amp;c. Bill ; 
Resolved, ‘hat this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Church The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
a consideration the Church Building Acts Amendment 

i Bill, as amended ia the Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into considera- 


tion upon Friday next. 


pais cot The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
- : ag into a Committee on Sheriff and Sheriff-Clerk of 
(Scotland.) © Chancery (Scotland). 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Salary and Retiring Allowance 
to the Sheriff of Chancery, the Salary of the Sheriff- 
Clerk of Chancery, and any arrear of Salary due to 
the Sheriff of Chancery in Scotland, shall be paid 
out of the Funds from which the Salaries of Sheriffs 
in Scotland are now payable. 

Resolution to be reported. 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bow- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to a 
Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Wed- 
nesday next. 


Yaluation of The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
land) pi,  +‘Mittee on the Valuation of Lands (Scotland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Supply. ‘The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
Vo. 109. 


| Sir John Young presented a Bill to amend the Hospitals and 
Laws for affording Medical and Surgical Aid in Hos- !nfirmaries | 
pitals and Infirmaries in Zreland: And the same was (int 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second Bill 98. 
time upon Friday next; and to be printed. 


| Sir William Molesworth presented a Bill to enable Portland, &amp;e. 
the Trustees of Portland Chapel, Oxford Chapel Chapels Bill. 
and Welbeck Chapel, in the Parixhof Saint Maryle- Bill 99. 
| bone, to augment the Salaries of the Ministers of the 
said Chapels: And the same was read the first 
| time. 
| Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
| miners of Petitions for Private Bills; and be 
| printed. 





The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Mortmain Bill 
Committee, upon Wednesday next, on the Mortmain 
Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, ‘Vhat this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 24th day of this instant May, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till One of the clock on Tuesday morning, ad- 
journed till this day. 








Martis, 16° die Maiti; 
Anno 17° Victoriz Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


N R. Bouverie reported the Stockport Rectory Stockport 
A Division Bill, with Amendments. Rectory Di-. 
Ordered, ‘That the Report do‘lie upon the Tabie. ¥#" Bill 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the Glasgow 
Glasgow Suspension Bridge Bill; That they had exa- Suspension 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 2°? Bil 
the Bill, and verbally amended the same, in order 
to make the same more accurate in describing the 
facts of the case; and found the same, as amended, 
to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Keport do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Standing 
Committee on Standing Orders, a Resolution ; which Orders. 
was read, as followeth: 

Resolved, That in the case of the Paisley Water- Paisley 
works (No. 2) Bill Petition for dispensing with Waterworks 
Standing Orders 112 and 178, and for leave to be ea 
heard on their Petition from Gorbals Gravitation 
Water Company, the said Standing Orders ought to 








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244, 


be dispensed with; that the Parties be permitted to 
be heard on their Petition, notwithstanding the same 
shall have been deposited later than seven clear days 
after the second reading of the Bill. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Midland 
Great Western 
Railway of 
Ireland Bill. 


The Earl of March reported from the Sub-Com- 
mittee on Group 7 of Railway and Canal Bills ; That 
the Parties promoting the Midland Great Western 
Railway of Jreland Bill had_ stated to the Com- 
mittee, that the Evidence of William Thomas Mul- 
rany, of 23, Craven-street, Strand, was essential, to 
enable them to establish their case before the Com- 
mittee ; and it having been proved that his attend- 
ance could not be procured without the intervention 
of the House, he had been instructed by the Com- 
mittee to move the House, ‘that William Thomas 
Mulrany do attend the said Committee on Wednes- 
day the 17th day of May, at Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That William Thomas Mulrany do at- 
tend the said Committee To-morrow, at Twelve 
o'clock. 


Ennis and 
Shannon Na- 
vigation and 


Sir James Buller East reported from the Com- 
mittee on Group W. of Private Bills; That in the 


Reclamation case of the Ennis and Shannon Navigation and 
of Land Bill. Reclamation of Land Bill, they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
but the same had not been proved to their satisfac- 

tion. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
a agnee Mr. William Henry Gore Langton reported the 
thire and East Lancashire, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and 


Yorkshire, and Manchester and Southport Railways (re-committed ) 
Manchester _Bill, with further Amendments. 


Railways Bill, Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
om, ‘ The Order for referring the Aboyne, Ballater and 
Terlend Road Tarland Road Bill to the Committee of Selection, 
Bill. was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
Hereford The House proceeded to take into consideration 


- ie, the Amendments made by the Lords to the Here- 
; ford Improvement Bill. 
The said Amendments, being read a second time 
(and it appearing that the Amendment to Clause 
154 was to carry out the intention of this House), 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 


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Lordships. 
Furness The Furness Railway Bill was read the third time. 
Railway Bil. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. | 
Llandudno A Motion Leing made, That the Llandudno In- | 


—_— provement Bill be now read tie third time ; 

Sir William Molesworth, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the purport of the Bill, 
gives Her Consent, as far as Her Majesty's interest 
is concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


North Shields The North Shields Quays and Improvements Bill 


ays tments Was read the third time. 
Bill. P Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence, 











A. 1854, 


The Stockton and Darlington Railway Bill was Stockton ang 
read the third time; and Amendments were made Darlington 
to the Bill. Railway Bil, 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Swansea Harbour Bill was read the third Swansea 
time. Harbour Bill 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Bethesda and Llanlleched Bethesda ana 
Improvement Bill be re-committed to the former Lanlleched 
Committee :—And that they have leave to sit, and gi)""™™ 
proceed upon Thursday next. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Great Western 
the Great Western Railway (Stratford, &amp;c.) Bill, as Railway 
amended in the Committee. (Stratford, &amp;.) 

Ordered, hat the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration the Shrewsbury 
Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Bill, as amended 2"4 Chester 
in the Committee. Railway Bill 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Trowbridge 
the Trowbridge Roads Bill, as amended in the Com- Roads Bill. 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Tees Conservancy Bill was read a second Tees Con- 
time ; and committed. servancy Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Patent Solid Sewage Manure Company Patent Solid 
(No. 2) Bill was read a second time; and com- comes? 
mitted. 7 : (No. 2) Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Cubitt reported the Chesterfield Market (re- Chesterfield 
committed) Bill, with further Amendments. Market Bill 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Poor Law 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Seotané.) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Names of the Members of 
the Board of Supervision for the Relief of the Poor 
in Scotland :—And, of all Meetings of the Board of 
Supervision from August last to the 1st day of this 
instant May; stating the Names of the Members 
present at each Meeting. 

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


Ordered, ‘Vhat Mr. Edward Ball have leave of Leave of 
absence for a fortnight, on account of a domestic Absence 
affliction ;—Mr. Knight, three weeks, on account of 
the illness of a near relation ;—and, Viscount Joce- 

/yn, a fortnight, on urgent business. 


That he Berens’ 


Mr. Brotherton reported to the House, Mo Bill 


had carried to the Lords the Message of this House P*¥° 
of the 15th day of this instant May, requesting that 
their Lordships would be pleased to communicate 
to this House, a Copy of the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before their Lordships in the case of 
Berens’ Divorce Bill, and that their Lordships had 
communicated a printed Copy of the said Minutes 
of Evidence :—And he delivered the same in at the 
Table. 

Ordered, That the said Minutes of Evidence be 
referred to the Select Committee on Divorce ~ 

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county Courts. 


17 Vicrortx. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 3d day of February last, 
for Returns from every — Court throughout 
England and Wales, established under the Act 
9 &amp; 10 Vic. c. 95, of—1. The Total Number of 
Plaints entered in each Court, exclusive of Judg- 
ment Summonses, from the 1st day of January 1853 
to the 31st day of December 1853, both days in- 
clusive :—Of the Total Number of Plaints entered 
in each Court above £. 20 and not exceeding £. 50, 
exclusive of Judgment Summonses, from the Ist day 
of January 1853 to the 31st day of December 1853, 
both days inclusive:—Of the Total Number of 
Plaints entered in each Court during the last-men- 
tioned Period, by consent of Parties, under the 17th 
Section of the Act 13 &amp; 14 Vic. c. 61 :—2. Of the 
Total Number of Causes tried by each Court from 
the 1st day of January 1853 to the 31st day of De- 
cember 1853, both days inclusive :—Of the Total 
Number of Causes tried by each Court from the 1st 
day of January 1853 to the 31st day of December 
1853, both days inclusive, above £.20 and not ex- 
ceeding £50:—Of the Total Number of Causes 
tried by each Court during the last-mentioned Pe- 
riod, by consent of Parties, under the 17th Section 
of the Act 13 &amp; 14 Vic. c. 61:—3. Of the Total 
Number of Appeals under the last-mentioned Act 
pending on the Ist day of January, and the Total 
Number made, from the 1st day of January 1653 to 


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the 31st day of December 1853, both days inclusive, 
from the Decisions of each Court, and whether such | 
Decisions were confirmed or reversed, and the 
Number of Appeals dropped or remaining undecided | 
on the 3ist day of December 1853 :—4. Of the 
Total Number of Days that each Court has sat, 
from the 1st day of January 185% to the 31st day 
of December 1853, both days inclusive, and the 
Average Number of Hours comprised in each Sitting : 
—5. Of the ‘Total Amount of Monies for which the 
Plaints were entered in each Court during the last- 
mentioned Period :—6. Of the Total Amount of 
Monies, exclusive of Costs, for which Judgment has 
been obtained in each Court during the same Period, 
and also the Amount of such Costs:—7. Of the 
Total Amount of Monies paid into each Court during 
the same Period, in satisfaction of Debts sued for, 
without proceeding to Judgment :—s8. Of the Gross 
Total Amount of Fees received in each Court during 
such Period, distinguishing the Amount of Fees for 
each Officer, and on account of the General Fund: 
—9. The Gross Total Amount of Monies received 
in each Court to the Credit of Suitors, and the 
Amount paid out to Suitors:—10. Of the Total 
Number of Causes tried in each Court during the 
same Period, with the Assistance of a Jury, speci- 
fying the Number of such Causes in which a Verdict 
has been given in favour of the Party requiring a 
Jury to be summoned :—11. Of the Total Number 
of Executions issued by the Clerk of each Court 
during the same Period against the Goods of De- 
fendants :—12. Of the lotal Number of Judgment 
Summouses issued in each Court during the same 
Period :—13. Of the Total Number of such heard 
by the Court :—14. Of the Total Number of War- 
rants of Commitment issued thereon by the Clerk 
of each Court during the same Period, and the 
Number of Persons actually taken to Prison under 
such Warrants:—15. And, of the Total Amount 
received by the Treasurer of each Court on account 
of the General Fund of such Court, from the 1st day 
of January 1853 to the 31st day of December 1853, 
inclusive ; and the Payments made thereout, during 
such Period, as given in the Balance Sheets ren- 
dered to the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Trea- 
sury, according to Article 48 of Treasurer’s Instruc- 
tions ; together with the Sums therein stated to have 
been received of or paid to Her Majesty’s Paymaster 
General. 

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





Vox. 109. 





245 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Cone Te- Cone Tele- 
legraph, which was presented upon the 5th day of staph. 
this instant May, be printed. No, 249, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Shipping Shipping 
(Jreland), which was presented upon the 15th day of (Ireland. ) 
this instant May, be printed. No, 250. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to East India, East India. 
which were presented upon the 15th day of this No, 261. 
instant May, be printed. 


Mr. Secretary-at-War presented,—Return to an Dowie’s 
Order, dated the 17th day of March last, for Copy Patent Boots. 
of Correspondence on the subject of Dowie’s Patent No. 252. 
Boots, which has passed between the Authorities of 
the Horse Guards and other Military Authorities, 
and the Patentee, James Dowie (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 469, of Session 1853). 

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


Petitions relating to Church Rates ;--Conventual Public 
and Monastic Institutions Committee ;—Lcclesias- Petitions. 
tical Titles Assumption Act ;—Intoxicating Liquors ; yiae Thirty- 
— Maynooth College Act;—Oaths Bill ;—Public- fifth Report. 


houses and Beer-shops ;—Universities (Oxford and 


Cambridge) ; — Newspapers ; — Paper, Newspaper 
Stamps, Foreign Books, &amp;c. ;—Spirits (Ireland) ;— 
County Courts Act ;—Education (Scotland) Bill ;— 
Foreign Policy ;—Friendly Societies Bill ;—Metro-- 
polis Water Supply ;—Mortmain Bill;—Poor Law 
(Jreland);— and, Valuation of Lands (Scotland) 
Bill,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to the Judgment Execution, &amp;e. 
Bill,—were also presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Richards: — Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords 
The Lords request that this House will be pleased Ventilation 
to give leave to the Right honourable Robert Ver- and Lighting 
non Smith, a Member of this House, to attend their = —" 
Lordships, to be sworn, in order to his being exa- 
mined as a Witness before the Select Committee 
appointed by their Lordships in the present Session 
of Parliament, to inquire into the possibility of im- 
proving the Ventilation and the Lighting of the 
House, and the contiguous Chambers, Galleries and 
Passages :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 
Resolved, That this House will send an answer to 
the suid Message by Messengers of their own. 
And the Messenger was again called in; and Mr. 
Speaker acquainted him ‘therewith :—And then he 
again withdrew. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Periodical 
pty That it is the opinion of this House, that the Press. 

aws in reference to the Periodical Press and News- 
paper Stamp are ill-defined and unequally enforced ; 
and it appears to this House, that the subject de- 
mands the early consideration of Parliament. 

And the Previous Question being proposed, That 
that question be now put :—The said Previous Ques- 
tion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Then the main Question being put ; 

Resolved, That it is the opinion of this House, 
that the Laws in reference to the Periodical Press 
and Newspaper Stamp are ill-defined and unequally 
enforced ; and it appears to this House, that the sub- 
ject demands the early consideration of Parliament. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Agricultural 
provide for the taking and regulating Returns of Greed) 
the Average Prices of Agricultural Produce in Jre- _— 
land: And that Mr. Bland, Mr. Fitzgerald and Mr. 

Francis Scully do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Tithe 
provide for the annual variation of Rent-charges in ——— 
lieu of Tithe in Zreland: And that Mr. Bland, Mr. “#™ ) 

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Married 
Women. 


Prerogative 
Court. 


Postal Engage- 
ments (United 


States.) 


Industrial 
and Provident 
Societies Bill. 


Militia. 


Manning the 
Navy Bill. 





246 16°—17° Maii. A. 1854, 


Fitzgerald and Mr. Francis Scully do prepare, and |“ any part thereof, to be sold, and the proceeds to 
bring it in. “ be paid, to the joint account of Her Majesty’s 
Paymaster General, and the agents or agent of 
the captors as aforesaid, at the Bank of England; 
and in case the said ship, vessel, goods or mer- 
chandize shall be decreed to be restored to any 
claimant thereof, then the proceeds arising there- 
from, and which shall have been so paid to the 
Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed | a0 warm of Her Majesty's Paymaster General, 
to inquire into and report upon the state of the pre-| ,, er o h — or &gt; ng of eo captors as afore- 
sent Public Registry of the Prerogative Court, used | “~ » Shall hail b to such claimant ; but in case 
as a Testamentary Office, and whether a better), * ~ tan » an e condemned as lawful prize, 
Office can be established for the keeping and pre-| ,, 0 proceeds shall be distributed to and amongst 
oneintinin atin | “* the captors in the manner hereinafter directed. 


Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a | be left out, abou of the Clause. iad 


Copy of the present Postal Engagements agreed to} Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 
between the United States and England, and of the! Clause azreed to. 
Correspondence for a modification of the terms of Causes, N° 25 to N° 33, with Amendments to 
the present Agreements. several of them, agreed to. 
The Industrial and Provident Societies Bill was,| CuAusE, N° 34, disagreed to. 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- Cuausxs, N° 35 to N° 40, with Amendments to 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for several of them, agreed to. 
Tuesday next. | Cuxause, N° 41, postponed. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take | Crauses, N° 42 to N° 60, with Amendments to 
into consideration Her Majesty’s most gracious , several of them, agreed to. 
Message of the 15th day of this instant May; and Postponed Cuavss, N° 41, disagreed to. 
the same was again read by Mr. Speaker. | Clause (That in the cases of condemnation in the 

Resolved, Nemine Contradicen'e, That an humble | High Court of Admiralty, it shall be lawful for the 
Address be presented to Her Majesty, to return Her | said Court, at the prayer of the captors, or their 
Majesty the humble thanks of this House for Her agents, to vest the proceeds of the property con- 
most gracious Message, and to express the just | demned in such public securities, as the captors or 
sense we have of Her Majesty's goodness, and of | their agents or agent shall elect, there to remain and 
Her care for the security of the country, manifested accumulate for the benefit of the parties entitled, 
by Her Majesty’s gracious declaration, that She will | until time of distribution ; such investments to be in 
call out and embody the whole or such part of the | the joint names of Her Majesty’s Paymaster General 
Militia of the United Kingdom as to Her Majesty | and the captors’ agents or agent)——brought up, 
may appear most expedient. and read 1° 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are | read a second time——put, and negatived. » 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. Preamble agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to | « 
enable Married Women to dispose of Reversionary | « 
and other Interests in Personal Estate: And that | « 
Mr. Malins, Mr. George Alexander Hamilton and | « 
Mr. Follett do prepare, and bring it in. « 





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‘ 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee on the Manning the Navy Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- Mercurii, 17° die Maii, 1854: 
graph. 


Preamble postponed. Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitz- 
Cuavses, N°1 to Ne23, with Amendments to roy reported, ‘That the Committee nad gone through 


several of them, agreed to. woo d. That the Bill Sit tetas 
Ciause, N° 24 (Ship, vessel or goods may be ee See ne a ee ae ee 


sold by decree of the Court, pendente (ite). mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 
Amendment proposed: In p. 9, |. 29, after the 


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





end of the Clause, in order to add the words, “ by | after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
“ agents or agent appointed by the flag officers or the Chair; and Mr. Fitzroy reported, That the 
“ flag officer, captains or captain, officers or officer, | Committee had gone through the Bill. 

“ ships’ companies or company, and others entitled| Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill, as amended in the Com- 


“ thereto ; that is to say, that if the flag officers or | mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


flag officer of any fleet or squadron of ships shall | 


~ 


‘ 


na 


“ 


“ more than one, shal] appoint one or more person | si sy _—o of the Sums voted er Supply cng 
“ or persons, agent or agents as aforesaid, then the fa ft tee &gt; aerg ia i gree age 
Sw 4 m Rea: ‘ se ‘ 
“« agueens wry emerged o engin ant ater | Miscellaneous Services :—And tread of Grants 
mander entitled thereto, or the majority of them, ‘for Miscell snared , “mae 
“ if more than one, may appoint the like number to | “ iscellaneous Services, from 1838 to ae 
act for them; and all the officers and oth ers, | the same Form as the Abstract now printed —_ 
usually designated the Commissioner and war- per —= rape — Baw oe 
rant officers, may appoint a like number to act reat D - ihe ge “se pp oneagenig 
“ for them; and all the remainder of the crew, | a SS ed 1 Feenh &gt; ae ary et Pam ot 
“ usually designated the petty officers, and the sea- | Se $e oe — ‘ti ° or Ch tie . 
“men and marines, may appoint a like number 5 | Greet a av a te ero ene poor th rs = otal 
“and the said agents or agent so appointed may | nen, “ tend in exe h es; Vo ae eee 
direct the said goods or merchandize to be un- eS 
laden, and an inventory thereof to be taken, 


or any part thereof, to be warehoused under safe | fuge, showing,—1. The Total estimated Cost of the 
and proper keeping, or may direct the same, or | Works proposed; 2. The Sums already voted by 
| Parliament 


it pra The House, according to Order, resolved itself Navy Pay, &amp;e- 
word “ appraised,” to leave out all the words to the into a Committee on the Navy Pay, &amp;c. Bill; and, Bill. 


take any such prize or prizes, or the majority, if| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Supply: 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Harbours of 
and after such appraisement may direct the same, detailed Statement relative to the Harbours of Re- Refuse: 











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17 Vicroriz. 


Parliament for each Harbour; 3. The Amount re- 
quired to be voted in the present year, ending the 
31st day of March 1855; 4. ‘the Sums that will 
remain necessary for the Completion of the Works ; 
accompanied by the Reports of the Engineers in 
charge of the Works, for the four quarters of the 
year ending the 31st day of March 1854 (in _con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 304, of Ses- 
sion 1852-53). 


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











Mercurit, 17° die Man; 
Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


Committees. oF DERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Lowestoft 
Improvement 
(No. 2) Bill. 


The Order, That the Report on the Lowestoft Im- 
provement (No. 2) Bill do lie upon the Table, was 
read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee. 


Edinburgh 


Mr. Wrightson reported from the Committee on 
Roads Bill. 


Group T. of Private Bills; That in the case of the 
Edinburgh Roads Bill, they had examined the alle- 
gations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
made a verbal Amendment therein, by adding thereto 
the words “ on the line of the said boundaries, or ;” 
and found the same, as amended, to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
The Bradford Waterworks Bill was read the third 


time. 
A Clause (Limiting dividends upon new capital) 
was thrice read; and added to the Bill. 
Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Bradford 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Bdinburgh The Edinburgh Police and Improvement Bill was 
Police and 


Improvement Tead the third time; and Amendments were made 
Bi to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


apa The Petworth Road Bill was read the third time. 

™ Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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

Ambergate, The House proceeded to take into consideration 
and Boston, the Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston, and Eastern 
ad Eastern Junction Railway (Extension into Nottingham, &amp;c.) 
a Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
tioninto ~~ Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Nottingham, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 
East Suffolk 


tae The House proceeded to take into consideration 
ty Bill. the East Suffolk Railway Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


= The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Railway Bill. the Maliow and Fermoy Railway Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


el The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Road Bi, © the Stamford and Kettering Road Bill, as amended 


in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
VoL. 109. 


16°—17° Maiz. 





Q47 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Wells and 
the Wells and Fakenham Railway Bill, as amended Fkenham. 
in the Committee. a etaielinaes 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration York, New- 
the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway (Con- —S Ber- 
struction of Docks, &amp;c.) Bill, as amended in the (Construction 
Committee. of Docks, &amp;c.) 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. _Bill. 

Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Public Statues 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills; Bill. 

That in the case of the Public Statues Bill, no 
Standing Orders are applicable. 


Ordered, That the Public Statues Bill be read a Public Statues 
second time To-morrow. = 


Ordered, That Mr..Johnstone have leave of absence Leave of 
for three weeks, on account of illness in his family. 4&gt;8"¢e 


Petitions relating to Established Church ;—Intox- Public 
icating Liquors ;— Public-houses and Beer-shops ; Petitions. 
— Universities (Oxford and Cambridge) ;—Burgh yige Thirty- 
Boundaries (Scotland) Bill;—Ocean Penny Post- fifth Keport. 
age ;—and, Tenants’ Compensation (Jreland) Bill, 

—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Fable. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Criminal 
to Criminal Prosecutions, which was presented upon Frosecutions. 
the 14th day of February last, be printed. No, 263. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to County CountyCourts. 
Courts, which was presented upon the 16th day of No. 254. 
this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Emigration, Emigration. 
which was presented upon the 24th day of March No, 255. 
last, be printed. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by Greenwich 
the Clerk of the House, — Return to an Order, dated Hospital, &amp;c. 
the 16th day of Mareh last, for a Return of the 
Prices of various Articles of Food, Clothing and 
Household Stores bought for the use of the Royal 
Hospital at Greenwich, and of the Rate of Wages to 
Artisans employed in that Establishment ; together 
with the Prices of Provisions at Bethlem Hospital, 
and of Bread and Meat bought by the Commissariat 
Department during each of the years 1850 to 1853, 
both inclusive (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 213, of Session 1850). 

teturn to an Order, dated the 16th day of this Supply. 

instant May, for an Account of the Sums voted in 
Supply during each year from 1835 to 1853, both 
inclusive, under the several Heads of Army, Navy, 
Ordnance and Miscellaneous Services :—And, Ab- 
stract of Grants for Miscellaneous Services, from 
1838 to 1853, in the same form as the Abstract now 
printed with the Annual Estimates, under the several 
Heads ol—1. Public Works and Buildings; 2. Sa- 
laries, &amp;c Public Departments; 3. Law and Justice ; 
4, Education, Science and Art; 5. Colonial and 
Consular Services; 6. Superannuations and Cha- 
rities ; 7. Special and Temporary Objects; with the 
Sum Total under each Head in each year. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Registration 
a Committee on the Registration of Bills of Sale of Bills of Sale 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker "Bill 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That ~' — 
the Committee lad gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 21st 
day of June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Burgh Bound- 
reading of the Burgh Boundaries (Scotland) Bill ; a) Bae 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being - 


proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time; 
[14 The 





- 


Episcopal 
and Capitular 
Estates Bill. 


Drainage of 
Lands Bill. 


Public Libra- 
ries Bill. 


Tenants’ 
Compensation 
{Ireland) Bill, 


Ways and 
Means. 


Sheriff and 
Sheriff Clerk 
of Chancery 
(Scotland. ) 


248 


The Amendments following were proposed to be | 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word | 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the | 
words “ upon this day six months.” 
And the Question being put, That the word “now” | 
stand part of the Question: — It passed in the 
Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the words — 
“ upon this day six months ” be added at the end of | 


17°—18° Maii. 


A. 1854, 


Resolved, That the Salary and Retiring Allowance 
to the Sheriff of Chancery, the Salary of the Sheriff 
Clerk of Chancery, and any arrear of Salary due to 
the Sheriff of Chancery in Scotland, shall be paid 
out of the Funds from which the Salaries of Sheriffs 
in Scotland are now payable. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 


the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. | Resolution: And that Mr. Bouverie, the Lord Advo- 


Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day six months. 


The Order of tlie day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendments which, 
upon the 29th day of March last, were proposed to 
be made to the Question, That the Episcopal and 
Capitular Estate Bill be now read a second time; 
and which Amendments were to leave out the word 
““ now,” and, at the end of the Questiun, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months ;” 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
word “now” stand part of the Question :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided. 7 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the { Lord —— Vane, 1 62 

Yeas, \ Mr. Mowbray : _ 

Tellers for the [The Marquis of gee os 

Noes, _\Sir Benjamin Hall: — 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
word “now” stand part of the Question :—The said 
proposed Amendments were, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for Wednesday the 21st day of June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second | 


reading of the Drainage of Lands Bill ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Biil be now read a second time ; 
‘The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. ‘lo leave out the word 


“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the , 


words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question :—The said pro- 
posed Amendments were, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second | 
reading of the Public Libraries Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second | 
reading of the Tenants’ Compensation (Jreland) | 
Bill ; | 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon | 
Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

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


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on 
Sheriff and Sherift Clerk of Chancery (Scotland), a 
Resolution ; which was read, as followeth : 


_ Ashton-under-Lyne and Dukinfield Bridge Bill; and 
_the same were twice read, and agreed to. 


cate and Viscount Palmerston do prepare, and bring 
it in, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply, 
mittee of Supply ; 

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


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Manning the 
take into consideration the Manning the Navy Bill, Navy Bill 
as amended in the Committee; and Amendments 

were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Navy Pay, &amp;e, 
take into consideration the Navy Pay, &amp;c. Bill, as Bill. 
amended in the Committee ; and Amendments were 
made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow. 


Mr. Bland presented a Bill to provide for the Agricultural 
taking and regulating Returns of the Average Prices Averages _ 
of Agricultural Produce in Jreland: And the same (Ireland) Bill 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a Bill 101. 
second time upon Tuesday the 30th day of this 
|instant May ; and to be printed. 





| Mr. Malins presented a Bill to enable Married Married 


Women to dispose of Reversionary and other In- Women Bill. 


Bill 102, 


'terests in Personal Estate: And the same was read 
|the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
| time upon Tuesday the 13th day of June next; and 
| to be printed. 


Mr. Bland presented a Bill to provide for the Tithe Rent- 
Annual Variation of Rent-charges in lieu of Tithe charge (Ire- 
in Ireland: And the same was read the first time; 
‘and ordered to be read a second time upon Wed- Bill 103. 
-nesday the 14th day of June next; and to be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Jovis, 18° die Maii ; 
Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


t &amp;~ House proceeded to take into consideration Ashton-undet- 


“ . . Lyne and 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Dukinfield 


Bridge Bill 





Ordered, That Mr. Hindley do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Cardiff Gas 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Cardiff Bill. 
Gas Bill. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time 
(and it appearing that the Amendments to Clauses 
29 and 4:3 were made to render the wording of those 
Clauses consistent with the wording of the other 
Clauses of the Bill), were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


The Birmingham and Midland Institute Pill was tr 
read the third time. Tnstitute Bill. 





Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, 














17 VicToRIZ. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Blyth Harbour, Ordered, That the short Title of the Blyth Har- 
 Docksand = hour, Docks and Railwa Bill, as first entered in the 
Railway Bill Votes, be changed to Blyth Harbour and. Docks. 


Harbour A Motion being made, That the Blyth Harbour 
and Docks Bill be now read the third time ; 

Mr. Hayter, by Her Majesty's Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the pape of the Bill,. gives Her Con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, that 
the House may do therein as they shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time; and an 
Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Title 
be, An Act for improving the Harbour of Blyth, in 
the County of Northumberland, and for constructing 
Docks there, and for other purposes. 

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


h 
sn Docks 
Bill 


Crystal Palace The Crystal Palace Company Bill was read the 
Company Bill. third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Hexham The Hexham Roads Bill was read the third time. 
Roads Bill. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Portsmouth The Portsmouth Railway Bill was read the third 
Railway Bill. time, 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Rochdale The Rochdale and Burnley Roads Bill was read 
a the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Shi: 2 . . 
Water ie PR neg Shipley Waterworks Bill was read the third 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Shrewsbury The Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway (Stations) 
+ hamapata Bill was read the third time; and yom Amen were 


(Stations) Bill, Made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence, 


rep (a The Stroud, Painswick and Gloucester Road Bill 


Gloucester Was read the third time. 
Road Bill. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brothgrton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
oy Gas The Surrey Gas Bill was read the third time. 


Resolved, 'That the Bill do pass. 
: Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Yeovil ae _ The Yeovil Improvement Bill was read the third 
ay ms time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Moody do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Y 
aastbani'her. The York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway (Pon- 


wick Railway top and South Shields, &amp;c.) Bill was read the third 
topand time. 


Shields, 
&amp;e.) Bill 


Resolved, That the Bill d : And that th 
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249 


Title be, An Act for enabling the York, Newcastle 
and Berwick Railway Company to purchase all or 
any Estates, Rights and Interests existing in the 
Lands or Grounds upon or adjoining to which the 
Railway of the said Company, called “ The Pontop 
and South Shields Railway,” has been formed, or 
otherwise to occupy such Lands or Grounds. 

Ordered, That Mir. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Londonderry 
the Londonderry Bridge Bill, as amended in the Bridge Bill. 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Middlesex Industrial Schools Middlesex 
Bill, as amended in the Committee, be taken into con- ree 
sideration upon Tuesday next. j 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Belfast Water Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 29th day of this instant May. 


Belfast Water 
Bill. 


Mr. Wrightson reported from the Committee on Dudley, Hales 
Group T. of Private Bills; That in the case of the ct 
Dudley, Halesowen and Bromsgrove Roads Bill, they Roads Bill 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and made a verbal Amendment in 
the same, by striking out a recital specifying the 
manner in which the principal sum owing on the 
therein-mentioned tolls was accumulated ; and found 
the same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Wrightson reported from the Committee on Kirkby- 
Group T. of Private Bills; That in the case of the Lonsdale, 
Kirkby Lonsdale, Kendal and Milnthorpe Road Bill, Xintnorme 
they had examined the allegations contained in the Road Bull. 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by 
adding a recital, stating that an arrangement had 
been entered into between the Parties interested in 
a sum of money advanced on the security of the 
therein-mentioned tolls, and the Trustees of the said 
roads, for the reduction of the rate of interest on 
such sum in consideration of the rate of tolls and 
the application of the same thereinafter provided, the 
Committee being satisfied that such arrangement was 
necessary to secure the payment off of such prin- 
cipal sum within the term therein-mentioned ; and 
found the same, as amended, to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Floyer reported from the Committee on Group Newport 
P. of Private Bills; That in the case of the W@v- Dock Bill. 
port Dock Bill, they had examined the allegations 
contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended 
the same, by inserting additional recitals, to show 
more distinctly the Powers already given to the Dock 
Company to raise money, and the extent to which 
those Powers have been exercised, and the nature and 
origin of certain expenditure out of revenue which 
it is proposed to capitalise ; and also a recital of the 
Powers of subscribing already given to the Mon- 
mouthshire Railway and Canal Company, of the ex- 
pediency of increasing those Powers; and found the 
same, as amended, to be true; and had made an 
inquiry into the bond fide character of the Subscrip- 
tion Contract, and the sufficiency of the subscribers 
thereto, which was proved to the satisfaction of the 
Committee ; that it appeared to the Committee that 
the restriction imposed by the 136th Standing Order 
ought not to be enforced ; and that the Committee 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the -_ 
KK re 





Railway and 
anal Bills 


Bagenalstown 
and Wexford 
Railway 

(No. 2) Bill. 


Cornwall 
Railway Bill. 


Londonderry 
and Ennis- 
killen Railway 
Bill. 


Bethesda and 
Lianlleched 
Improvement 
Bill. 


British 
Museum. 


250 18° Maii. A. 1854, 


Mr Bouverie reported from the General Committee 
on Railway and Canal Bills; That they have made 
certain alterations in the constitution of the Groups 
of Bills, which they have agreed to report to the 

ouse. 

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


Mr. Bouverie reported the Bagenalstown and Wex- 
ford Railway Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the 
Cornwall Railway Bill; That, in pursuance of the 
Order of the House of the 20th day of March last, 
the Committee had examined into compliance with 
the Resolution of the Standing Orders Committee, 
and found that the same had been complied with ; and 
that they had examined the allegations of the Bill, 
and found the same to be true ; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made several Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the 
Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway Bill; That 
they had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by 
omitting such part as related to the Londonderry and 
Enniskillen Railway Company subscribing towards 
the construction of a Railway authorized to be made 
between Enniskillen and Sligo, as the Promoters 
intimated it was not their intention to proceed with 
this portion of the Bill in the present Session ; and 
found the same, as amended, to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

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


Mr. Bouverie reported the Bethesda and Llanile- 
ched Improvement (re-committed) Bill, with further 
Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of all Guano imported into the United King- 
dom, in each of the years 1850 to 1853, inclusive ; 
distinguishing the Quantities imported from each 
Country respectively. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 4th day of this instant May, for Copies of all Mi- 
nutes made by the Trustees of the British Museum 
since the Ist day of January 1850, relating to the 
Salaries and Promotion of Officers and all other 
P&amp;sons in that Establishment :—Of any Report or 
Communication from the Heads of Departments to 
the Trustees of the British Museum, relative to the 
Salaries and Promotions subsequent to the Report of 
the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Progress 
and Management of the said British Museum :— 
And, of any Communication or Representation made 
to the eaid Heads of Departments relating to the 
same. 

Return to an Order, dated the 9th day of this in- 
stant May, for Copy of all Minutes or Correspond- 
ence between the Government and the Trustees of 
the British Museum, respecting Alterations in the 
Management of the Museum, recommended by the 
Royal Commission appointed for inquiring into the 
Constitution and Government of the British Mu- 
seum, in July 1847 (in continuation of Parliamen- 
tary Paper, No. 425, of Session 1850). 


Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Fifteenth Report of the Deputy 
Keeper of the Public Records. 





Copy of Second Report made to the Secre of 
State for the Home Department by Captain William Lodging. 
Hay, one of the Commissioners of Police of the ™ Act 
Metropolis, on the operation of the Common Lodging- 
houses Act. 


Mr. Fitzroy also presented,—Return to an Ad- Book of Com. ' 


dress to Her Majesty, dated the 14th day of March ™on Prayer, 
last, for a Copy of the Alterations in the Book of 
Common Prayer, proposed by the Royal Commis- 
sioners for the Revision of the Liturgy, in 1689. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Greenwich Greenwich 
Hospital, &amp;c., which was presented upon the 17th day Hospital, &amp;, 
of this instant May, be printed. No. 257, 


Petitions relating to Church Rates ;—Conventual Pubic 

and Monastic Institutions Committee ;— Gaols ;— Petitions, 
Intoxicating Liquors ;—Oaths Bill ;— Oxford Uni- .,., = 
versity Bill; Public: houses and lt ;—Uni- Ath Bend 
versities (Oxford and Cambridge) ;—Malt ;—Paper, 
Newspaper Stamps, Foreign Books, &amp;c.;—Burgh 
Boundaries (Scotland) Bill ;—Civil Bills, &amp;c. (Jre- 
land) Act ;—Corn ;—Currency ;— Decimal Coinage ; 
—Dog Carts ;— Education (Jreland) ; — Education 
(Scotland) Bill;—Friendly Societies Bill ;—Medical 
Practitioners Bill; — Poor Law (Jreland);— Poor 
Law Union Rate Collectors ;—Scottish Laws ;—and, 
Valuation of Lands (Scotland) Bill,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to the Sates Execution, 
&amp;c. Bill, was also presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


Ordered, That all Petitions relative to the Friendly Friendly 
Societies Bill, presented in the present Session, be Societies Bill 
referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Excise Duties 

mittee on the Excise Duties Bill; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 

solve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Osborne presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Local Acts. 
mand,—Further Reports from the Admiralty relative No. 44. 
to Applications for Local Acts :—53. Ballymena, Bal- 
lymoney, Coleraine and Portrush Junction Railway 
Bill (No.1.)—54. Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine 
and Portrush Junction Railwa Bil (No. 2.)—55. 

Piers and Harbours (Scotland) Bill 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table ; and be printed. 


Sir John Young presented,—Return to an Order, Erasmus 
dated the 7th day of April last, for Returns of the — 
Gross Rental of the Real Estates, and of the Annual (jreland.) 
Income from other Sources, of the Governors of 
Erasmus Smith’s Schools (Zreland) ; with an Account 
of its Expenditure for Five years last past :—-Of the 
Names of Colleges maintained by the Governors, 
and the Number of Scholars in each College ; speci- 
fying the Number of Free Scholars, and distinguish- 
ing the Sons of the Tegants on their Estates from 
other Free Scholars :—Of the Names of the several 
Masters, and the Amount of the Salaries paid to 
them. respectively :—Of the Rates of Charges for 
Education of Pupils (not being Free Pupils) pre- 
scribed by Law or by Charter; and also the actual 
Charges for the Education of such Pupils in the 
several Colleges :—Of the Number and Value of the 
Exhibitions founded by the Governors in Trinity 
College, and the Number of those Exhibitions con- 
ferred on Pupils from the Endowed Schools for Ten 
years :—Of the Names of the Governors, and the 
Number of Meetings of Governors held for the last 
Twelve Months, with the Names of the Governors 
who attended each of such Meetings :—Copies of the 
Charter of 1669, and of the Private Act of the 10th 
Geo. 1, for the further application of Rents and 
Profits given by Erasmus Smith for Charitable oe 

an 


— on ie ee oe Oe eee, eee eee ee 








Education 
(Ireland. ) 


Message from 
the Lords. 
Devonport 
Tunnel (No. 2 
Bill. 

Clitheroe 
Waterworks 
Bill. 

Madras Rail- 
_—. 


Weymouth 
and Melcombe 


hog Markets 
Pier Bi 


Manchester , 
—_— 
Salford 
Borough and 
Manchester 
Division Bill. 
Harrow 
Waterworks 
Bill 
Birmingham 
Waterworks 
Bill 


West Hartle- 


pool Improve- 


ment Bill. 


New River 
Company 
(Hertford 


Diversion, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Manchester 
ion 
Waterworks 
Bill. 
Wellington 
(Salop) Im- 


— 


Bank of 
England, &amp;c. 





17 VicrorizZ. 


and of all Charters or Grants made by the Crown to 
Erasmus Smith or the Governors, in relation to the 
Erasmus Smith Schools, or for the purposes of Edu- 
cation :—Of the Rules and Ordinances or Statutes 
of the Governors, for the Regulation of the several 
Colleges and Schools :—And, of the Name of any 
Estate or Property heretofore possessed by the Go- 
vernors in the County of Clare, and a Return whether 
the Interest on the same has been lost, or in any and 
what mode determined. 

Sir John Young also presented, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—The Annual 
Report of the Commissioners of Education in Lreland, 
1853-4. 

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


A Message from the Lords, by Sir George Rose : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Devonport and 
Keyham Tunnel (No. 2) Bill, without any Amend- 
ment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Clitheroe Water- 
works Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Madras Railway 
Company Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Weymouth and 
Melcombe Regis Markets and Pier Bill, without any 
Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Manchester Im- 
provement Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Salford Borough 
and Manchester Division Bill, without any Amend- 
ment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Harrow Water- 
works Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Birmingham 
Waterworks Bill, with an Amendment; to which 
Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the West Hartlepool 
Improvement Bill, with an Amendment; to which 
Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the New River Com- 
pany (Hertford Sewerage Diversion, &amp;c.) Bill, with 
Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Manchester Corpo- 
ration Waterworks Bill, with Amendments ; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Wellington (Salop) 
Improvement Bill, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns by the Bank of England, from the period of 
the last renewal of the Charter to the present time, 
of the Average Aggregate Monthly Balances of 
Public Monies in the Bank, under all the Accounts : 
—Of the quarterly Advances to the Government 
under the Head of Deficiency Bills :—Of the Amount 
paid each year to the Bank for the Management of 
the Public Debt:—Of the Amount received each 
— by the Bank for Interest on Advances on 

eficiency Bills, or on any other Securities ; the 
Term of such Advance, and the Rate of Interest :— 
Of the Average Annual Amount of the Issue of 
Bank Notes and of Bank Post Bills by the Bank : 
—Of the Amount paid each year by the Bank as a 
Composition in lieu of Stamp Duties: —Of the 
Average Annual Amount of the Issue of Promissory 
Notes by Private and by Joint Stock Banks in 
Great Britain :—Of the Amount paid each year by 
Vox. 109. 


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251 


Private and by Joint Stock Banks in Great Britain 
for Stamp Duties, and for Composition in lieu of 
Stamp Duties:—Of the Minimum and Maximum 
Amount of the Balances of Public Money on all the 
Accounts at the credit of the Government on any 
day in each quarter, after deducting the Amount 
advanced on Deficiency Bills :—And, of the Maxi- 
mum Amount advanced on Deficiency Bills on any 
day in each quarter, after deducting the Amount on 
all the Government Accounts. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Real Estate 
reading of the Real Estate Charges Bill ; Charges Bill. 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; e 
The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “upon this day six months.” 
And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now ” stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the Yeas, = Mase _— ? lies. 
Tellers for the Noes, (on aoa joa, 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second time ; 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for Tuesday the 30th day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Conventual 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 224 Monastic 
upon the 30th day of March last, was pro a 
be made to the Question, That Mr. Walpole be one 
other Member of the Select Committee on Con- 
sventual and Monastic Institutions; and which Amend- 
ment was, to leave out from the word “ That” to the 
end of the Question, in order to add the words “ the 
“ further nomination of the said Committee be pro- 

“ ceeded with upon this day six months,” instead 
thereof ; 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out, stand of the 
Question :—The House resumed the said adjourned 
Debate :—And the said proposed Amendment and 
Motion were severally, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 

That the Order for the appointment of the said Com- 
mittee be discharged ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the {Mr. Thomas Chambers, li 30 


Yeas, Mr. Kinnaird : f 
Tellers for the (Mr. Craufurd, } 1 
Noes, { Colonel lair : : 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Stannaries 
reading of the Stannaries Court (No. 2) Bill; ee 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Gaming- 
into a Committee on the Gaming-houses Bill; and, houses Bill. 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The Merchant Shipping Bill was, according to Merchant _ 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Shipping Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 





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Merchant The Merchant Shipping Acts Repeal Bill was, 
avons Bae according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
Repeal Bill. wnitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Thursday next. 
Wreck and The Wreck and Salvage Bill was, according to 
Salvage Bill. Qrder, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 
Piers and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Harbours — mittee on the Piers and Harbours (Scotland) (No. 2) 
(Reap Bill; 
_ Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 
Customs The House, according tg Order, resolved itself 
Duties Bill. into a Committee on the Customs Duties Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 
Valuation The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
os Bill mittee on the Valuation of Lands (Scotland) Bill; 
. ) Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Public The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Statues Bill. yeading of the Public Statues Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 
Manning the The Manning the Navy Bill was, according to 
Navy Bil. Order, read the third time ; and Amendments were 


made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Osborne do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 








Navy Pay, &amp;c. 
Bill. read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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






















Criminal The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, 
Bi ~—sthe:-« Criminal Procedure Bill, was read, and dis- 
charged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday the 1st day of June next. 
Reformatory § Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
——, ay to render Reformatory and Industrial Schools in 
. Scotland more available for the benefit of Juvenile 
Delinquents and Vagrant Children: And that Mr. 
Dunlop, Mr. Kinnaird and Mr. Adderley do prepare, 
and bring it in. 
Dublin Ordered, That Mr. Byng be discharged from 
Hospitals. further attendance on the Select Committee on Dub- 
lin Hospitals. 
Ordered, That General Buckley be added to the 
Committee. 
eeeany Mr. Dunlop presented a Bill to render Reforma- 
(Scotland) Bi, ry and Industrial Schools in Scotland more avail- 


Bill 104, 2ble for the Benefit of Juvenile Delinquents and 
Vagrant Children: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
‘Tuesday next; and to be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


18°—19° Maiz. 


The Navy Pay, &amp;c. Bill, was, according to Order, 





A. 1854, 
Veneris, 19° die Mai; 


Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Bouverie reported the Caledonian Railway Caledon; 
M (Lesmahagow Sention &amp;c.) Bill, with pone 4 Ralwa” 
ments. (Les 


' Beene tgow 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; pi" *) 
and be printed. 


Mr. Bouverie reported the South Devon and Ta- goutn Dens 
vistock Railway Bull, with Amendments. and Ta 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; R#ilway Bin 
and be printed. 


Mr. Hutchins reported from the Select Committee Accidents in 
on Accidents in Coal Mines; That they have taken Coal Mines 
further Evidence on the’ matters to them referred, (Second Re. 
which they have agreed to report to the House. - 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; “* 268, 
and be printed. 


Mr. Duncan reported from the Select Committee paptic 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the Petitions 
Petitions presented upon the 16th, 17th and 18th ae 
days of this instant May, and had directed him to?” 
make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


The Bolton Improvement Bill was read the third Rotton m- 
time ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. provement 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass : And that the Title Bu 
be, An Act for the Improvement of the Borough of 
Bolton, and for other purposes ; and of which the 
short Title is, “‘ Bolton Improvement Act, 1854.” 

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


Ordered, That the Bradford Corporation Water- Bradford 
works Bill be read the third time upon Monday Corporation 
Waterworks 
next. Bill, 


Ordered, That the short Title of the Great West- Great Western 
ern Railway (Stratford, &amp;c.) Bill, as first entered in nee d 
the Votes, be changed to the “ Great Western Rail- g¢.) Bill,’ 
way (Station Accommodation, &amp;c.)” 

The Great Western Railway (Station Accommo- Great Westem 
dation, &amp;c.) Bill was read the third time. pen 

A Clause (For protection of the Birmingham Canal y ten 
_ Works), was thrice read; and added to the tion, &amp;.) Bill. 

ill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Kingston-upon-Thames Gas Bill was read Kingston- 


4 third time; and Amendments were made to the — 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ' 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
The Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Bill was Shrewsbury 
read the third time. an way Bill 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Title 
be, An Act to amend the Provisions of certain Acts 
relating to the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway 
Company, and for other purposes. ; 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


oh ng Trowbridge Roads Bill was read the third a 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ; 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 








to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. " 
e 


&gt;t wea toh 


ot eet 


York- 
op 


reland 
oeyway Bill 


be Petersfield 


Road Bill. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


‘Traethbach 
i an 
ar Bill 


South Devon 
Railway Bill. 


Dowlais 
Railway Bill. 


‘Message from 
the Lords. 


Ridghill Lanes 


17 Vicrori2. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Winchester and Petersfield 
Road Bill, as amended in the Committee, be taken 
into consideration upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That Sir Denham Norreys have leave of 
absence for a fortnight, on account of illness in his 
family. 


Mr. Wrightson reported the Traethbach Bridge 
and Road Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Adair reported the South Devon Railway 
Bill, with Amendments. 

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


Mr. Adair reported the Dowlais Railway Bill, 
with Amendments. 

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


A Message from the Lords, by Sir George Rose : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Ridghill Lanes and 


am, Holehouse Road Bill, without any Amendment: And 


County Court 


also, 
The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 


Extension Act by this House to the County Court Extension Act 


Amendment 
Bill. 


Glasgow New 
Street Bill. 


Benefices 
Augmentation 
Bill. 


willie 
and Lighting 
of the House 
of Lords, 


Amendment Bill, without any Amendment: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Glasgow New Street 
Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to extend the Provisions of the Acts for the Aug- 
mentation of Benefices ; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House :—And then the Mes- 
senger withdrew. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Message from the Lords of the 16th day of this 
instant May, wherein their Lordships request, that 
this House will give leave to the Right honourable 
Robert Vernon Smith, a Member of this House, to 
attend their Lordships, to be sworn, in order to his 
being examined as a Witness before the Select Com- 
mittee appointed by their Lordships in the present 
Session of Parliament, to inquire into the possibility 
of improving the Ventilation and the Lighting of the 
House, and the contiguous Chambers, Galleries and 
Passages. 

And Mr. Vernon Smith, being present in his place, 
declared that he was willing, with leave of the House, 
to go to the House of Lords, as desired by their 
Lordships. 

Resolved, That the Right honourable Robert Ver- 
non Smith have leave to go to the House of Lords, as 
desired by their Lordships, if he think fit. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to 
acquaint them, that this em hath given leave to 
the Right honourable Robert Vernon Smith to go 
to the House of Lords, as desired by their Lord- 
ships, if he think fit: And that Mr. Baines do carry 
the said Message. 


Mr. Sotheron reported from the Committee of Se- 
lection ; That they have withdrawn the Dublin, Clon- 
tarf, &amp;c. Roads Bill, from Group T. of Private Bills. 

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

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253 


Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty s Com- Education. 
mand,—Copy of Minutes of the Committee of Coun- 
cil on Education, 1853-54, Vols. 1 &amp; 2. 

Mr. Fitzroy also presented,—Return to an Ad- Convicts. 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the Ist day of this 
instant May, for a Return of the Number of Licenses 
to be at large in the United Kingdom granted to 
Convicts under Sentence of Transportation, under the 
Act 16 &amp; 17 Vic. c. 99. 

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


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Hay Contracts. 
to Hay Contracts, which was presented upon the Ist No, 260. 
day of this instant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Education Education 
(Ireland), which was presented upon the 18th day of (Ireland.) 
this instant May, be printed. No. 261. 


Petitions relating to Church Rates ;-—Conventual Public 
and Monastic Institutions eg, ag ROY occa Petitions 
Intoxicating Liquors ;— Oaths Bill ;—Professors of y; 1, qirty- 
Divinity (Cam ridge) ; — Public-houses and Beer- he ieee 
shops ;— Sugar ;— Bankers’ Cheques ; — Education 
(Scotland) Bill; Harbours of Refuge ; — Ocean 
Penny Postage ;— Piers and Harbours (Scotland) 
Bill ;—Poor Law (Ireland) ; — Charles Stewart ;— 
and, Testamentary Jurisdiction Bill, — were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 
A Petition relating to the Friendly Societies Bill, 
was also presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Excise Duties 
into a Committee on the Excise Duties Bill; and, Bill 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. ; 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Customs 
take into consideration the Customs Duties Bill, as Duties Bill. 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Ways and 
the Committee of Ways and Means. Means. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply Sugar and 
granted to Her Majesty, in lieu of the Duties of Cus- Molasses. 
toms upon Sugar and Molasses, which shall become 
payable from and after the 5th day of July 1854, 
under the Act 11 &amp; 12 Vic. c. 97, the following 
Duties shall be charged on Sugar and Molasses im- 
ported into the United Kingdom ; (that is to say), 


Candy, Brown or White, Refined Sugar, or | £. 8. d. 
Sugar rendered by any process equal in 
quality thereto (except as hereinafter-men- 
toned) for every cwt. - - - -}] =16 

White Clayed Sugar, or Sugar rendered b | 
process equal in quality to White Clayed, 
not being refined or equal in quality to re- 
fined,foreverycwt. - - - - - 

Yellow Muscovado and Brown Clayed Sugar, 
or Sugar rendered by any process equal in 
quality to Yellow Muscovado or Brown 

layed, and not equal to White Clayed, ac- 
cording to a standard to be furnished by the 
Treasury, foreveryewt. - - -— = 

Brown Mus , or any other Sugar, not 
being equal in quality to Yellow Muscorado 
or Brown Clayed Sugar, according to a 
standard to be furnished by the Treasury, 
foreveryewt. - - - - = = 

Molasses, for every cwt. i + - «6 


- 14 


- 12 


- 11 
- 46 


2. Resolved, That the Duty of 17s. 4d. (with 15 
KK3 per 





Income Tax, 


254 19° Maiz. A. 1854, . 


per cent. thereon) for every cwt. now payable on 
Candy, Brown and White, Refined Sugar, or Sugar 
rendered by any process equal in quality thereto, 
shall continue to be charged on all such Sugar, being 
the growth or produce of any Foreign Country, until 
the 16th day of August 1854 inclusive, and that from 
and after the 16th day of August the Duty of 16s. 
shall be charged on such Sugar for ny cwt. 

3. Resolved, That in lieu of the Bounties and 
Drawbacks now payable on the exportation of Re- 
fined Sugar, the following Bounties or Drawbacks 
shall be allowed from and after the Sth day of May 
1854, on the exportation from the United Kingdom 
of the several descriptions of Refined Sugar herein- 
after mentioned ; (that is to say), 


Upon Refined Sugar in Joaf, complete and whole, | £. &amp;. d. 
or lumps duly refined, having been perfectly 
clarified and thoroughly dried in the stove, 
and being of an uniform whiteness through- 
out, or such Sugar pounded, crushed, or 
broken, or Sugar Candy, the ewt. - -| -1Lb - 

Upon Bastard or Refined Sugar, broken in 
pieces, or being ground or powdered Sugar, 
or such Sugar pounded, or crushed or broken, 
foreveryewt. - - - - = -f| =11 - 





4. Motion made, and Question proposed, That, 
towards raising the Supply granted to Her Majesty, 
there shall be charged and raised yearly, from and 
after the 5th day of April 1854, in lieu of the Rates 
and Duties chargeable under the Act 16 &amp; 17 Vic. 
c. 34, and of Rates and Duties granted in the present 
Session of Parliament, for and in respect of all pro- 
perty, profits and gains, chargeable under the said 
Act, the Duty of One shilling and two-pence for every 
Twenty shillings of the annual value or amount of all 
such property, profits and gains respectively. 


eek Seagey Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word 


Ways and 
Means. 


Consolidated 
Fund. 


“That” to the end of the proposed Resolution, in 
order to add the words “ before the country shal] be 
“« subjected to additional taxation, Real Property 
‘ shall be made to pay the same Probate Duty as is 
“ now payable on "lion Property, and that Cor- 
‘ porate, Collegiate and Ecclesiastical Property 
‘ shall pay a Duty equivalent in amount to the Pro- 
‘ bate and Legacy Duties levied on other kinds of 
‘ property,” instead thereof. 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the proposed Resolution put, and 
agreed to. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

Resolutions to be reported. 


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Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to se- 
veral Resolutions. 

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

r. Bouverie also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, again resolved 
itself into the Committee of Ways and Means. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That, towards making good the Supply 
zranted to Her Majesty, the Sum of Eight millions 
be granted out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 

Resolution to be reported. 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to a 
Resolution. 

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





Mr. Bouverie also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 


again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Stamps, 
into a Committee on the Stamp Acts. 


(In the Committee.) 


1, Resolved, That from and after the 10th day of Stamp Dutig, 

August 1854, in lieu of the Stamp Duties now pay- 

able on the Bills of Exchange, Drafts or Orders, 

and Promissory Notes, for the payment of Mone 
hereinafter mentioned, or any of them, there shall be 

granted and paid upon the several Bills, Drafts, or 

Orders and Promissory Notes hereinafter respectively 
described, the following Stamp Duties ; (that is to 

say), 


Inland Bill of Exchange, Draft or Order for 
the payment to the bearer or to order, at any 
time otherwise than on demand, of any sum 
of money, 

. £. 8 d. 

Not exceeding - - 2 2 - £25) - - 3 

Exceeding - £.25, and not exceeding 50/ - - 6 

» ad 50 . @&amp; * ° 75 -- 9 

” - 75 — = - i -1- 

rd - MS - g &gt; = el - §% 

rs - 98 - «= «+ Bl = 8 « 

ne - 0 - g - = Mil o- G4 

-§ @ - , - = BO] ~ &amp; - 

” =. 500 “&gt; &gt; - 750 - 76 





Question proposed,— 
Exceeding - 750, and not exceeding 1,000] -10 - 


Amendment proposed, to leave out “ 10s.” and to 
insert “ 8s. 6 d.” instead thereof. 

Question, That “ 8s. 6d.” be there inserted—— 
put, and negatived. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 
£. 8. d. 
Exceeding £.1,000, and not exceeding £.1,500 | - 15 

000 


” - 1, &gt; @ = - 2, 
” ~ 2,000 &gt; = * - 3,000 
” - 3,000 wee ee - 4,000 
me - 4,000 and upwards - . 
Foreign Bill of Exchange, drawn in, but pay- 
able out of, the United Kingdom, 

If drawn singly, and not in sets of more 
than two, the same Duty as on an Inland 
Bill of the same amount and tenor. 

If drawn in sets of three or more, 

For every Bill of each set, where 

the sum payable thereby shall not 
exceed = - - - - - £.25 
And where it shall exceed £.25, and notexceed 50 
” = “a is 75 
| 100 
100, 200 
200 =, 300 
300, 400 
400 500 
750 
1,000 


10 


5 


Le el 


” 
” 
” 
” 
” 
” 
” 
»” 


” 
7503, 
1,000, 1,500 
” 1,500 » 2,000 
. 2,000 ,, 3,000 
” 3,000 ” ee 4,000 
» - + 4,000 and upwards - 
Foreign Bill of Exchange, drawn out of the 
United Kingdom, and payable within the 
United Kingdom, the same Duty as on an 
Inland Bill of the same amount and tenor. 
Foreign Bill of Exchange, drawn out of the 
United Kingdom, and payable out of the 
United Kingdom, but indorsed or negotiated 
within the United Kingdom, the same Duty 
as on a Foreign Bill drawn within the United 
Kingdom, and payable out of the United 
Kingdom. , 
Promissory Note, for the payment, in any other 
manner than to the bearer on demand, of any 
sum of money, 
Notexceeding - - -* + = £25 
Exceeding - 4. 25,and not exceeding 50 
” - 50 7 oh . 75 
Se Ree ae 


Se O22 38 € ee sa 2 SF 
A = - 
(—) 


rl Ole AQwor i CRONE 


sad 
a ee ee | 


mite 


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Promissory 





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Promissory Note, for the payment, either tothe | £. s. d. 
bearer on demand or in any other manner 
@ _ than to the bearer on demand, of any sum of 
money, 

Exceeding - £.100, and not exceeding £.200 a 2 we 
” _ 200 = — * = 300 - 3 - 
pe - 300 - 9 - 400 wa Bw 
” - 400 a * “ - 600 - 5 - 
” ” 500 7 =&gt; 7 750 = 7 6 
a - 730 - yy - = 2,000} -10 - 
- - 1,000 - , - - 1,500! -15 - 
* - 1,500 - , - - 2,000} 1 - - 
a - 2,000 - , - - 3000}; 110 - 
” - 3,000 * *.* - 4,000 2-- 
me ~ 4,000 and upwards - a i Bm 





2. Resolved, That it is expedient to amend the 
Laws relating to the Stamp Duties. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That all 
cheques upon Bankers in future be liable to the 
Penny Stamp. 

Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 


Resolutions to be reported. 


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

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

r. Bouverie also reported, That the Committee 
had made Progress in the matter to them referred ; 
and that he was directed to move, That the Com- 
mittee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 





da 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Colonial Clergy Disabilities Bill ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Chimney Sweepers Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “ now” 
stand part of the Question ; 


The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the i John George Sian 39 
Yeas, Mr. George Liddell : : 
Tellers for the) Mr. Hayter, jn P 
Noes, The Earl of Mulgrave : ° 
So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
“ upon this day six months” be added at the end 
of the Question:—It was resolved in the Affir- 
mative. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day six months. 


a The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Oxford University Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


on 


a im The Order of the day deing read, for the Com- 
(Scotland) Bill _ on the Registration of Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) 
ill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, wpon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
yan The Order of the day being read, for receiving the 
— from the Committee of Ways and Means; 
, rdered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
ay next. 


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255 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Church 
consideration the Church Building Acts Amendment ae Acts 
: , , mendment 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 

upon Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Hospitals and 
— of the Hospitals and Infirmaries (Jreland) (ireland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Commit- Supply. 
tee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Gaming- 
take into consideration the Gaming-houses Bill, as uses Bill 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Committee Piers and 
on the Piers and Harbours (Scotland) (No. 2) Bill; ‘Senna 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday (No. 2) Bil. 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Public Statues Bill was, according to Order, Public Statues 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Mon- Canterbury 
day next, the Canterbury Bribery Prevention Bill, meer fg 
was read, and discharged. eer 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 29th day of this instant May. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Mon- Cambridge 
day next, the Cambridge Bribery Prevention Bill, Bribery Pre- 
was read, and discharged. seat 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 29th day of this instant May. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Mon- Kingston- 
day next, the Kingston-upon-Hull Bribery Preven- — 
- . : ribery Pre- 
tion Bill, was read, and discharged. vention Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 29th day of this instant May. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Mon- Maldon 
day next, the Maldon Bribery Prevention Bill, was baer fy 
read, and discharged. . 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 29th day of this instant May. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Mon- Barnstaple 
day next, the Barnstaple Bribery Prevention Bill, Bribery - 
was read, and discharged. semanas 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 29th day of this instant May. 


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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Cruelty to 
amend an Act of the twelfth and thirteenth years of Animals. 
Her present Majesty, for the more effectual prevention 
of Cruelty to Animals: And that Mr. Mullings and 
Sir Michael Hicks Beach do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Select Committee on the Friendly Societies Friendly _ 

Bill was nominated of Mr. Sotheron, Mr. Adderley, Societies Bill. 
Mr. Bonham Carter, Mr. Fitzroy, Mr. Atherton, 
Mr. Mowbray, Mr. Foley, Mr. William Fitzgerald, 
Mr. Edward Egerton, Viscount Goderich, Mr. Hind- 
ley, Mr. Warner, Mr. Gregson, Mr. Wickham and 
Mr. Evelyn Denison ; with Power to send for per- 
sons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


KK4 Ordered, 








Ecclesiastical 
Courts. 


Newspapers. 


New Forest. 


Ecclesiastical 


Courts Bill. 
Bill 105. 


Cruelty to 


Animals Bill. 


Bill 106. 


Agricultural 
Statistics. 


Accidents on 
Railways. 


Lowestoft 


Improvement 


(No. 2) Bill. 


Birmingham 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Manchester 

Corporation 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Railway and 
Canal Bills 
(Group 7.) 


New River 
(Hertford 
Sewerage 
Diversion, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 





256 
- Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 


alter and improve the mode of taking Evidence in 
the Ecclesiastical Courts of England and Ireland: 
And that Mr. Robert Phillimore and Mr. Napier do 


prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Titles, Names and Addresses of Pub- 
lishers, Weight and Date of Registration, of every 
registered Newspaper, whereof a portion is stated 
on the Newspaper itself to be published without 
Stamps. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the Settlement of Claims upon and over the New 
Forest: And that Mr. Attorney General and Mr. 
Wilson do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Robert Phillimore presented a Bill to alter 
and improve the mode of taking Evidence in the 
Ecclesiastical Courts of England and Ireland: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Wednesday next; and to 
be printed. 


Mr. Mullings presented a Bill to amend an Act of 
the twelfth and thirteenth years of Her present Ma- 
jesty, for the more effectual prevention of Cruelty to 
Animals: And the same was read the first time ; and | 
ordered to be read a second time upon Wednesday 
next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Cardwell presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Supplementary Report of Sir John 
Walsham, on the Collection of Agricultural Sta- 
tistics. 

Copy of Reports of the Inspecting Officers of the 
Railway Department to the Lords of the Committee 
of Privy Council for Trade, upon certain Accidents 
which have occurred on Railways during the months 
of February, March and April 1854. 

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


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 


Lune, 22° die Maii; 
Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1854. 





PRAYERS. 


R. Christopher reported the Lowestoft Im- 
provement (No. 2) (re-committed) Bull, with 
further Amendments. 


19°—22° Maiti. 





Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

| 

The House proceeded to take into consideration | 

the Amendment made by the Lords to the Birming- | 

ham Waterworks Bill; and the same was twice read, | 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Spooner do carry the Bill to | 

the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath | 

agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships. | 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Man- | 
chester Corporation Waterworks Bill; and the same | 
were twice read, and agreed to. | 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House | 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their | 
Lordships. | 


Ordered, That the Sub-Committee on Group 7 
of Railway and Canal Bills have leave to sit, this 
day, till Five of the clock, during the sitting of the 
House. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the New 
River (Hertford Sewerage Diversion, &amp;c.) Bill ; and 
the same were twice read, and agreed to, 








A. 1854, 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration wen; 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Welling- (Salop) Im. 
ton (Salop) Improvement Bill. heel 

The said Amendments, being read a second time 
(and it appearing that the Amendment to Clause 69 
was to carry out the intention of this House), were 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration West Hart. 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the West pool Improve. 
Hartlepool Improvement Bill; and the same was ™™* Bill 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Leundimeet made by their 
Lordships. 


The Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston, and East- Ambergate, 
ern Junction Railway (Extension into Nottingham, —— 
&amp;c.) Bill was read the third time. por foe 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Junction 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill Railway Ex- 

° A tension into 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Nottingham, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 
The East Suffolk Railway Bill was read the third East Suffolk 
ti me. Railway Bill. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Mallow and Fermoy Railway Bill was read Mallow and 
the third time. a, 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. _ 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Stamford and Kettering Road Bill was read Stamford — 
the third time. ty tate 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


Ordered, That the York, Newcastle and Berwick York, New- 
Railway (Construction of Docks, &amp;c.) Bill be read pr 
the third time To-morrow. (Construction 
of Docks, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 

The Order of the day being read, for the third Bradford 
tae of the Bradford Corporation Waterworks Waterers 

ill; , 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration eee 3 
the Bradford, Wakefield and Leeds Railway Bill, a8 15 teeds 
amended in the Committee. Railway Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Brighten, 
the Brighton, Cuckfield, &amp;c. Roads Bill, as amended Cae Bill 
in the Committee. - Bt. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Chester, 
the Chester, Farndon and Worthenbury Road Bill, as we 
amended in the Committee. Road Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration East la 
the East Lancashire, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and oy 


Manchester and Southport Railways Bill, as amended Yorkshire, and 


in the Committee. ss Bie np 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third real, Railways Bi 








hh ann? ck 


[ie ek = Ba | 





Law Life 
Society Bill. 


Leeds, Brad- 
ford and Hali- 
fax Junction 
Railway 


London, 
= 
Railway Bill. 


Towy Vale 
Railway Bill. 


West Brom- 


17 Vicrorrz. 


Ordered, That the Law Life Assurance Society 
Bill be re-committed to the former Committee. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the London, Tilbury and Southend 
Railway Bill, as amended in the Committee, be 
taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Towy Vale Railway Bill, as amended in the 
Committee; and Amendments were made to the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the West Bromwich Improvement, 


wich Improve- &amp;c. Bill, as amended in the Committee, be taken into 


ment, &amp;c. Bill. 


Winchester 


and Petersfield into consideration the 


Road Bill. 


Swinnerton’s 
Name Bill. 


Public 
Petitions 


(Thirty-fourth 


and Thirty- 


consideration To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, 
inchester an 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


roceeded to take 
y Petersfield Road 


Swinnerton’s Name Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Mr. Bonham Curter reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had examined 
the Petitions presented upon the 15th day of this 


sixth Reports.) instant May ; and had directed him to make a Report 


Tormoham 
and Saint 
Mary Church 
Gas Bill. 


Payment of 
Wages Bill. 


Supply. 
No. 262. 


Agricultural 
Statistics, 
No, 263. 


Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Thirty- 
seventh Re. 
port. 


Railwa: and 
Canal Bills 
(Group 10,) 


thereof to the House. 

Mr. Bonham Carter also reported from the said 
Select Committee ; That they had examined the Pe- 
titions presented upon the 19th day of this instant 
May ; and had directed him to make a Report thereof 
to the House. 

Ordered, That the Reports o lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Sir Robert Price reported the Tormoham and Saint 
Mary Church Gas Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Pay- 
ment of Wages Bill have leave to sit, this day, till Five 
of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Supply, 
which was presented upon the 17th day of this in- 
stant May, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Agricultural 
Statistics, which was presented upon the 19th day of 
this instant May, be printed. 


Petitions relating to Ballot ;—Kingston-upon- Hull 
Bribery Prevention Bill ;—Church Rates ;—Conven- 
tual and Monastic Institutions Committee ;—Gaols ; 
— Intoxicating Liquors ;—Odaths Bill ; — Public- 
houses and Beer-shops ;—Universities (Ozford and 
Cambridge) ;—Singapore ;—Civil Bills, &amp;c. (Ireland) 
Act ;—Education (Jreland) ;—Education (Scotland) 
Bill ;—Mortmain Bill ;—Ocean Penny Postage ;— 
Poor Law (Ireland) ;—Poor Law (Scotland) ;—and, 
Registration of Bills of Sale Bill,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene informed the House, That Mr. Ag- 
lionby, Chairman of the Committee on Group 10 of 
Railway and Canal Bills, was absent from the Com- 
mittee this day, and that the Committee could not 
proceed to business. 

Ordered, That the Committee be revived :—And 
that they have leave to sit and proceed To-morrow. 

VoL. 109. 


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957 


Mr. Adair reported the Great Western Railway Great Western 
(Berks and Hants, &amp;c.) Bill, with Amendments. _— Railway 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; ng = 
and be printed. Bill. 


Mr. Bouverie presented a Bill to provide for Pay- sheriff ana 


ment of the Salaries of the Sheriff and Sheriff Clerk Sheriff Clerk . 


of Chancery 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 

Bill 107. 


of Chancery in Scotland: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Pirates, 

Return of all Sums paid to the Officers and Crews 
of Her Majesty’s Shir , for Rewards for Services 
against Pirates, under the Act 13 &amp; 14 Vic. c. 26 ; 
specifying the Number of Pirates in each case killed, 
captured, or escaped, with the Dates of such Capture 
or Seizure, the Dates of the several Awards in the 
Admiralty Court, and the Dates when the said Re- 
wards became payable for distribution. 


Sir John Young presented,—Return to an Order, Royal Dublin 
dated the 8th day of this instant May, for Copy of Society. 
the Minute of the Lords’ Committee of the bri 
Council for Trade, dated the 11th day of April, in 
reference to the Estimates for the Royal Dublin So- 
ciety, and of the Report of the Council of the Royal 
Dublin Society in reference thereto :—Statements of 
the Amount voted by Parliament for the Royal 
Dublin Society during each of the last Ten years, 
distinguishing the Sum expended in purchasing Pre- 
mises (if any), in building, enlarging or reparing, in 
Rent, in Fittings and Furniture, in Salaries, in Pur- 
chases of Specimens or Collections :—Of the Num- 
ber and Subjects of Lectures delivered, whether in 
Society House or elsewhere, and by whom; of the 
Number of Persons who attended those Lectures ; of 
any Reports or Publications issued ; of the Amount 
of Fees received, and how applied, during the year 
1853 :—Of the Number of Meetings of the Society, 
Council and Committees during the year 1853 ; of 
the Number of Members present at each of such 
Meetings :—Of the Number of Days on which the 
Director or Curator of the Museum has been in at- 
tendance at the Museum during the year 1853 :— 
And, of all Sums received annually by the Society 
from other Sources than a Grant from Parliament 
during each of the last Ten years, and of any Dona- 
tions to the Society during the year 1853. 

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


The House, accordi 


to Order, resolved itself Ways and 
into the Committee of 


ays and Means. Means. 
(In the Committee.) 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That, to- Exchequer 
wards raising the Supply granted to Her Majesty, Bonds. 
the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury be 
authorized to issue Exchequer Bonds, bearing Inter- 
est at the rate of Three pounds ten shillings per 
centum per annum, for any Sums not exceeding in the 
whole Four millions, at any Prices and on any 
Terms determined upon by the said Commissioners, 
such Bonds to be paid off at par at the expiration 
of any Period or Periods not exceeding Six years 
from the date of such Bonds; 

Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word 
“ That” to the end of the proposed Resolution, in 
order to add the words “ it is not at present expe- 
“ dient to authorize any further issue of Exchequer 
“ Bonds, with the engagement of Repayment within 
“ the next Six years,” instead Guneh: 

Question put, That the words “ That, towards 
raising the Supply granted to Her Majesty, the 
“ Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury be au- 
“ thorized to issue Exchequer Bonds,” stand part of 
the proposed Resolution ; 


“ 


LL 


The 








Pe AO RY a Pall Se ia EB SES 


258 


The Committee divided. 
Tellers for thes Mr. Hayter, } 290 
Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave: cael 
Tellers for the fSir William Jolliffe, \ a86 
Noes, UMr. Malins : ; 
Proposed Resolution amended, by leaving out the 
word “the” inl. 2, and inserting the word “any” 
instead thereof, and by leaving out the words “ of 
“ Three pounds ten shillings,” and inserting the words 
“ not exceeding Four pounds,” instead thereof. 
1. Original Question, as amended, That, towards 
raising the Supply granted to Her Majesty, the Com- 
missioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury be authorized to 


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A. 1854, 


annum from the day of ent up to the re- 
spective days on which és lndnete fall due, 
shall be paid to such parties as shall desire to pay 
the instalments at an earlier period. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolutions: And that Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Chan- 
cellor of the Exchequer and Mr. Wilson do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee of Ways ang 







— and Means, several Resolutions ; which were Means 
read, as follow: (19th May,| 
1. Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply Sugar ana 


issue Exchequer Bonds, bearing Interest at any rate 
not exceeding Four pounds per centum per annum, 
for any Sums not exceeding in the whole Four mil- 


lions, at any Prices and on any Terms determined 
upon by the said Commissioners, such Bonds to be 
aid off at par at the expiration of any Period or 
eriods not exceeding Six years from the date of such 
Bonds put, and agreed to. 

2. Resolved, That the Interest for all such Exche- 
quer Bonds shall be payable half-yearly, and shall be 
charged upon and issued out of the growing produce 
of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom. 

3. Resolved, That in case the said Exchequer 
Bonds be not issued for the full sum of Four millions, 
as hereinbefore mentioned, then the Commissioners 
of Her Majesty’s Treasury be authorized to issue 
Exchequer Bills to such Amount as, with the total 
Amount for which such Bonds shall be issued, will 
make up the whole Sum of Four millions, authorized 
to be raised by these Resolutions. 








granted to Her Majesty be lieu of the Duties of Cus- Molasses, 


toms upon Sugar and Molasses, which shall become 
payable from and after the 5th day of July 1854, 
under the Act 11 &amp; 12 Vic. c. 97, the following Duties 
shall be charged on Sugar and Molasses imported 
into the United Kingdom ; (that is to say), 


Candy, Brown or White, Refined Sugar, or | £. 8. d. 
Sugar rendered by any process equal in 
quality thereto (except as hereinafter-men- 
tioned), for every ewt. Re MS See 

White Clayed Sugar, or Sugar rendered by any 
process equal in quality to White Clayed, 
not being refined or equal in quality to re- 
fined, foreveryewt. - - - - -| -1I4 = 

Yellow Muscovado and Brown Clayed Sugar, 
or Sugar rendered by any process equal in 
quality to Yellow Muscovadoor Brown Clayed, 
and not equal to White Clayed, according to 
a standard to be furnished by the Treasury, 


- 16 &lt;- 





for every cwt. - - - -12 - 
Resolutions to be reported. Brown Muscovado, or any other Sugar, not 
being equal in quality to Yellow Muscovado 
And the House having continued to sit till after} ° se —_ ed Sugar, —a toa stand- 
Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; a a a a So oe 
ewe y 83 everyewt.- - - - - = «| =ll = 
Martis, 23° die Maii, 1854 : Molasses, foreveryewt. - - - -| = 46 


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

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Bouverie also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, ‘hat this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


2. Resolved, That the Duty of 17s. 4d. (with 15 
per cent. thereon) for every cwt. now payable on 
Candy, Brown and White, Refined Sugar, or Sugar 
rendered by any process equal in quality thereto, 
shall continue to be charged on all such Sugar, being 
the growth or produce of any Foreign Country, until 
the 16th day of August 1854 inclusive, and that 
from and after the 16th day of August the Duty 
of 16s. shall be charged on such Sugar for every 


cewt. 


Ways and Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee of| _ 3- Resolved, That in lieu of the Bounties and 

Means Ways and Means, several Resolutions ; which were | Drawbacks now payable on the exportation of Re- 

[8th May.] hee as follow : fined Sugar, the following Bounties or Drawbacks 

Rachequer 8. Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply shall be allowed from and after the 8th day of May 
nds. 


a to Her Majesty, the Commissioners of Her 
Lajesty’s Treasury be authorized to issue Exchequer 
Bonds, bearing Interest at £.3. 10s. per centum per 


1854, on the exportation from the United Kingdom 
of the several descriptions of Refined Sugar herein- 
after-mentioned ; (that is to say), 





annum, to be paid off at par on 8th May 1858, for | Upon Refined Sugar in loaf, complete and whole, | £. 8. d. 
any Sums not exceeding in the whole £.2,000,000,| or “vs duly refined, having been perfectly 
which may have been subscribed for at a price not|  &lt;lavifiet and thoroughly dried in the stove, 

- r oe ing 1orm Whiteness througn- 
less than £. 98. 15 s. per cent., to be paid in Exchequer out, or such Sugar pounded, crushed, or 
Bills at par, or in money at £.100. 1s. for every broken, or Sugar Candy, the ewt. ° «| -15 ~- 
£.100 so subscribed. Upon Bastard or Refined Sugar, broken in 

9. Resolved, That the Interest for all such Exche-| Pieces, or being ground or powdered Sugar, 
quer Bonds shall be payable half-yearly, and shall cage SORES, er eer SOE, oe 
be charged upon and issued out of the growing pro- PR lie A: cect 
duce of the Consolidated Fund of the United leg 4. Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply Income Tax 


dom. 
10. Resolved, That such parties as have subscribed 
for any such Exchequer Bonds, and shall have made 
i deposit of £.10 per centum on the 8th May in- 
stant, and shall pay the further instalments in com- 
pletion of the price at the following times ; viz. 
£.30 per centum on the 9th June next; 
£.20 per centum on the 11th July next; 
£.20 per centum on the 8th September next ; 
And the remaining £.20 on the 17th October 
next, shall, on completing such payments, be 
entitled to the Bonds for which they have 
severally subscribed ; 
and that Interest at the rate of £.3. 10s. per centum 





granted to Her Majesty, there shall be charged and 
raised yearly, from and after the 5th day of April 
1854, in lieu of the Rates and Duties chargeable 
under the Act 16 &amp; 17 Vic. c. 34, and of Rates and 
Duties granted in the present Session of Parliament, 
for and in respect of all property, profits and gains, 
chargeable under the said Act, the Duty of One 
shilling and two-pence for every Twenty shillings of 
the annual value or amount of all such property, 
profits and gains respectively. 


5. Resolved, That, towardsmaking good the Supply Consolidated 
granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of £. 8,000,000 be Fund. 


nted out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 7 
e 





Stamp Duties. 


Stamps. 


Stamp Duties. 





17 Vicroriz. 


The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill or Bills be brought in upon 
the said Resolutions: And that Mr. Bouverie, Mr. 
Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. Wilson do 
prepare, and bring them in. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Stamp Acts. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the respective Stamp Duties 
ted and made payable under the several heads 
or titles of “ Duplicate or Counterpart,” and “ Pro- 
gressive Duty,” in the Schedule annexed to the Act 
13 &amp; 14 Vic. c. 97, shall respectively be payable 
upon and in respect of and deemed to apply to the 
several Conveyances, Charters, Depositions and Con- 
tracts, described under the head or title of “ Con- 
veyance,” in the Schedule to the Act of the last 
Session of Parliament, c. 63, and to any Duplicate 
or Counterpart thereof: 

That where any such Conveyance, Charter, Dis- 
position or Contract, as aforesaid, shall be made in 
consideration of any annual sum payable for the life 
of any person, or for any period determinable upon 
death, or any indefinite period, as hereinafter-men- 
tioned, the gross value of such annual sum, calcu- 
lated according to the respective Tables in the Sche- 
dule annexed to the Act of the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, c. 51, in any case where such Tables are 
applicable, shall be deemed to be the purchase or con- 
sideration money, and such deed or instrument shall 
be chargeable in respect thereof, as a conveyance 
upon the sale of property, with the ad valorem Dut 
granted and imposed by the said Act of the 13th 
&amp; 14th Vic. c. 97, in lieu of the Duty chargeable 
under the said Act of the last Session, c. 63 : 

And where the annual sum shall be payable for 
any period determinable upon death, or for any life 
subject to any event or contingency which may 
determine the same, or for any indefinite period not 
extending beyond a life in being, the value thereof 
shall be calculated as if such annual sum were pay- 
able absolutely for the life of the person upon hake 
death the same may or must cease, and without re- 
gard to any such event, contingency or period re- 
spectively. 

Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to a 
Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on 
the Stamp Acts, several Resolutions ; which were read, 
as follow: 

1. Resolved, That from and after the 10th day of 
August 1854, in lieu of the Stamp Duties now pay- 
able on the Bills of Exchange, Drafts or Orders, and 
Promissory Notes, for the payment of Money here- 
inafter mentioned, or any of them, there shall be 
og and paid upon the several Bills, Drafts, or 

rders and Promissory Notes hereinafter respec- 
tively described, the following Stamp Duties; (that 
1s to say), 





Inland Bill of Exchange, Draft or Order for | £. 8. d. 
the payment to the bearer or to order, at any 
time otherwise than on demand, of any sum 
of money, 
Notexceeding - - - - - £25| - - 8 
Exceeding - £.25, and not exceeding 50; - - 6 
” : 50 a ly by “@i--8 
pe .  « pe + «+ Be = 2 = 
ve - 10 - 5 - + 20} = 2 - 
» _ 200 a - 300 -3- 
” ? 300 o &lt;r - 400 -4- 
” - 400 % a = 500 - 56 - 
” - 500 - 5, - + 70} - 7 6 
- FW - 5, = - 1,000! -10 - 
9 


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259 


t 
oa 
ae 


Exceeding £.1,000, and not exceeding 
” - 1,500 = eo 
is 
3,000 Te ns - 4,000 

9 4,000 and upwards - - 

Foreign Bill of Exchange, drawn in, but pay- 
able out of, the United Kingdom, 

If drawn singly, and not in sets of more 
than two, the same Duty as on an Inland 
Bill of the same amount and tenor. 

If drawn in sets of three or more, 

For every Bill of each set, where 
the sum payable thereby shall not 
exceed = - - - - ~ 

And where it shall exceed £. 25, and not exceed 

50 has 
75 
100 


£.1,500 
2,000 


- ay 


Doh | 
— 

aici 

perure 


wy 
7 
= eS 


£.25 | 
50 

75 
100 
200 


eee c£ i *k eee 2 

i= 6£¢ 2848268 8 
oes 6228 #4. 8 8S 
ocd nommme 1] | | ts il 


3,000 2 - 4,060 
» 4,000 and upwards - 

Foreign Bill of Exchange, drawn out of the 
United Kingdom, and payable within the 
United Kingdom, the same Duty as on an 
Inland Bill of the same amount and tenor. 

Foreign Bill of Exchange, drawn out of the 
United Kingdom, and payable out of the 
United Kingdom, but indorsed or negotiated 
within the United Kingdom, the same Duty 
as on a Foreign Bill drawn within the United 
Kingdom, and payable out of the United 
Kingdom. 

Promissory Note, for the payment, in any other 
manner than to the bearer on demand, of any 
sum of money, 

Not exceeding - - - - = £.25 

Exceeding - £.25, and not exceeding 50 

* + ee Sn Oe 

” ve 7 - = y © - 100 

Promissory Note, for the payment, either to the 
bearer on demand or in any other manner 
than to the bearer on demand, of any sum of 
money, 

Exceeding - £.100, and not exceeding £. 200 

- 200 
300 
400 
500 
750 

1,000 

1,500 

2,000 ” 

3,000 - 4, 

4,600 and upwards 


irl Cl RAO I OP ODH 


wowace 


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2. Resolved, That it is expedient to amend the 
Laws relating to the Stamp Duties. 
The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolutions: And that Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Chancellor 
of the Exchequer and Mr. Wilson do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


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The Order of the day being read, for — 


the Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Thursday next. 


The Customs Duties Bill was, according to Order, Customs 


read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- gupply, 


mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Valuation of 

a Committee on the Valuation of Lands (Scotland) —_ 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker ) 
LL2 


resumed 





: - - = oe into Excise Duties 
consideration the Excise Duties Bill, as amended in Bill. 





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resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


Towns Im- 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

ireland) Bill. mittee on the Towns Improvement (Jreland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Improvement 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

ireland) Bil], Mittee on the Improvement of Towns (Ireland) Bill ; 
‘"" Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Dublin Car- 


riage Bill. The Order of the day being read, for the second 


reading of the Dublin Carriage Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Drainage of 


Lands Bill, The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


mittee on the Drainage of Lands Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Registration The Order of the day ers read, forthe Com- 
(Scotland) “ mittee on the Registration of Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) 
Bill. Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Gaming. The Order of the day being read, for the third 
houses Bill. 


reading of the vere Tape Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Public Statues Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Sir John Young reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Thursday 
next. 


Public Statues 
Bill. 






Medical Relief. The Select Committee on Medical Relief was no- 


minated of Mr. Pigott, Mr. Miles, Mr. Grey, Mr. 
Seymour Fitzgerald, Mr. Bramston, Sir John Trol- 
lope, Lord Henry Cholmondeley, Viscount Goderich, 
Mr. Barrow, Mr. Deedes, Mr. Walter, Mr. Grenville 
Berkeley, Mr. Robert Palmer, Mr. Rice and Mr. 
Henry Berkeley ; with Power to send for persons, 

pers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


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











Martis, 23° die Maii; 
Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 
Eastern Coun- i ee E Order for reading the third time the East- 


comaien Be ern Counties Railway (Station Enlargement, 

largement,  &amp;c.) Bill, was read, and discharged. 

&amp;c.) Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee. 

York, New- Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 

castle and 


Berwick; York before the Committee on the York, Newcastle and 
and North ‘ Berwick oe and North Midland, and, Leeds 

idland, and, Northern Railway Companies (Amalgamation, &amp;c.) 
Leeds North- Bi), in the last Session, 


Rail referred to the Committee 
Companies’ on Group 10 of Railway and Canal Bills. 
(Amalgama- 
tion, &amp;c.) Bill 


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A, 1854, 


The York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway (Con- York, New. 
struction of Docks, &amp;c.) Bill was, according to Order, °#stleand Ber, 
read the third time. (Conta 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill of Docks i) 
(Company to make compensation for destruction of Bill. 
water by dredging the river) :—And the said Clause 
was brought up, and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question bein 
proposed, That the said Clause be now read a onl 
time :—The said Motion and Clause were severally, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The House proceeded to take into consideration Bagenalstorn 
the Bagenalstown and Wexford Railway (No. 2) a Nahant 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. (No. 2) Bil. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Bidefora 
the Bideford Roads Bill, as amended in the Com- Roads Bill, 
mittee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Cornwall 
the Cornwall Railway Bill, as amended in the Com- Railway Bill 
mittee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The + Saag” ng to take into consideration Dudley, Hake 
the Dudley, Halesowen and Bromsgrove Roads Bill, sn and 
as amended in the Committee. a 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. Roads Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Edinburgh 
the Edinburgh Koads Bill, as amended in the Com- ads Bill. 
mittee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Londonderry 
the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway Bill, as 24 Ennis- 
amended in the Committee. ng 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Newport 
the Newport Dock Bill, as amended in the Com- )ock Bill 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House 
the Stockport 
the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


roceeded to take into consideration Stockport 


. .: . . Rectory 
ectory Division Bill, as amended in Division Bil 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take London, . 
into consideration the , rao Tilbury and South- Ty? 
end Railway Bill, as amended in the Committee ; Railway Bill 
and Amendments were made to the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Middlesex 
into consideration the Middlesex Industrial Schools eee. 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; and Amend- 

ments were made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 

the Bill, in Clause 30, p. 12, 1. 14, by leaving out, at 

the end of the Clause, the words “ and for the purpose 

“ of performing Divine service on Sundays, when, in 

“ the opinion of the Committee of Visitors, the Num- 

“ ber of Juvenile Offenders of any persuasion other 

“ than that of the Established Church is sufficient 

“ for that purpose.” 

And the Question being put, That the words 


pro to be left out stand part of the Bill; 


he House divided. . 





(1853.) 


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Message from 
the Lords. 
National 
Assurance and 
Investment 
Association 
Bill. 





17 VicToriz. 


The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the ¢ Lord Robert Grosvenor, 
Yeas, Mr. John Ball: 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Mullings, 
Noes, \ Mr. Spooner : 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Richards : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the National Assur- 
ance and Investment Association Bill, without any 
Amendment: And also, 


190, 


108. 


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Great Indian The Lords have agreed to the Great Indian Pe- 

Pesinsula, _ninsula Railway Company Bill, without any Amend- 

mony Bll om ment: And also, 

Belfast Har- The Lords have agreed to the Belfast Harbour 

dour Bil. = Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 

Hamilton The Lords have agreed to the Hamilton Water- 

Waterworks Works Bill, with an Amendment; to which Amend- 
ment the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : 
And also, 

Brighton and ~The Lords have agreed to the Brighton and Hove 

Hore Gas Bill Go, Bill, with an Amendment; to which Amend- 
ment the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : 
And also, 

Guild of The Lords have agreed to the Guild of Literature 

ee . and Art Bill, with Amendments; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : 
—And then the Messenger withdrew. 

West Brom- § The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 

ee Bil into consideration the West Bromwich Improvement, 
&amp;c. Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

: oe Mr. Wrightson reported the Stourbridge and 
worth Rosa 40 T’dgnorth Road Bill, with Amendments. 
Bill. Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Inverness Mr. Corry reported from the Sub-Committee on 
Rallvey Bil Group 9 of Railway and Canal Bills; ‘That the Par- 
" ties opposing the Zaverness and Nairn Railway Bill 
had stated to the Committee, that the Evidence of 
Alexander M‘ Tavish was essential, to enable them to 
establish their case before the Committee; and it 
having been proved that his attendance could not be 
— without the intervention of the House, he 
ad been instructed by the Committee to move the 
House, that the said Alexander M‘'lavish do attend 
the said Committee on Thursday the 25th day of May, 
at Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That Alexander M‘Tavish do attend 
the said Committee upon Thursday next, at Twelve 
o'clock. 

Revenue Mr. Wilson presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
Mo. 904 mand,—Estimates of the Sums required to defray 
» the Expenses of the several Departments engaged in 
the Collection and Management of the Public Re- 
venue of the United Kingdom for the year 1854, 

ending 31st March 1855. 

Ordered, That the said Estimates be referred to 
the Committee of Supply ; and be printed. 

— The Benefices Augmentation Bill was read the 
ia first time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Bill 109, Monday next; and to be printed. 

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





Account exhibiting, in Sterling Money, the Gross and 
Net Revenues of India, distinguishing the several 
Presidencies, &amp;c., for the year ended the 30th day of 
April 1852 ; showing also the Charges of Collection 
and other Payments out of those Revenues, the 
Rates per Cent. for which the Gross Receipts were 
— and the Public Expenditure under its se- 
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261 


veral Heads of Account, both in Jndia and in Eng- 
land; the Amount of the Jndia Debt and of the 
Home Bond Debt, with the Interest payable thereon, 
and the Cash Balances in the Jndian and Home 
Treasuries, on the 30th day of April 1852. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Naval Prizes. 
Copy of Despatch of Vice-Admiral Dundas to the 
Secretary of the Admiralty, giving an Account of the 
Capture of certain Prizes by Her Majesty’s Ship 
“ Retribution” and two other War Steamers in the 
Black Sea. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Insolvent 
Returns of the Number of Petitions of Insolvent Debtors Court 
Debtors and of Creditors’ Petitions heard by the 6 
Court for Relief of Insolvent Debtors at Dublin, 
during the last Two years :—Of the Number of the 
like Petitions ion in the Assistant Barrister’s 
Court during the same period :—Of the Number of 
Cases in which Dividends have been declared during 
the same period, with the Gross Amount divided :— 

And, of the Names and Situations of the several 
Officers of the Court, with the Amount of Salary and 
Emoluments received by each. 


Ordered, That Mr. Baird have leave of absence Leave of 
for six weeks, on account of illness in his family. sence. 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s Military Aid 
Command,—Copy of ‘Treaty between Her Majesty, to Turkey. 
the Emperor of the French, and the Sultan, relative 
to Military Aid to be given to Turkey. Signed at 
Constantinople, March 12, 1854. 

Copy of Convention between Her Majesty and Joint 
the Emperor of the French, relative to Joint Cap- Captures. 
tures. Signed at London, May 10, 1854. 

m — That the said Papers do lie upon the 
abie. 


Petitions relating to Church Rates ; — Church Public 
Rates (No. 1) Bill ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;—Oaths Petitions. 
Bill ;— Public-houses and Beer-shops ;— Universities yi. Thirty- 
(Oxford and Cambridge) ;—Merchant Shipping Bill ; eighth Report. 
—and, Ocean Penny Postage,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Church Rates 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to abolish “&gt;elition. 
Church Rates ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the Yeas,{ yyy — Clay, lige. 
Tellers for the Noes, - = 62. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative: And that 
Sir William Clay and Mr. Peto do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That Mr. Baird be discharged from fur- Payment of 
ther attendance on the Select Committee on the Wses Bill. 
Payment of Wages Bill. 

Ordered, That Mr. Geach be added to the Com- 


mittee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Industrial 
into a Committee on the Industrial and Provident recta 
Societies Bill; and, after some time spent therein, a 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Baines 
~ That the Committee had gone through the 

il. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Reformatory 


reading of the Reformatory Schools (Scotland) Bill ; ee 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon ) 
Thursday next. 








LL3 The 


Church 


Building Acts 


Amendment 
Bill. 


Piers and Har- 


bours (Scot- 
land) ( No. 2) 
Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Exchequer 
Bonds. 


Stamps. 


Stamp Duties. 


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239°—24° Mai. - A. 1854, 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take | determine the same, or for any indefinite period not 
into consideration the Church Building Acts Amend- | extending beyond a life in being, the value thereof 
ment Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon | able absolutely for the life of the person upon w 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | tively. 
mittee on the Piers and Harbours (Scotland) (No. 2) Th 
B 


1. Resolved, That, towards raising the Sup 
ranted to Her Majesty, the Commissioners of I 
ajesty’s Treasury be authorized to issue Exchequer} Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Metropolita, 
Bonds, bearing Interest at any rate not exceeding | mand,—Copy of Reports of the several Metropolitan Water Com. 

Four pounds per centum per annum, for any Sums not | Water Companies, under the Act 15 &amp; 16 Vic. c. 84. 

exceeding in the whole Four millions, at any prices| | Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 

and on any terms determined upon by the said | Table. 

Commissioners, such Bonds to be paid off at par at 

the expiration of any period or periods not exceeding | — Sir William Clay presented a Bill to abolish Church Church Rates 

Six years from the date of such Bonds. 

2. Resolved, That the Interest for all such Exche- | ordered to be read a second time upon Wednesday Bill 110, 
quer Bonds shall be payable half-yearly, and shall be | the 21st day of June next; and to be printed. 
charged upon and issued out of the growing produce 
of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom. 

3. Resolved, That in case the said Exchequer 
Bonds be not issued for the full sum of Four millions, 
as hereinbefore-mentioned, then the Commissioners | Trades and Offices: And the same was read the first 
of Her Majesty's Treasury be authorized to issue 
Exchequer Bills to such Amount as, with the total 
Amount for which such Bonds shall be issued, will 
make up the whole Sum of Four millions, authorized 
to be raised by these Resolutions. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Gentle- 
men appointed to prepare, and bring in a Bill, pur- 
suant to the Resolutions which, upon the 22d day of 
this instant May, were reported from the Committee 
of Ways and Means, That they do make provision 
therein pursuant to the Resolutions now reported, 
and agreed to. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchec 
the Committee on Stamp Acts, a 
was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That the respective Stamp Duties granted 
and made payable under the several heads or titles 
of “ Duplicate or Counterpart,” and “ Progressive 
Duty,” in the Schedule annexed to the Act 13 &amp; 14 
Vic. c. 97, shall respectively be payable upon and in 
respect of and deemed to apply to the several Con- 
veyances, Charters, Dispositions and Contracts de- 
scribed under the head or title of “ Conveyance,” 
in the Schedule to the Act of the last Session of 
Parliament, c. 63, and to any Duplicate or Counter- 
part thereof : 

That where any such Conveyance, Charter, Dis- 
position or Contract as aforesaid shall be made in 
consideration of any annual sum payable for the life 
of any person, or for any period determinable upon 
death, or any indefinite period, as hereinafter-men- 
tioned, the gross value of such annual sum, calculated 
according to the respective Tables in the Schedule 
annexed to the Act of the last Session of Parliament, 
c. 51, in any case where such Tables are applicable, 
shall be deemed to be the purchase or consideration 
money, and such deed or instrument shall be charge- 
able in respect thereof as a conveyance upon the sale 
of property, with the ad valorem Duty granted and 
imposed by the said Act of the 18th &amp; 14th Vice. 
c. 97, in lieu of the Duty chargeable under the said 
Act of the last Session, c. 63 : 

And where the annual sum shall be 
period determinable upon death, or 
t to any event or contingency which may 


uer reported from 
tesolution ; which 











shall be calculated as if such annual sum were wa 
ose 


death the same may or must cease, and without re- 
gard to any such event, contingency or period respec- 


e said Resolution, being read a second time, was 
agreed to. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday} Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Gentle- 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


men ow to prepare, and bring in a Bill, pursuant 
to the Resolutions which, upon the 22d day of this 


Mr. Hayter reported from the Committee of Ways | instant May, were reported from the Committee on 
and Means, several Resolutions; which were read, | the Stamp Acts, That they do make provision therein 


pursuant to the Resolution now reported, and agreed 


ly | to. 
er 


Rates: And the same was read the first time ; and Abvlition Bil 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill Income Tax 
for granting to Her Majesty an increased Rate of (N® 2) Bill 
Duty on Profits arising from Property, Professions, Bill 111. 


time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Thursday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill Consolidated 
to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the &gt; Fe 
Service of the year One thousand eight hundred and oe 000) 
fifty-four: And the same was read the first time ; 


and ordered to be read a second time To-morrow. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Mercurii, 24° die Maii ; 
Anno 17° die Victorie Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


OQRPE RED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Public 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had (Thirty 40 
examined the Petitions presented upon the 22d day venth Report.) 
of this instant May; and had directed him to make 

a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Law Life Law Life 
Assurance Society (re-committed) Bill have leave to Sueiety Bill 
sit, and proceed To-morrow. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Glasgow New 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Glasgow Benes 
New Street Bill; and the same were twice read, and 

agreed to. ’ 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 

to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 

hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


A Motion being made, That the Londonderry Londonderry 
Bridge Bill be now read the third time ; Bridge 
Mr. Baines, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think fit. 
Then the Bill was read the third time. 
Resolved, 





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Resolved, That the Bill do - 
Ordered, That Sir Robert Ferguson do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The North Yorkshire and Cleveland Railway Bill 


ke 
ashy was read the third time; and Amendments were 
Clevelan ade to the Bill. 


d 
m 
Bailway Bill Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


oes wore The Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Rail- 
cesterand way (Stratford-upon-Avonand Stourbridge Branches) 
Wolverhamp- ij] was read the third time; and Amendments 
peer were made to the Bill. 

con-Avon and Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Stourbridge Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Lsnlleched the Bethesda and Llanlleched Improvement Bill, as 
Improvement 4 mended in the Committee. 
im Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Cork and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Bandon Rail- the Cork and Basin Railway Bill, as amended in 
way Bil, the Committee. 
A Clause (Saving access to shore), was twice 
read; and made part of the Bill. ; 
Another Clause (Company not to deviate river- 
ward without consent of Admiralty), was twice read ; 
and made part of the Bill. 
Another Clause (Admiralty may order a local 
survey), was twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 
Another Clause (If works abandoned, Admiralty 
may remove the same), was twice read; and made 
part of the Bill. 
Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


South Devon 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Railway Bill. 


the South Devon Railway Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills; 
That in the case of the Portland, &amp;c. Chapels Bill, 
the Standing Orders have been complied with. 


Ordered, That the Portland, &amp;c. Chapels Bill be 
read a second time. 


Portland, &amp;c. 
Chapels Bill. 


Portland, &amp;c. 
Chapels Bill. 


New Barracks. The following Papers were laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
date the 6th day of March last, for a Return of the 
Sums that have been expended on the New Barracks 
in the United Kingdom, for the purpose of affording 
Accommodation to married Private Soldiers and 
their Families. 

_ cy Return to an Order, dated the 31st day of March 

land) last, for an Account of all Payments made in the year 
1853, to retired Commissioners and Messengers of 
the Court of Bankruptcy in Jreland, out of the 
Bankruptcy and Compensation Fund Account, the 
Names of the Persons who have received the same, 
and the Amount paid to each; also the Amount 

§ standing to the Credit of the Bankruptcy and Com- 

pensation Fund on the 31st day of December 1853 ; 

and a detailed Account of the Payments paid to the 

Credit of the said Fund, in the different Heads from 

which its Income is derived, during the year 1853. 

Return to an Order, dated the 4th day of April 
last, for Copy of the Post-office Regulations now in 
force, for the Transmission of Parliamentary Papers 
to parts in the United Kingdom, to the Channel 

Islands, and to the several Colonies and Possessions 

of the Crown. 


Parliamentary 


Dukinfield 
Gas Bill, 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the 
— Gas Bill; That they had examined the 
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263 


allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, by introducing into the re- 
cital regarding the Capital, that calls had been made, 
instead of specifying the sums paid up; and found 
the same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Hilgay Great West Hilgay Great 
Fen Drainage Bill, with Amendments. } a cl 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. tune 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the Bannow _ 
Bannow Reclamation Bill; That they had examined ~ me, 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the ~ 
Bill, and verbally amended the same; and found 
the same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the Exhibition of 
Exhibition of 1851 Commissioners Bill; That they 185! — 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- “°"** 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same, by inserting 
a recital that certain additional lands were to be 
purchased of Lord Kensington, in order that all the 
land in the hands of the Commissioners might be 
included in the provisions of the Bill; and found the 
same, as amended, to be true ; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the Tacumshin 
Tacumshin Embankment Bill; That they had ex- Embankment 
amined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, and verbally amended the same; and found 
the same, as poem to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s Education. 
Command,—Statement of the Expenditure from the No. 265. 
Education Grant, from 1839 to 31st December 1853, 
and of the Expenditure for the year ended 31st De- 
cember 1853. 

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


Petitions relating to Church Rates ;—Conventual Public 
and Monastic Institutions Committee ;—Crystal Pa- Petitions. 
lace (Sydenham) ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;— Oxford yiae Thirty. 
University Bill ;—Public-houses an Beer-shops ;— eighth Report. 
Universities (Oxford and Cambridge) ; — Malt ;— 
Civil Bills, &amp;c. (Ireland) Act ;—Juvenile Crime ;— 
Mortmain Bill;—Ocean Penny Postage ; —- Poor 
Law (Jreland);— and, Testamentary Jurisdiction 
Bill,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Mr. Osborne presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Local Acts. 
mand,—Further Reports from the Admiralty relative No, 44. 
to Applications for Local Acts:—56. Drainage of 
Lands Bill.—57. Londonderry Port Bill. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for resuming property 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon Disposal Bill. 
the 5th day of April last, That the Property Disposal 
Bill be now read a second time ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And it being a quarter before Six of the clock, 

Mr. Speaker adjourned the Debate till To-morrow, 
without putting the Question. 


The Medical Graduates (University of London) Medical 
Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; Graduates 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, Condon) Bal 
for Monday next. 
The 


LL4 


Bankru 
(ireland) Bal 


Absconding 
Deb 


(Ireland) Bill. mittee on the rae 


Mortmain Bill The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Public 


Libraries Bill. 


Tenants’ 
Compensation 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Courts Bill. 


Cruelty to 
Animals Bill. 


Sheriff and 
Sheriff Clerk 
of Chancery 
(Scotland) 
Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Malt. 


264 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Bankruptcy (Ireland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 14th day of June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Debtors (Jreland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 14th day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


mittee on the Mortmain Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 28th day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Public Libraries Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Tenants’ Compensation (Ireland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Cruelty to Animals Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time ; and committed toa Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 21st 
day of June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Sheriff and Sheriff Clerk of Chan- 
cery (Scotland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the 


morrow. 


Bill be read a second time To- 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Ways and Means. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That if the quantity of Malt mashed 
and used in the production of such Spirits shall be 
less than after the rate of One bushel of Barley Malt, 
or One bushel and three-tenth parts of a bushel of 
Malt made from Bear or Bigg, tbr every Two gallons 
of proof Spirits charged with Duty, a deduction from 
the amount of such allowance shail be made after the 
rate of Four shillings for every bushel of Barley Malt, 
and every bushel and three-tenth parts of a bushel of 
Bear or Bigg Malt which shall respectively be so 
deficient. 


And for and upon such Spirits distilled in Scot- 
land from Malt only, and on which the 
allowance aforesaid shall have been made, 
and which said Spirits shall be duly removed 
from warehouse for exportation, or for use 
as ships’ stores, and be duly exported or 
shipped as stores under and according to the 
laws and regulations of Customs in such 
wget, over and above the allowance afore- 
said, and in lieu of the drawback granted 
and payable under the eleventh section of the 
Act 11 &amp; 12 Vic, c. 122, for every gallon of 
such Spirits actually exported or shipped as 
stores as aforesaid, a drawback of “a. 

And for and upon such Spirits distilled in 
England or Ireland from Malt only, and 
which shall be duly removed from ware- 
house for exportation, or for use as ships’ 
stores, and be duly exported or shipped as 
stores under and according to the laws and 
regulations of the Customs in such respect, 
over and above the allowance aforesaid, and 
in lieu of the drawback granted and payable 
under the said thirteenth section of the Act 
11 &amp; 12 Vic. c. 122, for every gallon of such 
Spirits actually exported or shipped as stores 
as aforesaid, a drawback of - - -| - - 8 


&amp;. 0 ¢@, 





24° Mai. 


A. 1854, 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to a 
Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 

Mr. Bouverie also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. ) 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, Vhat this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Industrial and Provident Societies 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Monday next. 


Order, read a second time ; and committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


Supply, 


Industrial 















and Provident 
Societies Bill 


The Consolidated Fund Bill was, according to Consolidated 


Fund 


(£.8,000,000) 
Bill. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be pzesented Courtsof Law, 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Number of Actions brought ; 
the Number of Actions tried (distinguishing Metro- 
politan from Country Venues) ; the Number of Rules 
for New Trials argued ; the Number of other Rules 
argued ; and the Tasker of Cases —- in the 
Special Paper, in the Courts of Queen’s Bench, Com- 
mon Pleas and Exchequer, at Westminster, in the 
years 1851, 1852 and 1853, distinguishing the Courts 
and years respectively :—Of the Number of Cases 
argued in the Crown Paper in the Queen’s Bench, 
during the same years 1851, 1852 and 1853, dis- 
tinguishing the years respectively :—Of the Number 
of Registration Appeals argued in the Common Pleas 
during the same years 1851, 1852 and 1853, distin- 
guishing the years respectively :—Of the Number of 
Criminal idicasinn tried in the Queen’s Bench, 
during the same years 1851, 1852 and 1853, distin- 
ishing the years respectively :—Of the Number of 
ndictments tried in the Queen’s Bench on Certiorari, 
in the years 1851, 1852 and 1853, distinguishing 
Metropolitan from Country Venues, and also the 
years respectively: — Of the Number of Revenue 
Causes tried in the Exchequer in Middlesex, during 
the same years 1851, 1852 and 1853, distinguishing 
the years Se of the Number of 
Days out of Term on which the said Courts sat in 
Banco during the same years, distinguishing the 
Courts and years respectively. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this Sen as are 
of Her Majesty s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Return of the Amount of Monies paid for Advertise- 


other Public Boards in Jreland, for the last Seven 
years; specifying the Amount paid yearly by each 


oard. 


Law in Ireland, and to dispense, by Consent, with 
Trial by Jury: And that Mr. Whiteside, Mr. Napier 
and Lord Naas do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
to Castletown Delvin and Mullingar Loan Funds, 


be printed. 





Mr. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a aia 
es . « General ; 
ments to the “General Advertiser,’ of Dublin, by Advertiser,” 


the Boards of Public Works, Poor Laws, and all Dublin. 


Castletown 
Delvin and 


No, 266. 


% 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to o- ¢. 
enlarge the Jurisdiction of the Courts of Common (Ireland) 


which was presented upon the 27th day of April last, im Funds 










































































































Fa 


iv. 











&gt; cot of 
C pmon Law 
(Ireland) Bill. 
Bill 112. 


Railway and 
Canal 
(Group 3.) 


North and 
South Western 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Law Life 
Assurance 
Society Bill. 


Bangor and 
Caernarvon 


Railway Bill. 


West London 
Railway Bill. 


Camden Town 


Cemetery Bill. 





17 Vicroriz. 


Mr. Whiteside presented a Bill to enlarge the Juris- 
diction of the Courts of Common Law in Jreland, 
and to dispense, by Consent, with Trial by Jury: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Monday next; and to 
be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Jovis, 25° die Maii ; 
Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That the Sub-Committee on 

Group 3 of Railway and Canal Bills have leave 
to sit, this day, till Five of the clock, during the 
sitting of the Bevan 


Ordered, That the Committee of Privileges ap- 
pointed to consider the matter of the Complaint of 
an article in “ The Times” Newspaper, as containing 
calumnious reflections on the Jrish Members of the 
House, have leave to sit, this day, during the sitting 
of the House. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the 
North and South Western Junction Railway Bill ; 
That they had examined the allegations contained in 
the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, b 
inserting two recitals, by which it appeared that all 
the Capital arising from Shares and Loan had been 
raised under the Powers contained in the Act firstly 
therein recited, and no Money beyond the first depo- 
siton the Shares had been received under the se- 
condly recited Act, in order to make the same more 
consistent with the provisions of the Bill ; and found 
the same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Bouverie reported the Law Life Assurance 
Society (re-committed) Bill, with further Amend- 
ments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the 
Bangor and Caernarvon Railway Bill; That they 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same, in order 
to make it correspond with the enactments of the 
Bill; and found the same, as amended, to be true ; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the 
West London Railway Bill; That they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, by inserting therein a recital 
of the term for which the Lease proposed to be de- 
termined by the Bill was granted; and found the 
same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the 
Camden Town Cemetery Bill; That they had ex- 
amined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, and amended the same, by setting forth the, 
Order of the Queen in Council for closing the Burial- 
ground finally after the 1st May 1856, and also by’ 
striking out the allegation respecting the removal of 
two graves in the Cemetery, Fear to remove which 
had been sought under the second section of the 
Bill, as eae but which Power has now been 
struck out altogether from the Bill, in order to make 
the same more in accordance with the provisions of 


the Bill; and found the same, as amended, to be 
Vox. 109. 


94°-_95° Maiti. 





265 


true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Divett reported from the Sub-Committee on Ardrossan and 
Group 10 of Railway and Canal Bills ; That in the Qlssgow and 
case of the Ardrossan and Glasgow and South West- Railways Bill. 
ern Railways Bill, they had examined the allegations 
contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended 
the same, by setting forth more fully the provisions of 
one of the Acts therein recited ; and found the same, 
as amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


The House being informed, That the Sheriffs of Oaths Bill 
the City of London attended at the door, they were 
called in; and at the Bar presented,—A Petition of 
the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of the 
City of London, in Common Council assembled :— 
And then they withdrew. 
And the said Petition, praying the House to pass 
the Oaths Bill into a Law, was read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


The Order for referring the British Guarantee British 
Association Bill to the Committee of Selection, was —— 
° ssociation 
read, and discharged. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill British 
to repeal and amend the Act for incorporating the a. 
British Guarantee Association, and to make further (No, 2.) 
provisions as to the management and _ regulation 
thereof: And that Mr. Cowan and Mr. Hankey do 


prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Bradford, 
reading of the Bradford, Wakefield and Leeds Rail- pe sare and 
way Bill; ee 

And a Motion being made, That the Bill be now 
read the third time ; 

Mr. Hayter, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
sent, as far as Hor Wialesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Chester, Farndon and Worthenbury Road Bill Chester 


was read the third time. oe and 
A Clause (Lands Clauses Act not to apply), was hee ad 


thrice read; and added to the Bill. 

Another Clause (As to construction of certain 
Provisions of General Turnpike Acts), was thrice 
read ; and added to the Bill. 

Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The East Lancashire, Lancashire and Yorkshire, East Lanca- 
and Manchester and Southport Railways Bill was Poa tg 
read the third time. Yorkshire, and 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Manchester 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bil] 24Southport 


. ° Railways Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. ° 


The Leeds, Bradford and Halifax Junction Rail- Leeds, Brad- 


way Bill was read the third time. ford and Hali- 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Rallvey Bill 


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


. } ; _ 
Pog Towy Vale Railway Bill was fead the third Fe es - 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


MM Ordered, 





266 


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


Winchester Ordered, That the Winchester and Petersfield 
1 arg Road Bill be read the third time To-morrow. 


Bradford 
Corporation 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


The Bradford Corporation Waterworks Bill was 
read the third time. 

A Clause (Conveyances, &amp;c., made in favour of 
or by the Company, to operate in favour of and 

inst the Corporation), was thrice read ; and added 
to the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


Selkirk and 
Galashiels 
Railway Bill. 


Mr. Corry reported from the Sub-Committee on 
Group 9 of Railway and Canal Bills; That in the 
-ease of the Selhirk and Galashiels Railway Bill, 
they had examined the allegations contained in 
the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by 
striking out the portion thereof which proposed to 
empower the Company compulsorily to use and run 
over with their Engines and Carriages a part of the 
Hawich Branch of the North British Railway ; and 
found the same, as amended, to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

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


The Earl of March reported from the Sub-Com- 
mittee on Group 7 of Railway and Canal Bills ; That 
Viscount Emlyn and Mr. Marshall, two of the 
Members of the said Committee, were not present 
during the sitting of the Committee this day. 

Ordered, That Viscount Emlyn and Mr. Marshall 
be discharged from further attendance on the Com- 
mittee. 


Railway and 
Canal Bills 
(Group 7.) 


Midland 
Great Western 
Railway of 
Ireland Bill. 


The Earl of March reported from the Sub-Com- 
mittee on Group 7 of Railway and Canal Bills ; That 
in the case of the Midland Great Western Railway 
of Zreland Bill, they had examined the allegations 
contained in the Preamble of the Bill, but the same 
had not been proved to their satisfaction. 

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


The Earl of March reported from the Sub-Com- 
mittee on Group 7 of Railway and Canal Bills; That 
in the case of the Great Southern and Western Rail- 
way Bill, they had examined the allegations con- 
tained in the Preamble of the Bill, but the same had 

ot been proved to their satisfaction. 

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


Great Southern 
and Western 
Railway 

Bill. 


Thirsk and 
Yarm Turn- 
pike-road Bill. 


Mr. Wrightson reported from the Committee on 
Group T. of Private Bills; That in the case of the 
Thirsk and Yarm Turnpike-road Bill, they had exa- 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, and amended the same, by striking out all 
the words relating to an arrear of Interest stated to be 
due on the principal sums therein-mentioned, such 
arrear of Interest having been extinguished by the 
operation of the said Bill; and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Newport, Mr. Lascelles reported from the Sub-Committee on 
rey meres | Group 11 of Railway and Canal Bills ; That the Par- 

ereford ,. : 
Railway Bill, ties promoting the Newport, Abergavenny and Here- 
ford Railway Bill had stated to the Committee, that 
it was not their intention to proceed with the same. 

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


25°— 26° Maw. 





A, 1854, 


Mr. Lascelles reported from the Sub-Committee on Greatw 
Group 11 of Railway and Canal Bills; That in the Shrewsbure 
case of the Great Western, Shrewsbury and Birming- #4 Birming. 
ham, and Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Companies Shrewsbury 
Amalgamation Bill, they had examined the allega- and Chester 
tions contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and — 
amended the same, by inserting recitals as to the ama 
Capital and borrowing Powers of the Shrewsbury Bill. 
ree Birmingham, and Shrewsbury and Chester Rail- 
way Companies ; and found the same, as amended, 
to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, Poor Remora, — 
to request that their Lordships will be pleased to 
- leave to the Viscount Hutchinson to attend the 

elect Committee appointed by this House on Poor 
Removal: And that Mr. Hamilton do carry the said 


Message. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Ships “Hope” 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased "4 “Lelia.” 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of a Report presented to the Go- 
vernor and Council at Nassau, New Providence, 
Bahamas, on the 25th day of November 1852, and 
of all Correspondence relating to the Seizure of 
Packages landed by the Ships “ Hope” and “ Lelia,” — 
and directed to the Reverend Mr. Capern. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Carrichma- Carrickma- 
cross National Schools, which was presented upon cross National 
the 10th day of March last, be printed. =“ oon 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Bankruptcy Bankruptcy 
Court (Jreland), which was presented upon the 24 land) (Ire- 


day of this instant May, be printed. No. 267. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Parlia- Parliamentary 
mentary Papers, which was presented upon the 24th Papers. 
day of this instant May, be printed. No, 268. 


Petitions relating to Canonries (Ely) ;—Church Public 

Rates ;—Gaols ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;— Maynooth Petitions. 
College ;—Oaths Bill ;—Ozford University Bil — Vide Thirty- 
Public-houses and Beer-shops; — County Rates eighth Report. 
(Lreland) ;—Malt ;—Paper ; — Sugar ;—Civil Bills, 
&amp;ec. (Ireland) Act ;—Education (Scotland) Bill ;— 
Passports ;—Poor Law (Jreland) ;— Russia ;—and, 
Valuation of Lands (Scotland) Bill, — were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of India. 

an Act of Parliament, was laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Copies of Acts passed by 
the Honourable the President of the Council of 
India in Council in 1851 and 1852, with the Assent 
of the Most Noble the Governor General of India ; 
together with Copies of Acts passed by the Governor 
General of Jndia in Council in 1852, with Indices. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Oaths Bill. 
reading of the Oaths Bill; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 
he Amendments followin&amp; were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 
And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now ” stand part of the ie 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 
Veneris, 26° die Maii, 1854: 
And the Question being put ; 





Oxford Uni- 
versity Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Church 
Building Acts 


t 
Bill 


17 Vicroriz. 


The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the | Mr. Hayter, } 247 
Yeas, \The Earl of Mulgrave : : 
Tellers for the (Sir Frederic Thesiger, los1 
Noes, (Sir William Jolliffe: | eo 
So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being ut, That the words 
“ upon this day six months” « added at the end 
of the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirma- 
tive. . 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day six months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Oxford University Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the 
Report from the Committee of Ways and Means ; 
dered, That the Report be received after the 
other Orders of the day. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Excise Duties Bill, as amended in 
the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for this day. 


The Income Tax (No. 2) Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Consolidated Fund Bill; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouwverie reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Church Building Acts Amendment 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


Se Btatnes The House, according to Order, proceeded to 


Merchant 
Shipping Bill. 


Act 
peng Acta 


Wreck and 


Towns Im- 
provement 
(Ireland ) Bill, 


' Improvement 
of Towns 
(Ireland) Bill, 


take into consideration the Public Statues Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Merchant Shipping Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Merchant Shipping Acts Repeal Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Wreck and Salvage Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Towns Improvement (Jreland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day ve read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Improvement of Towns (Jreland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Vou. 109. 


25°—26° Mai. 267 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Stannaries 
reading of the Stannaries Court (No. 2) Bill ; — (No. 2) 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Hospitals and 
— of the Hospitals and Infirmaries (Jreland) Ureland) Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com Valuation of 
mittee on the Valuation of Lands (Scotland) Bill ; —_—— 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, reso ve _ 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Drainage of 
mittee on the Drainage of Lands Bill ; tana 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the (Mr. Henley, 
Yeas, { Sir John Yarde Buller : } = 
Tellers for the fMr. Miles, 1 6s 
Noes, Mr. Ker Seymer : eo 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That Mr. 
Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 

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

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


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

Preamble postponed. 

Cuiause, N° 1 (Short Title). 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Wilson 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 





The Reformatory Schools (Scotland) Bill was, Reformatory 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- ——— 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for ) 
Wednesday the 14th day of June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Piers and Har- 
mittee on the Piers and Harbours (Scotland) (No. 2) — — 
Bill; —e 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 12th day of June next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Property 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon Disposal Bill. 
the 5th day of April last, That the Property Dis- 

sal Bill be now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till this day. 


The Public Libraries Bill was, according to Order, Puplic Libra- 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee Ties Bill 
of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Sheriff and Sheriff Clerk of Chancery (Scot- Sheriff and 


land) Bill was, according to Order, read a second = Suet 


time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole (scotland) Bill 
House, for this day. 





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Mr. Wilson reported from the Committee of 
Ways and Means, a Resolution ; which was read, as 
followeth : 

Resolved, That if the quantity of Malt mashed 
and used in the production of such Spirits shall be 
less than after the rate of One bushel of Barley Malt, 
or One bushel and three-tenth parts of a bus el of 
Malt made from Bear or Bigg, for every Two g Hlons 
of proof Spirits charged with Duty a deduction from 
the amount of such allowance shall be made after the 
rate of Four shillings for every bushel of Barley Malt, 
and every bushel and three-tenth parts of a bushel of 
Bear or Bigg Malt which shall respectively be so 
deficient. 


And for and upon such Spirits distilled in Scot- | £. 8. d. 
land from Malt only, and on which the 
allowance aforesaid shall have been made, 
and which said Spirits shall be duly removed 
from warehouse for exportation, or for use as 
ships’ stores, and be duly exported or shipped 
as stores under and according to the on 
and regulations of Customs in such respect, 
over and above the allowanee aforesaid, and 
in lieu of the drawback granted and pay- 
able under the eleventh section of the Act 
11 &amp; 12 Vie. ce. 122, for every gallon of such 
Spirits actually exported or shipped as stores 
as aforesaid, a drawback of - - - 

And for and upon such Spirits distilled in 
England or Ireland from Malt only, and 
which shall be duly removed from ware- 
house for exportation, or for use as ships’ 
stores, and be duly exported or shipped as 
stores under and according to the laws and 
regulations of the Customs in such respect, 
over and above the allowance aforesaid, and 
in lieu of the drawback granted and payable 
under the said thirteenth section of the Act 
11 &amp; 12 Vic. c. 122, for every gallon of such 
Spirits actually exported or shipped as stores 
as aforesaid, a drawback of - . ~ - 





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The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Excise Duties Bill, That they have 
Power to make provision therein pursuant to the said 
Resolution. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this eam 
a Return from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners of 
England, of the Grants or Reductions respectively 
allowed by them since the 1st day of January 1853, 
to the several Chapters of England and Wales, where- 
with to pay Substitutes for performing the additional 
Duties cast upon them by the suspension of Canonries ; 
and of the ~ sot of the Persons who, as such Sub- 
stitutes, have received such Grants (in continuation of 


Parliamen Paper, No. 443, of Session 1853). 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 


of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Parliamentary Ordered, That Mr. Layard be added to the Select 


Papers. 


Endowed 
Schools 
&lt; Ireland.) 


Committee on Parliamentary Papers. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon 
the 27th day of March last, that there be laid before 
this House, Returns of the Total Amount of all 
Monies received in each year by the Commissioners 
of Education in Jreland, appointed under the Act 
53 Geo. 3 (distinguishing Rents of Lands from all 
other Monies), of each School of Public and Private 
Endowment, from the 1st day of November 1849 to 
the Ist day of November 1853 ; with an Account of 
all the Annual Disbursements thereof, particularly 
specifying the Amount of Salary paid to each of the 
several Masters and Assistants ; the Sums repaid on 
account of Loans advanced for Building; and all 
Sums paid for Repairs of the several School-houses ; 
the nature and extent of sich Repairs; Sums paid 
to Agents or others for collecti Hents distinguish- 
ing Sums paid to Receivers from those paid to 


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Bailiffs or others ; Sums paid to Solicitors for Law 
Expenses or Bills of Costs; the Amount paid for 
Tithe Rent-charge and Poor-rates ; the Amount ex- 
pended ~_ each Property ; the reason or object of 
such Outlay during each of such years severally, for 
each School of Private and Public Endowment :— 
And, of the Number of Scholars receiving Instruc- 
tion at each of these Schools respectively, distinguish- 
ing Free from Day Scholars, and Boarders from 
both ; the Prices charged for a Scholars and for 
Boarders respectively ; and whether the Free Scho- 
lars are selected by the Commissioners, by the Master, 
or by other and what Persons, might be read ; and 
the same being read ; 

Ordered, That a Return to the said Order be laid 
before this House forthwith. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Friendly 
Societies Bill do consist of Seventeen Members. 

Ordered, That Mr. Fergus and Mr. Alexander be 
added to the Committee. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee, this day, on the Colonial Clergy Dis- 
abilities Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Wilson presented a Bill for raising a Sum of 
Money by Exchequer Bonds and Exchequer Bills : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Monday next ; and to 
be printed. 


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





Veneris, 26° die Maiti; 
Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 
RDERED, That the Select Committee on 
the Ventilation of the House have leave to sit, 
this day, till Five of the clock, during the sitting of 
the House. 


Mr. Duncan reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 23d, 24th and 25th 
days of this instant May; and had directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Sir Edmund Hayes reported from the Committee 
on Group V. of Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Ouse and Derwent, &amp;c. Drainage Bill, they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, so as to make it 
more consistent with the provisions of the Bill ; and 
found the same, as amended, to be true ; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Great North of Scotland Rail- 
way Company, praying that provision may be made 
in the Great North of Scotland Railway Bill, for giving 
effect to certain A ements consented to between 
the Harbour Commissioners of Aberdeen, the Aber- 
deen Railway Company and the Petitioners, with 
respect to the laying down of Rails by the said 
Commissioners upon the Quays connected with the 
Docks and Harbour at Aberdeen, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for 
Private Bills, 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Committee on the Zees Conservancy Bill, 


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Friendly 
Societies Bill, 


Ch Dis 
ie! ° 
abilities Bill, 


Exchequer 

n 
(£.6,000,000) 
Bill. 


Bill 93, 


Ventilation 
of the House, 


Public 
Petitions 
(Thirty-eighth 
Report.) 


Ouse and 
Derwent, &amp;c. 
Drainage Bill. 


Great North 
0 
Railwsy Bill, 


Tees Conser- 
vancy Bill 
(1852.) 

















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17 Victoriz. 


in Session 1852, be referred to the Committee on the 
Tees Conservancy Bill. 


and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Gas Bill. the Amendment made by the Lords to the Brighton 
and Hove Gas Bill; and the same was twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their 


i 


Lordships. 
Guild of The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Lier Bill the Amendments made by the Lords to the Guild of 


Literature and Art Bill; and the same were twice 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


a rey The Bagenalstown and Wexford Railway (No. 2) 
—_— Bill was read the third time. 
Bill. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
oii Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Bideford The Bideford Roads Bill was read the third 
Roads Bill. time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Sir John Yarde Buller do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Cornwall The Cornwall Railway Bill was read the third 
Railway Bill. time, 
. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Dudley, Hales- The Dudley, Halesowen and Bromsgrove Roads 
owen and = Bill was read the third time. 
poe ——-Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Foley do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Edinburgh The Edinburgh Roads Bill was read the third 
Roads Bil. time; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Alexander Hastie do carry the 
Bill to Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Londonderry The Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway Bill 
ean. ay Was read the third time. 
Bill. Y — Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
London, A Motion being made, That the London, Tilbury 


ye lg and Southend Railway Bill be now read the third 
Railway Bill, time; 

Mr. Baines, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty's interest is concerned, 
re the House may do therein as they shall think 

t. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


itlewex The Middlesex Industrial Schools Bill was read 


Schools Bill ae time ; and Amendments were made to the 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Lord Robert Grosvenor do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Stockport = The Stockport Rectory Division Bill was read the 


Division Bin. = time; and Amendments were made to the 
lll, 
Vou, 109, 


96° Maii. 269 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The West Bromwich Improvement, &amp;c. Bill was West Brom- 
read the third time. wich — 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. eaiean 
Ordered, That Mr. Muntz do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Winchester and Petersfield Road Bill was, Winchester 
according to Order, read the third time. and Petersfield 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ease 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Dowlais 
the Dowlais Railway Bill, as amended in the Com- Railway Bill. 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Glasgow 
the Glasgow Suspension Bridge Bill, as amended Suspension 
in the Committee. atte 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 

- ; 


The House proceeded to take into consideration South Devon 
the South Devon and Tavistock Railway Bill, as #74 Tavistock 
amended in the Committee. ee 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Adair reported the Leominster and Kington Leominster 
Railway Bill, with Amendments. ae 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; “7” 
and be printed. 


Mr. Adair reported from the Sub-Committee on Rhymney 
Group 6 of Railway and Canal Bills; That the ®#!way Bill. 
Parties promoting the Rhymney Railway Bill had 
stated to the Committee, that the Evidence of Charles 
Hunter, David Lawrence and Charles Marshall, was 
essential, to enable them to establish their case 
before the Committee ; and it having been proved that 
their attendance could not be procured without the 
intervention of the House, he had been instructed by 
the Committee to move the House, That the said 
Charles Hunter, David Lawrence and Charles 
Marshall do attend the said Committee on Monday 
the 29th day of May, at Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That Charles Hunter, David Lawrence 
and Charles Marshall do attend the said Committee 
upon Monday next, at Twelve o'clock. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the Londonderry 
Londonderry Port Bill ; That they had examined the Fort Bill, 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
amended the same, by inserting words descriptive of 
the Powers of the recited Act of the 30th Geo. 3, and 
by striking out the recital of two Acts; viz., 40th 
and 48th Geo. 3, as unnecessary, as it appeared to 
the Committee that such Acts were repealed by the 
Act 2 &amp; 3 Will. 4, also recited; and also by insert- 
ing a paragraph which recites two Acts relating to 
the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway and the 
Londonderry and Coleraine Railway Companies, by 
which Acts such Companies are authorized to con- 
tribute towards the construction of a new line of 
Quay to be used in connexion with such Railway ; 
and found the same, as amended, to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Lascelles reported from the Sub-Committee on Shropshire 
Group 11 of Railway and Canal Bills; That in the nmol gy 


case of the Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Cunal Bill 
Bill, they had examined the allegations contained 





in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, 
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.) to give directions, that there be laid 


Cork and 
Waterford 
Railway Bill. 


Ventilation 
of the House 
(Second Re- 
port.) 

No. 270. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Chimney 
Swee r 
Regulation 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Sheriff and 
Sheriff Clerk 
of Chancery 
(Scotland. ) 


270 


by striking out certain words which appeared incon- 
sistent with the facts of the case as proved by the 
evidence ; and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
fore this House, 
a Return showing the Number of cases of Death in- 
quired into by Coroners’ Juries, in which the treat- 
ment of the deceased was, or was said to have been, 
carried on by unqualified Practitioners, specifying 
the designation, calling or position of such Practiti- 
oners, with the names of the Districts, the Coroners, 
and the Practitioners in each case, and also the re- 
spective Diseases, the Treatment, and the Verdicts 
returned, during the years 1851, 1852 and 1853. 

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


Mr. Baldock reported from the Sub-Committee 
on Group 7 of Railway and Canal Bills; That in 
the case of the Cork and Waterford Railway Bill, 
they had examined the allegations contained in 
the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, 
by omitting the recital as to the Branch Railway to 

ermoy, concerning which no Powers are taken by 
the Bill, and by defining the Western Terminus of 
the Railway; and found the same, as amended, to 
be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Cayley reported from the Select Committee 
on the Ventilation of the House ; That they have 
made further Progress in the matters to them re- 
ferred ; and have agreed to a Second Report, toge- 
ther with the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them. 

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


Ordered, That Mr. Scholefield have leave of ab- 
sence for ten days, on urgent business ;—and, Sir 
James Matheson six weeks, on account of illness in 


his family. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to request that their Lordships will be pleased to 
communicate to this House, a Copy of the Report 
from the Select Committee appointed by their Lord- 
ships in the present Session of Parliament, on the 
expediency or inexpediency of the Regulations con- 
tained in the Chimney Sweepers’ Regulation Act 
Amendment Bill; together with the Evidence and 
ys sary of the said Report: And that Sir Thomas 
Acla 


nd do carry the said Message. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to ws directions, that there be laid before this House, 
« Return of the Amount of Salary payable to the 
Sheriff and Sheriff Clerk of Chancery in Scotland, 
as fixed under the Act 10 &amp; 11 Vic. c. 47, stating 
the Amount of Fees received in the Office of Chan- 
cery, and the Amount paid for the Sheriff, Sheriff 
Clerk and other Officers yearly out of the said Fees: 
—Statement of the Amount of Salaries unpaid, and 
due to each of those Officers :—And, Statement of 
the Duties to be performed by the Sheriffand Sheriff 
Clerk under the said Act, and whether these Duties 
are performed in Person or by Deputy. 


26° Mais. 


4. 1854, 


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


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Richards: Message 
Mr. speaker, the lea 
The Lords have agreed to the Boundary Survey Boundary 


(Ireland) Bill, without any Amendment: And also, (a i 


The Lords have agreed to the Rossall Sea Wall Rossait ge, 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Wall Bill, 

The Lords have agreed to the South Shields Roads south Shields 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Roads Bill, 


The Lords have agreed to the Horsmonden and Horsmonden 
Marden Roads Bill, without any Amendment: And #04 Marden 
also, Roads Bill, 

The Lords have agreed to the Abergavenny Im- Avergavenny 
provement Bill, without any Amendment: And also, paprovement 


The Lords have agreed to the Buckingham and Buckingham 
Towcester Road Bill, without any Amendment: And and Towcester 
also, Road Bill 

The Lords have agreed to the Louth Waterworks Louth Water. 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, works Bill, 

The Lords have eed to the New River (New New River 
Reservoirs, &amp;c.) Bill, with Amendments ; to which (New Reser. 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of Bill.” &amp;c.) 
this House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Church Rates, 
Returns from the Registries of the Archdeaconries 
of London and Middlesex, and of the Consistory of 
London, of all Parishes that have brought in Church 
Rates for Confirmation into the said Registries since 
the 14th day of August 1853. 


Mr. Osborne presented,— Return to an Order, Naval Prizes 
dated the 23d day of this instant May, for Copy No. 271, 
of Despatch of Vice-Admiral Dundas to the Se- 
cretary of the Admiralty, giving an Account of 
the Capture of certain Prizes by Her Majesty's 
Ship “ Retribution” and two other War Steamers 
in the Black Sea. 

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


Mr. Fitzroy presented, pursuant to the directions Nuisances 
of an Act of Parliament,—Nuisances Removal and a 
Diseases Prevention Act (Ireland) : Copy of an Order yontion Act 
of Poor Law Commissioners in Jreland, under the (Ireland.) 
Act 14 &amp; 15 Vic. c. 68. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 


Table. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table Revenues 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, (di) 
dated the 23d day of this instant May, for an Account No, 272. 
exhibiting, in Sterling Money, the Gross and Net 
Revenues of India, distinguishing the several Presi- 
dencies, &amp;c., for the year ended the 30th day of 
April 1852; showing also the Charges of Collection 
and other Payments out of those Revenues, the 
Rates per Cent. for which the Gross Receipts were 
collected, and the Public Expenditure under its 
several Heads of Account, both in Jndia and in 
England ; the Amount of the Jndia Debt and of the 
Home Bond Debt, with the Interest payable thereon, 
and the Cash Balances in the Jndian and Home 
Treasuries, on the 30th day of April 1852. 

Return to an Order, dated the 21st day of Fe- 
bruary last, for a Return of the Time at which the 
Night Mail from London is due at Gloucester, New- 
port (Monmouth), and Bridgwater, respectively, 
under the present Arrangement ; of the Date when 
such Arrangement took effect ; and of the actual 
Time of Arrival at Gloucester, Ni t and Bridg- 
water, in each day from the ist day of November 
1853 to the 1st day of February 1854. 


Gloucester, &amp;e- 
Night Mail. 





Return 








Mr 


us 
No, 273. 


Museum of 
Industry 
(Dublin. ) 


Public 
Petitions, 


Vide Thirty. 
ninth Report. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Spirits, 





pare Schools 
(Ireland.) 


17 Vicroriz. 


Return to an Order, dated the 18th day of this in- 
stant May, for a Return of all Guano imported into 
the United Kingdom, in each of the years 1850 to 
1853 inclusive; distinguishing the Quantities im- 

rted from each Country respectively. 

The following Papers, pursuant to the directions 
of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon 
the Table by the Clerk of the House,—Accounts of 
Army, Commissariat and Ordnance Receipt and 
Expenditure for the year ending 31st March 1853, 
with. Reports of the Guagainiiomen of Audit. 

Richmond Bridge: Cash Account for the year 
1852. 

Richmond Bridge: Cash Account for the year 
1853. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Revenues 
(India) be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 
to Erasmus Smith’s Schools (Ireland), which was 
presented upon the 18th day of this instant May, be 
printed. 


Sir John Young presented,— Return to an Order, 
dated the 3d day of this instant May, for Statements 
of Amount voted by Parliament, or expended from 
other Sources, for the Museum of Industry, Ste- 
phen's Green, Dublin, during each year since the 
Formation of that Institution; distinguishing the 
Amount expended in purchasing the Premises, in 
building or enlarging or repairing, in Rent, in 
Fittings and Furniture, in Salaries, and in Pur- 
chases of Specimens or Collections :—Of the Num- 
ber and Subjects of Lectures delivered, and by 
whom; of the Reports or Publications issued; of 
the Amount of Fees received, and how applied, 
during the year 1853:—And, of the Number of 
Days on which the Director of the Museum has 
been in Attendance at the Museum during the year 
1853, and of the other Offices held by the Director. 
‘ Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
able. 


Petitions relating to Parliamentary Representation 
Bill; — Church Rates ;—Episcopal and Capitular 
Estates ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;— Maynooth Col- 
lege ;—Oaths Bill;— Oxford University Bill ;— 
Public-houses and Beer-shops ;—Universities (Ox- 
ford and Cambridge) ;— Canada (Indian Tribes) ;— 
Sugar ;—Borough and County Police ;—Civil Bills, 
&amp;e. (Ireland) Act ;—Friendly Societies Bill ;—Mer- 
chant Shipping Bill;—Ocean Penny Postage ;— 
Political Exiles ;—and, Poor Law (Jreland),—were 
or sag and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 

A Petition relating to Accidents in Coal Mines, 
was also presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Accidents in Coal Mines. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
the Committee of Ways and Means. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, there shall be charged and 
paid, in addition to all Duties payable under any Act 
or Acts in foree, and in addition also to any Duty 
granted in the present Session of Parliament, for and 
upon every gallon of Spirits of the strength of hydro- 
meter proof, which, on or after the 26th day of May 
1854, shall be distilled in Scotland, or be in the 
stock, custody or possession of any distiller in Scot- 
land, or of any person in trust for him, or for his 
use, benefit or account, or which, having been dis- 
tilled in England, Scotland or Ireland, shall, on or 
after the last-mentioned day, be in warehouse in 
Scotland, and be taken out of warehouse for con- 
sumption in Scotland, or which, having been taken 
~_ of warehouse in England for removal to Scot- 

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271 


land, shall, on or after the said last-mentioned day, 
be brought into Scotland, the additional Duty of 
Four-pence, and so in proportion for any greater 
or less degree of strength, or any greater or less 
quantity. 

2. Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, there shall be charged and 
paid, on and after the 26th day of May 1854, on 
Spirits of the nature or quality of plain British 
Spirits manufactured or distilled in the Islands of 
Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney and Sark respectively, 
and imported from any of the said Islands into 
Scotland, an additional Countervailing Duty of Four- 
| pence for every gallon of such last-mentioned Spirits 
| of the strength of hydrometer proof, and so in pro- 
portion for any greater or less degree of strength, or 

| any greater or less quantity of such Spirits. 
| 3. Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, there shall be charged 
and paid, in lieu of the respective Duties of Excise 
now payable under any Act or Acts in force or 
granted in the present Session of Parliament, upon 
the several mixtures, compounds, preparations and 
commodities mentioned and described in the Sche- 
dule hereto annexed, on the removal of the same 
respectively as hereinafter-mentioned, on or after the 
26th day of May 1854, from Scotland or Jreland 
to England, or from Ireland to Scotland, the several 
Sums of Money and Duties of Excise respectively 
inserted, described and set forth in the said Sche- 
dule. 








ScHEDULE. 





ARTICLES ENUMERATED. 


Countervailing Duties. 














Sweet Spirits of Nitre - - 1) 
Camphorated Spirits -  - 
Lavender Water and other Per- 
fumes, being Spirits scented 
with Essential Oils, Flowers 
or other ingredients - - 
Compound Spirits of Lavender 
Spirits of Rosemary - - 
Spirits of Ammonia ae * 
Sal Volatile - . - e-l)- 29] = &amp; 9] = 
Friar’s Balsam a 
Compound Tincture of Benzoin 
Tincture of Assafoetida - 
Tincture of Castor - - 
Tincture of Kino - 
Tincture of Guaiacum 
Tincture of Myrrh 
Tincture of Ginger 
Spirit Varnishes - - 
Other Tinctures and Medicate 
Spirits . - - 
Made Wines - - = - 





ee ee ee ee | 


- 110; - 810 
-- 4 - - 5 


i be 











f From From From 
For every Gallon thereof removed, | Scotland to | Ireland to | Ireland to 
l England. England. Scotland. 
La 4) h &amp; @&amp;) Ged. 
Ether - - - -| - 47) -9 7) = 65 - 





4, Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, there shall be charged and 
paid, on and after the 26th day of May 1854, for and 
upon the articles under-mentioned imported into 
Scotland, the Duties of Customs hereinafter specified, 
in addition to the Duties now chargeable thereon, 
under any Act or Acts in force, and in addition 
to any Duties granted in the present Session of Par- 
liament; (that is to say), 


Spirits or Strong Waters, the produce of any | £. 8. d. 
British possession in America, or the Island of 
Mauritius, not being sweetened spirits, or 
spirits mixed with any article, so that the 
degree of strength thereof cannot be exactly 
ascertained by Sykes's hydrometer : 

Rum, the produce of any British possession 
within the limits of the Bast India Company’s 
Charter, in to which the conditions of 
the Act 4 Vic. c. 8, have, or shall have, been 
fulfilled, not being sweetened spirits, or spirits 

. 80 mixed as aforesaid: 3 








MM4 Sais Rum 










































972 26° Mai. A. 1854, 


Rum Shrub, however sweetened, the produce of, | £. s. d. 
and imported from, such possessions qualified 
as aforesaid, or of or from any British »_-*es- 
sion in America, or the Island of Maurit +: 

For every gallon of such spirits or strong waters 
of any —_ not exceeding the strength of 
proof by Sykes’s hydrometer, and so in pro- 
portion for any greater or less strength than 
the strength of proof, and for any greater or 
less quantity than a gallon - - - -| = = 4 


5. Resolved, That there shall be allowed and paid 
for and upon all mixtures, compounds, preparations 
and commodities described in the Schedule hereto 
annexed, and which, on or after the 26th day of May 
1854, shall be removed from England to Scotland 
or Ireland, or from Scotland to Ireland, the several 
Drawbacks of Excise inserted and set forth in the 
said Schedule. 





ScHEDULE. 





ARTICLES ENUMERATED. Countervailing Drawbacks. 


f From From | From 
For every Gallon thereof —— England to | England to | Scotland to 
Scotland. Ireland, | Ireland, 





a 
Ether - - - - |] = 4 
Sweet Spirits of Nit - =f} 
Camphorated Spirits = - - 
Lavender Water and other Per- 
fumes, being Spirits scented 
with Essential Oils, Flowers, 
or other ingredients - . 
Compound Spirits of Lavender 
Spirits of Rosemary + pe 
Spirits of Ammonia - - 
Sal Volatile - - - - 
Friars Balsam = - -~— = 
Compound Tincture of Benzoin 
Tincture of Assafcetida - - 
Tincture of Castor-  - = - 
Tincture of Kino - - 
Tincture of Guaiacum . 


[a 


d.| £. 8. 
7; - 9 

















Tincture of Myrrh 
Tincture of Ginger | | 
Spirit Varnishes - - | ) | 
Other Tinctures and Medicated | 

Spirits - ° - - | - 110) 3 10 
Made Wines - - - - | ~ 23 


- 23 és 54 ° 

Sugar and 6. Resolved, That there shall be allowed and paid 

Molasscs. for and in respect of all Sugar and Molasses actually 
used after the 4th day of July 1854, in the brewing 
or making of worts or wash brewed or made from 
Sugar only, or from Molasses only, or from any mix- 
ture of these materials and treacle, or malt or grain, 
and distilled into spirits by any distiller in England, 
Scotland or Ireland, an allowance after the rate of 
Nine shillings and Four-pence for every 112 lbs. of 
Sugar so used, and after the rate of Three shillings 
and’ Two-pence halfpenny for every 112 lbs. of Mo- 
lasses so used, in lieu of the allowances granted in 
respect of such Sugar and Molasses res — -- 
cified in the respective Schedules (A.) and ,B.) 
annexed to the Act 11 &amp; 12 Vic. c. 100, and in lieu 
also of the allowances granted in respect thereof in 
the present Session of Parliament. 

7. Resolved, That in place of the Duty of Excise 
now levied upon Sugar made in the United Kingdom, 
there be charged and levied, from and after the 26th 
day of May 1854, the following Duties; (that is to say), 


On Candy, Brown or White, Refined Sugar, or | £. 8. d. 
Sugar rendered by any process equal in quality 


' 
| 








thereto, for every ewt. - - -16 - 
On White Clayed, or Sugar rendered by any pro- 
cess equal in quality to White Clayed, not being 
refined or equal to refined, for every cwt. = - 
On Yellow Muscovado and Brown Clayed, or 
Sugar rendered by any process equal in quality 
toYellow Muscovado or Brown Clayed, and not 
equal to White Clayed, according to a standard 
to be furnished by the Lords of the Treasury, 
foreveryewt. - - = = oo 
On Brown Muscovado, and any other Sugar, not 
being equal in quality to Yellow Muscovado or 
Brown Clayed Sugar, according to a standard 
to be furnished by the Lo: "of the Treasury, 
Sereveryewt, - - 2° &lt;s © «@ 








£. 8. d. 
On Molasses, foreveryewt. - - - -|= 46 


And so in proportion for any.greater or less quantity than a 
hundred weight. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to se- 
veral Resolutions. 

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

Mr. Bouverie also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Rxcise Duties 


into a Committee on the Excise Duties Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Instruction to the Committee, That they have 
Power to make Provision in the Bill, pursuant to the 


| Resolutions of the House, reported May 24th—— 
read. 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 
Cxrausss, N° 1 to N° 10, agreed to. 
ScnEDuLE (A.): Amendment proposed, in p. 8, 
1. 2: To leave out the words “on or.” 
Question put, That the words “on or” stand part 
of the Schedule ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the {Mr. Hayter, h 46 
Yeas, \The Earl of Mulgrave : ‘ 
Tellers for the (Mr. John Fitzgerald, 40 
Noes, (Mr. Vincent Scully : } : 
Schedule agreed to. 
Schedule (B.) amended, and agreed to. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Income Tax (No. 2) Bill; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bowverie reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next, 


Bill, 


Income Tax 


No, 2) Bill. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Consolidated 


into consideration the Consolidated Fund Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


Fund 
£. . ,000,000) 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Oxford Uni- 


into a Committee on the Oxford University Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Cuause, N° 20 (Proposal of Amendments). 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit 

in :— Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause amended, and agreed to. 

Cxavse, N° 21, amended, and agreed to. 

Crause, N* 22 (The Members of Congregation 
shall, upon the occasion of the romulgation of any 
statute, have the right to speak thereon in the English 
tongue, but without the power of moving any amend- 
ment, and subject to such regulations as the at 

versity 


versity 








17 Vicrori2z. 


versity may make by statute for the due order of 
debate). 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
stand part of the Bill; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the fMr. Hayter, Lise 
Yeas, \The Earl of Mulgrave: J°°™ 
Tellers for the (Sir William Jolliffe, 70 
Noes, LMr. Mowbray : } ‘ 
Cravse, N°’ 23, amended, and agreed to. 


Cxiavusez, N* 24 (The Convocation of the Univer- 
sity of Oxford shall not, by the = of this 
Act, be deprived of any of the Powers by it now 
lawfully possessed). 


Amendment proposed, in p. 5, 1. 40: After the words 
“ lawfully possessed,” to insert the words “ and shall 
“ have the right of conducting their proceedings in 
“ the English tongue.” 
Question put, That those words be there inserted ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the; Mr. Heywood, os 
Yeas, Mr. Horsman : } xs 
Tellers for the ( Mr. Hayter, \ 140 
Noes, (The Earl of Mulgrave: ; 
Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the 
Clause: To add the followmg words, “ except the 
“ right of election to the fellowships and _ scholar- 
“ ships endowed by the Will of Charles Viner, Es- 
“ quire.” 
"Grestion proposed, That those words be there 
added :— Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 
Clause agreed to. 
Cuiavuse, N° 25, amended, and agreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





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


Sabbati, 27° die Maii, 1854: 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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


Adjournment. 


Registration The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
of Births, &amp;c. mittee on the Registration of Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) 
a) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Gaming-houses Bill was, according to Order, 
read the third time ; and Amendments were made to 
the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


Gaming- 
houses Bill. 


corm , The Order of the day being read, for the second 
nsation j 5 a? } 
(Ireland) Bil _ of the Tenants’ Compensation (Ireland) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, Wht this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


~ a The Order of the day being read, for the third 
Amenie a’ reading of the Church Building Acts Amendment 
m™ Bil; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Thursday next. 


Vou, 109. 


96°—27° Maii. 





273 
The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Valuation of 


. cree on the Valuation of Lands (Scotland) and) 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 


“ 

reamble postponed. 
Cuause, N° 1, amended, and agreed to. 
CxauseE, N° 2, postponed. 


Cravuses. N° 3 to N° 13, with Amendments to se- 
veral of them, agreed to. 


Cravsg, N° 14, postponed. 

Cuauses, N° 15 to N° 25, agreed to. 

Cuause, N° 26, disagreed to. 

Cause, N° 27, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 28, amended, and agreed to. 
Cuause, N° 29, postponed. 

Crauses, N* 30 to N° 35, agreed to. 

Cuause, N* 36, postponed. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Sheriff and 
a Committee on the Sheriff and Sheriff Clerk ms 
Chancery (Scotland) Bill; and, after some time (Scotland) Bill. 
spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and 
Mr. Bouverie reported, That the Committee had 
gone through the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Property _ 
adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon Disposal Bill. 
Tuesday the 24th day of this instant May, That the 
Property Disposal Bill be now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Tuesday next. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Mon- Testamentary 
day next, the Testamentary Jurisdiction Bill, was — 
read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 12th day of June next. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Merchant _ 
Committee, upon Monday next, on the Merchant Shipping Bill. 
Shipping Bill, was read, and discharged. 

esolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Merchant 
Committee, upon Monday next, on the Merchant Dipping Acts 
Shipping Acts Repeal Bill, was read, and discharged. ““* 

‘cabed That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Wreck and 
Committee, upon Monday next, on the Wreck and S#vage Bill 
Salvage Bill, was read, and discharged. 

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


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Colonial 
Committee, upon Monday next, on the Colonial Cletsy Mis” 
Clergy Disabilities Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the 
12th day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Adjournment. 
posed, that this House do now adjourn:—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


NN Ordered, 


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26°—27°— 29° Maii. A. 1854. 


Jurors and Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill! The Order, That the —_ on the Carlisle and Carlisle ana 
Juries (Ire- to amend and consolidate the Laws relating to Jurors | Silloth Bay Railway and Dock Bill do lie upon the Silloth Bay 
land.) and Juries in Jreland: And that Mr. Whiteside, Mr. | Table, was read, and discharged. Dee Bi 
Napier and Lord Naas do prepare, and bring it in. Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee. 
Ventilation Ordered, That Lord John Manners be discharged 
ofthe House. from further attendance on the Select Committee on| ‘The Ayr and Maybole Junction Railway Bill was 4 
“er x" , “ yr and May. 
the Ventilation of the House. read the third time. bole Junction 
Ordered, That Lord Henry Cholmondeley be added | Ordered, That the further Proceeding on the third ®4way Bit, 
to the Committee. reading of the said Bill be adjourned till To-morrow, 


Stamp Duties Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to amend the Laws ‘ , . 
Bill. . relating to the * sean Duties: And the same was read _—— being made, That the Bangor Water- Bangor Water. 
Bill 113. the first time; and ordered to be read a second time ~ :~ be ~~ —_ — mea d — 
upon Monday next; and to be printed. a. a “aig fe pag woeer-wese, nal 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty's interest is concerned, 


the same was read the first time; and ordered to be _ the House may do therein as they shall think 


read a second time upon Friday next; and to be — 
printed. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


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


Jurors and Mr. Whiteside presented a Bill to amend the 


Juries (Ire- ' ; - ee . 
iand) Bill. Laws relating to Jurors and Juries in Zreland: And 


Bill 114. 





Customs Duties Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to alter the Duties of | 
(Sugar) Bill. Customs on Sugar and Molasses: And the same was | 
Bill 115. yead the first time ; and ordered to be read a second | ; ; 
time upon Monday next; and to be printed. A Motion being made, That the Bethesda and Bethesda and 
; : .. | Llanlleched Improvement Bill be now read the third Lianlleched 

And then the House, having continued to sit time ; Improvement 

till a quarter of an hour after Two of the} My, Baines, by Her Majesty's Command, ac- 

clock on Saturday morning, adjourned till) quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 

Monday next. informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 

—— semerelis all aie _| sent, as far as Her ajesty’s interest is concerned, 

that the House may do therein as they shall think fit. 
ate AL, Bat . Then the Bill was read the third time. 
Lune, 29° die Mai ; Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1854. Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
PRAYERS. 


Conveyance RDERED, That the Select Committee on | 


of Mails by » Commence of Maile a = 
Railway. the Conveyance of Mails by Railway have | 





The Cork and Bandon Railway Bill was read the Cork and 
third time. Bandon Rail 


leave to sit, this day, till Five of the clock, during | Resolved, That the Bill do pass way Bill 
: Ss. 


the sitting of the House. Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Public Mr. Duncan reported from the Select Committee 
(Thirty_ninth on Public Petitions; That they had examined the| A Motion being made, That the South Devon South Devon 
Report.) Petitions presented upon the 26th day of this in-| Railway Bill be now read the third time ; Railway Bill. 
stant May; and had directed him to make a Report! Mr. Baines, by Her Majesty’s Commanc, ac- 
thereof to the House. | quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; | informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
and be printed. | sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
| that the House may do therein as they shall think fit. 
British Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to repeal and | And Notice being taken that the interest of the 
y rece al amend the Act for incorporating the British Gua- Prince of Wales, as Duke of Cornwall, is concerned 
(No. 2) Bill, Tantee Association, and to make further provisions | therein ; ; . int 3 
as to the Management and Regulation thereof: And Mr. Baines, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
the same was read the first time. _quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa-| informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. | sent, as far as the Prince of Wales’s interest is con- 
_cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 
Dublin, The Order for referring the Dublin, Clontarf, &amp;c. | think mt. ' ice 
Clontarf, &amp;. Roads Bill to the Committee of Selecti on, noting ead, | Then the Bill was read the third time. 
Roads Bil og discharged. | Resolved, That the Bill do pass. -_ 
Ordered, ‘That the Bill be withdrawn. | Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bi 
| to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
| 


London and Mr. Lascelles reported from the Sub-Committee! The House proceeded to take into consideration Caledonian 


ey on Group 11 of Railway and Canal Bills; That the | the Caledonian Railway ( Lesmahagow Branches, &amp;c.) pone, 
Railway Parties promoting the London and North Western Bill, as amended in the Committee. ee a ke. 


Companies and Midland Railway Companies (Traffic Arrange- Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. _ Bill. 
manna ments) Bill had stated to the Committee, that it was | ; 
Bill. not their intention to proceed with the same. | "he House proceeded to take into consideration Chesterfield 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; | the Chesterfield Market Bill, as amended in the Market Bill. 
and be printed. Committee ; and an Amendment was made to the 
Bill. 
Railway and Mr. Lascelles reported from the Sub-Committee! Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
oon y on Group 11 of Railway and Canal Bills ; That Mr. 
P**? Farrer, one of the Members of the said Committee,| The House proceeded to take into consideration Exhibition © 
was not present during the sitting of the Committee | the Exhibition of 1851 Commissioners Bill, as pes 
this day. amended in the Committee. ae 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


e 

















Lons- 
gle, Kendal 


17 Vicroriz. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Kirkby Lonsdale, Kendal and Milnthorpe Road 


giMilntborpe Bi})/ as amended in the Committee. 


Road Bill. 


vement 
(No. 2) Bill 


Oxford, Wor- 
cester and 
Wolverhamp- 
(Chipping 

n 
Branch) Bill 


shin 
Embankment 
Bill. 


Tormoham and 


Saint Mary 
Church Gas 
Bill 


Tracthbach 
Bridge and 
Road Bill. 


Belfast Water 
Bill 


Portland, &amp;c, 
Chapels Bill. 


Great North 
of Scotland 
Railway Bill. 


Friendly 
Societies. 


Border Coun- 
ties Railway 
Bill, 


Stokesley 
Union, 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Lowestoft Improvement (No. 2) Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway 
(Chipping Norton Branch) Bill, as amended in the 


Committee; and Amendments were made to the 
ill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Tacumshin Embankment Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Tormoham and Saint Mary Church Gas Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Traethbach Bridge and Road Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Belfast Water Bill was read a second time; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Portland, &amp;c. Chapels Bill be 
read a second time To-morrow. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for additional Pro- 
vision in the Great North of Scotland Railway Bill. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Names and Places of Meeting of all 
Friendly Societies, the Rules of which were enrolled 
with Clerks of the Peace under any Act previous to 
the Act 10 Geo. 4, c. 56. 

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


Mr. Ingham reported from the Sub-Committee on 








29° Mait. O75 


Amount due from the said Officer to the Union at 
the time of his Retirement, and of the respective 
Amounts in which he has stood indebted at each 
half-yearly Audit of the Accounts of the Union 
since his Appointment :—And, of the Names, Resi- 
dences and ccupations of his Sureties ; the Dates 
of their becoming such; the Amount of the Bond 
entered into; together with the Sum or Sums re- 
covered, and from which of them, in respect of the 
Defalcation of the said Robert Masham; and the 
Amount of Legal Expenses incurred by the Union in 
the Recovery thereof. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Bristol 
Copy of the Minutes of Evidence taken before Cap- Channel. 
tain Beechy, relative to the Navigation of the Bristol 
Channel. 


Mr. Cowper reported from the Select Committee Holyhead 
on the Holyhead Harbours Bill; That they had exa- Harbours Bill. 
mined the allegations of the Bill, and found the same Bill 116. 
to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


Petitions relating to Ballot ;—Kingston-upon- Hull puviic 

Bribery Prevention Bill ;—Church Rates ;—Eccle- Petitions. 
siastical Courts Bill;— Public-houses and Beer-.., 7. 
shops ;—Fire Insurance ;— Sugar ;—Bleach Works — 
and Dye Works ;—Civil Bills, &amp;c. (Jreland) Act; 
—Decimal Coinage ;—Education (Scotland) Bill ;— 
Juvenile Crime ;—Medical Practitioners Bill ;—Me- 
tropolitan Police ;— Poor Law (Jreland) ; — and, 
Valuation of Lands (Scotland) Bill,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to the Friendly Societies Bill,— 
were also presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Bill. 


A Petition of the Provincial Council of Auckland, New Zealand. 
in Council assembled (signed by the Speaker), was 
presented, and read; setting forth, That the Peti- 
tioners would represent that the New Zealand Con- 
stitution Act, which provides for the establishment of 
a provincial council for each of the six colonies which 
have been planted in the New Zealand islands by 
Her Majesty’s subjects, and for a general or central 
government and legislature for the whole, cannot be 
brought into operation without working great injustice 
to the inhabitants of the province of Auckland, should 
the central legislature be assembled in one of the 
southern provinces, or to the inhabitants of the 
southern provinces should it be assembled in Auck- 
land; that Auckland was fixed upon as the seat of 


|government and the capital of the New Zealard 


Islands by the first governor appointed by Her Ma- 
jesty, and that, in consideration thereof, the inhabi- 


_tants purchased from the government the land upon 


Group 3 of Railway and Canal Bills; That the Par- | which the city is built, and in its neighbourhood, at 
ties promoting the Border Counties Railway Bill! prices unprecedentedly high under similar circum- 
had stated to the Committee, that the Evidence of | stances, and expended their capital in buildings and 


William Woods, Esquire, was essential, to enable 
them to establish their case before the Committee ; 
and it having been proved that his attendance could 





improvements on the faith of its continuing to be the 
capital city of New Zealand, and that the seat of the 
central government and legislature could not therefore 


not be procured without the intervention of the | be established elsewhere without a violation of the 


House, he had been instructed by the Committee to 


attend the said Committee on Tuesday, May 30th, at 
Twelve o'clock. 

Ordered, That William Woods, Esquire, do at- 
tend the said Committee To-morrow, at Twelve 
o'clock. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of all Correspondence between the Poor Law 
Board and the Board of Guardians of the Stokesley 
Union, relating to the Retirement of the late Re- 
“——s Officer, Mr. Robert Masham :—Returns of the 

OL. 109. 








' | public faith towards them; that in no part of the 
move the House, That the said William Woods do | 


world could the centralisation of the powers of go- 
vernment be attended with greater difficulty, or with 
less advantage, than in the Islands of New Zealand, 
the proofs of which proposition will be found at length 
in a despatch from Sir George Grey to Her op oma 
Secretary of State for the Colonies, dated August 
30th, 1851, and more particularly in paragraphs from 
25 to 29 inclusive; that the Petitioners believe that 
it would not only be disadvantageous and difficult, 
but absolutely impracticable, to administer the affairs 
of the New Zealand Colonies under the provisions of 
the Constitution Act, and they consider that the go- 
NN2 vernor- 




























































































Guano. 
No. 274. 






Army, Com- 
missariat and 
Ordnance. 


No. 275. 










276 29° Maii. A. 1854, 


vernor-in-chief has virtually admitted this impracti- | _ Mr. Fitzroy presented,—Return to an Address to Electors, _ 
cability by submitting upon his own authority to the | Her Majesty, dated the 17th day of February last, 
provincial councils the appropriation of the revenues | for a Return of the Number of the Electors in each 
which, under the existing law, can be legally appro- | County, and Parliamentary Division of a County, in 
priated only by the general assembly ; that the Peti- | England and Wales, registered at the last Registra- 
tioners deprecate any injustice towards the southern tion of 1853-54, distinguishing the Number under 
provinces by interfering with their affairs, of which | each Qualification. 

the Petitioners know nothing ; that there is no com-| Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Lunacy, 
munity of interest nor of feeling, that there is neither | 27th day of February last, for Returns by Com- 
commercial nor social intercourse between the in- | missioners in Lunacy, of present Lists of Visitors 
habitants of the northern province and those of the | appointed by Justices of Counties and Boroughs to 
south ; that since the foundation of the colonies it visit Provincial Houses licensed for the Reception of 

has occurred only in the instance of one vessel that | Lunatics :— Of the Number and Dates of Visits made 

a cargo has been loaded at Auckland to be discharged | to each Provincial licensed House by the Visitors, 

at Wellington, and that in no instance has a cargo | during the statutory year ending Michaelmas 1853 : 

been loaded at Wellington to be discharged at Auch- |—Of Number ne | Dates of Visits made by the 

land ; that there is, in short, as little connexion be- | Commissioners in Lunacy during the statutory year 





r 





tween the province of Auckland and that of Welling- 
ton as between that of Auckland and Her Majesty’s 
Colonies of Canada and Nova Scotia; that the Peti- 
tioners further represent that, under the late constitu- 
tion, much inconvenience and loss resulted to the 
inhabitants of that province by the acts of the lieu- 
tenant-governor residing at Auckland having been 
subject to the revision of the governor-in-chief when 


residing at Wellington, and that the present constitu- | 
tion gives to the superintendent and the provincial 


council no independent jurisdiction whatever ; that 
the most trivial as well as the most important acts of 


the superintendent are subject to reversal at the will | 


of the governor-in-chief; that the acts of the pro- 
vincial council, even in matters of an exclusively local 
character, are subject to be nullified by the acts of 
the general assembly; that such a distribution of 
the powers of government and legislation is not more 
unusual than it is calculated to impede the adminis- 


tration of public affairs, and to add to its expense by | 


the multiplication of unnecessary offices, and that it 
affords no advantage whatever to compensate such 
evils ; that the only reason of any wala alleged by 
Sir George Grey in recommending a central govern- 
ment to control that of the provinces is the necessity 
of maintaining the protection of the Crown over 
the native race; but the Petitioners represent that 
not only could this protection be afforded in that 
northern province, where most of the natives reside, 
much more efficiently by the constant residence of a 
competent authority in the province, but that the 
presence of such authority is essential to the public 
safety, in order to the settlement on the instant of any 
dispute with the natives which might arise ; finally, 


interests of Her Majesty’s subjects in that and in the | 
southern provinces, is to constitute the northern pro- | 
vince of New Zealand a separate colony, with a go- | 
vernor or lieutenant-governor to be appointed by Her | 
Majesty, and to be responsible only to Her Majesty | 
through Her Majesty's constitutional advisers in Eng- | 
land; and praying that the northern province may | 
be so constituted a separate colony accordingly, as- 
suring the House that its revenues are amply suffi- | 
cient for the support of a government suitable to 
their condition, and that there is in themselves, and, 
as they believe, generally in the inhabitants of the 
colony, every disposition to provide liberally for | 
the maintenance of the public servants, and the eco- | 
nomical administration of the public affairs of the 
co'orly. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Guano, which 
was presented upon the 26th day of this instant May, 
be printed. 

Ordered, That the Account relative to the Army, 
Commissariat and Ordnance, which was presented 
upon the 26th day of this instant May, be printed. 





} 


the Petitioners represent that the only way to obviate | 
theinsurmountable obstacles which oppose themselves | 
to the establishment of the present constitution, and | 
to deal fairly with the conflicting and irreconcileable 


‘ending the 3d day of August 1853, to each licensed 
House; 1. Metropolitan; 2. Provincial :—And, List 
,of licensed Houses, Metropolitan and Provincial, 
the Numbers for which they are respectively licensed, 
the Numbers of Patients therein respectively, on the 
1st day of January 1854; the Number of Attendants 
kept at each House at the same Date ; and the Num- 
ber of Attendants dismissed for misconduct from each 
House since the 1st day of November 1853. 
. Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
able. 


Mr. Corry reported the Znverness and Nairn Rail- Inverness and 
'way Bill, with Amendments. 1. Railway 
| Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 

and be printed. 


Mr. Corry reported from the Sub-Committee on Caledonian 


Group 9 of Railway and Canal Bills; That in the powed 4 
case of the Caledonian Railway (Wishaw and Colt- Nehari 


ness Railway, &amp;c.) Bill, they had examined the alle- way, &amp;c.) Bill 
gations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
amended the same, by striking out so much thereof 
as related to the proposed connecting Branch Rail- 
|way which had been withdrawn from the Bill by 
the Promoters, and to the proposed Amendment of 
the Acts relating to the Glasgow, Paisley and Gree- 
|nock Railway, and Powers sought in relation to the 


| Undertaking, which the Promoters likewise withdrew 
from the Bill; and that the Committee had also made 
certain verbal alterations in the Preamble ; and found 
| the same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 


through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second ey 
reading of the Canterbury Bribery Prevention Bill ; a Bill 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second ‘a eony 
reading of the Cambridge Bribery Prevention Bill; Bribery 5 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Rngtee. 
reading of the Kingston-upon-Hull Bribery Preven- phitcry Pre- 
tion Bill; vention Bill 


Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


Maldon 
Bribery Pre- 
vention Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Maldon Bribery Prevention Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Dene 
reading of the Barnstaple Bribery Prevention Bill ; nae Bill 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


according to Exchequer 


The Exchequer Bonds Bill was, , 
(£. 6,000,000) 
Bill. 


Order, read a second time ; and committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee of weve and 
Ways and Means, several Resolutions ; which were _ 


read, as follow : 1. Resolved, 








17 Vicroriz. 


1. Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, there shall be charged 
and paid, in addition to all Duties payable under any 
Act or Acts in force, and in addition also to any Duty 
granted in the present Session of Parliament, for and 
upon every gallon of Spirits of the strength of hydro- 
meter proof which, on or after the 26th day of May 
1854, shall be distilled in Scotland, or be in the 
stock, custody or possession of any distiller in Scot- 
land, or of any person in trust for him, or for his 
use, benefit or account, or which, having been dis- 
tilled in England, Scotland or Ireland, shall, on or 
after the last-mentioned day, be in warehouse in 
Scotland, and be taken out of warehouse for con- 
sumption in Scotland, or which, having been taken 
out of warehouse in England for removal to Scot- 
land, shall, on or after the said last-mentioned day, 
be brought into Scotland, the additional Duty of 
Four-pence, and so in proportion for any greater 
or less degree of strength, or any greater or less 


ane 

2. Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, there shall be charged and 
paid, on and after the 26th day of May 1854, on 
Spirits of the nature or quality of plain British 
Spirits manufactured or distilled in the Islands of 
Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney and Sark respectively, 
and imported from any of the said Islands into 
Scotland, an additional Countervailing Duty of Four- 
pence for every gallon of such last-mentioned Spirits 
of the strength of hydrometer proof, and so in pro- 
portion for any greater or less degree of strength, or 
any greater or less quantity of such Spirits. 

3. Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, there shall be charged 
and paid, in lieu of the respective Duties of Excise 
now payable under any Act or Acts in force or 
granted in the present Session of Parliament, upon 
the several mixtures, compounds, preparations and 
commodities mentioned and described in the Sche- 
dule hereto annexed, on the removal of the same 
respectively as hereinafter-mentioned, on or after the 
26th day of May 1854, from Scotland or Ireland 
to England, or from Ireland to Scotland, the several 
Sums of Money and Duties of [Excise respectively 
inserted, described and set forth in the said Sche- 
dule. 


ScHEDULE. 





ARTICLES ENUMERATED. 


For every Gallon thereof — Scotland to 


Countervailing Duties. 





From From From 
Treland to Ireland to 


England, England. Scotland. 








| &amp;. &amp; &amp;| &amp; 
a ee ee ee ee 


8. 
- 9 


£. d, 


&amp;. 
5 


29° Maiz. 


Sweet Spirits of Nitre - - |} 


Camphorated Spirits -  - 
Lavender Water and other Per- 
fumes, heing Spirits scented 
with Essential Oils, Flowers, 
or other Ingredients - - 
Compound Spirits of Lavender 
Spirits of Rosemary = - - 
Spirits of Ammonia - - 
Sal Volatile - - - - 
Friar’s Balsam  - = - - 
Compound Tincture of Benzoin 
Tincture of Assafcetida - 
Tincture of Castor- = 
Tincture of Kino - 
Tincture of Guaiacum 
Tincture of Myrrh 
Tincture of Ginger 
Spirit Varnishes - - 


Other Tinctures and Medicated ‘ 


Spirits a... me 
Made Wines - - = - 











is) 
o 


110 
- 23 


3 10 


53 


{ be 


3 














4. Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, there shall be charged and 
paid, on and after the 26th day of May 1854, for and 
upon the articles under-mentioned imported into 


277 


Scotland, the Duties of Customs hereinafter specified, 
in addition to the Duties now chargeable thereon, 
under any Act or Acts in force, and in addition 
to any Duties granted in the present Session of Par- 
liament ;.(that is to say), 


Spirits or Strong Waters, the produce of any | £. s. d. 
British possession in America, or the island of 
Mauritius, not being sweetened spirits or 
spirits mixed with any article, so that the de- 
gree of strength thereof cannot be exactly 
ascertained by Sykes’s hydrometer : 

Rum, the produce of any British possession within 
the limits of the East India Company's Char- 
ter, in regard to which the conditions of the 
Act 4 Vie. c. 8, have, or shall have, been ful- 
filled, not being sweetened spirits, or spirits so 
mixed as aforesaid : 

Rum Shrub, however sweetened, the produce of, 
and imported from, such possessions qualified 
as aforesaid, or of or from any British posses- 
sion in America or the Island of Mauritius : 

For every gallon of such spirits or strong waters 
of any strength, not exceeding the strength of 
proof by Sykes's hydrometer, and so in pro- 
portion for any greater or less strength than the 
strength of proof, and for any greater or less 
quantity thanagallon- - = - - -|- - 4 


5. Resolved, That there shal! be allowed and paid 
for and upon all mixtures, compounds, preparations, 
and commodities, described in the Schedule hereto 
annexed, and which, on or after the 26th day of Ma 
1854, shall be removed from England to Scotland 
or Ireland, or from Scotland to Ireland, the several 
Drawbacks of Excise inserted and set forth in the 
said Schedule. 





ScHEDULE. 








ARTICLES ENUMERATED. 








or other ingredients -  - 
Compound Spirits of Lavender 
Spirits of Rosemary - = - 
Spirits of Ammonia - - 
Sal Volatile - - - -|\- 
Friars Balsam  - -~ - 
Compound Tincture of Benzoin 
Tincture of Assafeetida - - 
Tincture of Castor- = - - 
Tincture of Kino - - 
Tincture of Guaiacum - 
Tincture of Myrrh - 
Tincture of Ginger - 
Spirit Varnishes - - = - 
Other Tinctures and Medicated 


bo 
© 
! 

on 

&gt; 
! 





110 3810) - 
- —- 2 - - 5} - 


Spirits - - - 
Made Wines - - - 














Countervailing Drawbacks. 


i&gt;) 


to 


From From From 
For every Gallon thereof removed | England to | England to | Scotland to 
l Scotland. Ireland. Ireland. 
fi hl fa €&amp;| Biecd 
Ether - - © © ef = 47}) = 9 JT] = &amp; = 
Sweet Spirits of Nitre - - |) 
Camphorated Spirits = - - 
Lavender Water and other Per- 
fumes, being Spirits scented 
with Essential Oils, Flowers, P 





used after the 5th day of July 1854, in the brewing 
or making of worts or wash brewed or made from 
Sugar only, or from Molasses only, or from any mix- 
ture of these materials and treacle, or malt or grain, 
and distilled into spirits by any distiller in England, 
Scotland or Ireland, an allowance after the rate of 
Nine shillings and four-pence for every 112 lbs. of 
Sugar so used, and after the rate of Three shillings 
and two-pence halfpenny for every 112 lbs. of Mo- 
lasses so used, in lieu of the allowances granted in 
respect of such Sugar and Molasses respectively spe- 
cified in the respective Schedules (A.) and (B.) an- 
nexed to the Act 11 &amp; 12 Vic. c. 100, and in lieu 
also of the allowances granted in respect thereof in 
the present Session of Parliament. 

7. Resolved, That in place of the Duty of Excise 
now levied upon Sugar made in the United Kingdom, 





VoL. 109. 





NN8 there 


6. Resolved, That there shall be allowed and paid Sugar and 
for and in respect of all Sugar and Molasses actually Molasses. 

































































i 
i 
| 
a 
I 
| 


Ways and 
Means. 


Excise Duties 
Bill. 


Income Tax 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Consolidated 
Fund 
(£.8,000,000) 
Bill. 


Customs 


29° Maii. 


there be charged and levied, from and after the 26th 
day of May 1854, the following Duties; (that is to 
say), 


On Candy, Brown or White, Refined Sugar, or | £. 8. d. 
process equal in quality | 


Sugar rendered by any 
thereto, for every cwt. “.. - 
On White Clayed, or Sugar rendered by any 
process equal in quality to White Clayed, not 
being refined or equal to refined, for every 
cwt. - ~ - - - - - - 
On Yellow Muscovado and Brown Clayed, or 
Sugar rendered by any process equal in quality 
to Yellow Muscovado or Brown Clayed, and not | 
equal to White Clayed, according to a standard 
to be furnished by the Lords of the Treasury, | 
for every cwt.  - - - - =| 
On Brown Muscovado, and any other Sugar, not 
being equal in quality to Yellow Muscovado, 
or Brown Clayed Sugar, according to a stand- 
ard to be furnished by the Lords of the Trea- 
sury,foreveryewt. - - - = = 11 
On Molasses, for every ewt.  - - - - | 4 6 
And so in proportion for any greater or less quantity than a 
hundred weight. 


- 16 


The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Excise Duties Bill, That they have 
Power to make provision therein, pursuant to the 
Ist, 2d, 3d, 5th and 6th of the said Resolutions. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the last 
of the said Resolutions: And that Mr. Bouverie, Mr. 
Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. Wilson do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Excise Duties Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Scneputes, (C.) and (D.), added. 
Preamble agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill :—And the Bill was re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House. 

The House immediately resolved itself into the 
Committee ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Income Tax (No. 2) Bill, 
as amended in the Committee; and Amendments 
were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Consolidated Fund Bill was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to apply the Sum of Eight millions 
out of the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the 
year One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-four. 

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


The Customs Duties (Sugar) Bill was, according 


— (Sugar) to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 


Committee of the whole House. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to 





A. 1854. 


the Question, by leaving out the words “ Frida 
“ next,” and inserting the words “ Friday week ” 
instead thereof. 
And the Question being put, That the words 

“ Friday next” stand part of the Question :—It was 
resolved in the Affirmative. 

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


The Stamp Duties Bill was, according to Order, Stamp Duties 
read a second time; and committed to a Com- Bil. 
mittee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Oxford Unte 
into a Committee on the Oxford University Bill. —_Yersity Bill, 
(In the Committee.) 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this _ will, upon Thursday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Public 
into a Committee on the Public Libraries Bill; and, Libraries Bill, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- Bill 117, 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 28th 
day of June next. 


The Dublin Carriage Bill was, according to Order, Dublin 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee Carriage Bill, 
of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Benefices _ 
reading of the Benefices Augmentation Bill ; Angmentenen 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 12th day of June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com Medical 

mittee on the Medical Graduates (University of Graduates 
. (University of 

London) Bill ; London) Bill. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, that they have Power to make 
provision therein for the extension of the same to the 
University of Durham. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 

hair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day six months, resolve 
“ itself into the said Committee,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 

words proposed to be left out, stand part of the 
Question: —The said proposed Amendment and 
Motion were severally, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the 
12th day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Ecclesiastical 


5 . . . i ° to 
The Ecclesiastical Courts Bill was, according Benrte Bill. 


Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 
14th day of June next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to ry er at 
take into consideration the Industrial and Provident oyicties Bill 
Societies Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


To-morrow. 
The 














17 Vicroriz. 
The Courts of Common Law (Jreland) Bill was 





cca Law according to Order, read a second time ; and com- 
(ireland) Bill. mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Fri- 
day next. 
Statues The Public Statues Bill was, according to Order, 
: read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Lowe do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Stannaries The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Court (No-2) reading of the Stannaries Court (No. 2) Bill; 
Bill Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
Hospitalsand The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Inirmarie reading of the Hospitals and Infirmaries (Jreland) 
——_—* 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 
Drainage of The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Lands Bil. into a Committee on the Drainage of Lands Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to 
move, That the Committee may have leave to sit 
again. 

” Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday the 
13th day of June next, at Twelve o'clock, again re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 

Tenants’ The Order of the day being read, for the second 
a reading of the Tenants’ Compensation (Jreland) Bill ; 
(Ireland) Bi. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday the 8th day of June next. 
Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Sheriff and The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
a consideration the Sheriff and Sheriff Clerk of Chan- 
(Scotland) Bill, cery (Scotland) Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Monday the 12th day of June next. 
Spirits Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
(Ueland) Returns of Spirits consumed in /reland during the 
years ending the 5th day of April 1852, 1853, and 
1854 :—And, of the Spirits consumed in each quar- 
ter of the same years respectively. 
And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 
Martis, 30° die Maiti, 1854: 
Parochial Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
(Beotland) regulate the Salaries of the Parochial Schoolmasters 
of Scotland: And that the Lord Advocate, Lord John 
Russell and Viscount Palmerston do prepare, and 
bring it in. 
Factories, Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Numbers reported by the Inspectors 
in the Factory Districts to on been killed or in- 
jured in those Districts during the years from the 30th 
day of April 1845 to the 30th day of May 1854, in 
Vou. 109. 


99° 30° Maiz. 





279 


the following form, for each year, with a general 
Summary :— 


By Macuinery. 




















| Adults. | Young Persons. | Children. Torat. 
i . . 
a , é 3 . 
gia] 3 a] 3 ¢/ 7]: 
2 §] &amp; si/3eiszi2i:itsé 
=) me a = a = a ae a 
Killed - - 
Amputations - | 
Fractures - . 
Injuries to Head 
and Face - | 
Other Injuries - 
Toran - | | | 
! 























—Of Accidents not by Machinery, in the same form : 
—Of the Number of Prosecutions in each year, 
stating the Number of Convictions or Acquittals, of 
Persons accused for Breaches of the several Factory 
Laws, stating the Number of Persons prosecuted for 
similar Offences under those Acts, in the following 
form, with a general Summary :— 





| Prosecutions. | Convictions. | Acquittals. 





Unfenced Machinery - « - 
Employing Children over hours - | 


Other offences, specified in detail, as in U 
the Inspector’s Reports - -j 











—_ 


—And, of the Amount of Fines paid and remitted, 
specifying each Amount in each of the above years. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this Slome as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of the Adjournment. 
House this day (Tuesday), adjourn till Thursday next. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill Public 
to alter the mode of providing for certain Expenses Revenue and 
‘ - Consolidated 
now charged upon certain Branches of the Public fund Charges 
and Hereditary Revenues, and upon the Consoli- Bill. 
dated Fund: And the same was read the first time; Bill 118. 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Thurs- 


day next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Grenville Berkeley presented a Bill for the New Forest 
Settlement of Claims upon and over the New Forest : Bill. 
And the same was read the first time. Bill 119. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills; and be printed. 


A Petition of the Ambergate, Nottingham and Bos- Ambergate, 


ton, and Eastern Junction Railway Company, the Wot- Nottingham 
. and Boston, 


tingham Canal Company, and the Company of Proprie- and Eastern 


tors of the Grantham Canal Navigation, praying that Junction Rail- 


rie ‘ . way (Amend- 
provision may be made in the Ambergate, Nottingham Wty ‘ons eres 


and Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway (Amend- ge.) Bill, 
ment of Acts, &amp;c.) Bill, for settling certain differences 

which have arisen between the said Companies, and 

putting an end to litigation arising therefrom, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Examiners 

of Petitions for Private Bills. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till One of the clock on Tuesday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 
































































Adjournment. 


British 
Guarantee 
Association 
(No. 2) Bill. 


British 
Guarantee 
Association 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne 
and Carlisle 
Railway Bill 
Lancashire 
and Yorkshire 
Railway (Li- 
verpool Dock 


Branches) Bill. 


Lancashire 


and Yorkshire 


Railway 
(Middleton 
Branch) Bill. 


Whittle Dean 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


London, 
Brighton and 
South Coast 
Railway Bill. 


Newcastle- 
upon-Tyne 
Docks Bill 


Saint Mawes 
Port, Harbour 
and Pier Bill. 


South Staf- 
fordshire 
Railway Bill. 


Manning the 
Navy Bill. 


Navy Pay, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


Islington 


Cattle Market 


Bill. 


Whitehaven, 
Cleator and 
Egremont 
Railway Bill. 


Clyde Navi- 
gation Bill. 


East London 
rca 


30° Maiz.—1° Junit. 


Martis, 30° die Maiti; 
Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


ie House met; and being counted by Mr. 
Speaker, it appeared that Forty Members were 
not present; yet, it being Four of the clock, Mr. 
Speaker took the Chair, and again counted the 

ouse; and Forty Members not being present :— 
The House was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without 
a Question first put, till Thursday next. 








Jovis, 1° die Junii ; 
Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 
M R. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 


one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private 
Bills; That in the case of the British Guarantee 
Association (No. 2) Bill, the Standing Orders have 
been complied with. 


Ordered, That the British Guarantee Association 
(No. 2) Bill be read a second time. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Tinney: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Newcastle-upon- 
Tyne and Carlisle Railway Bill, without any Amend- 
ment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Lancashire and 
Yorkshire Railway (Liverpool Dock Branches) Bill, 
without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Lancashire and 
Yorkshire Railway (Middleton Branch) Bill, without 
any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Whittle Dean 
Waterworks Bill, without any Amendment: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the London, Brighton 
and South Coast Railway Bill, without any Amend- 
ment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Newcastle-upon- 
Tyne Docks Bill, without any Amendment: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Saint Mawes Port, 
Harbour and Pier Bill, without any Amendment : 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the South Staffordshire 
Railway Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Manning the Navy 
Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Navy Pay, &amp;c., Bill, 
with Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Islington Cattle 
Market Bill, with an Amendment ; to which Amend- 
ment the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Whitehaven, Cleator 
aad Egremont Railway Bill, with Amendments ; to 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Clyde Navigation 
Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the East London Water- 
works Bill, with Amendments; to which Amendments 
“ Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 





A. 1854. 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Chure 


to amend the Church Building Acts, and the Law Building Aci 
(No, 2) Bi 


respecting the union of Benefices in Cities and Cor- 

rate Towns, for the purpose of building and endow- 
img new Churches in places where required, in lieu 
of Churches in other places not required ; and to 
facilitate the Transfer of Church Patronage; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Lanatorg 
to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Land- 8d Tenant 
lord and Tenant in Ireland; to which the Lords de- (land) Bi 
sire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Leasing 
to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Powers (Ir. 
Leasing Powers in Ireland; to which the Lords de- #2) 
sire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Thornhitr, 
for enlarging the Powers contained in Thornhill’s (Clara) 
Estate Act, 1852, and for granting further Powers 
in respect of the Thornhill Estate; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords communicate to this House, Copy of Chimney 

Report from the Select Committee on the Chimney Sweepers Bill. 
Sweepers Bill (H.L.), under Standing Order, 
No. 175, together with the Minutes of Evidence taken 
before the Select Committee of the House of Lords 
appointed in Session 1852-53 to inquire into the 
expediency or inexpediency of the Regulations con- 
tained in the Chimney Sweepers Regulation Act 
Amendment Bill, together with an Appendix, as de- 
sired by this House: And also, 

The Leute give leave to the Viscount Hutchinson Poor Removal, 
to attend to give Evidence before the Select Com- 
mittee appointed by this House, in the present Ses- 
sion of Parliament, on Poor Removal (his Lordship 
in his place consenting), as desired by this House :— 

And then the Messenger withdrew. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com- Standing 
mittee on Standing Orders, several Resolutions ; 9rers- 
which were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the London and London and 
North Western and Midland Railway Companies Nom) Wesem 
(Traffic Arrangements) Bill Petition for dispensing Railway 
with Standing Orders 112 and 178, in the case of Companies 
the Petition of Edward Degge Sitwell, the said Stand- reer 
ing Orders ought not to be dispensed with. Bil 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the West London West London 
and Crystal Palace Railway Bill Petition for dis- a. 
pensing with Standing Order 143, from West Lon- way Bill. 
don and Crystal Palace Railway Company, and 
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Com- 
pany, the said Standing Order ought not to be dis- 
pensed with. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the Great North Great North 
of Scotland Railway Bill Petition for additional Cc Bil. 
Provision, the Standing Orders ought to be dispensed 
with ; that the Parties be permitted to introduce their 
additional Provision, if the Committee on the Bill 
shall think fit. 

The third Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir John Duckworth reported the Horncastle and epee 
Kirkstead Junction Railway (re-committed) Bill, Th ction 
with further Amendments. Railway Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


Sir John Duckworth reported from the Sub-Com- Restore Com 
mittee on the Eastern Counties a (Station (ieation Be 
Enlargement), &amp;c. (re-committed) Bill; That they jargement, 
had amended the Preamble of the Bill, by striking &amp;c.) Bill 
out so much thereof as relates to the ee Branch 
to the River Nene, the Promoters of the Bill being de- 
sirous of abandoning the construction of such Branch ; 
and had made further Amendments in the Bill. 

Ordered, 





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


Mr. Baillie reported from the Sub-Committee on 
Group 12 of Railway and Canal Bills; That Mr. 
Mitchell, one of the Members of the said Committee, 
was not present during the sitting of the Committee 
this day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Mitchell do attend the said 
Committee To-morrow. 


Mr. Adair reported from the Sub-Committee on 
Group 6 of Railway and Canal Bills; That the 
Parties promoting the Rhymney Railway Bill, having 
stated to the Committee that the Evidence of Charles 
Hunter, who had been ordered by the House to at- 
tend the Committee, was no longer necessary, he had 
been instructed by the Committee to move the House, 
that the Order for his attendance be discharged. 

The Order for the attendance of the said Charles | 
Hunter before the said Committee was read, and 
discharged. 


1° Junze. 





Mr. Ingham reported the Stockport, Disley and | 
Whaley Bridge Railway Bill, with Amendments. | 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. | 
The Chesterfield Market Bill was read the third 
time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. | 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill | 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Exhibition of 1851 Commissioners Bill was 


1851 —g read the third time. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. | 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill | 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Kirkby Lonsdale, Kendal and Milnthorpe 
Road Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


A Motion ie, That the Lowestoft Im- 
provement (No. 2) Bill be now read the third time ; 

Mr. Hayter, by Her a Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Rail- 


way (Chipping Norton Branch) Bill was read the | fi 


third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


A Motion being made, That the Tacumshin Em- 
ankment Bill be now read the third time; 

Mr. Hayter, by Her Majesty's Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Tormoham and Saint Mary Church Gas Bill 
was read the third time; and Amendments were 
made to the Bill. 


the Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Bill, as 





VoL. 109, 





281 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Great Western 
the Great Western Railway (Berks and Hants, &amp;c.) vw 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. Hants de) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. _ Bill. 
The House proceedéd to take into consideration Law Life 
the Law Life Assurance Society Bill, as amended in Assurance 
the Committee. —ae 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration North and 
the North and South Western Junction Railway Bill, South Western 
° , Junction 
as amended in the Committee ; and Amendments Railway Bill. 


were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Portsmouth 
the Portsmouth and Direct London and Portsmouth 24 —. 
Railways Bill, as amended in the Committee; and —= 
Amendments were made to the Bill. Railways Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Shropshire 
Union Rail- 
ways and 


amended in the Committee. Canal Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration New River 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the New (New Reser- 
River (New Reservoirs, &amp;c.) Bill; and the same pin” *) 
were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 


hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 


| Lordships. 


The Brighton, Cuckfield, &amp;c. Roads Bill was read Brighton, 
the third time. a 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ead 

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


The Dowlais Railway Bill was read the third Dowlais 
time. Railway Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the Newport Dock Newport 
Bill be now read the third time ; Dock Bill. 
Mr Baines, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think 


t. 
Then the Bill was read the third time ; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The South Devon and Tavistock Railway Bill was South Devon 
read the third time. poe agg 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ’ 
Ordered, That Mr. Collier do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Ayr and May- 
the further Proceeding on the third reading of the wr —— 
Ayr and Maybole Junction Railway Bill :—The v 
House resumed the said further Proceeding; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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

Oo The 





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1° Junie. A. 1854. 


Bannow The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Reclamation the Bannow Reclamation Bill, as amended in the 
— Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Camden Town The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Cemetery Bill. the Camden Town Cemetery Bill, as amended in the 


Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Dukinfield The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Gas Bill. the Dukinfield Gas Bill, as amended in the Com- 


mittee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Great Western, The House proceeded to take into consideration 
a the Great Western, Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 
ham.and and Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Companies 
Shrewsbury Amalgamation Bill, as amended in the Committee. 


—- Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
a 
Companies Amalgamation Bill. 


Hilgay Great The House proceeded to take into consideration the 
West Fen Hilgay Great West Fen Drainage Bill, as amended 
Drainage Bill - . ~, . 
in the Committee. ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Stourbridge The House proceeded to take into consideration 
~~ — the Stourbridge and Bridgnorth Road Bill, as 
F amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


West London Ordered, That the West London Railway Bill be 
Ruilway Bill. ye-committed to the former Committee:—And that 
they have leave to sit and proceed To-morrow. 


Portland, &amp;. | The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Chapels Bill. reading of the Portland, &amp;c. Chapels Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be re a second time To- 
morrow. 


Electric Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the 

ny Electric Telegraph Company (No. 2) Bill ; That they 

(No. 2) Bil, had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and had verbally amended the 
same; and found the same, as amended, to be true; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Swinnerton’s Mr. Bouverie reported Swinnerton’s Name Bill, 
Name Bill. without Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Tralee and Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the 
Killarney Tralee and Killarney Railway Bill; That they had 


Railway Bill. : : . : 
™ examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 


of the Bill, and amended the same, by inserting a 
paragraph which had reference to the Company not 
having taken any proceeding under their Act of In- 
corporation ; and also had made verbal Amendments 
in the paragraph of the Preamble relating to the 
guarantee of payment of Interest of Moneys which 
might have been borrowed by the Killarney Junction 
Railway Company ; and found the same, as amended, 
to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

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


South Wales = Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the 
Railway Bil. South Wales Railway Bill; That they had examined 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, by striking out the paragraph 
relating to the raising of additional Capital, the pro- 
visions in reference to that object having been with- 
drawn by the Promoters; and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto ; and had provided 
that the arrangements authorized thereby to be en- 





tered into between the South Wales and the Vale 
of Neath Railway Companies should, after the expi- 
ration of Ten years, be subject to any modification 
which the Board of Trade may require. 

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


Mr. Hutchins reported from the Select Committee Accidents in 
on Accidents in Coal Mines; That they have taken Coal Mines 
further Evidence on the matters to them referred, (Third Report) 
which they have agreed to report to the House. No, 277, 

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

The Order for referring the Sunderland Gas Bill gunaerlana 
to the Committee of Selection, was read, and dis- Gas Bill 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee relative to Henry Stonor, 
Henry Stonor have Power to report the Minutes of No. 278, 
the Evidence taken before them. 

Mr. Gaskell reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee ; That they had considered the matter to them 
referred, and directed him to make a Report thereof 
to the House ; together with the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before them, with an Appendix. 

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


Mr. Farrer reported from the Sub-Committee on London ana 
Group 11 of Railway and Canal Bills; That in the North Western 
case of the London and North Western Railway ee (Hay- 
(Haydon-square Branch, &amp;c.) Bill, they had exa- Branch, &amp;¢) 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble Bil. 
of the Bill, and made certain verbal Amendments 
therein; and found the same, as amended, to be true ; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Bank of 
Returns of the Total Amount of Bills discounted by England, &amp;. 
the Bank of England, in each month from January 
1848 to the latest period to which it can be made 
up, stating the Rate of Discount :—Of the Amount 
advanced for Temporary Loans upon Exchequer 
Bills, Bills of Exchange, India Bonds, &amp;c. in each 
Quarter, and the Rate of Interest paid thereon, from 
the Ist day of January 1848 to the latest period to 
which the same can be made up :—Copies of the 
several Notices by the Bank of England for Loans, 
from the 7th day of January 1848 to the latest period 
to which the same can be made up :—Return of the 
highest and lowest Rate of Interest charged by the 
Bank of England on all Loans or Discounts, in each 
month from the 1st day of January 1848 to the latest 
— to which it can be made up; distinguishing 

ns on security of Real Estate, Loans on Stock or 
Public Securities, and the Discount of Commercial 
Paper :—Statement of the Amount of Bullion bought 
al sold by the Bank of England, distinguishing 
Gold from Silver Bullion, in each month from Ja- 
nuary 1848 (inclusive), to the latest period to which it 
can be made up :—Returns of the Banks which were 
Banks of Issue on the 4th day of January 1848, 
which have ceased to issue their own Notes, and of 
the Amount of Circulation of such Banks respectively : 
—Of any Application made by the Bank of England, 
under the Act 7 &amp; 8 Vic. c. 32, s. 5, for permission 
to add to their Issue of Notes, in consideration of 
the withdrawal of the Circulation of any Banks of 
Issue, and the result of such Application :—And, of 
the Amounts paid for Composition by Bankers m 
each year since the 5th day of January 1848 to the 
5th day of January 1854 (in continuation of Appen- 
dix, Nos. 6, 9, 10, 13, 21, 26, and 28, of the Report 
of Committee on Commercial Distress, pp. 395, 584, 


1848). 
" . Resolved, 








Water. 


Bankruptcy. 


Committee of 
ion 
(Thirteenth 
No. 279. 


Manning the 
Navy Bill. 


Navy Pay, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


No, 280. 


Lunacy. 
No, 281. 


Shipwrecks 
by 


ightning. 


Greece and 
Turkey, 


British 
Museum. 


Sweets or 
Made Wines. 





17 Vicroriz. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be aciously — 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
an Abstract Return of the average Number of Gallons 
of Water supplied daily by each of the several Me- 
tropolitan Water Companies, during the Twelve 
Months ending the 31st day of December 1853, and 
stating whether the Supply can be increased, or is in 
course of being increased :—And, Statement of the 
Number of Houses, Manufactories and Public Esta- 
blishments supplied with Water by each Company. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Fiats in Bankruptcy issued 
in each of the years from 1848 to 1853, both inclu- 
sive (in continuation of Appendix, No. 43, page 371, 
Report of Committee on Commercial Distress, pages 
395, 584, 1848). 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee 
of Selection ; That they have formed a Group of Bills, 
and have agreed to report the same to the House. 


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


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Manning 
the Navy Bill; and the same were twice read, and, 
with an Amendment to one of them, agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 

eed to the Amendments made by their Lordships, 
with an Amendment; to which Amendment this 
House doth desire the concurrence of their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Navy 
Pay, &amp;c. Bill; and the same were twice read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Electors, 
which was presented upon the 29th day of May last, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Lunacy, 
which was presented upon the 29th day of May last, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of Papers relative to Shipwrecks by Lightning, 
as prepared by Sir Snow Harris, and presented by 
him to the Admiralty. 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s 

Command,—Copy of 7, samen, Saf respecting the 

relations between Greece and Turkey. 

: -egaaae That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of all Reports, Memorials, or other Commu- 
nications to or from the Trustees of the British Mu- 
seum, on the subject of the Faussett Collection of 
Anglo-Saxon Antiquities. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 23d day of March last, for Returns of all 
Sweets or Made Wines imported from Scot/and and 
Lreland into England, under the provisions of the 
Act 6 &amp; 7 Will. 4, c. 72, stating the Port or Place 
imported from, and the Port or Place imported into, 
7 the 6th day of January 1853 to the 5th day of 

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January 1854, both days inclusive; stating the De- 
nomination, Sort or Kind of all such Sweets or 
Made Wines, or Sweetened Compounded Spirits, 
so imported, and the Amount per Gallon of Duty 
charged and paid upon all the above-mentioned 
Articles so imported:—Of all Seizures that have 
been made by the Excise and Customs of any such 
Sweets or Made Wines, and Sweetened Compounded 
Spirits, so imported, and the reason of such Seizures : 
—Of all Sweets or Made Wines and Sweetened 
Compounded Spirits seized Inland, being brought 
from Scotland into England, contrary to the provi- 
sions of the said Act, from the 6th day of January 
1853 to the 5th day of January 1854, both dates 
inclusive ; stating how all such Seizures of the above- 
mentioned Sweets or Made Wines, and Sweetened 
Compounded Spirits, within the periods of the dates 
specified, have been dealt with; if any, and what 
Amount of Penalty has been enforced against the 
Parties from whom any such Seizures have been 
made :—And, of the Quantity, stating the Denomi- 
nation, Sort or Kind, of all such Sweets.or Made 
Wines, and Sweetened Compounded Spirits, re- 
maining in Bond on the 5th day of January 1854, 
and where bonded. 

Return to an Order, dated the 6th day of April Nizam’s 
last, for Copy of all Papers relative to Territory 7¢titory. 
ceded by his Highness the Nizam, in liquidation of 
Debts alleged to have been due by his ideo to 
the British Government. 

Return to an Order, dated the 9th day of May Russian- 
last, for an Account, showing the Total or Aggregate Dutch Loan, 
Sum which has been paid by Great Britain for the 
Principal and Interest of the Russian-Dutch Loan, 
under the Convention of the 19th day of May 1815, 
and the Act 55 Geo. 3, c.115, stating the Amount 
paid in Redemption of the Principal of the Debt, 
and the Amount paid for Interest, and the Totals 
paid as Principal and Interest in each year, since the 
19th day of May 1815; stating also the estimated 
Amount of Principal and Interest remaining on the 
lst day of January 1854, to be paid by Instalments 
in discharge of this Loan by Great Britain (in 
continuation of the Account in Parliamentary Paper, 

No. 52, of Session 1832). 

Return to an Order, dated the 29th day of May Bristol 
last, for Copy of the Minutes of Evidence taken Channel. 
before Captain Beechy, relative to the Navigation of 
the Bristol Channel. 

Return to an Order, dated the 16th day of May Harbours of 
last, for a Detailed Statement relative to the Harbours Refuge. 
of Refuge, showing, 1. The Total estimated Cost of No. 276. 
the Works proposed ; 2. The Sums already voted by 
Parliament for each Harbour; 3. The Amount re- 
quired to be voted in the present year, ending the 
3ist day of March 1855; 4. The Sums that will 
remain necessary for the Completion of the Works; 
accompanied by the Reports of the Engineers in 
charge of the Works, for the Four Quarters of the 
year ending the 31st day of March 1854 (in con- 
tinnation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 304, of Session 
1852-53). 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of Metropolis 
an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table —- 
by the Clerk of the House,—The Twenty-eighth Re-» —~ 
port of the Commissioners of the Metropolis Turn- 
pike-roads North of the Thames. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Harbours of 
Refuge be printed. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented,—Return to an Address to Burial-grounds 
Her Majesty, dated the 7th day of April last, for (Metropolis) 
Returns of the Metropolitan Parishes lanhaioe of 
those in the City of London) the Burial-grounds of' 
which are closed, or are ordered to be élosed, under 
the Act 15 &amp; 16 Vic. c.85:—And, of the Metro- 
politan Parishes (exclusive of those in the City of 
London) which have provided for themselves Paro- 
chial Cemeteries, or appointed Burial Boards with a 
view to such provision. 








Oo2 Mr. 























Nuisances 
Removal and 
Diseases 


vention Act 
(Ireland. ) 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Fortieth 
Report. 


Marriage | 
Licenses, &amp;c.' 
(freland. ) 


Criminal Code 
(Malta. ) 


284, 


Mr. Fitzroy also presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of an Act of Parliament,— Nuisances Removal 
and Diseases Prevention Act, 1848 (Ireland): Copy 
of an Order of the Poor Law Commissioners for 
Ireland, under the Act 14 &amp; 15 Vic. c. 68. 

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


Petitions relating to Church Rates ;—Ecclesiastical 
Courts Bill ;—Fyfield Rectory ;—Intoxicating Li- 
quors ;— Moulton Salt Marshes, &amp;c. ;—Oaths Bill ; 
— Oxford University Bill ;—Public-houses and Beer- 
shops ;—Universities (Oxford and Cambridge) ;— 
County Rates and Expenditure ;—County Rates 
(Ireland) ;—Malt ;—Stamps (Bills of Exchange) ;— 
Stamps (Foreign Bills of Exchange) ;—Billingsgate 
Market ;—Civil Bills, &amp;c. (Ireland) Act ;—Exhibi- 
tion of 1851 ;—Hospitals and Infirmaries (Jreland) 
Bill ;—Juvenile Crime ;—Medical Graduates (Uni- 
versity of London) Bill;—Poor Law (Jreland) ;— 
Settlement and Removal Bill ;—Testamentary Juris- 
diction Bill;—and, Valuation of Lands (Scotland) 
Bill,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Sir John Young presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, — Copy of Seventh Annual Report of the 
Commissioners for administering the Laws for Relief 
of the Poor in Jreland, with Appendices. 

Sir John Young also presented, — Return to an 
Order, dated the 8th day of February last, for a 
Return, in a Tabular Form, of the Fee charged and 

aid for every Special as well as Ordinary Marriage 
Lines to Officers of the Prerogative, Consistorral 
and Diocesan Courts in Jreland, and to what Officer 
paid, and for whose benefit; and the Amount of 
such Fees for the year preceding the 1st day of Ja- 
nuary 1854 :—And, a tke Return of all other Fees 
— to such or any other Officers of such Courts for 

cclesiastical Ceremonies or Services. 

Return to an Order, dated the 27th day of March 
last, for Returns of the Total Amount of all Monies 
received in each year by the Commissioners of Edu- 
cation in Jreland, appointed under the Act 53 Geo. 3 
(distinguishing Rents of Lands from all other Monies), 
of each School of Public and Private Endowment, 
from the 1st day of November 1849 to the Ist day 
of November 1853; with an Account of all the 
Annual Disbursements thereof, particularly specify- 
ing the Amount of Salary paid to each of the several 
Masters and Assistants ; the Sums repaid on account 
of Loans advanced for Building; and all Sums paid 
for Repairs of the several School-houses; the nature 
and extent of such Repairs; Sums paid to Agents 
or others for collecting Rents, distinguishing Sums 
paid to Receivers from those paid to Bailiffs or 
others; Sums paid to Solicitors for Law Expenses 
or Bills of Costs; the Amount paid for Tithe Rent- 
charge and Poor-rates ; the Amount expended upon 
each Property; the reason or object of such Outlay 
during each of such years severally, for each School 
of Private and Public Endowment :—And, of the 
Number of Scholars receiving Instruction at each of 
these Schools respectively, distinguishing Free from 
Day Scholars, and Boarders from both; the Prices 
ch for Day Scholars and for Boarders respec- 
tively ; and whether the Free Scholars are selected 
by the Commissioners, by the Master, or by other and 
what Persons. 

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


Mr. Peel presented,—Return to an Address to Her 
Majesty, dated the 9th day of May last, for Copy 
of the Despatch of Her Majesty’s Secretary of 
State for the Colonies to his Excellency the Gover- 
nor of Malta, dated the 5th day of February 1854, 
which Despatch had reference to the new Criminal 
Code d by the Legislative Council of that 
Island, and transmitted to this Country to be laid 
before Her Majesty in Council. 


1° Junie. 





A, 1854, 


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


Resolved, That it be an Instruction to all Com- 


mittees of the whole House to which Bills may be the House, 


committed, that they have Power to make such 
Amendments therein as they shall think fit, provided 
they be relevant to the subject-matter of the Bill; 
but that if any such Amendments shall not be within 
the Title of the Bill, they do amend the Title ac- 
cordingly, and do report the same specially to the 
House. 

Resolved, That the Questions for reading a Bill a 
first and second time in a Committee of the whole 
House, be discontinued. 

Resolved, That in going through a Bill, no Ques- 
tions shall be put for the filling up words already 
printed in italics, and commonly called blanks, 
unless exception be taken thereto; and if no alter- 
ations have been made in the words so printed in 
italics, the Bill shall be reported without Amend- 
ments, unless other Amendments have been made 
thereto. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That on a Clause being offered on the con- 
sideration of Report or third reading of a Bill, 
Mr. Speaker do desire the Member to bring up the 
same, whereupon it shall be read a first time, without 
Question put; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by inserting after the word “ offered” the 
words “ in the Committee on the Bill, or.” 

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

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Question, by inserting after the word “ Speaker” 
the words “ or the Chairman.” 

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

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Question, by adding, at the end thereof, the 
words “but no Clause shall be offered on considera- 
“ tion of Report or third reading without Notice.” 

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

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Resolved, That on a Clause being offered in the 
Committee on the Bill, or on the consideration of Re- 
port or third reading of a Bill, Mr. Speaker, or the 
Chairman, do desire the Member to bring up the 
same, whereupon it shall be read a first time, without 
Question put ; but no Clause shall be offered on con- 
sideration of Report or third reading without Notice. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being 
eat That Lords’ Amendments to Public Bills 
shall be appointed to be considered on a future day, 
unless the House in any case shall order them to be 
considered forthwith ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ in any case.” 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
— to be left out, stand part of the Question :— 

t passed in the Negative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Resolved, That Lords’ Amendments to Public 
Bills shall be appointed to be considered on a future 
day, unless the House shall order them to be con- 
sidered forthwith. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That every Report from a Committee of the 
whole House be brought up, without any Question 
being put ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by inserting, after the word “ House,” the 
words “except from Committees of Supply, and 
“ Ways and Means.” 

And the Question being pro , That those 
words be there inserted :—The said pro Amend- 
ment was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Resolved, That every Report from a ane 
o 





















Income Tax 
(No, 2) Bill. 


Stamp Duties 
Bill 


Public 
Revenue and 
Consolidated 


Orford Uni- 
versity Bill, 
} —_ Bill 120, 










17 VicToriz. 


of the whole House be brought up, without any 
Question _ put. 

Resolved, That Bills which may be fixed for con- 
sideration in Committee on the same day, whether in 
Progress or otherwise, ~~ be referred together to a 
Committee of the whole House, which may consider 
on the same day all the Bills so referred to it, 
without the Chairman leaving the Chair on each 
separate Bill; provided that, with = to any Bill 
not in Progress, if any Member shall raise an ob- 
jection to its consideration, such Bill shall be post- 

ned. 
zs Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the House, at its rising on Fridays, do 
stand adjourned until the following Monday, unless 
the House shall have otherwise ordered :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command, — Cop of Protocol signed at Vienna, 
23d May, by the Representatives of Austria, France, 
Great Britain and Prussia :—Part IX. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 


Table. 


The Income Tax Bill was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 

A Clause (Copies of Poor Rates in Jreland to be 
transmitted to the Commissioners of Inland Revenue 
only when required by them), was thrice read ; and 
added to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Stamp Duties Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the 
12th day of this instant June, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Public Revenue and Consolidated 
Fund Charges Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
after the Order of the day relative to the Oxford Uni- 
versity Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee on the Oxford University Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Crauseg, N* 26 (Power to open Private Halls). 
Amendment proposed, in p. 6, 1.11: After the 
word “ Convocation,” to insert the words “or any 
“ resident householder in Ozford.” 
Question put, That those words be there in- 
serted ; 
The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Ewart, 41 


Yeas, UMr. Blackett : 
Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, 2 
Noes, Mr. Grenville Berkeley : ; 


Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 6, 1. 16: To 
leave out the words “admitted to all the privileges 
“ of the University without being of necessity.” 

Question put, That the words “admitted to all 
“ the privileges ” stand of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, loos 

Yeas, Mr. Grenville Berkeley: § 7 

Tellers for the (Mr. Mowbray, 113 

Noes, {Mr Newdegate : } ’ 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cravusss, N° 27 and N° 28, amended, and agreed 
to. 
Cuausgs, N* 29 to N° 40, disagreed to. 
Crause, N° 41, amended, and agreed to. 
Cuause, N° 42, disagreed to. 

VoL. 109. 


1°—2° Junis. 








Cause, N° 43, amended, and agreed to. 
Cravse, N° 44, disagreed to. 
Cuavusss; N° 45 to N° 48, amended, and agreed 
0. 
Cuavsgs, N° 49 to N* 52, agreed to. 
Cause, N° 53, amended, and agreed to. 
Cuausss, N* 54 to N° 56, disagreed to. 
Curausess, N° 57 and N° 58, agreed to. 
Schedule agreed to. . 
Preamble agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





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


Veneris, 2° die Junii, 1854: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Thursday the 15th 
day of this instant June. 


The Public Revenue and Consolidated Fund Public 


Charges Bill was, according to Order, read a second ner hoe 


time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole fund Charges 


House, for this day. Bill. 
The Order of the day being read, for the second Criminal 
Procedure Bill. 


reading of the Criminal Procedure Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Committee Towns Im- 
on the Towns Improvement (Jreland) Bill ; Pireland) Bill, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday the 
15th day of this instant June, at Twelve o’clock, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Improvement 
mittee on the Improvement of ees (Lreland) Bill; yee Bill 
Resolved, That this House will, ( ) 
the 15th day of this instant June, at 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


upon Thursday 
Twelve o'clock, 


read, for the Com- Registration 


rths, &amp;c. (Scotland) o Births, &amp;c. 


The Order of the day —— 
i 
Scotland) Bill. 


mittee on the Registration of 
Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Church Building Acts Amendment Bill was, Church 
according to Order, read the third time. —— 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Bill, 
Ordered, That Mr. Solicitor General do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Valuation of 
mittee on the Valuation of Lands (Scotland) Bill; fund) 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. . 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Dublin Car- 

mittee on the Dublin Carriage Bill ; riage Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 

itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day bei 
reading of the Hospitals and Infirmaries (Jreland) 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 19th day of this instant June. 


read, for the second Hospitals and 
Infirmaries 
(Ireland) Bill, 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Agricultural 
reading of the Agricultural Averages (Jreland) Bill; (reload) Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Tuesday the 13th day of this instant June. 
Oo3 The 





Exchequer 


Excise Duties 
Bill. 


Industrial 
and Provident 
Societies Bill. 


Church 
Building Acts 
Amendment 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Bill 121. 


Excise Duties 
(Sugar) Bill. 
Bill 122. 


Trade and 
Navigation. 


No. 57-IV. 


Thornhill’s 
(Clara) 
Estate Bill. 


Ambergate, 
Nottingham 
and Boston, 
and Eastern 
Junction 
Railway 
(Amendmert 
of Acts) Bill. 


1°—2° 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Real Estate Charges Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, _ Tuesday the 
13th day of this instant June, at Twelve o'clock, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon 
the 24th day of May last, That the Property Dis - 
posal Bill be now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned till 
Monday the 12th day of this instant June. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee on the Exchequer Bonds Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Excise Duties Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


The Industrial and Provident Societies Bill was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Viscount Goderich do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Church Building Acts Amendment (No. 2) 
Bill was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time upon Thursday the 15th day of this 
instant June ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Wilson presented a Bill for granting certain 
Duties of Excise on Sugar made in the United 
Kingdom: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time this day; and 
to be printed. 


Mr. Cardwell presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Accounts relating to Trade and Navigation, 
Month ended 5th May 1854, and Four Months 
ended 5th May 1854. 

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


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





Veneris, 2° die Junii ; 
Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1854, 


PRAYERS. 
HORNHILL’S (Clara) Estate Bill was 
read the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 


miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; 
That in the case of the Petition for additional Pro- 
vision in the Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston, 


and Eastern Junction Railway (Amendment of Acts) 
Bill, the Standing Orders have been complied with. 





Junit. A. 1854, 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, That they have Power to make 
— therein pursuant to the prayer of the said 

etition. 


Mr. Duncan reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the Petitions 
Petitions presented upon the 29th day of May last, es 
and upon the 1st day of this instant June; and had ) 
directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House. 

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


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Senior: Me 
Mr. iviom, ' the Lordy 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made Manning the 
by this House to the Amendments made by their Navy Bill 
Lordships to the Manning the Navy Bill, without 
any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Common Lay 
for the further Amendment of the Process, Practice Procedure Bill, 
and mode of Pleading in, and enlarging the Juris- 
diction of, the Superior Courts of Common Law at 
Westminster, and of the Superior Courts of Common 
Law of the Counties Palatine of Lancaster and Dur- 
ham; to which the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


The Order, That the Report on the Londonderry Londonderry 
Port Bill do lie upon the Table, was read, and dis- Port Bill 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee. 


A Motion being made, That the Traethbach Traethbach 
Bridge and Road Bill be now read the third time ; ee 

Mr. Hayter, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. King do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Message by Mr, Pulman, Yeoman Usher of the Royal Assent.) . 


Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 

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

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

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 
desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Commission, had been at the House of Peers, 
where a Commission under the Great Seal was read, 
giving, declaring and notifying the Royal Assent to 
the several Acts therein-mentioned; and that the 
Lords, thereby authorized, had declared the Royal 
Assent to the said Acts, as follow: 

An Act to amend the Act of the thirteenth and County Courts 
fourteenth Victoria, chapter sixty-one, and the Act pe 
of the fifteenth and sixteenth Victoria, chapter fifty- ment Bill. 
four : 

An Act to make further Provision for defining the Boundary 
Boundaries of Counties, Baronies, Half-Baronies, od) Bal . 
Parishes, Townlands, and other Divisions and Deno- 
minations of Land in Jreland for public purposes : 

An Acct for facilitating the Payment of Her Ma- a Pay, fc. 
jesty’s Navy, and the Payment and Distribution of B 
Prize Bounty, Salvage and other Monies to and 
amongst the Officers and Crews of Her Majesty's 
Ships and Vessels of War; and for the better Regu- 
lation of the Accounts relating thereto : 7 

n 














2° Junie. 





17 VicToriz. 


4 ing the An Act for the Encouragement of Seamen, and the An Act for the Extension of the Manchester Cor- Manchester 
Novy Bil. © more effectual Manning of Her Majesty’s Navy | poration Waterworks, and for other purposes ; and ——— 
during the present War : of which the short Title is, “ The Manchester Corpo- = 
port An Act to empower the Commissioners of the | ration Waterworks Act, 1854:” 
pe Keyham Admiralty to construct a Tunnel between Her Ma- An Act to enable the New River Company to New River 
_— *) jesty’s Dockyatd at Devonport, and Her Majesty’s | construct certain Sewers, Drains and other Works Company 


Steam Factory Yard at Keyham; and to acquire |in and near the Town of Hertford, and for other pur- ent 
certain Property for Her Majesty’s Service : poses : Diversion, &amp;e.) 
Burry Port An Act to enable “ The Burry Port Company ” to Bill. 
Bill. raise additional Capital, and to make Arrangements| An Act for the Improvement of the Town of Wel- Wellington 
for the satisfaction of the Mortgage and other Debts | ington, in the County of Salop : Lae. amg 
due from the Company, and to amend the Acts re- ' Bill. 


lating to the Company, and for other purposes : An Act for paving, lighting, watching, draining, West Hartl 
Whitehaven An Act to enable the Whitehaven Junction Rail- cleansing, regulating, and otherwise improving the Pool Improve- 


: a. 3 &gt; . Bi 
jan VOY Company to raise a further Sum of Money, and | Town of West Hartlepool, and part of the Township _— 
Railway Bil. +&gt;) amend the Acts relating to the said Railway : of Stranton, in the County of Durham; for pro- 

Port Gordon An Act for improving and maintaining the Har- | viding a Cemetery, and for other purposes : 
Harbour Bill. bour or Port of Port Gordon, in the County of} An Act for more effectually protecting certain Rossall Sea 


Banff: a ; Lands forming part of the Rossall Estate, in the Wall Bill. 
Rossendale An Act for lighting with Gas Bacup, Waterfoot, | Township of Thornton, in the Parish of Poulton-le- 
Union Gas =Newchurch, Rawtenstall, Crawshaw Booth, and other Fylde, in the County of Lancaster, from Inundation 
Bill Places in the Forest of Rossendale, in Lancashire: | hy die Baas ; , 


Imperial Gas An Act to consolidate and amend the Acts relating | “An Act to renew the Term, and continue certain South Shields 
Company Bill. to the Imperial Gas-Light and Coke Company, and / of the Powers of an Act passed in the seventh year Roads Bill. 


to increase the Capital of the Company : of the reign of his Majesty King George the Fourth, 
Clitheroe An Act for supplying with Water the Town and intituled, “ An Act for making and maintaining a 
Waterworks Municipal Borough of Clitheroe, in the County of Turnpike-road from South Shields to White Mere 
om Lancaster : Pool, and from thence to join the Durham and New- 


Maires Rail An Act to amend an Act, intituled, “ An Act for | castle Turnpike-road at Vigo-lane, with a Branch from 
way Company incorporating the Madras Railway Company, and | Jarrow Slake to East Boldon, all in the County of 
Bill for other purposes connected therewith :” Devhen -* 


rll An Act to enable the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur-| An Act to renew the Term and continue the Horsmonden 
and Metcom”e gesses of the Borough of Weymouth and Melcombe | Powers of an Act passed in the ninth yon of the and Marden 





is Markets “eee , . 
and Pet Bill. Aegis, in the County of Dorset, to provide Market- | reign of his Majesty King George the Fourth, in- a 


houses for the Sale of certain Marketable Commo- | tituled, “An Act for more effectually repairing and 
dities, and to erect and maintain an improved Pier improving the Roads from Kippings Cross to Wilsley 
or Landing-place within the Borough, and for other | Green, and from a place near Goudhurst Gore to 
purposes : ' | Stilebridge, and from Underden Green to Wanshutts 
Manchester An Act for enabling the Mayor, Aldermen and | Green, allin the County of Kent :” 
_ Citizens of the City of Manchester to widen certain | An Act for more effectually paving, lighting and Abergavenny 
Streets in, and otherwise improve, the said City ; to improving the Town of Abergavenny, in the County improvement 
raise a further Sum of Money, and for other pur-| of Monmouth; for maintaining the Markets within ~ 


poses : . ‘such Town, and for supplying the same with Water : 
oragh - An Act to repeal an Act of the fifty-third year of An Act to create a further Term in the Bucking- Buckingham 
ao King George the Third, chapter seventy-two, and an | ham and Towcester Road, and to amend and extend #04 Towcester 


Division Bil. Act of the eighth year of Her present Majesty, ‘the Act relating thereto, and for other purposes : ceeeahenes 
chapter twenty-one ; and for making Provision for | An Act for better supplying with Water the Parish Louth Water- 
the Appointment and for Remuneration of a Stipen- and Environs of Louth, in the County of Lincoln: works Bill. 


diary Justice for the Division of Manchester, in the) An Act for making a Street from Bothwell-street Glasgow New 


County of Lancaster, and of Clerks to such Justice | to Saint Vincent-street, in the City of Glasgow : Street Bill. 
and the Justices for the Borough of Salford, and for} An Act for authorizing the Newcastle-upon- Tyne Newcastle- 
other purposes : : ; | and Carlisle Railway Company to raise further Mo- 'pon-Tyne 
aa An Act for better supplying the Inhabitants of the | nies for the purposes of their Undertaking, and for ne he = 
mi * Parish of Harrow, in the County of Middlesex, with ‘other purposes : oer 
Water: | An Act for enabling the Lancashire and Yorkshire Lancashire 


Ridghill,Lanes An Act to repeal the Act relating to the Ridghill | Railway Company to construct a Railway from Kirk- ™4 Yorkshire 


-and Holeh ik : ilway (Li- 
Road Bil, 224 Lanes and Holehouse Turnpike-road, and to | dale to the Liverpool Docks, with connecting Lines mre Nock 
make other Provisions in lieu thereof : there, and for other purposes : Branches) Bill. 
Bereford An Act for the Improvement of the City of Here- : , 
_— ford, and for other purposes ; and of which the short An Act to enable the Lancashire and Yorkshire Lancashire 


Title is, “The Hereford Improvement Act, 1854:” | Railway Company to construct a Branch Railway to pic Yorkshire 


Ashton-under- An Act for building a Bridge over the River Tame, | "€at Middleton, in the County of Lancaster, and (Middleton 


ad to connect the Borough of Ashton-under-Lyne with | for other purposes : Branch ) Bill. 
Bridge Bil. the Township of Dukinfield : An Act for enabling the Whittle Dean Water Whittle Dean 


= Pte ; Company to extend their Works, and to obtain a — 
— An Act for more effectually lighting with Gas the | further Supply of Water from certain Rivers and 


Town of Cardiff, and certain Parishes adjacent | Streams in the County of Northumberland, in order 


National —* the County of Glamorgan : e to afford a better Supply of Water to the Inhabitants 
Siumnee and oe ct for granting certain Powers to ‘ The Na- | of Newcastle-upon- Tyne, Gateshead and other Places, 
Investment 'Onal Assurance and Investment Association : ‘in the Counties of Northumberland and Durham, 
AwociationBill and for consolidating and amending the Acts rela- 


‘Great Indian _ An Act to amend the Act incorporating the Great | ting to such Company : 


way Com Indian Peninsula Railway Company, and for other| | An Act to enable the London, Brighton and South London, | rw 
Pany Bil, Purposes connected therewith : Coast Railway Company to enlarge their Stations at oe docs 


New Cross, the Bricklayers Arms and Norwood ; to Railway Bill. 
pila Har. An Act for making New Docks and other Works | widen the Branch Railway, called “ The Thames Junc- 
ill at Belfast, and for other purposes; and of which | tion Railway,” and their main Line of Railway, in the 
the short Title is, ““ The Belfast Dock Act, 1854:” | Neighbourhood of such Branch; to increase their 
Birmingham - An Act toenable the Company of Proprietors of Capital, and to establish a Provident Institution for 


, mares works the Birmingham Waterworks to raise further Money : | their Servants and W orkmen, and for other purposes : 
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238 


Newcastle- An Act for making and maintaining Docks in the 
Docks bi Borough and County of Newcastle-upon- Tyne : 


Saint Mawes An Act for improving the Harbour, reconstructin 
Port, Harbour the Pier, and defining the Limits of the Port an 
and Pier Bill Harbour of Saint Mawes, in the County of Corn- 
wall : 

Brighton and An Act to enable the Brighton and Hove General 
Hove Gas Bill. Gas Company to raise a further Sum of Money, and 
for other purposes : 
An Act to incorporate the Guild of Literature and 
Art, and to enable it to hold Land : 


An Act for enabling the South Staffordshire Rail- 
way Company to make Branch Railways to Can- 
nock and Norton; to acquire additional Lands in 
the Parish of Wednesbury, and for other purposes. 


Guild of 
Literature 
and Art Bill. 


South Staf- 
fordshire 
Railways Bill. 


Ardrossanand The House proceeded to take into consideration 

Glasgow and the Ardrossan and oo m8 and South Western 

Railways Bill, Railways Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Portland, &amp;c. The Portland, &amp;c. Chapels Bill was, according to 


Chapels Bill. Order, read a second time ; and committed to a Se- 
lect Committee. 


Darlington Mr. Bouverie reported the Darlington Local Board 
Local Board of Health Bill, with Amendments. 
of Health Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


CommonLaw The Common Law Procedure Bill was read the 
Procedure Bill. first time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Bill 123. Friday next; and to be printed. 


West London Ordered, That the Committee on the West London 
Railway Bill Railway (re-committed) Bill have leave to sit, this day, 
till Five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Berens’ Mr. Walpole reported Berens’ Divorce Bill, with 
Divorce Bill. yerbal Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


West London Mr. Bouverie reported the West London Railway 
Railway Bill. (ye.committed) Bill, with further Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Factories. The House was moved, That the Order made upon 
the 29th day of May last, for presenting to Her Ma- 
jesty an humble Address, that She would be graciously 
pleased to give directions, that there be laid before 
this House, Returns of the Numbers reported by the 
Inspectors in the Factory Districts to have been killed 
or injured in those Districts during the years from 
the 30th day of April 1845 to the 30th day of May 
1854, in the following form, for each year, with a 
general Summary :— 


By Macuinery. 


Adults. 





Young Persons. Torat, 





Children. 


j 








| 


Males 
Females. | 
Males. 
Females. 
Males. 
Females. 
Males 
Females. 
ToraL 





Killed - - 
Amputations - 
Fractures - - 


Injuries to Head ) 
and Face -j 


Other Injuries - 











Tora - - | 


























—Of Accidents not by Machinery, in the same form : 
—Of the Number of Prosecutions in each year, 
stating the Number of Convictions or Acquittels, of 


9° Junii. 








A. 1854, 


Persons accused for Breaches of the several Factory 


form, with a general Summary :— 








Laws, stating the Number of Persons prosecuted for 
similar Offences under those Acts, in the following 





Prosecutions. | Convictions. 


Acquittals, 





Unfenced Machinery - - - 
Employing Children over hours : 


Other offences, specified in detail, as _ 
the Inspector's Reports - - 














—And, of the Amount of Fines paid and remitted, 
specifying each Amount in each of the above years, 
might be read; and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be —— pleased 
to give directions, that there be added to the above 
Returns, a Return of the Total Number of Persons, 
or an Estimate of the same, who are employed in the 
various Mills or Factories which are inchuded in the 
said Return. 

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







Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return showing the Amount paid for Expenses of 
Criminal Prosecutions in each County, City, and 
Burgh in Scotland, at each Assizes and Sessions, in 
each year since 1846; stating, also, the Fund from 
which the Expenses were paid, and distinguishing 
cases of Felony from cases of Misdeameanor (accord- 
ing to the form of Parliamentary Paper, No. 253, 
Session 1854, Criminal Prosecutions in England, 
Wales, and Ireland). 

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


House this day, adjourn till Thursday next. 


posed, That in the cases of the City of Canterbury, 
and the Boroughs of Cambridge, Kingston-upon- Hull, 
Maldon, and Barnstaple, where the seats of the 
Members have been declared void by Election Com- 
mittees on the grounds of bribery or treating, no 
Motions for the issuing of New Writs shall be made 
without Seven days’ previous Notice being given in 
the Votes; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “made” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ before the 30th day of December next,” instead 
thereof. 
And the Question being proposed, That the words 

sroposed to be left out stand part of the Question :— 

he said proposed Amendment was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 
Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Question, by adding, at the end thereof, the words 
“ and that no such Motion shall be made before the 
“ 30th day of June next.” 
And the Question being proposed, That those 
words be there added :—The said proposed Amend- 
ment was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 
Ordered, That in the cases of the City of Canter- 
bury, and the Boroughs of Cambridge, Kingston- 
upon-Hull, Maldon, and Barnstaple, where the seats 
of the Members have been declared void by Election 
Committees on the grounds of a or treating, 
no Motions for the issuing of New Writs shall be 
made without Seven days’ previous Notice being given 
in the Votes. 





A Message 


Criminal 
tions 
) 


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


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- New Writs 














































































































































Message from 
the Lords. 


Bills of 
Exchange 
~ (No. 2) Bill. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Bills of 
change 
(No.2) Bill 

No. 124. 


Poor Removal. 


Savings Banks. 
No, 282. 


|. Church Rates. 


East India 


Accounts. ) 


Book of Com- 
mon Prayer, 


No, 283, 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Senior : 


Mr. Speaker, | Made Wines, which was presented upon the 1st day Made Wines. 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act | 
to permit the Registration of dishonoured Bills of | 
Exchange and Promissory Notes in England, and to | 


allow execution thereon; to which the Lords desire | 
the concurrence of this House :—And then the Mes- 


senger withdrew. 


Ordered, That Mr. Cowan have leave of absence 
for a fortnight, on account of illness in his family. 


The Bills of Exchange (No. 2) Bill was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Friday next; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Paupers removed to Jre- 
land in the years ending the 25th day of March 
1849, 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853 and 1854, from Pa- 
rishes or Unions within the Metropolitan District of 
the Registrar General, and from Tnenset Bristol, 
Newport (Monmouthshire), Cardiff, and Swansea. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 8th day of February last, for Returns of the Total 
Number of Deposit Accounts open in Savings Banks 
in more Names than one on the 20th day of Novem- 
ber 1852, and the Total Amount as the Credit of such 
Accounts ; distinguishing the Accounts opened before 
the 20th day of November 1844 from those opened 
since that Date :—Showing, year by year, in Totals 
for each year, when such Accounts were first opened, 
and the Total Amount then placed at their Credit :— 
Showing the Distribution of such Accounts on the 
20th day of November 1852, into the several Classes 
set forth in the Classification for the Annual Return 
to the 20th day of November 1851 :—And, the like 
Returns for the year ended the 20th day of November 
1853. 

Return to an Order, dated the 26th day of May 
last, for Returns from the Registries of the Arch- 
deaconries of London and Middlesex, and of the 
Consistory of London, of all Parishes that have 
brought in Church Rates for Confirmation into the 
said Registries since the 14th day of August 1853. 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of 
an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—1. An Account of the 
Receipts and Disbursements of the Home Trea- 
sury of the East India Company, from 1st May 
1853 to 30th April 1854 :—2. Estimate of the Re- 
ceipts and Disbursements of the Home Treasury of 
the East India Company, from 1st ra, eve to 
30th April 1855 :—3. An Account of the Debts and 
Credits in England of the Government of Jndia on 
ist May 1854 :—4. A List of the several Establish- 
ments of the East India Company in England, and 
the Salaries and Allowarices payable by the Court 
of Directors in respect thereof, on the 1st May 1854: 
—5. An Account of new or increased Salaries, 
Establishments or Pensions payable in Great Bri- 
tain, granted or created between Ist May 1853 and 
Ist May 1854:— 6. Allowances, Compensations, 
Remunerations and Superannuations granted to 
Officers and Servants of the East India Company, 
under the 93d Section of the Act 53 Geo. 3, c. 155, 
between 1st May 1853 and 1st May 1854 :—Com- 
——- granted between 1st May 1853 and Ist 

ay 1854, under the Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 85, 8.7; 
viz., 7. To the Widows and Children of deceased 
Officers and Servants of the East India Company 
in England. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Savings 
Banks be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Book of 
Common Prayer, which was presented upon the 18th 
day of May last, be printed. 


17 Vicroriz. 2° Juniz. 989 








Von, 109, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Sweets or Sweets or 


of this instant June, be printed. No. 284. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Russian- Russian- 
Dutch Loan, which was presented upon the 1st day Dutch Loan. 
of this instant June, be printed. No, 285. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Bristol Bristol 
Channel, which was presented upon the Ist day of Channel 
this instant June, be printed. No. 286. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Metropolis Metropolis 
Turnpike-roads, which was presented upon the 1st Turpike 
“eg ‘ Roads. 
day of this instant June, be printed. No. 287 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Burial- Burial-grounds 
grounds (Metropolis), which was presented upon the “ee 
1st day of this instant June, be printed. 0. 288. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Endowed Endowed 
Schools (Jreland), which was presented upon the 1st tend.) (Ire- 
day of this instant June, be printed. No ono 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Criminal Criminal Code 
Code (Malta), which was presented upon the 1st day “#!t-) 
of this instant June, be printed. No. 290. 

Mr. Wilson presented,— Return to an Address to Wines. 
Her Majesty, dated the 3d day of March last, for 
Copies of Despatches, Returns and Reports, received 
since June 1852, in reference to the Importation and 
Consumption of Foreign Wines in the United King- 
dom, the results of the recent Vintages, and the 
Quantity of the Wine produced :— Return of the 
Number of Petitions presented to this House, praying 
for a Reduction of Duties on Foreign Wines, since 
June 1852, by whom and when presented, and the 
Number of Signatures attached to each Petition :— 

Of particulars of any Applications received by Her 

Majesty’s Government from Wine-growing Countries, 
for a Reduction in the present Import Duties on Fo- | 
reign Wines, since 1831, that being the time when 
the Duties on all Wines, except Cape, were equalized, 

distinguishing the Country from which such Appli- 

cations have been made, and the Date thereof :- -Ac- 

count of the Annual Import and Export of Wine 

to and from Germany, including the Hanse Towns, 

from the year 1848 inclusive, to the present time : 

—Similar Account for France :—Similar Account for i 
Portugal :—Similar Account for Spain :—Of the 

actual Quantity of Wine produced in Germany, from i, 
the year 1848 inclusive, to the present time :—Simi- i 
lar Account for France :—Similar Account for Portu- 
gal :—And, similar Account for Spain. 
7 Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 

able. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Registration | 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased ¢ See 
to give directions, that there be laid before this | 
House, Returns of the Amount paid out of the j 
Poor Rates in the year 1853, by the Overseers of i 
the several Parishes, for Registration of Electors in 
England and Wales (by the Certificate of the Re- 
vising Barrister):—Of the Amount paid out of the 
County Rate to the Clerks of the Peace, for the Ex- ) 
penses of Registration in the year 1853 :—And, of 
the Amount paid by the Treasury for the Services 
of the Revising Barristers in England and Wales, for 
the year 1853. 

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


Petitions relating to Ballot;—Church Rates ;— Public 
Church Rates Abolition Bill ;—Episcopal and Capi- Petitions. 
tular Estates;— Oaths Bill;— Public-houses and y; 4, Forty- 
Beer-shops ;—Vew South Wales ;— West India Co- first Report. 
lonies ;—Sugar ;— Wine ;—Civil Bills, &amp;c. (Ireland) 

Act ;—Education (Zreland) ;—Landlord and Tenant 
(Ireland) ;—Medical Graduates (University of Lon- 
PP don) 


Customs 


9° Junit. 


don) Bill ;—Poor Law ;—Russia ;—and, Unstamped 
Periodicals,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Secretary-at-War presented,— Return to an 
Order, dated the 16th day of February last, for a 
Return of the Number of Persons flogged in the 
Army of Great Britain and Ireland in the year 1853, 
specifying the Offence, the Regiment, the Place of 
Station, the Time, the Sentence, and the Number of 
Lashes inflicted (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 956, of Session 1853). 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 


Seennane) a Committee on the Customs Duties (Sugar) Bill. 


Excise Duties 
Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Crause, Ne 1 (Duties on Sugar and Molasses to 
be levied after the 5th day of July 1854). 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 11: To 
leave out the words “ until the 16th day of August 
“ 1854, inclusive, for every hundred weight, 17s. 4d.” 

Question, That the word “ until” stand part of 
the Clause,—— put, and agreed to. 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 1, 1. 19: To 
leave out the words “ Yellow Muscovado and Brown 
“ Clayed Sugar, or Sugar rendered by any process 
“ equal in quality to Yellow.” 

Question put, That the words “ Yellow Mus- 
covado” stand part of the Clause; 
The Committee divided. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Hacer, 

Yeas, {The Farl of Mulgrave: 

Tellers for the {Mr Moffatt, 

Noes, \Mr. Ricardo: 

An Amendment made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Causes, N* 2 to N° 5, amended, and agreed to. 
Clauses added. 
Preamble added. 


Title amended. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


69. 


12. 


j 
j 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and had amended the Title thereof; which 
Title is as followeth : 

A Bill to alter the Duties of Customs on Sugar, 
Molasses and Spirits. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Thursday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Excise Duties Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read the third 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to be Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,’ and, at the end of the Question, to add 
the words “ upon this day fortnight.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “ now” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, | 

Yeas, \Mr. Grenville Berkeley: J 61. 

Tellers fur the f Mr. John O’ Connell, . 

Noes, Colonel Dunne : } 32. 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
And the Question being again proposed, That the 





A. 1854. 


Bill be now read the third time:—And a Debate 
arising thereupon ; 

And a Motion bei 
put, That the Debate 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Lett. 

Tellers for the { Mr. French, ‘ 

Yeas, (Mr. Maguire: } -™ 

Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, 

Hee, 1iiecteet Duke: } 7 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third time : 
—The Bill was accordingly read the third time ; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

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


made, and the Question being 
now adjourned ; 


_ The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Exchequer 
into consideration the Exchequer Bonds Bill, as Bonds 
amended in the Committee. (e-S00neen 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Excise Duties 
reading of the Excise Duties (Sugar) Bill ; (Sugar) Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Public Revenus 
into a Committee on the Public Revenue and Con- #4 Consoli- 
solidated Fund Charges Bill; and, after some time Caren Ba 
spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and 
Mr. Bouverie reported, That the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and directed him to report the 
same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday the 12th day of this instant June. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Merchant 
into a Committee on the Merchant Shipping Bill ; Shipping Bil 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. cele re- Bill 125. 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Tuesday the 20th 
day of this instant June, at Twelve o'clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Merchant 
— on the Merchant Shipping Acts Repeal mia haa 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday the 
20th day of this instant June, at Twelve o'clock, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Wreck and 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Salvage Bill 


mittee on the Wreck and Salvage Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday the 
20th day of this instant June, at Twelve o'clock, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Jurors and Juries (Jreland) 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed to 
a Committee of the whule House, for Monday the 
12th day of this instant June. 


Bill was, accord- Jurors and 
Juries (Tre- 
land) Bill. 


resolved itself Holyhead 


The House, according to Order, Sesbours Bal 


into a Committee on the Holyhead Harbours Bill; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Friday 


next. 
The 








Courts of 
Common LAW 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Supply. 


Registration 

of Births, &amp;c. 

(Scotland) 
Bill 126. 


Valuation of 


Dublin 


Carriage Bill. mittee on the Dublin Carriage Bill ; 


Poor Removal. 


Police, Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to render more etfectua] the Police in Counties and 
Boroughs in England and Wales: And that Viscount 
Palmerston and Mr. Fitzroy do prepare, and bring 
it in. 
Literary and § Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill to 
icintifie afford greater facilities for the Establishment of In- 
stitutions for the Promotion of Literature and Science, 
and the Fine Arts, and to provide for their better 
Regulation: And that Mr. Hutt and Mr. Headlam do 
prepare, and bring it in. 
Police Bill. Viscount Palmerston presented a Bill to render 
Bill 27, more effectual the Police in Counties and Boroughs 
in England and Wales: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday the 19th day of this instant June ; and 
to be printed. 
Literary and © Mr. Headlam presented a Bill to afford greater 
lll facilities for the Establishment of Institutions for the 
Bill Promotion of Literature and Science, and the Fine 
Bill 12g, Arts, and to provide for their better Regulation: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Wednesday the 21st day of 
this instant June; and to be printed. 
a ters , Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to regulate the Sa- 
Scotland) Bil}, !@ties of the Parochial Schoolmastgrs of Scotland : 
Bill 129. And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 





* mittee on the Valuatiop «,Lands (Scotland) Bill; 





17 Vicroriz. 9°—_8° 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Courts of Common Law (Ireland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 12th day of this instant June, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
nittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Registration of Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday the 16th 
day of this instant June, at Twelve o'clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Resolved, That tbis House will, upon Monday 
the 12th day of this . tantJune, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 12th day of this instant June, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


Ordered, That Mr. Cumming Bruce be discharged 
from further attendance on the Select Committee 
on Poor Removal. 

Ordered, That Mr. Stirling be added to the Com- 
mittee. 


to be read a second time upon Monday the 12th day 
of this instant June; and to be printed. 


Juniz. 
The Landlord and Tenant (Zreland) Bill was read Landord and 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time Tenant (Ire- 


upon Monday the 12th day of this instant June; and “— aa 
to be printed. ; 


The Leasing Powers (Jreland) Bill was read the Leasing 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time land) Bill 
upon Monday the 12th day of this instant June; and pij)_ 132, 


to be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till Thursday 
next. 





Jovis, 8° die Juniz ; 
Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1854. 
PRAYERS. 


T HE House proceeded to take into consideration East London 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Waterworks 
East London Waterworks Bill; and the same were - 

twice read, and agreed to. . 

Ordered, That Sir James Duke do carry the Bill 

to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 

hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Islington 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Jslington Cattle Market 
Cattle Market Bill; and the same was twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Orlered, That Mr. Wilkinson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agieed to the Amendment made by their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Whitehaven, 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the White- Cleator and 
haven, Cleator and Egremont Railway Bill; and the Rellway Bill, 
same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Macartney do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


A Motion being made, That the Bannow Recla- Bannow _ 
mation Bill be now read the third time ; — 
Sir John Young, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac-  * 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think fit. 
Then the Bill was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for the Embankment, Reclamation 
and Drainage of Lands in the Bay of Bannow and 
Lough of the Lady’s Island, in the County of Wezx- 
ord. 
P Ordered, That Mr. Wilkinson do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Dukinfield Gas Bill was read the third time. Dukinfield 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Gas Bill. 
Ordered, That Sir Philip Egerton do carry the 

Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Great Western, Shrewsbury and Birmingham, Great Western, 


and Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Companies paar ee 
Amalgamation Bill was read the third time; and an ham, and . 
Amendment was made to the Bill. Shrewsbury 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. — 
Ordered, That Mr. Wilkinson do carry the Bill Compaction 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. Ausguanion 
ul, 


The Law Life Assurance Society Bill was read rod Life 
. . ssurance 
the third time. Society Bill 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to give further Powers to the Law 





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PP2 Life 























SET Ta: ta mene teen cc sare Saat 





TS B® 


8° Juniz. 


Life Assurance Society, with respect to the Invest- 
ment of the Funds of the Society. 

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


Portsmouth The Portsmouth and Direct London and Ports- 
= —, mouth Railways Bill was read the third time; and 
Portsmouth ®n Amendment was made to the Bill. 
Railways Bil. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilkinson do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Shropshire The Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Bill 
aa” was read the third time. 
Canal Bill. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilkinson do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Bangor and The House proceeded to take into considera- 
Caernarven tion the Bangor and Caernarvon Railway Bill, as 
Railway Bill. “ : 
amended in the Committee. 
A Clause (As to compensation to the River Dee | 
Bridge Commissioners), was twice read; and made | 
part of'the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. | 





Cork and The House proceeded to take into consideration | 
parerford.,, the Cork and Waterford Railway Bill, as amended | 
way Bill. . . 

in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Eastern Coun- ‘The House proceeded to take into consideration 
fia the Eastern Counties Railway (Station Enlargement, 
Enlargement, &amp;c.) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 


&amp;c.) Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 





Horncastle The House proceeded to take into consideration | 


= - 7a the Horncastle and Kirkstead Junction Railway Bill, 
Railway Bill. @8 amended in the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 





Inverness The House proceeded to take into consideration | 
Railwey Bill, the Inverness and Nairn Railway Bill, as amended | 
in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Leominster 


in The House proceeded to take into considera- 
and Kington tion the Leominster and Kington Railway Bill, as | 


Railway Bill. | mended in the Committee. | 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. | 


London and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
a the London and North Western Railway (Haydon- 
a square, &amp;c.) Bill, as amended in the Committee; | 
&amp;c.) Bill. and an Amendment was made to the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Newport and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
a sta the Newport and Pillgwenlly Waterworks Bill, as 
aterworks . : 
Bill. amended in the Committee. 
A Clause (Confirming agreement with owners of 
Bettws Mill), was twice read ; and made part of the 
Bill. 
Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ouse and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
een oo the Ouse and Derwent, &amp;c. Drainage Bill, as amended 

- in the Committee; and an Amendment was made 
to the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Thirsk and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
a Road the Thirsk and Yarm Road Bill, as amended in the 
a4 Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Tralee and The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Railway’ Bill. the Tralee and Killarney Railway Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 








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SOR: RMS MM EAS ae SRR BES TS . 


A. 1854, 


The British Guarantee Association (No. 2) Bill British 
was read a second time; and committed. Guarantee 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Oe ation 
mittee of Selection. ) Bill 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Thornhitrs 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, (Clara) | 
That in the case of Thornhill’s (Clara) Estate Bill, “*‘* Bill 


no Standing Orders are applicable thereto. 


Ordered, That Thornhill’s (Clara) Estate Bill be Thornhit, 
read a second time. (Clara) 
Estate Bill, 
The Order, That the Report on the Blackburn Im- Blackburn 
provement (No. 2) Bill do lie upon the Table, was Tinprovement 
read, and discharged. (Se 8) Ba 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee. 


Ordered, That Mr. Henry Baillie be discharged Railway and 
from further attendance on the Sub-Committee on +m Bills 
Group 12 of Railway and Canal Bills. (Group 12.) 

Ordered, That the Committee have leave to pro- 
ceed with four Members. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Church Church Rates, 
Rates, which was presented upon the 2d day of this No, 99), 
instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to East India, East India. 
which were presented upon the 2d day of this instant No. 292, 
June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Wines, which Wines. 
was presented upon the 2d day of this instant June, No, 293, 


| be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Army, Army. 
which was presented upon the 2d day of this instant No. 294, 
June, be printed. 


The following Papers were laid on the Table by Exports, 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated Imports, &amp;. 
the 14th day of February last, for an Account of the 
Quantities and Declared Value of the Produce and 
Manufactures of the United Kingdom, exported to 
the United States in each of the past Seven years, 
ending the 5th day of January 1854 :—Similar Ac- 
count of the Quantities and Declared Value of British 
Produce and Manufactures exported to the British 
Possessions in North America :—Similar Accounts 
from each, of the Goods and Produce imported 
during the same period :—Account of the Number and 
Tonnage of British Ships cleared Outwards for the 
United States of America, during the same period :— 
Similar Account of British Ships entered Inwards :— 

And, Account of the Number and Tonnage of Ves- 
sels belonging to the United States, entered Inwards 
and Outwards in each year, during the same period. 

Return to an Order, dated the 6th day of April last, Tallow, &amp;e. 
for a Return of the Quantities of Tallow, Palm Oil, 
Train Oil, Spermaceti, Hemp, Flax, Flax Seed, 
Hides and Skins, and Sheep’s Wool imported into 
the United Kingdom during the years 1844 to 1853 
inclusive, specifying the Gunatilies imported from 
each Country. ; 

Return to an Order, dated the 1st day of this British 
instant June, for Copies of all Reports, Memorials or Mase. 
other Communications to or from the Trustees of the 
British Museum, on the Subject of the Faussett Col- 
lection of Anglo-Saxon Antiquities. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Flax oot 
Returns of the Total Quantities of Flax and Hemp Hemp, %c. 
respectively imported into the United Kingdom, in 
each year from 1801 to 153, both inclusive ; dis- 
tinguishing the Quantities received from the Russian 
Empire from those received from all other Parts :— 

And, of the Total Quantity of Rags imported into 

the United Kingdom, and of the Total Quantity ex- 

rted from the United Kingdom, in each year from 
1853, both inclusive. 

1801 to ‘ ideal 








Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Forty- 


first Report. 


Slavery 
(Cuba. ) 


and other 
Companies, 


Irish Poop, 











17 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That Mr. Cumming Bruce have leave of 
absence for three weeks, on urgent business. 


A Petition of Colonists of South Australia, pray- 
ing for the introduction of certain Provisions in any 
Act that may be passed to grant an amended Con- 
stitution to that Colony, was brought up :—But Mr. 
Speaker taking Notice that there was no Signature 
to the sheet on which the Petition was written, and 
being therefore informal, the same was not received. 


Mr. Cardwell presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—A Return showing the Number of Pas- 
sengers conveyed on all the Railways in England 
and Wales, Scotland and Ireland respectively, during 
the half-year ended the 31st December 1853, dis- 
tinguished in different Classes, and the Receipts from 
each Class of Passengers, and from Goods, &amp;c.; com- 
piled from Returns made in pursuance of the Provi- 
sions of the Act 3 &amp; 4 Vic. c. 97; also the Length of 
Railway open at the Commencement and at the Ter- 
mination of the half-year, &amp;c. &amp;c. 

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


Mr. Osborne presented, — Return to an Order, 
dated the 22d day of May last, for a Return of all 
Sums paid to the Officers and Crews of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Ships, for Rewards for Services against Pi- 
rates, under the Act 13 &amp; 14 Vic. c. 26; specifying 
the Number of Pirates in each case killed, captured 
or escaped, with the Dates of such Capture or Sei- 
zure, the Dates of the several Awards in the Admi- 
ralty Court, and the Dates when the said Rewards 
became payable for Distribution. 

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


Petitions relating to Ballot;—Church Rates ;— 
Church Rates (No. 1) Bill, and Church Rates Abo- 
lition Bill ;—Gaols ;—Intexicating Liquors ;—Nun- 
neries ;—Public-houses and Beer-shops ;— Univer- 
sities (Oxford and Cambridge) ;—Mines ;—Borough 
and County Police ;— Landlord and Tenant (Jre- 
land) ;—Medical Graduates (University of London) 
Bill ;—Ocean Penny Postage ;—Patent Law Amend- 
ment Act (1852) ;—-Poor Law (Ireland) ;—Tenants’ 
Compensation (Jreland) Bill; — and, Valuation of 
Lands (Scot/and) Bill,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty's 
Command,—Copy of Despatch from Her Majesty’s 
Minister at Madrid, transmitting Copies of the De- 
crees signed by the Queen of Spain on the 22d of 
Pg 1854, respecting Slavery in the Island of 

uba. 

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


Mr. Fitzroy presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 3d day of April last, for 
Returns of all Applications referred by Her Majesty 
to the Board of Trade, praying for Grants of Charters 
with limited Liability, under the Act 1 Vic. c. 73, 
“ for enabling Her Majesty to confer certain Powers 
and Immunities on Trading and other Companies,” 
showing the Date of the Application, the Names of 
the Applicants, the Object for which the Charter 
was required, the Amount of Capital proposed, and 
the result of the Application :—And, of Private Bills 
(other than Railway or Canal Bills) passed by the 
House of Commons during the last Ten years, in 
which Partners or Shareholders have been exempted 
from Liability beyond the Amount of their Shares. 

Return to an ‘Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
11th day of April last, for a Return of the Number 
of Lrish Poor brought over Monthly to the Port of 
Liverpool from the Coast of Ireland in each of the 
last Five years; distinguishing, as far as possible, 
those who remain in this Country from those who 
emigrate across the Seas: — And, similar Return 
from the Ports of Glasgow, Bristol, Swansea, Neath, 
— and Newport, embracing a similar Period. 
POL. 109. 





8° Junit. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Poor Law 
16th day of May last, for Returns of the Names of (Scotland.) 
the Members of the Board of Supervision for the 
Relief of the Poor in Scotland: — And, of all 
Meetings of the Board of Supervision from August 
last to the 1st day of May; stating the Names of 
the Members present at each Meeting. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 

Table. , 

The Order of the day being read, for the third Exchequer 
reading of the Exchequer Bonds Bill ; saan 000) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time after gi.’ ” 
the Order of the day relative to the Committee of 


Supply. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Supply. 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One hun- Royal Palaces 
dred and thirty-five thousand eight hundred and he 
sixty-three pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to ss 
defray, to the 31st day of March 1855, the Expense 

of Maintenance and Repairs of Royal Palaces and 

Public Buildings. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Nineteen Buckingham 
thousand four hundred and thirty-seven pounds, be Palace. 
granted to Her Majesty, for the Completion of the 
South Wing of Buckingham Palace, in the year end- 
ing on the 31st day of March 1855. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixty-six Royal Parks, 
thousand five hundred and eighty-five pounds, be *« 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day 
of March 1855, the Expense of maintaining and 
keeping in repair the Royal Parks, Pleasure-grounds, 

&amp;c., and other Charges relating thereto. 

4. Motion made, and Question put, That a Sum, not New Houses of 
exceeding One hundred and forty-one thousand two Parliament. 
hundred and ninety-four pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, for Worksgnd Expenses at the New Houses 
of Parliament, to the 31st day of March 1855; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, 7} 57 

Yeas, LThe Earl of Mulgrave : Pm 

Tellers for thes Mr. Hume, \ on 

Noes, Mr. Pellatt : — 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ten thou- Stationery 
sand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, towards de- Office. 
fraying, in the year 1854, the Expense of additional 
Works and Fittings at the Stationery Office. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ten thou- Public 
sand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, towards Records. 
defraying, in the year 1854, the Expense of the 
Erection of a General Repository for Public Records. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One hun- Holyhead 
dred and fifty-five thousand four hundred and eighty- Harbour. 
six pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, on account 
of the Works at the New Packet Harbour and 
Harbour of Refuge at Holyhead, &amp;c., to the 31st day 
of March 1855. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two hun- Harbours of 
dred and thirty-seven thousand pounds, be granted Refuge. 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of 
constructing certain Harbours of Refuge, to the 31st 
day of March 1855. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six hun- Portpatrick 
dred and seventy-six pounds, be granted to Her Harbour. 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Pay of the 
Establishment and the necessary Works at Port- 
patrick Harbour, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- public Works 
six thousand one hundred and eighteen pounds, be (Ireland.) 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
repairing and maintaining the several Public Build- 
ings in charge of the Department of the Commis- 
sioners of Public Works in Jreland, to the 31st day 
of March 1855. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Kingstown 
Sum, not exceeding Thirteen thousand three hundred Harbour. 

PP3 and 




































: 


ee a 


po oe ges ee =e 


— 


294 


and seventy pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Expense of Works and Repairs at Kings- 
town Harbour, and to provide: for the Harbour Esta- 
blishment, to the 31st day of March 1855 :—Motion, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eighty- 
three thousand and seventy-six pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses of 
the two Houses of Parliament, and Allowances to 
the Retired Officers of the two Houses, to the 31st 
day of March 1855. 

12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
nine thousand five hundred and sixty-one pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray Law Charges, and 
the Salaries, Allowances and Incidental Expenses 


Houses of 
Parliament. 


Law Charges. 





in the Office of the Solicitor for the Affairs of Her} * 


Majesty's Treasury, including Prosecutions relating | 
to Coin also the Salary and Allowance of Counsel | 
for advising the Treasury on matters relating to the 
Slave Trade, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty- 
five thousand one hundred and forty-six pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses of the Department of Her Majesty’s Trea- 
sury, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

14. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
seven thousand five hundred and fifty-two pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
“4 mo of the Office of Her Majesty’s Secretary 
of State for the Home Department, to the 31st day 
of March 1855. 

15. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventy- | 
two thousand three hundred and seventy-two pounds, | 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and | 
Expenses in the Department of Her Majesty’s Secre- | 
tary of State for Foreign Affairs, and also of the 
Queen’s Messengers and Extra Couriers attached to 
that Department, to the 31st day of March 1855. 


16. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty 
thousand five hundred and fifty pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses in 
the Department of Fer Majesty’s Secretary of State 
for War and Colonies, to the 31st day of March 
1855. 

Resolutions to be reported. 


Treasury. 


Home 
Department. 





Foreign 
Department. 


War and 
Colonies, 





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


Veneris, 9 die Junii, 1854: 


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

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Bouverie also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Exchequer 
Bonds 

(£. 6,060,000) 
Bill. 


The Exchequer Bonds Bill was, according to 
Order, read the third time; and Amendments were 
made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for raising the Sum of Six Millions 
by Exchequer Bonds and Exchequer Bills. 

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


werner A The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
—. 488") take into consideration the Customs Duties (Sugar) 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


Excise Duties 


(Sugar) Bill. The Order of the day being read, for the second 


reading of the Excise Duties (Sugar) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


A. 1854, 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Criming 
reading of the Criminal Procedure Bill ; Procedure 

And a Motion being made, and the Question Bill 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. ito leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “now” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the; Mr. Aglionby, 1 
Yeas,  |Mr.JohnGeorge Phillimore:{ °* 

Tellers for the Mr. Cobbett, 71 
Noes, | Mr. Atherton: J 9. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 

time :— The Bill was accordingly read a second 

time; and committed to a Committee of the whole 

House, for Wednesday the 21st day of this instant 

June. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Tenants’ 
~—P of the Tenants’ Compensation (Zreland) (eed) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. ; 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Railways 
Copies of any Despatches from the Court of Di- (India) 
rectors of the East India Company to the Governor 
General of Jndia in Council, in reply to their Letter 
dated the 4th day of May 1853 (in the Home De- 
ae Railway, No. 4, of 1853, and contained in 

arliamentary Paper, No. 787, of Session 1853) :— 
And, of any Despatches to the Governments of 
Madras and Bombay, regarding the Measures 
adopted by the Court for extending Railway Under- 
takings in India. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Poor's Rate 
Return of the Number of Persons in Jreland as- (Ieland.) 
sessed to the Rate for the Relief of the Poor, made 
next before the Rate collecting in July 1853, in re- 
spect of Property of the Annual Rateable Value as 
under, and distinguishing Males and Females so 
rated :— 





Number 
Assessed at £.12 
and upwards. 


At £.40 
and upwards. 


At &amp;.30 
and upwards. 


At £.20 


N 
— and upwards. 


of 
Counties. 











Males. | Females.} Males.| Females.| Males. | Females. 


Males, Females. 




















—— 























The Order, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Bills of Ex- 
to make Fraudulent Dealings with regard to Bills of “8° 
Exchange felonious in certain cases, was read, and 
discharged. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Bills of Br- 
for the better Prevention and Punishment of Frau- jan de 
dulent Dealings in Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes Bill. 
Notes: And that Mr. Digby Seymour, Mr. Atherton ij) 132. 
and Mr. Bowyer do prepare, and bring it in. 
Mr. Digby Seymour accordingly presented the 
said Bill: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Wednesday 
next; and to be printed. 
And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after One of the 
clock on Friday morning, adjourned till this 
day. 











rel ae, 


' 


Patent Solid 


‘Govage Manure 


(Go) Bil 


Methwold 


Drainage Bill 


Farnworth 
and Kearsley 
Gas Bill. 


Royal Conical 
Flour Mill 
‘Company Bill. 


Dublin and 
Wicklow, and 
Dublin and 
Kingstown 
Railways Bill. 


‘London 
Per Bil 


Carmarthen 
and Cardigan 
Railway and 


igan 
Harbour Bill. 


Paisley 
Waterworks 
(No. 2) Bill, 


Standing 









Orders, 


a Point 


17 VicrorizZ. 


Veneris, 9° die Junit ; 
Amno 17° Victorie Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Bouverie reported from the Committee on 
the Patent Solid Sewage Manure Company 
(No. 2) Bill; That they had examined the allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the same to be true; and 
had made special inquiry into the bond fide character 
of the Subscription Contract and the sufficiency of 
the Subscribers thereto; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Methwold Drainage 
Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Farnworth and Kears- 
ley Gas Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the 
Royal Conical Flour Mill Company Bill; That they 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same, by reci- 
ting that specifications of the inventions mentioned 
therein were duly enrolled in Chancery, and also by 
omitting words reciting the expediency of limiting 
the individual liability of the Shareholders to the 
unpaid portion of their Shares in the Capital of the 
Company, in order more clearly to describe the in- 
tentions of the Bill; and found the same, as amended, 
to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the 
Dublin and Wicklow, and Dublin and Kingstown 
Railways Bill; That they had examined the allegations 
contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and amended 
the same, by striking out a general recital of the 
expediency of enabling the said Companies to alter 
and vary certain agreements therein-mentioned, and 
by inserting therein special recitals of three deeds of 
agreement between the said Companies, dated re- 
spectively the 17th day of March 1854, and the 6th 
day of June 1854, the object of the Bill being to 
enable the two Companies to carry into effect the 
said last-mentioned agreements; and found the 
same, as amended, to be true ; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Bouverie rted the Londonderry Port (re- 
committed) Bill, with further Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Carmarthen and Car- 
digan Railway and Cardigan Harbour Bill, with 
Amendments. 

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


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the 
Paisley Weterwocks (No. 2) Bill; That they had 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had made a special inquiry into 
the bond fide character of the Subscription Contract 
and the sufficiency of the Subscribers thereunto ; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders, a Resolution; which was 
read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That in the case of the Spurn Point 

VoL, 109, 


9° Suns. 








a the Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed 
with. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Duncan reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the sea 
Petitions presented upon the 2d and 8th days of Report. ) 
this instant June; and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Clyde Navi- 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Clyde 8*% Bill. 
Navigation Bill; and the same were twice read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 


Lordships. 
The Caledonian Railway (Lesmahagow Branches, Caledonian 
&amp;c.) Bill was read the third time. (ne 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Branches, &amp;c.) | 


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


A Motion being made, That the Glasgow Suspen- Glasgow 
sion Bridge Bill be now read the third time ; Belles Bill 
Mr. Hayter, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think 
fit. 
Then the Bill was read the third time. 
A Clause (Tolls may be leased), was thrice read ; 
and added to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Great Western Railway (Berks and Hants, Great Western 
&amp;c.) Bill was read the third time. Cierke en ? 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Hants, &amp;c.) 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill Bill. 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. | 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Berens’ _ 
Berens’ Divorce Bill, as amended in the Committee. Vivorce Bill. | 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. q 


The House proceeded to take into consideration South Wales ! 
the South Wales Railway Bill, as amended in the ®lway Bill. 
Committee. q 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. - 


The House proceeded to take into consideration West London 
the West London Railway Bill, as amended in the Bilway Bill 
Committee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Order for reading the third time the South South Eastern 
Eastern Railway (Lewisham to Bromley, &amp;c.) Bill, oe m 
was read, and discharged. Bromley, &amp;c.) 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. Bill. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Revenue 
an Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of (eland.) 
Treland paid into the Exchequer, in the year ended 
the 5th day of January 1854 :—Accounts of the Net 
Public Income and Expenditure of Jreland, for the 
year ended the 5th day of January 1854, and show- 
ing the whole of the Ways and Means provided 
within the same Period, together with the Applica- 
tion thereof :—Of the Amount of Duties of Excise 
in each Revenue District of Jreland, in the year 
ended the 5th day of January 1854 :—Of the Amount 
of Duties of Customs of the Revenue Districts of 
Treland, in the year ended the 5th day of January 

PP4 1854: 


















Judgment 
Execution, &amp;c, 
Bill. 


Bill 133. 


London Writ. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Churches, &amp;c. 
(City of Lon- 
don. ) 


Church Rates. 
N oO. 291 -I . 


9° Junit. 


1854:—Of the Amount of Stamp Duties collected 
in Dublin, and in each Stamp District of Zreland, in 
the year ended the 5th day of January 1854 :—And, 
of the Amount of Postage collected in each County 
of Ireland, in the year ended the 5th day of January 
1854 :—Statements showing the Quantities of the 
following Articles retained for Home Consumption 
in Zreland, in the year ended the 5th day of January 
1854, viz., Wine, Spirits, Foreign and Home-made, 
Tobacco, Tea, Coffee, Sugar, Flax Seed, Cotton 
Yarn, Cotton Wool, Woollen and Worsted Yarn, 
Silk, Raw and Thrown, Iron unwrought, Timber, 
Deals and Coals :—And, showing the Quantities of 
the following Articles exported from Jreland, in the 
year ended the 5th day of January 1854, distin- 
guishing the Exports to Great Britain from those 
to Foreign Countries, viz., Oxen, Sheep, Swine, 
Horses, Bacon and Hams, Beef and Pork. Butter, 
Wheat and Wheat Flour, Oats and Oatmeal, Jrish 
Spirits, Linen Manufactures, Linen Yarn and Cotton 
Manufactures (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 949, of Session 1853). 


Mr. Craufurd reported from the Select Committee 
on the Judgment Execution, &amp;c. Bill; That they 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Citizen to serve in this present 
Parliament for the City of London, in the room of 
the Right honourable Lord John Russell, who, since 
his Election for the said City, hath accepted the 
Office of Lord President of Her Majesty’s Most 
honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That Mr. Henry Baillie have leave of 
absence for the remainder of the Session, on account 
of a domestic affliction. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return, in a Tabular Form, from the 
Churchwardens of the City of London, of the Names 
of the Churches in the City of London of which 
they are Churchwardens ; the Names and Residences 
of the Clergy of the Parishes of which they are 
Churchwardens, specifying whether the Clergymen 
reside in their Parishes or in the City of London, or 
elsewhere, and whether there be a Residence provided 
for them, and if so, whether any portion of it be 
let, and for what Sum; the Amount of each Clergy- 
man’s Income, including Fees, taking the Average 
of the years 1851, 1852, and 1853, exclusive of 
Allowance for House-rent, and whether any and 
what Allowance be made to him for House-rent; the 
Accommodation in each Church, and Number of the 
Free Sittings allotted to the Poor; the Average At- 
tendance, including Children, taking the year 1853 ; 
the Average Number of Communicants in 1853; 
what Sunday and Weekday Services there were in 
each Church in January 1854, and whether per- 
formed by Incumbent or Curate; what Fees were 
received for Baptisms, Churchings and Marriages in 
January 1854; the Number of Births and Baptisms 
in each Parish in 1853. 

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


The following “ was laid upon the Table by 


the Clerk of the House,—Further Return to an 
Order, dated the 26th day of May last, for Returns 
from the Registries of the Archdeaconries of London 
and Middlesex, and of the Consistory of London, of 
all Parishes that have brought in Church Rates for 





A. 1854, 


Confirmation into the said Registries since the 14th 
day of August 1853. 
Ordered, That the said Return be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Ex 
Imports, &amp;c., which was presented upon the 8th day Imports, &amp;, 
of this instant June, be printed. No. 295, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Tallow, &amp;c., Tatow, &amp;. 
which was presented upon the 8th day of this instant No, 99¢ 
June, be printed. , 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the British British 


Museum, which was presented upon the 8th day of Museum, 
this instant June, be printed. No, 297, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Pirates, Pirates, 
which was presented upon the 8th day of this instant No. 29g, 
June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Trading and Trading 
other Companies, which was presented upon the 8th ae 
day of this instant June, be printed. Ne on 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Zrish Poor, Irish Poor, 
which was presented upon the 8th day of this instant No, 300, 
June, be printed. 


rts, Exports, 


Petitions relating to Ballot ;— Church Rates ;— Public 

Intoxicating Liquors ;—Maynooth College ;—Oaths Petitions. 
Bill ;—Public-houses and Beer-shops ;— Universities Vide Forty- 
( Oxford and Cambridge) ;—Bangor British Schools ; second Report. 
—Civil Bills, &amp;c. (Zreland) Act ;—Decimal Coinage ; 
—Drainage of Lands Bill ;— Education (Scotland) 
Bill ;—Hospitals and Infirmaries (Jreland) Bill ;— 
Landlord and Tenant (Jreland) ;— Newspapers ;— 
Poor Law (Ireland) ;— Reformatory Schools (Scot- 
land) Bill ;—Registration of Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) 
Bill ;—Valuation of Lands (Scotland) Bill ;—and, 
Wages,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. = ; 

Petitions relating to the Friendly Societies Bill,— Friendly _ 
were also presented, and read; and referred to the Societies Bill 
Select Committee on the Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Supply. 
into the Committee of Supply. 

(In the Committee.) 

1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two thou- Lord Privy 
sand seven hundred pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, to pay the Salary of the Lord Privy Seal, and 
the Expenses of his Establishment, to the 31st day 
of March 1855. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- a 
three thousand eight hundred and fifty pounds, be ' 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Ex- 
penses in the Department of Her Majesty’s Pay- 
master General, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven yee - 

F ; eueral of the 
thousand two hundred and ninety-five pounds, be Exchequer. 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Ex- 
penses in the Department of the Comptroller General 
of the Exchequer, to the 31st day of March 1855. : 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty bp 
thousand one hundred and twenty-four pounds, be Buildings. 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Ex- 
senses of the Office of the Commissioners of Her 
Majesty's Works and Public Buildings, to the 31st 
day of March 1855. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
two thousand eight hundred and forty-six pounds, Revenues. 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries an 
Expenses of the Office of Her Majesty's Woods, 
Forests and Land Revenues, to, the 31st day of 
March 1855. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two thou- 
sand seven hundred and ninety-one pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to Bey the Salaries and _— 
—_ of the State Paper Office, to the 31st day o 

arch 1855. 

7. Motion made, and Question put, That a Su 


not exceeding Three thousand four hundred = 
sixty- 


Woods, Forests 
and Land 


State Paper 
flice 


m Ecclesiastical 
} Commissioners. 












Poor Laws 
Administration. 


Mint. 


Factories, 
Mines, &amp;c. 


Officers, &amp;c. 
{Scotland.) 


Household 

of the Lord 
Lieutenant of 
Treland. 





17 Vicrori2Z. 


sixty-three pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray a portion of the Expenses of the Ecclesias- 
tical Commissioners for England, to the 31st day of 
March 1855 ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for thej Mr. Hayter, } 91 
Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave: aise 
Tellers for thes Mr. Hume, - 
Noes, \Mr. yo : ores 

8. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 
Sum, not exceeding Two hundred and ten thousand 
nine hundred and two pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray Expenses connected with the 
Administration of the Laws relating to the Poor, to 
the 31st day of March 1855. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question pro- 
posed, That a Sum, not exceeding Two hundred and 
ten thousand four hundred “a two pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray Expenses con- 
nected with the Administration of the Laws relating 
to the Poor, to the 31st day of March 1855 :-~Mo- 
tion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eighty- 
two thousand five hundred and four pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the 
Establishment of the Mint, including Expenses of 
the Coinage, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twelve 
thousand six hundred and ninety-one pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses connected with the Department of Public 
Records, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifteen 
thousand one hundred and fifteen pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses of 
the Inspectors of Factories, Mines, &amp;c., to the 31st 
day of March 1855. 

12. Motion made, and Question proposed, That 
a Sum, not exceeding One thousand seven hundred 

unds, be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the 

alaries of certain Officers in Scotland, and other 
Charges, formerly paid from the Hereditary Revenue, 
to the 31st day of March 1855. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
a Sum, not exceeding One thousand four hundred 
and eighty-three pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to pay the Salaries of certain Officers in Scotland, 
and other Charges, formerly paid from the Hereditary 
Revenue, to the 31st day of March 1855; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the| Mr. William Williams, } 43 

Yeas, {Mr. Pellatt : . 

Tellers for the |Mr. Hayter, le 

Noes, JThe Earl of Mulgrave : a 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

13. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 
Sum, not exceeding Six thousand two hundred and 
eighty-three pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of Salaries for the Officers and 
Attendants of the Household of the Lord Lieutenant 
of Ireland, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question proposed, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Six thousand and fifty- 
eight pounds, be ted to Her Majesty, to defray 
the Charge of Salaries for the Officers and Attend- 
ants of the Household of the Lord Lieutenant of 
Treland, to the 31st day of March 1855 :—Motion, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
a Sum, not exceeding Four thousand seven hundred 
and nine pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- 
fray the Charge of Salaries for the Officers and At- 
tendants of the Household of the Lord Lieutenant of 
Treland, to the 31st day of March 1855 ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the|Mr. Wi/liam Williams, 1 51 
Yeas, JMr. Pellatt: | Beco 
Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, } 85 
Noes, The Earl of Mulgrave : P 
Vou. 109. 


9°—10° Juniz. 





207 


Original Question put, and agreed to. 

14. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixteen Chief Secretary 
—— — hundred and a a be Bee re 

nted to Her Majesty, to the Salaries and Ex- 
conan of the Offices af the ¢ thief Secretary to the ieee 

ord Lieutenant of Jre/and, in Dublin and London, 
to the 31st day of March 1855. 

15. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six Paymaster of 
| thousand seven hundred and four pounds, be granted a 
'to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Depart- O™""*) 
|ment of the Paymaster of Civil Services in Jreland, 
to the 31st day of March 1855. 

16. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- Public Works 
four thousand two hundred and eighteen pounds, be (Heland. 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses of the Board of Public Works in Jreland, 
to the 31st day of March 1855. 

17. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- Secret 
two thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, Sevices- 
to defray the Charge of Her Majesty’s Foreign and 
other Secret Services, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

18. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Stationery, &amp;c. 
hundred and fifty-five thousand five hundred and 
sixty pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
the Expense of Stationery, Printing and Binding, for 
the several Public Departments, including the Ex- 

— of the Stationery Office, to the 31st day of 
March 1855. 

19. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixty- Privy Council 
eight thousand six hundred pounds, be granted to Department. 
Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses in 
the Department of Her Majesty’s Most honourable 
Privy Council, and Committee of Privy Council for 
Trade, including the Education, the Registrar of 
Merchant Seamen, Naval, and the Railway Depart- 
ments, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

20. Resolved, That'a Sum, not exceeding Seven- Sheriffs’ 

teen thousand and seventy-nine pounds, be granted E*penses, &amp;c. 
to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of March 
1855, the Expenses incurred by Sheriffs, the Defi- 
— in the we in the Office of the Queen’s Re- 
membrancer in the Exchequer, and the Salaries and 
Ancient Allowances to certain Officers of the Court 
of Exchequer. 

21. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight Insolvent 
thousand four hundred and fifteen pounds, be Debtors’ 
gene to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries and © 

ixpenses of the Commissioners of the Insolvent 
Debtors’ Court, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

22. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ninety- Law Expenses 
two thousand four hundred and fifty-five pounds, (Scotland. ) 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray certam Law 
Expenses in Scotland, to the 31st day of March 
1855. 

23. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty- Law Charges 
five thousand four hundred and seventy pounds, be Ireland.) 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
Criminal Prosecutions and other Law Charges in 
Ireland, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

24. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- Metropolitan 
seven thousand pounds, be granted to Her Ma- Police 
jesty, towards defraying the Expense of the Metro- ‘P¥blin.) 
politan Police of Dublin, to the 31st day of March 
1855. 


Resolutions to be reported. 








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


Sadbati, 10° die Junii, 1854: 


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

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 


day next. 

Mr. Bouverie also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Qe 





Mr. 





Supply. 


Royal Palaces 


and Public 
Buildings. 


Buckingham 


Palace. 


Royal Parks, 
&amp;e. 


New Houses of 


Parliament. 


Stationery 
Office. 


Public 
Records. 


Holyhead 


Harbours. 


Harbours of 
Refuge. 


Portpatrick 
Harbour. 


Public Works 


(Ireland. ) 


Houses of 
Parliament. 


Law Charges. 


Treasury. 


Home 
Department. 


298 


Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and thirty-five thousand eight hundred and 
sixty-three pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray, to the 31st day of March 1855, the Expense 
of Maintenance and Repairs of Royal Palaces and 
Public Buildings. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Nineteen 
thousand four hundred and thirty-seven pounds, be 
granted to Her oe for the completion of the 
South Wing of Buckingham Palace, in the year end- 
ing on the 31st day of March 1855. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixty-six 
thousand five hundred and eighty-five pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day 
of March 1855, the Expense of maintaining and keep- 
ing in Repair the Royal Parks, Pleasure Grounds, 
&amp;c., and other Charges relating thereto. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 


hundred and forty-one thousand two hundred and | 


ninety-four pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 


9°—10° Junii, 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee of 





A. 1854, 


March 1855. 


two thousand three hundred and seventy two pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses in the o teeng of Her Majesty’s Se- 
cretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and also of the 
Queen’s Messengers and Extra Couriers attached to 
that Department, to the 31st day of March 1855. 
16. 


to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses 
in the Department of Her Majesty’s Secretary of 
State for War and Colonies, to the 31st day of March 
(1855. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 





State for the Home Department, to the 31st day of 





15. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding re a Foreign 
Department, 


esolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty War and 
thousand five hundred and ay pounds, be granted Colonies. 


The Common Law Procedure Bill was, according Common Law 


‘to Order, read a second time; and committed to a Procedure Bill 


Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


i 
| 


The Bills of Exchange (No. 2) Bill was, according Bills of Ex. 


Works and Expenses at the New Houses of Parlia- ‘to Order, read a second time ; and committed to a change (No.2) 


ment, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ten thou- 
sand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, towards 
defraying, in the year 1854, the Expense of addi- 


tional Works and Fittings at the wine vor» Office. 
6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ten thou- 


sand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, towards 
defraying, in the year 1854, the Expense of the erec- 
tion of a General Repository for Public Records. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One hun- 


dred and fifty-five thousand four hundred and eighty- | 


six pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, on account 


_Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


| The House, according to Order, proceeded to Holyhead 
take into consideration the Holyhead Harbours Bill, 1rbours Bill. 


‘as amended in the Committee. 
|. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 


‘mittee of Ways and Means; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


of the Works at the New Packet Harbour and Har- | 
bour of Refuge at Holyhead, &amp;c., to the 31st day of; Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment. 


March 1855. , 
8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two hun- 
dred and thirty-seven thousand pounds, be granted 


constructing certain Harbours of Refuge, to the 31st 
day of March 1855. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six hun- 
dred and seventy-six pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 


joe House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


Means. 


| Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to Metropolitan 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to Districts. 


give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return from each Parish and Extra-parochia. 
'Place within the City of Westminster, and the se- 


| veral Parliamentary Boroughs of Marylebone, Fins- 


jesty, to defray the Expense of the Pay of the Es- | bury, Tower Hamlets, Lambeth, Southwark and 


tablishment and the necessary Works at Portpatrick 
Harbour, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

10, JResolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
six thousand one hundred and eighteen pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
repairing and maintaining the several Public Build- 
ings in charge of the Department of the Commis- 
sioners of Public Works in Jreland, to the 31st day 
of March 1855. 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eighty- 
three thousand and seventy-six pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses 
of the two Houses of Parliament, and Allowances to 
the Retired Officers of the two Houses, to the 31st 
day of March 1855. 

12. Resolved, Thata Sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
nine thousand five hundred and sixty-one pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray Law Charges, and 
the Salaries, Allowances, and Incidental Expenses in 
the Ottice of the Solicitor for the Affairs of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury, including Prosecutions relating to 
Coin; also the Salary and Allowance of Counsel for 
advising the Treasury on matters relating to the Slave 
Trade, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

13. dtesolved, That a Sum, not exceeding one &amp; 
five thousand one hundred and forty-six pounds, 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses of the Department of Her Majesty’s Trea- 
sury, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

14. Jesolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
seven thousand five hundred and fifty-two pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Ex- 
penses of the Office of Her Majesty's Secretary of 


| Greenwich, setting forth— 


I.—The Population of such Parish. 
I1.—The Rateable Value. 

II1I.—1st. In what manner the Vestry of such 
Parish is constituted ; 2d. If by any Local Act 
or Acts, to state such Act or Acts, with Dates 
thereof; 3d. If a Select or appointed Vestry, 
by whom elected; 4th. The Number of Vestry- 
men; 5th. General Periods of ain 

IV.—1st. Whether the Vestry have the Manage- 
ment of the Poor; 2d. If not, by whom are 
the Guardians elected ; 3d. Under what Acts; 
4th. Whether Parish is a single Parish or in 
Union ; 5th. If part of a Union, to what Union 
does it belong. 

V.—ist. Under whose Jurisdiction the Paving, 
Cleansing and Lighting is; 2d. If by a Board 
separate from the Vestry, to state under what 
Acts appointed ; 3d. The mode of Election ; 
4th. Number of such Board; 5th. Their Du- 
ration in Office; 6th. General Periods of 
Meeting. rer 

VI.—If any other Boards of Commissioners, 
Trustees or otherwise, in such Parish, ye 
Jurisdiction in parochial matters, as Baths an 
Wash-houses, Burial-grounds, or otherwise, to 
state the Act or Acts constituting such Board, 
for what purpose appointed, and the mode of 
their Election. : 

(The City of Westminster, and each Parliamentary 
Borough, to be given separately) :—- And, similar 
Return from the Parishes of Lewisham, Eltham, Lee, 
Kidbrook, and from each of the Parishes and Places 








(not 








17 Vicrorta. 


(not being a Parish in the City of Zondon or the 
Liberties thereof, the City of Westminster or the Par- 
liamentary Boroughs) mentioned in Schedule A. to 
the Act of the 15th &amp; 16th Vie. c. 85, and from 
all other Parishes and Places, if any (except as be- 
fore excepted), included in the y ba Weekly 
Tables of Mortality. (Parishes in Union for Poor 


g°— 1 o°— 


| 





12° Juniz. 299 


_ Sir John Young presented a Bill for the Forma- Convict 
| tion, Regulation and Government of Convict Prisons Prisons (Ire- 
|In Jreland: And the same was read the first time ; in. 
|and ordered to be read a second time upon Friday Bill 134, 
next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from New Forest 


Relief to be grouped together, so far as they are} one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Bill 


included in this Return.) 


| That in the case of the New Forest Bill, the Stand- 


Ordered, That the said Address be presented to | ing Orders have been complied with. 


Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are | 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
to amend the Law concerning the making of Bo- 
rough Rates in Boroughs not within the Municipal 
Corporation Acts: And that Mr. Attorney General 


and Mr. Solicitor General do prepare, and bring | — 


it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the Formation, Regulation and Government of 
Convict Prisons in Jreland: And that Sir John 
Young and Mr. Solicitor General for Jreland do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Sir John Young presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 20th day of February last, for a Return, in 
a Tabular Form, of the Average Prices of Wheat 
and Oats per Barrel, calculated upon the Returns 
advertised in the Dublin Gazette, for the Period of 
Seven Years next preceding, and ending on the 1st 
day of November in each of the following years, viz. 
1821, 1830, 1838, 1845, 1851, 1852 and 1853 :— 
And, like Return of the Average Prices of Barle 
per Barrel, calculated in the like manner for =a 
year ending the 1st day of November, since the 1st 
day of November 1829. 

Return to an Order, dated the 6th day of April last, 
for Returns showing the Balance to the Credit of the 
Cork Foundling Hospital, and the Number of Chil- 
dren maintained, with their Sex and Ages, on the 
13th day of July 1843 :—Of the Number of Chil- 
dren who have since been claimed, apprenticed, or 
who have left the Institution, or who have died since 
that period :—Of the Number remaining, their Ages 
and Sex :—Of the yearly Income of the Institution, 
distinguishing the Amount received from the Coal 
Tax and other Sources; and of the yearly Expendi- 
ture since the Return of the 13th day of July 1843, 
showing how the Balance of each year has been 
appropriated ; and whether there be any Debts still 
due to the Institution :—Of the Amount of Duty per 
Ton levied on Coals imported into Cork for the 
Maintenance of the Hospital; whether any Reduc- 
tion in the Amount levied has been made since 1843, 
and when it is proposed to give up the Collection of 
the Tax finally :—And, Statement from the Poor 
Law Commissioners of their Intentions in respect of 
the Appropriation of the Buildings or other Property 
belonging to the Institution, when no longer required 
for the Foundlings; and if they are to be sold, to 
what purpose it is intended to apply the Proceeds (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 526, of 
Session 1843). 

Sir John Young also presented, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Returns from 
the Marshal of the City of Dublin of the Pawn- 
brokers of Jreland, for the year ending the 31st day 
of December 1853. 

“ ae That the said Returns do lie upon the 
able. 








Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, by 
Her Majesty’s Command,—Copy of Report of the 
Commissioners appointed to superintend the Con- 
struction of New dient Standards of Length 
and Weight. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 


Bill was read the third time. 


read the third time. 


Ordered, That the New Forest Bill be read a se- New Forest 
cond time upon Tuesday next. Bill. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till One of the clock on Saturday morning, 
adjourned till Monday next. 





Lune, 12° die Junii ; 
Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Henry Gore Langton reported from the Border Coun- 
Sub-Committee on Group 3 of Railway and ties Railway 
Canal Bills; That the Parties opposing the Border Bill. 
Counties Railway Bill had stated to the Committee, 
that the Evidence of George Clayton Atkinson, Es- 
quire, was essential to enable them to establish their 
case before the Committee; and it having been 
proved that his attendance could not be procured 
without the intervention of the House, he had been 
instructed by the Committee to move the House, 
That the said George Clayton Atkinson do attend the 
said Committee on Tuesday the 13th day of June, 
at Twelve of the clock. 
Ordered, That George Clayton Atkinson, Esquire, 
do = the said Committee To-morrow, at Twelve 
o'clock. 


The Ardrossan and Glasgow and South Western 4 rarossan and 
Railways Bill was read the third time ; and Amend- Glasgow and 
ments were made to the Bill. a bag oy 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. nee 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Camden Town Cemetery Bill was read the camden Town 
third time. Cemetery Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to enable the granting Building 
Leases of Parts of the Camden Town Cemetery, be- 
longing to the Parish of Saint Martin-in-the-Fields, 
not heretofore used for the purpose of Interment, 
and for other purposes. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Cork and Waterford Railway Bill was read Cork and 
the third time. Waterford 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Reiey SE. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Jnverness and Nairn Railway Bill was read Inverness 
the third time. and Nairn | 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Railway Bil. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Horncastle and Kirkstead Junction Railway Horncastle 
and Kirkstead 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Railway Bul 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Leominster and Kington Railway Bill was Leominster 
and Kington 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. neeneete hnanes 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 





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to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


ee2 The 











Newport and 
Pillgwenlly 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Swinnerton’s 
Name Bill. 


‘hath agreed to the same, with Amendments ; to 


Thirsk and 
Yarm Road 
Bill. 


Tralee and 
Killarney 
Railway Bill. 


Caledonian 
Railway 

( Wishaw and 
Coltness 
Railway, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


Selkirk and 
Galashiels 
Railway Bill. 


Stockport, 
Disley and 
Whaley Bridge 
Railway Bill. 


Thornhill’s 
(Clara) 
Estate Bill. 


British 
Guarantee 
Association 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Forty-se- 
cond Report.) 


Railway and 
Canal Bills 
(Group 10.) 


Portland, &amp;c. 
Chapels Bill. 


300 
The Newport and Pillgwenlly Waterworks Bill 


was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Swinnerton’s Name Bill was read the third time ; 
and Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do 
ass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do sop 4 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that 


the Bill 


this House 


which Amendments this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


The Thirsk and Yarm Road Bill was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Tralee and Killarney Railway Bill was read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Caledonian Railway (Wishaw and Coltness Rail- 
way, &amp;c.) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Selkirk and Galashiels Railway Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Stockport, Disley and Whaley Bridge Railway 
Bill, as amended in the Committee; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Thornhill’s (Clara) Estate Bill was read a second 
time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That in the case of the British Guarantee 
Association (No. 2)* Bill, Standing Order No. 179 
be suspended ; and that the Committee of Selection 
have Power to appoint a Committee thereon, to sit 
on any day not earlier than seven clear days from 
the second reading of the Bill. 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had exa- 


mined the Petitions presented upon the 12th day of | 


this instant June; and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Divett reported from the Sub-Committee on 
Group 10 of Railway and Canal Bills ; That Mr. 
Howell Gwyn, one of the Members of the said Com- 
mittee, was not present during the sitting of the 
Committee this day. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Select Committee on the Portland, &amp;c. 
Chapels Bill was nominated of Sir William Moles- 
worth, Sir Benjamin Hall, Mr. Fortescue, Mr. 
George Alexander Hamilton, Lord Robert Gros- 
venor, Sir John Shelley, and Five Members to be 
added by the Committee of Selection. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 

Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit, 
and proceed upon Friday next. 


12° Juniz. 


A. 1854, 


to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Morpeth, in the room 
of the Right honourable Sir George Grey, Baronet, 
who, since his Election for the said Borough, hath 
accepted the Otfice of one of Her Majesty’s Principal 
Secretaries of State. 


the Clerk of the House,—Return to several Orders, 
dated the 6th day of February last, for an Account 
of the Number of Gallons of Foreign Wine imported, 
of the Quantities upon which Duty has been paid 
for Home Consumption, and the Quantities ex- 
ported ; also the Quantities exported on Drawback, 
and the Quantities retained for actual Consumption 
in the United Kingdom, for the year ended the 5th 
day of January 1854; distinguishing the different 
Countries from whence imported, and whether Red 
or White; together with the Quantities of each Sort 
remaining in Bond on the 5th day of January 1854, 
distinguishing London from the Country (in con- 
tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 582, of Ses- 
sion 1853) : 
Number of Proof Gallons of Rum, distinguishing 
West India, East India and Foreign, also of Brandy, 
Geneva, and other Foreign, Colonial or Jersey 
Spirits imported; of the Quantities upon which 
Duty has been paid for Home Consumption, the 
Quantities exported, and the Quantities shipped as 
Stores and used by the Navy, for the year ended 
the 5th day of January 1854; together with the 
Quantities of each Sort remaining in Bond on the 
5th day of January 1854, distinguishing Zondon 
from the Country (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 582, of Session 1853). 





during the years ending the 5th day of April 1852, 
1853 and 1854:—And, of the Spirits consumed in 
each Quarter of the same years respectively. 


last, be printed. 


which was presented upon the 9th day of March last, 
be printed. 


Law, which was presented upon the 9th day of March 
last, be printed. 


the Sums of £.2,105 and £. 2,741. 3s. voted in Civil 
Service Estimates, Class I. Vote 2, for the Service 
of Richmond Park, for the year ending the 31st day 
of March 1854, were expended ; together with an 
Estimate of the Expense of providing Police for the 
protection of Persons frequenting the Park, for the 
year ending the 31st day of March 1855. 


—Benefices Augmentation Bill ;-—Church Building 


nastic Institutions Committee; — Crystal Palace 
(Sydenham) ;—Frome Vicarage ;—Intoxicating Li- 

uors ;—Lord’s Day ;—Public-houses and Beer- 
aase ;—Universities (Oxford and Cambridge) ;— 
Malt ;—Stamp Duties Bill ;—Civil Bills, &amp;c. (Jreland) 
Act ;—Drainage of lands Bill ;— Fisheries (Zreland) ; 
—Hospitals and Infirmaries (Jreland) Bill ;—Medi- 
cal Graduates (University of London) Bill ;—Metro- 
polis Water Supply ;—Mortmain Bill ;—Poor Law 
(Ireland) ;—-Tenants’ Compensation (Jre/and) Bill ; 
—and, Valuation of Lands (Scotland) Bill,—were 
presented, 





Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 


orpeth Writ, 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by Wine. 


And, for an Account of the Spirits, 


Return to an Order, dated the 29th day of May Spirits 
last, for Returns of Spirits consumed in Jre/and (Ieland.) 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Statute Law, Statute Law. 
which was presented upon the 31st day of January No, 301. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Statute Law, Statute Law. 


No, 302, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Criminal Criminal Law. 


No. 303. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Richmond 
Return of the several Heads of Service under which Pt: 


Petitions relating to Ballot ;—Elective Franchise ; Public 
Petitions. 


— 


Acts Amendment (No.2) Bill;—Church Rates ;—- Vide Forty- 
Church Rates Abolition Bill ;—Conventual and Mo- third Report. 





















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Public Revenue 


and Consoli- 
dsted Fund 
Charges Bill. 


Stamp Duties 
Bill. 





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ee and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 

A Petition relating to the Friendly Societies Bill, 
was also presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on'the Bill. 

Petitions relating to Hampton Court Bridge ;— 
and, Walton Bridge,—were also presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Metropolitan 


Bridges. 


being read, for the third 


The Order of the da 
, 8 and Consolidated 


reading of the Public 
Fund Charges Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Stamp Duties Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

Cravses, N°1 to N° 3, agreed to. 

Cuiavusz, N° 4 (The holder of a Bill drawn out of 
the United Kingdom to affix an adhesive Stamp 
thereon before negotiating it). 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
stand part of the Bill ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, h 73 

Yeas, Mr. Grenville Berkeley : , 

Tellers for the f Mr. Hume, } ate 

Noes, Mr. Thomas Baring : ; 

Cravses, N° 5 and N° 6, amended, and agreed to. 

Cravse, N° 7, agreed to. 

Cravse, N° 8, disagreed to. 

CuavsE, N° 9, postponed. 

CuiausE, N® 10, agreed to. 

Cuavsg, N° 11 (Stamp Duties on duplicates, and 
progressive Duties to be chargeable on Conveyances 
described in 16 &amp; 17 Vic. c. 63). 

Amendment proposed, at the end of the Clause, 
add the following words, “ And, further, the Duty 
charged in the said Act of last Session (16 &amp; 17 
Vic. c. 63) on Conveyances in England and Ire- 
land, and Charter, Disposition or Contract con- 
taining the first original constitution of feu and 
ground annual rents in Scotland, in consideration 
of any annual sum payable in perpetuity, or for 
any indefinite period, whether for farm-rent, feu 
duty, ground-rent, annual or otherwise, shall be abo- 
lished ; and in lieu or substitution for such abolished 
Duty, there shall be a Duty on the same scale as 
on a lease or tack of any lands, tenements, here- 
ditaments, or heritable subjects at a yearly rent, 
without any sum of money by way of fine, pre- 
mium or grassum paid for the same, or where the 
same shall be with such fine, premium or grassum, 
and also of a yearly rent amounting to Twenty 
one and upwards, then both the ad valorem 

uties payable for a lease in consideration of a 
fine only, and for a lease in consideration of a rent 
only of the same amount: And further, that in 
computing the rent chargeable with Conveyance 
Duty by the said last-mentioned Act, a due allow- 
ance and deduction shall be made from such rent 
for any original rent or rents that the premises 
conveyed shall be subject or liable to.” 

Question, That those words be there added—— 
put, and negatived. 

Clause agreed to. 

Crausz, N° 12, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 13, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuause, N° 14, agreed to. 

Crausg, N® 15, amended, and agreed to. 

Cravusss, N° 16 to N° 20, agreed to. 

Clauses added. 


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VoL. 109. 





301 


Schedule amended, and agreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
that the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this Sewn will, upon Wednesday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Supply. 
the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two County Rates. 
hundred and fifty thousand pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of March 
1855, certam Charges formerly paid out of County 
Rates. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventeen Prisons. 
thousand three hundred and six pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of Inspection 
and general Superintendence over all the Prisons in 
the United Kingdom, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Prisons and 
Sum, not exceeding Three hundred and seventy-one — 
thousand nine hundred and thirty-three pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the 
Government Prisons and Convict Establishments at 
Home, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

3. Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 

Thata Sum, not exceeding Three hundred and seventy- 
one thousand three hundred and eighty-three oounle 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Government Prisons and Convict Establishments 
at Home, to the 31st day of March 1855 ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for =~ Spooner, } 
Yeas, Mr. Newdegate : 7 
Tellers for the) Mr. Hayter, 1 
Noes, \Mr. Grenville Berkeley: J i 


Resolutions to be reported. 





And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 13° die Junii, 1854: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to 
several Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Bouverie also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 


next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Serjeant Message from 
Manning : the Lords. 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Consolidated Fund Consolidated 


Bill, without any Amendment: And also, ya on) 
Bil. 


The Lords have agreed to the Padiham Water- Padiham Wa- 
works Bill, without any Amendment: And also, _— ter works Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Burnley Improve- Burnley 
ment Bill, without any Amendment: And also, ee 


The Lords have agreed to the Caterham Railway Caterham 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Railway Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Eastern Union Rail- Eastern Union 
way Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Railway Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Stockton, Middles- Stockton, 
brough and Yarm Water Bill, without any Amend- Middlesbrough 


and Yar 
ment: And also, Water Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Accrington Gas and Accrington 
Waterworks Bill, with Amendments; to which Amend- a oll 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: pi), 

And also, 
The 


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302 


ae. The Lords have agreed to the Doncaster Cemetery 
Cemetery Bill. Bil}, with Amendments; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 


eee &amp;e,, Lhe Lords have agreed to the Havering, Dagen- 
Sewers Bill, 2am, &amp;c. Sewers Bill, with an Amendment ; to which 
Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
- House: And also, ba en 
risoners The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
Removal Bill. + amend the Law ened to the Removal of Pri- 
soners in Custody ; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 
Stirling’s The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
Estate Bill. + extend the Time during which the Trustees of the 
late Sir Gilbert Stirling, of Mansfield, Baronet, were 
authorized to purchase Lands to be entailed in the 
Terms declared by certain Trust Deeds executed by 
him ; to enable the Trustees to purchase within any 
part of Scotland ; to regulate the Powers of borrow- 
ing conferred by the said Deeds; and for other pur- 
poses relating thereto ; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 
a. The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 


to enable certain Persons to grant Leases, for building 
and mining purposes, of the Estates in the Parishes of 
Penderryn and Ystradfellte, in the County of Brecon, 
devised by the Will of the Reverend Reynold Davies, 
Clerk, deceased, to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House: And also, 

. The Lords request, That this House will be pleased 
Cloned” to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of Evi- 
Hatfield and dence taken before the Committee appointed by this 


Great North- 


— pa House, on the Great Northern —- (Hertford, 

rary ry , I Hatfield and Saint Alban’s Branch) Bill, 1847 :— 
And then the Messenger withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House will send an Answer 
to the last part of the said Message, by Messengers 
of their own. 

And the Messenger was again called in; and Mr. 
Speaker acquainted him therewith:—And then he 
again withdrew. 

Supply. Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee of 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 

Lord Privy 1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two thou- 

Seal. sand seven hundred pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, to pay the Salary of the Lord Privy Seal, and 
the Expenses of his Establishment, to the 31st day 
of March 1855. 

Paymaster 2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- 

General. three thousand eight hundred and fifty pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Ex- 
penses in the Department of Her Majesty’s Pay- 
master General, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

Comptroller 3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven 

a . thousand two hundred and ninety-five pounds, be 

"granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Ex- 
penses in the Department of the Comptroller General 
of the Exchequer, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

Works and 4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty 

Daldings thousand one hundred and twenty-four pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Ex- 
i of the Office of the Commissioners of Her 

Tajesty’s Works and Public Buildings, to the 31st 
day of March 1855. 

Woods, Forests 5, Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
= Land two thousand eight hundred and forty-six pounds, a 
cvenues, . hal . ~ 

granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Ex- 

penses of the Office of Her Majesty’s Woods, Forests 

and Land Revenues, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

ote Paper 6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 
ce. 


thousand seven hundred and ninety-one pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Ex- 
venses of the State Paper Office, to the 31st day of 
March 1855. 

Ecclesiastical 7, Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 
Commissioners. thousand four hundred and sixty-three pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray a portion of the 


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A. 1854, 














Expenses of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for 
England, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two hun- Poor 
dred and ten thousand nine hundred and two pounds, Administry, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray Expenses con- “™ 
nected with the Administration of the Laws relating 
to the Poor, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eighty- Mint, 
two thousand five hundred and four pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the 
Establishment of the Mint, including Expenses of 
the Coinage, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twelve 
thousand six hundred and ninety-one pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Ex- 
penses connected with the Department of Public Re- 
cords, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifteen Factories, 
thousand one hundred and fifteen pounds, be granted Mines, &amp;, 
to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses 
of the Inspectors of Factories, Mines, &amp;c. to the 31st 
day of March 1855. 

12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Officers, te, 
thousand seven hundred pounds, be granted to Her (Scotland. 
Majesty, to pay the Salaries of certain Officers in 
Scotland, and other Charges, formerly paid from the 
Hereditary Revenue, to the 31st day of March 
1855. 

13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six Household 
thousand two hundred and eighty-three pounds, be % the Lord 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of yey 
Salaries for the Officers and Attendants of the House- 
hold of the Lord Lieutenant of Jreland, to the 31st 
day of March 1855. 

14. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixteen Chief 
thousand seven hundred and forty-four pounds, be Secretary 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Ex- heehee 
nses of the Offices of the Chief Secretary to the Ireland, &amp;. 
a Lieutenant of Jreland in Dublin ai bate, 

to the 31st day of March 1855. 

15. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six Paymaster of 
thousand seven hundred and four pounds, be ted yt 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the De art- ‘eane) 
ment of the Paymaster of Civil Services in Jreland, 

to the 31st day of March 1855. 

16. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- Public Works 
four thousand two hundred and eighteen pounds, be (Ieland.) 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Ex- 

penses of the Board of Public Works in Jreland, to 

the 31st day of March 1855. 

17. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- Secret 
two thousand pounds, be ted to Her Majesty, to Gesveees. 
defray the Charge of Her Majesty’s Foreign and 

other Secret Services, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

18. Resolved, Thata Sum, not exceeding Two Stationery, 
hundred and fifty-five thousand five hundred and ®&amp; 
sixty pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 

the Expense of Stationery, Printing, and Binding, 

for the several Public eo including the 
Expense of the Stationery Office, to the 31st day of 

March 1855. 

19. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixty- ss Council 
eight thousand six hundred pounds, be granted to Deperument 
Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and Expenses in 

the Department of Her Majesty’s Most honourable 

Privy Council, and Committee of Privy Council for 

Trade, including the Education, the Registrar of 
Merchant Seamen, Naval, and the Railway Depart- 

ments, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

20. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven- Sheriff’ Pp 
teen thousand and seventy-nine pounds, be granted Expenses 
to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of March 

1855, the Expenses incurred by Sheritts, the Defi- 

ciency in the Fees in the Office of the Queen’s Re- 
membrancer in the Exchequer, and the Salaries and 

Ancient Allowances to certain Officers of the Court 

of Exchequer. 

21. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight Insolvent 


thousand four hundred anf fifteen pounds, be granted see 








to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries and a 
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17 Vicroriz. 


of the Commussioners of the Insolvent Debtors’ Court, 
to the 31st day of March 1855. ; 

22. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ninety- 
) two thousand four hundred and fifty-five pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray certain Law Ex- 

nses in Scotland, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

23. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty- 
five thousand four hundred and seventy pounds, te 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
Criminal Prosecutions and other Law Charges in 
Treland, to the 31st day of March 1855. 


y 


ii 


yetropolitan 24, Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding, Thirty- 
Police seven thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
(Dubli.) —_ towards defraving the Expense of the Metropolitan 


Police of Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1855. 
The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Castoms The Order of the day being read, for the third 
Duties (Sug@?) reading of the Customs Duties (Sugar) Bill ; 

_ Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
oe 18. Thursday next. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


Excise Duties The Excise Duties (Sugar) Bill was, according to 
(Sugar) Bill. Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Means. mittee of Ways and Means; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Holyhead The Holyhead Harbours Bill was, according to 


Harbours Bill.’ Order, read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Ordered, That Mr. Cowper do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Landlord The Landlord and Tenant (Zre/and) Bill was, accord- 

ie dnd) Bil, ing to Order, read a second time; and committed 
toa Committee of the whole House, for Thursday 
next. 

amis . The Leasing Powers (Zreland) Bill was, according 

tnd) Bil to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 

Tenants’ 


alll The Order of the day being read, for the second 
(Ireland) Bill — of the Tenants’ Compensation (Zreland) Bill ; 
Anda Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 
A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 
And the Question being again proposed, That the 
Bill be now read a second time:—And a Debate 
arising thereupon ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till 
Thursday next. 
ar i The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
BL” mittee on the J udgment Execution, &amp;c. Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


aF 
= 


Car. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Dublin Carriage Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
ity o¢ Mttee on the Medical Graduates (University of Lon- 
Bul. don) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


HE 


i 


12°—13° Juni. 


303 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Testamentary 
reading of the Testamentary i urisdiction Bill ; Jurisdiction 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday the 26th day of this instant June. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Colonial 
mittee on the Colonial Clergy Disabilities Bill ; poe thy 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday *” = 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Benefices _ 
reading of the Benefices Augmentation Bill ; Augmentation 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upnn 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Sheriff and 
consideration the Sheriff and Sheriff Clerk of Chan- por ay 
cery (Scotland) Bill, as amended in the Committee ; (Scotland) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration ° 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Jurors and 
mittee on the Jurors and Juries (Jreland) Bill ; fond) Bill 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday ; 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
being read, for the Com- Courts of 


The Order of the da 

mittee on the Courts of Common Law (/reland) Bill; (ireland) BL 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. j 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- bene of 
mittee on the Valuation of Lands (Scotland) Bill; und) a 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next 
at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 

The Order of the day being read, for the second pevane 
reading of the Parochial Schoolmasters (Scotland) (Scotland) Bill 
Bill ; ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next, at Twelve o'clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Property 
adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon the ?!*P0s#! Bill 
24th day of May last, That the Property Disposal 
Bill be now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Wednesday the 28th day of this instant June. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Drainage of 
Committee, this day, at Twelve o'clock, on the Drain- ands Bill. 
age of Lands Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Real Estate 
Committee, this day, at Twelve o’clock, on the Real Charges Bill. 
Estate Charges Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 

the 5th day of July next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into eo In 
Committee, upon Thursday next, at Twelve o’clock, Provemens 
on the Towns Improvement (Jreland) Bill, was read, — 
and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
Two of the clock on Tuesday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 





Laan ‘The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
tea), = on the Piers and Harbours (Scotland) (No. 2) 
Ul; 


Vo.. 109. 








13° Junii. 


Martis, 15° die Junii; 
Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


TIRLING’S Estate Bill was read the first 
time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Stirling’s 
Estate Bill. 


Davies's 


Davies’s Estate Bill was read the first time. 
Estate Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ambergate, 


, Mr. Dirett reported from the Sub-Committee on 
Nottingham 


and Boston, ©roup 10 of Railway and Canal Bills; That in the 
and Eastern case of the Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston, and 
Junction Rail- Eastern Junction Railway (Amendment of Acts, &amp;c.) 
a Bill, they had examined the allegations contained in 
&amp;c.) Bill. | the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by 
referring to the Agreements with the Canal Com- 
panies alluded to in the Petition for additional provi- 
sion; and found the same, as amended, to be true ; 
and had made provision in the Bill pursuant to the 
Instruction of the House ; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Caledonian 
Railway 
(General Ter- 
minus, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


Mr. Divett reported the Caledonian Railway 
(General Terminus, &amp;c.) Bill, with Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Berens’ 
Divorce Bill. 


Berens’ Divorce Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do 

ass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


Eastern Coun- The Eastern Counties Railway (Station Enlarge- 
nae ment) Bill was read the third time. 
largement) Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Bill. Title be, An Act to enable the Eastern Counties 
Railway Company to enlarge and improve their 
Goods Station, in the Parish of Saint Matthew, 
Bethnal-green, in the County of Middlesex. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


South Wales 


! The South Wales Railway Bill was read the 
Railway Bill 


third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


West London 


Railway Bill The West London Railway Bill was read the third 


time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Darlington i i i 
—_ gtor . The House proceeded to take into consideration 


of Health Bill, the Darlington Local Board of Health Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


New Forest 


a The New Forest Bill was, according to Order, 


read a second time; and committed to Mr. Wilson, 
Mr. Compton, Mr. Attorney General, Lord Seymour, 
Lord Henry Cholmondeley, Mr. Phinn, and Five 
Members to be added by the Committee of Selec- 
tion. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 

Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit, 
and proceed upon Friday next. 





A. 1854, 


Mr. Stafford reported the Birkenhead Docks Bill Birkenheaa 
with Amendments. ” Docks Bill, 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Great 
that part of the Message from the Lords of the 12th em Railway 
day of this instant June, wherein their Lordships re- o ae 
ms that this House will communicate to their Saint 

rdships, a Copy of Evidence taken before the Com- Branch) Big 
mittee appointed by this House on the Great North- ‘*?.) 
ern Railway (Hertford, Hatfield and Saint Alban's 
Branch) Bull, 1847. 

Ordered, That the said Evidence be communicated 
to the Lords, as desired by their Lordships; and 
that their Lordships be requested to return the Evi- 
dence to this House: And that Mr. Brotherton do 
deliver the same. 


Mr. Corry reported from the Sub-Committee on Grest North 
Group 9 of Railway and Canal Bills; That in the of Scotland 
case of the Great North of Scotland Railway Bill, they ®#!¥ay Bil 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same, by striking 
out therefrom all reference to the Aberdeen Devia- 
tion, the Branch to the South side of the Victoria 
Docks, and the Arrangement with the Aberdeen 
a Company, no Powers being now contained 
in the Bill for any of these purposes; and found the 
Preamble, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto ; 
and that they had, in accordance with the Resolution 
of the House of the 1st day of June, inserted in the 
Bill the Clauses applied for in the Petition for addi- 
tional provision. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Wine and Wine and 
Spirits, which was presented upon the 12th day of Spirits 
this instant June, be printed. No. 304, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Spirits (Jre- spirits 
land), which was presented upon the 12th day of (Ireland.) 
this instant June, be printed. No, 305. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Portuguese 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased “im 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of Despatches or Corres- 
pondence between this Country and the Portuguese 
Government relative to the Claims of Messrs. Yuille, 
Shortridge &amp; Co., on the Government of Portugal. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Petitions relating to Ballot;--Church Rates ;— Public 
Church Rates Abolition Bill ;—Public-houses and mapas 
Beer-shops ;— Universities (Oxford and Cambridge) ; vide Forty- 
—Stamp Duties Bill ;—Medical Graduates (Univer- fourth Report 
sity of Eeudnd Bill ;—Ocean Penny Postage ;—and, 
Reformatory Schools (Scotland) Bill,—were _pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Ballot. 
posed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to cause 
the Votes of the Electors of Great Britain and Ire- 
land to be taken by way of Ballot at Parliamentary 
Elections—— 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Humphry: oo 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Exchequer Bonds Exchequer 


Bill, without any Amendment: And also, C2. 6,000,000) 
Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Income Tax (No. 2) Income Tax 


Bill, without any Amendment: And also, (No. 2) Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Industrial and Pro- nate 


vident Societies Bill, without any Amendment: And ¢. icties Bill. 


also, 
The 





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Dublin Port 
Bill. 


New- 
es oe Ber- 


ot allway 
and 
oth hields, 
gc) Bill. 
petworth 
Roads Bill. 
Nene Valley 


inage and 
Navigation 
Bill 


and 
tye a 
way Bill. 


Ryde Im- 
nt 


North Shields 
s and 
— 


Newport 
Improvement 


North London 
Railway Bill. 


Smith’s 
Charity 
Estate Bill. 


Church 
Temporalities, 
&amp;. (lreland.) 


17 Vicroriz. 


The Lords have agreed to the Dublin Port Bill, 
without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the York, Newcastle 
and Berwick Railway (Pontop and South Shields, 
&amp;c.) Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Petworth Roads 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Nene Valley Drain- 
age and Navigation Bill, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to, the Blyth and Tyne 
Railway Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Ryde Improvement 


Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the | 


Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 


13°—14° Juniz. 


Mercuriti, 14° die Junii ; 
Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERs. 
O RDERED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 


to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 

Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Public 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had ex- Fstitions 
amined the Petitions presented upon the 12th day of Repost.) - 
this instant June, and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The North and South Western Junction Railway North and 
Bill was read the third time. — 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Railway Bill. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 





also, 
The Lords have agreed to the North Shields 


Quays and Improvements Bill, with Amendments ; | 


to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Newport Improve- 
ment Bill, with Amendments; to which Amend 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 


House: And also, | 
The Lords have agreed to the North London Rail- | 


way Bill, with an Amendment; to which Amend- 


And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to enable the Trustees of the Estates of Henry Smith, 
Esquire, deceased, or any seven or more of them, to 
grant Building Leases of an Estate in the Parishes | 
of Kensington, Chelsea, and Saint Martin-in-the 
Fields, in the County of Middlesex, and for the Con- 
firmation of certain Leases; and to enable seven or 
more of the said Trustees to make Leases and Es- 
tates, pursuant to the Deed of Uses of the said 
Henry Smith, and for other purposes; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :— 
And then the Messenger withdrew. 








And the Question being put ; 
The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the f Mr. Henry Berkeley, Lis? 
Yeas, Lord Dudley Stuart : aun 
Tellers for the ¢Mr. Hayter, lisa 
Noes, {sir William Jolliffe: ; eae 


So it passed in the Negative. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 


Mercurii, 14° die Junii, 1854: 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to alter | 
and amend the Laws relating to the Temporalities of 
the Church in Jreland, and to increase the means of 
Religious Instruction and Church Accommodation 
for Her Majesty’s Zrish Subjects:—And a Debate 
arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Mon- 
day next. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after Twelve of the clock on 
Wednesday morning, adjourned till this day. 


| town Railways Bill, as amended in the Committee. 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


| The Wells and Fakenham Railway Bill was read wells and 

| the third time. Fakenham 
A Clause (During agreement, railways to be ®*!way Bill 

| treated as one in estimating tolls and charges), was 

thrice read ; and added to the Bill. 

| Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


| to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
ment the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : | 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Dublin and 
Wicklow, ami 
Dublin and 
Kingstown 
Railways Bill. 


‘the Dublin and Wicklow, and Dublin and Kings- 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Farnworth 
the Farnworth and Kearsley Gas Bill, as amended in = =_— 
the Committee. ‘ 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Smith’s Charity Estate Bill was read the first time. Smith's 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- = Estate 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Prisoners’ Removal Bill was read the first Prisoners’ 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon Removal —_ 
Friday next; and to be printed. Bill 137. 


Ordered, That the Proceedings of the House of Berens’ _ 
the 13th day of this instant June, on the third read- Divorce Bill, 
ing of Berens’ Divorce Bill, be null and void. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Wednesday next. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Burial-grounds 

to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (40"40"-) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Statement of the Fees paid and Expenses incurred 
for the Consecration of Burial-grounds in the Diocese 
of London, in each of the years 1850, 1851, 1852, 
and 1853; stating the Name of the Burial-ground 
and of the Parish in which situated, the Extent of 
Land consecrated, the Total Amount paid for each 
Consecration, and distinguishing the several Persons 
to whom these Sums were paid, and the Total 
Amount received by each for each Consecration ; and 
stating, also, under what authority these Charges have 
been made. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Improvement 
Committee To-morrow, at Twelve o’clock, on the Im- - i a. 
provement of Towns (Ireland) Bill, was read, and a 
discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 





Vou. 109. 


Petitions 


RR 








Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Forty- 
fourth Report. 


Church Rates 
Bill. 


Tithe Rent- 
charge (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Bankruptcy 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Absconding 
Debtors 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Reformatory 
Schools (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Bill 136. 


Ecclesiastical 
Courts Bill. 


Bills of Ex- 
change and 
Promissory 
Notes Bill. 


Stamp Duties 
Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Piers and 
Harbours 
(Scotland) 
CNo, 2) Bill. 


306 


Petitions relating to Church Rates; — Church 
Rates Abolition Bill; — Intoxicating Liquors ; — 
Nunneries and Monastic Orders ; — Public-houses 
and Beer-shops ;— Universities (Oxford and Cam- 
bridge) ;—Factories ;— Medical Officers (Poor Law 
Unions); —Poor Law (Jreland) ;—Postal Commu- 
nication (Zetland); — Reformatory Schools (Scot- 
land) Bill ;—and, Valuation of Lands (Scotland) Bill, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Church Rates Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Tithe Rent-charge (Jreland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Bankruptcy (Jreland) Bill ; 


14° Juniz. 


A. 1854. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Marrieg 
reading of the Married Women Bill ; Women Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Agricus 
reading of the Agricultural Averages (Jreland) Bill; Averages 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- ‘!*¢land) Ba, 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Public Revens 
mittee on the Public Revenue and Consolidated $04 Consol. 
Fund Charges Bill ; ~ 

Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


Charges Bill, 





Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee of Supply, 


| Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
| follow : 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two County Rates, 


‘hundred and fifty thousand pounds, be granted to 


Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of March 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second al 1855, certain Charges formerly paid out of County 


upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Absconding Debtors (Zreland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Reformatory Schools (Scot- 
land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Wi/son Patten 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. ' ilson Patten reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
had amended the Title thereof; which Title is as 
followeth : 

A Bill to alter and improve the mode of taking 
Evidence in the Ecclesiastical Courts of England 
and Wales. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Bills of Exchange and Promissory 
Notes Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Stamp Duties Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | 


mittee on the Piers and Harbours (Scotland) (No. 2) 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Rates. 
2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventeen Prisons, 
| thousand three hundred and six pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of Inspection 
and General Superintendence over all the Prisons in 
| the United Kingdom, to the 31st day of March 1855. 
3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three Prisons and 
hundred and seventy-one thousand three hundred Corvict Esta. 
and eighty-three pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, Dlshments 


| to defray the Charge of the Government Prisons and 
Convict Establishments at Home, to the 31st day 
.of March 1855. 


The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
| were agreed to. 


_ The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Judgment 
‘mittee on the Judgment Execution, &amp;c. Bill ; Execution, Ss, 
| Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 

itself into the said Committee. 


| 
| 


| The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Sheriff and 
‘into consideration the Sheriff and Sheriff Clerk of pry whens 
Chancery (Scot/and) Bill, as amended in the Com- (Scotland) ill, 
| mittee. at ; 

_ Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 

‘morrow. 


| 


| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
‘mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 


| Resolved, That this House will, after the Order of 
the day relative to the Public Revenue and Con- 
solidated Fund Charges Bill, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. ’ 


| resolved itself Public Revenue 
and Consoli- 
dated Fund 


Charges Bill. 


The House, according to Order, 
into a Committee on the Public Revenue and Con- 
‘solidated Fund Charges Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


| Preamble postponed. 
| Curavse, N° 1, agreed to. 
| Cuxause, N° 2, amended, and agreed to. 
| Curauses, N° 3 to N* 7, agreed to. 
| ScHepute A.:—Amendment proposed, to leave 
out the words “ Salaries of Sheriffs and Sheriffs 
“ Substitute, per Act 16 &amp; 17 Vic. c. 30.” 
Question put, That the words proposed to be 
left out stand part of the Schedule ; 
_ The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, 

Yeas, | The Earl of Mulgrave : 
Tellers for the f Mr. Craufurd, 

Noes, (Mr. Aglionby : 
Schedule A. agreed to. 


Scuepue B. :—Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask 

leave to sit again ; 
The 











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Bill, 

venue 

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ites, 
Ways and 
Means. 
Sugar. 

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&amp;e. 
Brewers’ 
Licenses. 

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ill, 


ern 
Junction Rail- 
way (Working 
Trangements 
vith Great 
Northern 
Railway) Bill, 









17 Vicroriz. 


The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Grogan, 


Yeas, Lord Naas: } 33. 
Tellers for the/ Mr. Hayter, ¥ ws 
LMr. Grenville Berkeley : ans 


Noes, 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed: To leave out the 
words “Ditto of the Officers and Clerks of the 
“ Court of Queen's Bench, Jreland.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out, 
stand part of the Schedule——put, and agreed to. 

Other Amendments made. 

Schedule B., as amended, agreed to. 

Preamble agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Ways and Means. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, there shall be charged and 
paid for and upon all Sugar which, on or after the 
6th day of July 1854, shall be used in any part of 
the United Kingdom by any Brewer of Beer for 
Sale, in the brewing or making of Beer, the Duty of 
Seven shillings for every hundred-weight, and at and 
after the like rate for any greater or less quantity 
than a hundred-weight of such Sugar, to be payable 
and paid by such Brewer in lieu of the Duty of Ex- 
cise chargeable thereon under the third section of the 


Act 13 &amp; 14 Vie. . 67, or of any Duty of Excise | 


substituted for the last-mentioned Duty, but over 
and above all other Duties, whether of Excise or 
Customs. 

2. Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, there shall be charged and 
paid upon a License to be taken out annually by 
every Brewer of Beer for Sale, who shall intend to 
use any Sugar in the brewing or making of Beer, 
the Duty of One pound. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to se- 
veral Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 

Mr. Bouverie also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, | 


again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders, a Resolution ; which was 


14° June. 


| exercise of the said Power of Lease, Sale and Purchase, 
until the Capital shall have been so reduced; and 





307 


provided that the Great Northern Railway Company 
prove, to the satisfaction of the Railway Sintuent 
of the Board of Trade, that, previously to the presenta- 
| tion of the Petition for the said Bill, they have paid up 
| and expended one-half of the amount of their Share 
' Capital; that the Committee on the Bill do report 
| how far such order has been compliea with on the 
Report of the Bill. 
The said Resolution, being read a seeond time, 
was agreed to. 


the General Committee of Elections, in the room of 
the Right honourable Sir George Grey, was upon 
the Table :—And the same was read, as followeth : 

Pursuant to the Provisions of “ The Election Pe- 
titions Act, 1848,” I do hereby appoint, 

The Right honourable Henry Labouchere, Mem- 
ber for the Borough of Taunton, to be Mem- 
ber of the General Committee of Elections ; 
to serve in the room of 

The Right honourable Sir George Grey, Ba- 
ronet, 

During the present Session of Parliament. 

Given under my hand, this 14th day of June 
1854. 

Caries Suaw Lerevre, Speaker. 


Ordered, That the said Warrant be printed. 





the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 10th day of February last, for an Account of the 
| Quantity of Copper exported from the Port of Zon- 
don in the year ending the 5th day of January 1854, 
distinguishing each Sort, and to what Country ex- 
ported :—Similar Return for the Port of Liverpool :— 
| Accounts of all Copper Ore which has been impor- 
_ted into the United Kingdom for the year ending the 
| 5th day of January 1854, showing the Quantity upon 
which Duty has been paid, the Countries from which 
|the same has been imported, and the per-centage 
| Quantity of Metallic Copper contained in each Parcel 
of Ore upon which Duty has been paid, together 
with the Rate and Amount of Duty received thereon : 
| —Of all Copper imported into the United Kingdom 
,in the year ending the 5th day of January 1854, dis- 
' tinguishing each sort of Copper, from what Country, 
— into what Ports imported :—Similar Return of 
; Quantity exported :—Account of Tin imported into 
| the United Kingdom in the year ending the 5th day 
| of January 1854, distinguishing from what Countries 
| imported :—Similar Return of Exports of Tin :— 
And, Account of all Zinc and Zinc Ore imported 
‘and exported during the year ending the 5th day of 
| January 1854, and the Duty paid thereon (in con- 
| tinuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 903, of Session 
1853). 





Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That his War- Controverted 
rant for the Appointment of a Member to serve on Plections. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Copper, &amp;e: 


read, as followeth : 


tingham and Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway Table by the Clerk of the House,—Abstracts of Ac- 
(Working Arrangements with Great Northern Rail- | counts of Monies received and paid on account of 
way) Bill Petition for dispensing with Standing Order | the several County and Borough Asylums in England 
143, from the Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston, and Wales, during the year ending on the 31st De- 
and Eastern Junction Railway Company, the said /cember 1853. 

Standing Order ought to be dispensed with ; that | I ‘tl 
the Powers of Lease, Sale and Purchase contained | 8 &amp; 9 Vic. c. 100, s. 88, of the Number of Visits 
in the Bill may be retained therein, if the Committee | made, the Number of Patients seen, and the Number 
on the Bill think fit; provided it shall be shown that | of Miles travelled by the several Commissioners in 
the Promoters have proved, to the satisfaction of the Lunacy, durmg the Six Months ending on the 4th 
Railway Department of the Board of Trade, that | August 1853. 

they have paid up one-half of the amount of One | nes Fg Report to the Lord Chancellor, under the 
million and seventy-five thousand pounds, to which | 8 &amp; 9 Vic. c. 100, s. 88, of the Number of Visits 
the Share Capital is intended to be further reduced ; | made, the Number of Patients seen, and the Number 
and have expended, for the purposes of their Act or | of Miles travelled by the several Commissioners in 
Acts, a sum equal thereto; and provided that a/ Lunacy, during the Six Months ending on the 4th 
Clause be inserted in the said Bill postponing the | February 1854. 


Vou. 109. RR2 


Copy 


The following Papers, pursuant to the directions of Lunatic 
Resolved, That in the case of the Ambergate, Not- | several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon the 4*7!¥™* 


Copy of Report to the Lord Chancellor, under the Lunacy.- 





14°—15° Juniz. 


me Report to the Lord Chancellor, under the 
8 &amp; 9 Vic. c. 100, s. 88, of all Sums received by the 
several Commissioners in Lunacy for Travelling Ex- 
penses, or upon any other account, during the year 
ending on the 31st December 1852. 


Committee of 
Selection 
(Fourteenth 
Report.) 

No, 307. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee of Se- 
lection; That they have added the Belfast Water- 
works Bill to Group Z. of Private Bills. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Railway and 
Canal Bills 
(Eighth Re- 
port.) 

No, 308. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the General Com- 
mittee on Railway and Canal Bills ; That they have 
withdrawn from Group 8 the Downpatrick, Belfast 
and Dublin Railway, and the Belfast and County 
Down Railway, and have formed them into a separate 
Group, No. 13; and have agreed to report the same 
to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Convicts. 
No. 309. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Convicts, 
which was presented upon the 19th day of May last, 
be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 15° die Junii ; 


Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 
RDERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day till Five of the clock, during the 
sitting of the House. 


Committees. 


Blackburn 
Improvement 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Blackburn Improvement 
(No. 2) (re-committed) Bill, with further Amend- 
ments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Accrington 
Gas and 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Accring- 
ton Gas and Waterworks Bill; and the same were 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 


ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Doncas- 
ter Cemetery Bill; and the same were twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Doncaster 
Cemetery Bill, 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Havering, 
Dagenham, &amp;c. Sewers Bill; and the same was twice 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Havering, 
Dagenham, &amp;c. 
Sewers Bill. 


Caledonian 
Railway 
(Wishaw and 
Coltness Rail- 
way, &amp;c.) Bill. 


The Caledonian Railway (Wishaw and Coltness 
Railway, &amp;c.) Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Sydenham and Farnborough 
Railway Bill be re-committed to the former Commit- 
tee :—And that they have leave to sit, and proceed 
upon Monday next. 


Sydenham and 
Farnborough 
Railway Bul. 





A. 1854, 


Ordered, That the West Zondon and Crystal Pa- West 
lace Railway (Bromley and Farnborough) Bill be re- #4 Crystal 
committed to the former Committee :—And that they ten Rail 
have leave to sit, and proceed upon Monday next. ~ and i 
borough) Bil, 

Mr. Lascelles reported the Shrewsbury and Here- Shrews 
ford Railway (Leasing) Bill, with Amendments. —_ "4 Hereford 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; at 
and be printed. om 


Mr. Lascelles reported from the Sub-Committee Birkenhead 
on Group 11 of Railway and Canal Bills; That in Railway 
the case of the Birkenhead Railway (Lease and ym ™ 
— ; ee raffic Ar. 
Traffic Arrangements) Bill, they had examined the rangements, 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
but the same had not been proved to their satis- 
faction. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Lord Stanley reported from the Sub-Committee Border Coun. 
on Group 3 of Railway and Canal Bills; That in the tis Railway 
case of the Border Counties Railway Bill, they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by striking out 
such portions thereof as had reference to the Vew- 
castle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle Railway Company 
being authorized to subscribe and become Sharehold- 
ers in the Undertaking; and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That Colonel Mure have leave of ab- Leave of 
sence fur a month, on urgent business. Absence, 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Board of 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Health. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Names of the Members of the Board 
of Health, the Date of their Appointment, and the 
Salaries received :—Of the Names of all Persons who 
have been employed by the Board of Health since 
the year 1848, as Superintendent Inspectors, Engi- 
neers, Medical Officers, or otherwise, with the 
Amount of Money paid in each year to such Persons ; 
distinguishing the Amount paid for Salaries or Allow- 
ances and Travelling Expenses, and out of what Fund 
such Payments have been made :—Statement, setting 
forth the Titles and the Number of Documents, ex- 
clusive of Inspectors’ Reports, which have been 
printed by desire or for the use of the Board of Health, 
at the Public Expense, and by whose authority such 
Documents have been printed :—Similar Statement 
as regards the Reports of Inspectors which have been 
printed for the use of the Ratepayers of the localities 
to which such Reports refer:—And, Copy of any 
Treasury Minute and Correspondence with the Home 
Department in relation to the Cost of Printing or to 
Documents printed for the Board of Health. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented oo 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Rete from all Local Boards of Health of all 


Sums of ae expended in and about and prelimi- 


nary and incident to the application of the Public 
Health Act, or charged or owing in respect thereof ; 
and also of any and every Sum or Sums of Money, 
Per-centage, Commission, or other Payment or Re- 
muneration, charged or claimed by, or paid or agreed 
to be paid or due, or a any and what In- 
spector or Engineer, or other Person, or having held 
an Appointment as Inspector of the General Board of 
Health, and whether arising in respect of the matters 


aforesaid, or in respect of the transaction of any _ 
wha 











ts.) 








Church Rates 
(London. ) 


Sugar. 


Bribery, &amp;c. 
Bills, 


Vessels and 
Tonnage, &amp;c. 


17 VicrorizZ. 


what Business for or on behalf of any such Local 
Board, and stating the Nature of the Mo nn done 
or to be done, and the Amount paid or expectant in 
respect thereof, and also of all Sums of Money for 
the raising of which, on mortgage of the Rates, the 
consent of the General Board of Health has been 
obtained, and of the Amount of any and all estimated 
Expenditures incurred, or to be incurred, in the com- 
plete execution of any Works, in respect of the con- 
struction or partial construction of which any such 
consent to raise Money has been obtained or applied 
for. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of all Church Rates made or refused in the 
respective Parishes of the Thirty-six Registration 
Districts of London, comprised within the Bills of 
Mortality, during the years 1851, 1852, and 1853 ; 
distinguishing Church Rates or Church Building 
Rates made by Public Vestries or Trustees, and spe- 
cifying Rates, first, refused by a Public Vestry; se- 
cond, not asked for by reason of the existence of 
Church Funds ; third, not asked for by reason of the 
known indisposition of the Parish to grant such Rate. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Amount of Duty paid upon Sugar for 
the fortnight previous to the 8th day of May inclusive, 
and the fortnight subsequent to that date ; specifying 
the Amount paid on each day of such period, and 
the various Classes of Sugar upon which the Duty 
was paid, and distinguishing the Ports at which it 
was received. 


Ordered, That Lord John Russell be added to the 
Select Committee on the Bribery, &amp;c. Bill; Contro- 
verted Elections, &amp;c. Bill; Bribery Prevention Bill ; 
and, Corrupt Practices at Elections Bill. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return showing the Number of Vessels and of Ton- 
nage entered Inwards and cleared Outwards at each 
of the Twelve principal Ports of the United Kingdom 
respectively ; also, the Official and Declared Value of 
the Exports and Official Value of the Imports for each 


. of the said Ports, during the years 1851, 1852, and 


Copper, &amp;e, 
No, 310. 


Lunatic 
Asylums., 


No, 311, 


Hampton 
Court and 
Kew Gardens. 


City and Bo- 
rough Police, 


1853 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 
656, of Session 1851). 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Copper, &amp;c., 
which was presented upon the 14th day of this in- 
stant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Lunatic Asy- 
lums, which was presented upon the 14th day of this 
instant June, be printed. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 3d day of February last, for 
a Return of the Number of Visitors admitted to see 
the Apartments and Pictures at Hampton Court, 
and the Gardens at Kew, during the years 1851 and 
1852, distinguishing the Number in each Month (in 


continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 685, of 


Session 1851). 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
8th day of February last, for a Return of the several 
Cities and Boroughs of Great Britain, their Popu- 
lation respectively, the Number of Police, and the 
Cost of the same in each, in each year, from their 
Establishment, and the Number of Prisoners com- 
— yearly, either for Time or Trial, in each such 

OL. 109. 


15° Suni. 





ai 1 


an 


such City and Borough respectively, drawn up in a 
Tabular Form. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
24th day of February last, for a Return of the Names 
and Places of reese im of the Procurators Fiscal 
in Scotland, stating the Amount of Salary, if any, 
paid to each, and the Amount of Charge in their 
Accounts against the Crown for the Services of their 
Office as Procurators Fiscal in the year 1852-53 ; 
and also an Abstract of the Total Charge to the 
Crown for Procurators Fiscal in the same year. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
26th day of May last, fora Return of the Amount of 
Salary payable to the Sheriff and Sheriff Clerk of 
Chancery in Scotland, as fixed under the Act 10 &amp; 11 
Vic. c. 47, stating the Amount of Fees received in 
the Office of Chancery, and the Amount paid for the 
Sheriff, Sheriff Clerk, and other Officers yearly, 
out of the said Fees :—Statement of the Amount of 
Salaries unpaid, and due to each of those Officers :-— 
And, Statement of the Duties to be performed by 
the Sheriff and Sheriff Clerk under the said Act, 
and whether these Duties are performed in Person 
or by Deputy. 

Ordered, 'That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions relating toChurch Building Acts Amend- 
ment (No. 2) Bill ;—-Church Lands ;—Church Rates; 


—Church Rates Abolition Bill ;—Intoxicating Li- vide Forty- 
quors ; — Oxford University Bill ;— Public-houses fourth Report. 


and Beer-shops ;—Universities (Oxford and Cam- 
bridge) ;—Paper ;—-Decimal Coinage ;—Dog Carts ; 
—Drainage of Lands Bill ;—Factories ;—Hospitals 
and Infirmaries (Zreland) Bill;—Landlord and Tenant 
(Ireland) ;— Medical Graduates (University of Lon- 
don) Bill;—Ocean Penny Postage ;— Payment of 
Wages (Hosiery) Bill ;—Poland ;—Police Bill ;— 
Poor Law Ureland) ;—Reformatory Schools (Scot- 
land) Bill ;—Tenants’ Compensation (Jreland) Bill; 
—and, Valuation of Lands (Scotland) Bill,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
‘able. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Ozford University Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

Ciavses, N° 1 to N® 29, agreed to. 

Criause, N° 30 (Power of University to make 
Statutes). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 7, 1. 9: To leave out 
the words “ Instruction and.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out, 
stand part of the Clause——put, and agreed to. 

Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Ciause, N° 31 (Colleges may amend Statutes 
with respect to eligibility to headships). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 7, 1. 25: To leave out 
the words “ it is expedient to enable,” in order to 
insert the words “ the interests of religion and learn- 
“ ing, and the main designs of founders and donors 
“ would, in many cases, be advanced by enabling,” 
instead thereof. 

Question put, That the words “ it is expedient” 
stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for thes Mr. Hayter, Leo 
Yeas, Mr. Grenville Berkeley: { ~~ 
Tellers for the ;Sir William Heathcote, 1 ee 
Noes, Mr. Newdegate : = 


An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 7,1. 25: After 
the word “ Colleges” to insert the words “ with the 
“ consent of their Visitors.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted -——- 
put, and negatived. 


RRS Another 





Procurators 
Fiscal (Scot- 
land.) 


Sheriff and 
Sheriff Clerk 


of Ch 
(Scot 


Public 


Petitions. 


Oxford 
University 
Bill. 





» Be 
, 


} 87. 


} 92. 


Another Amendment proposed, in p. 7, 1. 28, to 
words “ with due regard,” instead thereof. 

Question put, That the word “ according” stand 
part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 

Yeas, Mr. Grenville Berkeley : } ™ 

Tellers for the ; Sir Wi/liam Heathcote, } 4 

Noes, { Mr. Roundell Palmer : se 

An Amendment made. 
leave out the words “ and to make ordinances for 
“ promoting the main designs of the founders.” 

Question put, That the word “ and” stand part 
of the Clause ; 

Tellers for thes Mr. Hayter, 

Yeas, Mr. Grenville Berkeley : 

Tellers for the; Mr. Heywood, 

Noes, Mr. Phinn: 
To leave out the words “ to make ordinances. 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 7, |. 40: After 
the word “ purposes” to insert the words “ so 
“always that such regulations and ordinances be 
“ not inconsistent with the main designs of the 

Question put, That those words be there inserted ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the; Mr. Wigram, 

Yeas, (Mr. William Lockhart : 
Noes, Mr. Grenville Berkeley : 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 32 (When Colleges omit to make 
statute, Commissioners may frame ordinances). 
words “ governing body” to insert the words “ and 
“ tutors.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there in- 
serted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 
Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit 
again. 

Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 8, 1. 23: To 
“ cation.” 

Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 

Yeas, \Mr. Grenville Berkeley : }iso. 

Tellers for ae | William Heathcote, laa 

Noes, Mr. Roundell Palmer : eae 

Clause agreed to. 


leave out the word “ according,” and insert the 
Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, 
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 7, 1. 29: To 
The Committee divided. 
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 7, 
Amendments made. 
“ founders or donors.” 
Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, 
Amendment proposed, in p. 8, |. 20: After the 
Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
leave out the words “ asa place of learning and edu- 
Tellers for the ; Mr. Hayter, 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Veneris, 16° die Junii, 1854: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Su »ply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


15°—16° Junie. 





A. 1854. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee of Ways and 
Ways and “Means, several Resolutions ; which were Means. 
read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply Sugar, 
granted to Her Majesty, there shall be charged and 
paid for and upon all Sugar which, on or after the 
6th day of July 1854, shall be used in any part of 
the United Kingdom, by any Brewer of Beer for 
sale, in the brewmg or making of Beer, the Duty of 
Seven shillings for every hundred-weight, ak at 
and after the like rate for any greater or less quan- 
tity than a hundred-weight of such Sugar, to be 
payable and paid by such Brewer in lieu of the Duty 
of Excise chargeable thereon under the third section 
of the Act 13 &amp; 14 Vic. c. 67, or of any Duty of 
Excise substituted for the last-mentioned Duty, but 
over and above all other Duties, whether of Excise 
or Customs. 

2. Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply Brewers 
granted to Her Majesty, there shall be charged and Licenses. 
paid upon a License to be taken out annually by 
every Brewer of Beer for sale, who shall intend to 
use any Sugar in the brewing or making of Beer, the 
Duty of One poitind. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking PublicRevenue 
into consideration the Public Revenue and Consoli- pet weg 
o&gt; Fund Charges Bill, as amended in the Com- Charges Bill. 
mittee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Excise Duties 
mittee on the Excise Duties (Sugar) Bill ; (Sugar) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Common Law 
mittee on the Common Law Procedure Bill; Procedure Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
the 29th day of this instant June, at Twelve o’clock, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Bills of 
mittee on the Bills of Exchange (No. 2) Bill; a. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday ‘ indi 
the 29th day of this instant June, at Twelve o’clock, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Dublin Car- 
mittee on the Dublin Carriage Bill ; winge BML 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Towns Im- 
mittee on the Towns Improvement (Jreland) Bill; Provement., 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, at Twelve o’clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Improvement 
ve on the Improvement of Towns (Jreland) cL reland) Bill. 
Ml ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 
Judgment 


Execution, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Judgment Execution, &amp;c. Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


~ Landlord 
the Com and Tenant 


(Ireland) Bill 


The Order of the day being read, for 
mittee on the Landlord and Tenant (Jre/and) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
the 29th day of this instant June, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 7m 
e 














17 Vicroriz. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Powers (Ife- mittee on the Leasing Powers (Jreland) Bill; 
land) Bill Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
the 29th day of this instant June, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


Tenants’ The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
Compensation adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon 
(Ireland) Bill the 12th day of this instant June, That the Tenants’ 
Compensation (Jrelund) Bill be now read a second 
time ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned till 
Thursday the 29th day of this instant June. 


Church The Order of the day being read, for the second 

Building Acts reading of the Church Building Acts Amendment 

Amenity, (No. 2) Bill; 

No.2) Bil. (NO. 2) DIN; ; ; 

-~ Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 


Stamp Duties The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Bill. mittee on the Stamp Duties Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Customs The Order of the day being read for the third 

Duties (Sugar) reading of the Customs Duties (Sugar) Bill ; 

Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 

Sheriff and The Order of the day being read, for the third 


Sheriff Clerk reading of the Sheriff and Sheriff Clerk of Chancery 
tGentland Bill (Scotland) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 


day. 


Drainage of The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Lands Bill. nittee on the Drainage of Lands Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, at Twelve o’clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 

Tithe Rent- The Order of the day being read, for the second 


charge (Ire- reading of the Tithe Rent-charge (Jreland) Bill ; 


wan Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 
Absconding The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


(ireland) pip, Mittee on the ayer Debtors (Jreland) Bill ; 
a) a Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Keelesiastical 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
Courts Bill. i 


into consideration the Ecclesiastical Courts Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


this day. 
Bie of Ex- The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Secieery reading of the Bills of Exchange and Promissory 
Notes Bil. Notes ‘Bil ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 

Thursday next. 
ent The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Scotland) mittee on the Piers and Harbours (Scotland) (No.2) 


(No.2) Bin Bill ; 

Resolved, That this. House will, upon Wednesday 
the 28th day of this instant June, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 

Aicultural ~The Order of the day being read, for the second 
(Ireland) pil, reading of the Agricultural Averages (Jreland) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Tuesday next. 
hg Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
(Mauritins for establishing the Validity of certain Proceedings 
in Her Majesty’s Court of Vice-Admiralty in Mau- 
ritius: And that Mr. Peel and Mr. Baines do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 
VoL. 109. 





15°—16° Juniz. 





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311 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Warwick 
repeal certain Provisions of an Act of the fifth and Assizes. 
sixth years of Her present Majesty, concerning the 
holding of Assizes for the County of Warwick: And 
that Mr. Fitzroy and Viscount Palmerston do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That Colonel Mure be discharged from Poor Removal. 
further attendance on the Select Committee on Poor 
Removal. 

Ordered, That Mr. Archibald Hastie be added to 


the Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Lead and 
Return of Imports and Exports of Lead and Lead /ead Ore. 
Ore (in continuation of former Returns). 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Registration 
That the Order for the House to resolve itself mto &gt; eee a 
a Committee, this day, at Twelve o'clock, on the eee 
Registration of Births, &amp;ce. (Scotland) Bill, be now 
read, for the purpose of being postponed ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the { Sir William Jolliffe, } 58 
Yeas, Viscount Mandeville : . 

Tellers for the) Mr. Hayter, ls 31 
Noes, UMr. Grenville Berkeley : J ‘ 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented a Bill to repeal certain Warwick 
Provisions of an Act of the fifth and sixth years of Assizes Bill. 
Her present Majesty, concerning the holding of Bill 138. 
Assizes for the County of Warwick: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 


second time upon Monday next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Peel presented a Bill for establishing the Vice-Admi- 
Validity of certain Proceedings in Her Majesty’s Tlty Court 
‘ tre : ° app (Mauritius) 
Court of Vice-Admiralty in Mauritius: And the same jj), 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a_ Rij] 139. 


second time upon Monday next ; and to be printed. 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve Stamps. 
itself into a Committee to consider the Stamp Acts. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before Two of the 
clock on Friday morning, adjourned till this 
day. 


Veneris, 10° die Junii ; 
Anno 17° Victorie Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


O# DERED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Davies's 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, ©st#te Bill. 
That in the case of Davies’s Estate Bill, no Standing 
Orders are applicable. 


Ordered, That Davies's Estate Bill be read a Davies’s 
second time. Estate Bill. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Stirling’s 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, ©state Bill. 
That in the case of Stir/ing’s Estate Bill, no Standing 
Orders are applicable. 


Ordered, That Stirling's Estate Bill be read a Stirling’s 
second time. Estate Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Blyth and 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Blyth a ning 
and Tyne Railway Bill; and the same were twice 
read, and agreed to. 


RR4 Ordered, 






















" Nene Valley 
Drainage and 
Navigation 


Newport 
Improvement 
Bill 


North London 
Aiailway Bill. 


Ryde Im- 
provement 
Bill. 


Bangor and 
Caernarvon 


Railway Bill. 


Dariington 
Local Board 
of Health Bill. 


Hilgay Great 
West Fen 
Drainage Bill. 


Ouse and 
Derwent, &amp;e. 
Drainage Bill. 


312 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 


hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Nene 
Valley Drainage and Navigation Bill; and the same 
were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Newport 
Improvement Bill; and the same were twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the North 
London Railway Bill; and the same was twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment thade by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Ryde 
Improvement Bill; and the same were twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The Bangor and Caernarvon Railway Bill was read 
the third time. 

A Clause (As to compensation to the River Dee 
Bridge Commissioners), was thrice read ; and added 
to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Darlington Local Board of Health Bill was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Hilgay Great West Fen Drainage Bill was | 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


‘A Motion being made, That the Ouseand Derwent, 
&amp;c. Drainage Bill be now read the third time ; 

Mr. Hayter, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
seit, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time ; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for the more effectual Drainage and 
Improvement of certain Lands in the Wapentake of 
Ouse and Derwent, in the East Riding of the County 
of York; and for other purposes. ; 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


16° Junii. 


A. 1854, 


A Motion being made, That the Stockport, Disley Stockport, 
and Whaley Bridge Railway Bill be now read the Disleyand 
third time ; Rail, rw 

Mr. Hayter, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- . 
quainted the House, That Her. Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time; and an 
Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House a to take into consideration Chapel-en-le. 
| the Chapel-en-le-Frith Roads Bill, as amended in the Frith Roads 
;Committee; and Amendments were made to the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 





The House proceeded to take into consideration Londond 
the Londonderry Port Bill, as amended in the Com- Port Bill. 
mittee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Paisley Water- 
2) Bill, as amended in = (No. 2) 


the Paisley Waterworks (No. 
the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Patent Solid 
the Patent Solid Sewage Manure Company (No. 2) Sewage Manure 
° ° . Company 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. (No, 2) Hill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Petitions relating to Barnstaple Borough Preven- Public 
tion Bill;—Church Rates ;—Church Rates Abolition Petitions. 
Bill; — Ecclesiastical Titles Assumption Act ;— vige Forty. 
Gaols ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;—Public-houses and fifth Report. 
Beer-shops ;— Universities (Oxford and Cambridge) ; 

—Fire Insurance ;-—Borough and County Police ;— 
Drainage of Lands Bill ;— Factories ;— Hospitals 
and Infirmaries (Jre/and) Bill ;—Medical Graduates 
(University of London) Bill;— Metropolis Water 
Supply ;—Midland Great Western Railway of Jre- 
land ;—Police Bill ;—Towns Improvement (Zre/and) 
Bill; and, Improvement of Towns (Ireland) Bill ;— 
and, Valuation of Lands (Scotland) Bill,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Registestion 
° + ° » ° a ’ 0 irths, &amp;c. 
— on the Registration of Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) (Scotland) Bilt 
, 
Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day for Twelve o'clock, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself vaete se 
into a Committee on the Valuation of Lands (Scot- aid) Bill 
land) Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 


Postponed Clause, N° 2, amended, and agreed to. 

Postponed Clause, N° 14 (New qualification for 
Commissioners of Supply). 

Amendments made. 

Amendment proposed, in p. 7, 1. 22: To leave out 
the words “ Provided always, That, with reference 
“ only to the qualification of Commissioners of Sup- 
“ ply under this Act, the yearly rent or value of 
houses and other buildings, not being farmhouses 
or offices or other agricultural buildings, shall be 
estimated at only one-half of their actual yearly 
rent or value, in terms of this Act.” 

Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the{ Mr. Hayter, 

Yeas, (Mr. Grenville Berkeley: 

Tellers for the { Mr. Craufurd, 

Noes, Mr. Duncan: 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


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Postponed 











17 VicToriz. 


Postponed Clause, N° 29, agreed to. 

Postponed Clause, N° 36 (Interpretation Clause). 

Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 18, ]. 21: 
After the word “ teinds,” to insert the words “ feu 
“ duties, ground annuals.” 

Question put, That those words be there inserted ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the { Mr. Dunlop, Los 
Yeas, | Mr. Cowan : | eal 
Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, 61 
Noes, {Mr Grenville Berkeley : } ‘ 


. Another Amendment proposed, in p. 18, 1. 22: 
To leave out the words “ where such shootings or 
“ deer forests are actually let.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to be 
left out stand part of the Clause ; 


To report Frogress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
— in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 

at the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Parochial The Order of the day being read, for the second 
feeland) Bil reading of the Parochial Schoolmasters (Scotland) 
* Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 


egistration The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
ofBirths, &amp;c. mittee on the Registration of Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) 
(Scotland) Bill. Bi) ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Message from A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Humphry : 

the Lords, Mr. cube, r 

$winnerton’s The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 

Name Bil. by this House to Swinnerton’s Name Bill, without 
any Amendment: And also, 

sency bers he Lords have agreed to the Railway and Canal 

ual Traffic ‘Traffic Regulation Bill, with Amendments; to which 

- Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

Surrey Gas The Lords have agreed to the Surrey Gas Bill, 

Bil. with an Amendment; to which Amendment the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

Stroud, Pains) The Lords have agreed to the Stroud, Painswick 

— and Gloucester Road Bill, with an Amendment; to 

Road Bill, Which Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 

Crystal Palace The Lords have agreed to the Crystal Palace 

Company Bill. Company Bill, with Amendments; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 

Birmingham The Lords have agreed to the Birmingham and 

ad Midland Midland Institute Bill, with Amendments ; to which 

Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 

House: And also, 

Blyth Har. The Lords have agreed to the Blyth Harbour and 

rand Docks Bill, with Amendments; to which Amend- 

ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 

And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
a valand to consolidate and amend the “ Nuisances Removal 
vention Acts and Diseases Prevention Acts, 1848 and 1849 ;” to 
Consolidation which the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
ad Amend- And also, 


Masters’ The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

Estate Bill, foy effecting an Extinguishment of the Life Estate 
and Interest of Mistress Violetta Masters, and the 
Trustee of her Marriage Settlement, of and in a 
Freehold Close or Parcel of Land situate in the 
Parish of Saint Margaret, Leicester ; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

VoL. 109. 


16° Juni. 313 


. 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Wyndham’s 
for granting Powers of Leasing, Sale and Exchange, ®*#te Bill. 
and other Powers for the management of Freehold, 

Copyhold and Leasehold Estates devised by, or which 

now stand limited to, the uses of the Wil of the 

Right honourable George O’ Brien Earl of Egremont, 
deceased ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 

of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Landon’s 
for enabling Sales to be made of Estates at Manning- state Bill. 
ham, in the Parish of Bradford, and at Idle, in the 
Parish of Calverley, both in the West Riding of the 
County of York, devised by the Will of William 
Snell, and for other purposes; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Fleming’s 
to amend “ Fleming’s Estate Act, 1852;” to which Estate Bill 
= Lords desire the concurrence of this House : And 

so, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Green’s 
for authorizing the granting of building Leases of Estate Bill 
Lands held under the Will of William Green, deceased, . 
situate at Rumworth, in the County of Lancaster; to “S). 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : 
—And then the Messenger withdrew. he 


Masters’ Estate Bill was read the first time. Masters’ 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- Estate Bill. 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Wyndham’s Estate Bill was read the first time. WW dham's 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the’Exa- Estete Bill. 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. : 


Landon’s Estate Bill was read the first time. Landon’s 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- Estate Bill. 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Fleming’s Estate Bill was read the first time. Fleming’s 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- Estate Bill. 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Green’s Estate Bill was read the first time. Green’s 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- Estate Bill. 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Divett reported from the Sub-Committee on York, New- 
Group 10 of Railway and Canal Bills; That in the castle and a 
case of the York, Newcastle and Berwick, York yice,York an‘ 
and North Midland, and Zeeds Northern Railway and Leeds ” 
Companies Amalgamation Bill, they had exa- Northern Rail- 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of capuladien 
the Bill, and amended the same, by adding a recital Bill, 
for the purpose of giving a more distinct statement 
of the connexion of the Lines of the Companies one 
with another, and by reciting that the Leeds Northern 
Company are the Proprietors of the River Ure Na- 
vigation to Ripon; and had made other verbal 
Amendments therein; and found the same, as 
amended, to be true ; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Viscount Jocelyn reported from the Committee on Carlisle and 
the Carlisle and Silloth Bay Railway and Dock (re~ Silloth Bay * 
committed) Bill; That they had further examined ~~ Ap 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
but that the same had not been proved to their sa- 
tisfaction. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Com- Publie 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had examined ae » 
the Petitions presented upon the 13th, 14th and 15th § a 1. 
days of this instant June, and had directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 





8s A Message 































































16° Juniz. 


Royal Assent. A Message by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of 
the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission, for declaring Her Royal Assent to se- 
veral Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire 
the immediate attendance of this Honourable House 
in the House of Peers, to hear the Commission read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :—And, ee returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 
desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Commission, had been at the House of Peers, 
where a Commission under the Great Seal was read, 
giving, declaring and notifying the Royal Assent to 
the several Acts therein mentioned; and that the 
Lords, thereby authorized, had declared the Royal 
Assent to the said Acts, as follow: 

An Act to apply the Sum of Eight millions out of 
the Consolidated Fund to the Service of the year 
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four : 


Consolidated 
Fund 
(£.8,000,000) 
Bill. 


Exchequer 
Bonds 

(£. 6,000,000) 
Bill. 


An Act for raising the Sum of Six millions by 


Exchequer Bonds and Exchequer Bills: 


Income Tax An Act for granting to Her Majesty an increased 

(No. 2) Bil. Rate of Duty on Profits arising from Property, Pro- 
fessions, Trades and Offices : 

Industrial An Act to amend the “ Industrial and Provident 

and Provident Societies Act, 1852.” 


Societies Bill 
Dublin Port An Act to enable the Collector General of Dublin 
Bill. to levy Money to repay a certain Outlay by the Cor- 
poration for preserving and improving the Port of 
Dublin, in and about repairing the Quay-wall of the 
River Liffey, and for future Repairs thereof, and for 
repairing and rebuilding Bridges over the said River : 
An Act to enable the New River Company to 
construct new Reservoirs and other Works, in the 


County of Middlesex : 


New River 


Company 
(New Reser- 
voirs, &amp;c.) Bill, 


Padiham 


An Act for better supplying with Water the Town 
Waterworks y 


of Padiham, and the Neighbourhood thereof, and the 
Villages of Habergham or Cheapside, and Lower 
Houses of Thornhill Holme, all in the Parish of 
Whalley, in the County of Lancaster + 

An Act for the Improvement of the Town of Burn- 
ley, and Parts of the Neighbourhood thereof, and for 
other purposes; and of which the short Title is, “The 
owe ennweinet Act, 1854 :” 

Caterham An Act for making a Railway from the London, 

Railway Bill. Brighton and South Coast Railway, to Caterham, in 
the County of Surrey: 

Eastern Union An Act for granting further Powers to the Eastern 

Railway Bill. Union Railway Company, with respect to the Ex- 
tension to Woodbridge : 

Stockton, An Act to enable the Stockton, Middlesbrough 

Middlesbrough and Yarm Water Company to supply with Water 

ay —F the Township of Norton, in the County of Durham, 
and the Townships of Coatham and Redcar, in the 
North Riding of theCounty of York, and other Places, 
on the line of the Mains and Pipes of the Company ; 
and to enable the Company to raise a further Sum of 
Money, and to amend the Act relating to the Com- 
pany, and for other purposes : 

East London An Act for amending “The East London Water- 

Waterworks works Act, 1853 :” 

Bill. 

Islington An Act for repealing an Act passed in the sixth 

Cattle Market year of the reign of his late Majesty King Wil/iam 

Bill the Fourth, for establishing a Market for the Sale of 

Cattle, in the Parish of Saint Mary, Islington, in the 

County of Middlesez : 

An Act for making a Railway from the White- 
haven and Furness Junction Railway, near White- 
haven, to Egremont, in the County of Cumberland, 
with a Branch therefrom to Frizington, in the same 
County, to be called “The Whitehaven, Cleator and 
Egremont Railway,” and for other purposes : 

An Act to witecitn the Parliamentary Trustees 
on the River Clyde and Harbour of Glasgow to raise 


Burnley 
—_— 


Whitehaven, 
Cleator and 


Egremont 
Railway Bill. 


Clyde Navi- 
gation Bill. 





A. 1854, 


a further Sum of Money, and to fund the Debt of the 
Trust, and for other purposes : 

An Act to repeal certain Acts relating to the Pet- Potwor, 
worth Turnpike Roads, and to make other Provisions Roads Bin, 
in lieu thereof : 

An Act for enabling the York, Newcastle and Ber- York, Ney. 
wick Railway Company to purchase all or any Estates, castle and Be. 
Rights and Setennths existing in the Lands or Grounds pe Railway 
upon or adjoining to which the Railway of the said South ied 
Company, called “The Pontop and South Shields &amp;c.) Bil, 
Railway,” has been formed, or otherwise to occupy 
such Lands or Grounds : 

An Act to authorize Sir William Milborne Mil- swinnertoy's 
borne Swinnerton, Baronet, and his Issue, to resume Name Bill, 
and bear the Surname of Pilkington, jointly with the 
Surnames of Milborne and Swinnerton, and to be 
called by the Surnames of Milborne Swinnerton Pil- 
kington; and for such purposes to repeal, in part, an 
Act of the sixth and seventh years of the reign of his 
late Majesty King William the Fourth. 


Sir William Molesworth reported from the Select Portland, &amp;, 
Committee on the Portland, &amp;c. Chapels Bill; That Chapels Bill, 
they had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- Bill 140, 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Colonel North reported from the Committee on Sheffield Gas 
Group K. of Private Bills; That the Parties pro- Bill 
moting the Sheffield Gas Bill had stated to the Com- 
mittee, that it was not their intention to proceed with 
the same. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Command,— Canada. 
Papers relative to the proposed Change in the Le- 
gislative Council of Canada. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Rural Letter- 
Return of the Number of Substitutes which have ¢@triers. 
been provided on alternate Sundays to enable Rural 
Letter-carriers to attend Divine Service, in pursu- 
ance of a Recommendation contained in the ent 
of the Commissioners appointed to investigate the 
Question of Sunday Labour in the Post-office, dated 
the 10th day of August 1850; with the Routes for 
which such Provision has been made, the Names of 
the Substitutes appointed for each Route, and the 
Dates of their Appointments respectively. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Post-office 
Return of the Sums received by the Post-office from ow ) 
the 1st day of April last to the 30th day of this pre- 
sent month of June, inclusive, for Printed Forms of 
Application for Money Orders; also of the Number 
of Money Orders issued, the Gross Amount thereof, 
and of the Gross Sum received for issuing the same 
during the Period aforesaid ; together with the Cost 
of maintaining and Expenses incidental to the Money 
Order Offices in Great Britain and Ireland for the 
Three months ending the 30th day of this present 
month of June. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, River Tyne. 
Copies of Instructions given to Lieutenant Calver, No. 312. 
Royal Navy, by the Secretary of the Admiralty, 
within the past Twelve months, directing him to 
report on certain large Encroachments on the Fore- 
shore of the River Tyne:—And, of the two Official 
Reports thereon by Lieutenant Calver, addressed to 
the Secretary of the Admiralty. 

Mr. Cowper accordingly presented the said Paper. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Lunacy. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously mars 
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No. 313, 

Oxford 
University 
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17 Vicroriz. 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Eighth Report of the Com- 
missioners of Lunacy to the Lord Chancellor. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this Seve as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


= getral Africa Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 


Return of all Sums expended by the Treasury for 
the purposes of the Expeditions into Central Africa, 
under Messrs. Richardson, Barth, Overweg and 
Vogel, from the year 1849 to the present time. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of the Electoral Act passed by the 
Legislature of New South Wales, in pursuance of 
the Powers conferred in that behalf by the Act of 
the Imperial Parliament, 13 &amp; 14 Vic. c. 59 ‘And, 
of the Constitutional Bill recently sent Home from 
the Colony of New South Wales for the Assent of 
the Crown. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council., 


Sir Henry Davie reported from the Sub-Com- 
mittee on Group 12 of Railway and Canal Bills; That 
in the case of the North Metropolitan Railway Bill, 
they had examined the allegations contained in the 
Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, by 
striking out certain proposed Powers to other Com- 
panies not intended to be taken in the Bill; and 
found the same, as amended, to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 3d day of April last, for a 
Return of the Number of Leaseholds (every Lease 
being considered as a distinct Leasehold) in the se- 
veral Dioceses of England and Wales, in respect of 
which Applications have been made by the Lessees 
either to the Archbishops and Bishops, or Deans 
and Chapters respectively, for the Purchase of the 
Reversion or for the Sale of the Term, or for both in 
part ; and whether, on such Application, Terms have 
been either agreed upon and referred to the Church 
Estate Commissioners, or declined by the Lessees, 
or whether such Applications have been declined by 
the Lessors, and, if declined, on what grounds, or 
remain under consideration. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 


Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Hampton 
Court and Kew Gardens, which was presented upon 
the 15th day of this instant June, be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee on the Oxford University Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
Crause, N° 33, agreed to. 
Crause, N° 34 (Ordinances, Regulations and 
Statutes to be laid before the Queen in Council). 


Amendments made. 
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 9, Ll. 17: 


After the word “ Members” to insert the words “ of 


“ the Judicial Committee.” 
Question, That those words be there inserted --— 
put, and negatived. 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed : At the end of the 
Clause, to add the following words, “ and may make 
“ such orders with respect to the payment of :the 
“ costs thereof, as they shall deem just.” 

VoL. 109. 






16° Junie. 315 


Question proposed, That those words be there 
added. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause, as amended, azreed to. 

Cuause, N° 35, amended, and agreed to. 

Craussg, N° 36, agreed to. 

Cause, N° 37 (Commissioners to have regard to 
preasonable designs of College, Kc.) 

Amendment proposed, in p. 10, 1. 13: To leave 
out the words “ benefit of science and letters,” in order 
to insert the words “advancement of religion and 
“ learning.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out, 
stand part of the Clause——put, and negatived. 

Question, That the words “ advancement of reli- 
“ gion and learning ” be inserted instead thereof—— 
put, and agreed to. 

Amendment proposed in the last Amendment : 
After the word “ learning” to insert the-Words “and 
“ the main designs of the founders and 4tonars.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted 
put, and negatived. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 10, 1. 20: 
To leave out the words “ or where it shall appear to 
“ the Commissioners that the College is well able to 
“ make such provision.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out, 
stand part of the Clause——put, and negatived. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cuiause, N° 38, agreed to. 

Cause, N° 39 (Statutes by Commissioners sub- 
ject to repeal). 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 10, Ll. 33 
After the word “congregation” to insert the words 
“ and respecting great halls and private halls.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted—— 
put, and negatived. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Criause, N° 40, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 41 (Persons becoming members not 
to possess vested interests). 

Amendments made. 





part of the Bill; 
The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the; Mr. Hayter, \ a6 
Yeas, \Mr. Grenville Berkeley: 5 
Tellers for the (Lord Robert Cecil, 7 


Noes, \Mr. Robert Phillimore:  § = 

Ciause, N° 42, amended, and agreed to. 

Crause, N° 43, agreed to. 

Schedule amended, and agreed to. 

Clause (A Register of the Names of Members of 
Convocation shall be kept by a Bedel or some other 
officer of the University, and shall be freely acces- 
sible)——brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
read a second time——put, and negatived. 

Clause (If, in the execution of the powers of this 
Act, it shall be proposed by any College, or by the 
Commissioners, to make any regulation or ordinance 
for the abolition of any privilege or right of pre- 
ference in elections to any emolument within any 
College now lawfully belonging to any school or 
other place of education beyond the precincts of the 
University, notice thereof shall be given in writing 
to the governing ‘bady of such school or place of 
education, and also t® the Commissioners appointed 
under the Charitable Trusts Act, 1853, at least two 
calendar months before any final resolution for that 
purpose shall be adopted by such College, or by the 
Commissioners ; and no such regulation or ordinance 
shall be made if within two calendar months after 
receiving such notice, two-thirds of the said govern- 
ing body, or the said Commissioners appointed under 
the Charitable Trusts Act, 1853, shall, by writing 
under their hands and seals, declare their opinion 

ss2+ that 





Question put, That the Clause, as amended, stand 





Supply. 


Customs 


— (Sugar) Duties (Sugar) Bill, as first entered in the Votes, be 


Bill. 


Customs 
Duties (Sugar 
and Spirits) 
Bill. 


Stamps. 


Convict 
Prisons (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Prisoners’ 
Removal Bill. 


Reformatory 
Schools (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Excise Duties 
(Sugar) Bill. 


‘ments were made to the Bill. 


316 


that such regulation or ordinance would be preju- 


dicial to such school or place of education: Pro- | 


vided always, nevertheless, That every such privi- 
lege or right of preference, when retained, shall be 


be made by any College or by the Commissioners, 


under the powers given by this Act, for the purpose | 


of making such emolument more conducive to the 
mutual benefit of such College, and such school or 
place of education as aforesaid : Provided also, That 
where any such governing body as aforesaid shall be 
a corporate body, the governing body of the corpo- 
ration shall be deemed the governing body of the 
school) brought up, and read 1°. 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
be read a second time; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Roundell Palmer, a 
rs 160. 
Yeas, (Mr. Wigram: J 
Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, lies 
Noes, ) Mr. Grenville Berkeley: {  ~* 


Clause agreed to. 





To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 


Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 
Sabbati, 17° die Junii, 1854: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bouverie 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the short Title of the Customs 
changed to Customs Duties (Sugar and Spirits). 


The Customs Duties (Sugar and Spirits) Bill was, 
according to Order, read the third time ;. and Amend- 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Stamp Acts ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Convict Prisons (Jreland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next, at Twelve o'clock. 


16°—17° Juniz. 


| Cuauses, N° 3, disagreed to. 


the word “ five.” 





the Clause put, and agreed to. 
_ Other Clauses added. 


_ Preamble agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


| eee 


| Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
| verie reported, That the Committee had gone through 


the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 


| next. 


mittee on the Judgment Execution, &amp;c. Bill ; 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


| next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


. € 


| mittee on the Stamp Duties Bill; 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day bein 
(Scotland) Bill ; 


upon Monday the 26th day of this instant June. 


Order, read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Robert b 

Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


into a Committee on the Valuation of Lands (Scot- 
land) Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Crause, N° 36 (Interpretation Clause). 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Chair- 
man do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for thef Mr. Brotherton, Les 
Yeas, Mr. Cowan: ” ie 
Tellers for the) Mr. Grenville Berkeley, | 62 
Noes, \Lord Alfred Hervey: aeons 


Amendment again proposed, in p. 18, 1. 22: To 
leave out the words “ where such shootings or deer 
“ forests are actually let.” 

Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out, stand part of the Cliuse ; 

The Committee divided. 





The Order of the day being read, for the second | 
reading of the Prisoners’ Removal Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time | 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Reformatory Schools (Scotland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. ; 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee on the Excise Duties (Sugar) Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 
Causes, N° 1 and N° 2, agreed to. 








Tellers for the fThe Earl of Mulgrave, 1 57 
Yeas, Mr. Grenville Berkeley: J 
Tellers for the (Mr. Duncan, 1 25 

Noes, (Mr. Kinnaird : es 


Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
Clauses added. 

Schedule agreed to. 

Preamble agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bouverie 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Parochial Schoolmasters (Scotland) 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. ™ 

ne 


A. 1854. 


Clause (Grant of Duties on Sugar used in the brew- 
_ ing of Beer, and on Licenses to Brewers to use Sugar), 
| Amendment proposed, at the end of the Clause, 
subject to all such regulations and ordinances as may | to leave out the word “twenty,” in order to insert 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com-s§ 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


hiliimore do carry the 


Question, That the word “twenty” stand part of 


| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Judgment 
Execution, &amp;, 


tamp Duties 
Bill. 


read, for the third Sheriff and 
reading of the Sheriff and Sheriff Clerk of Chancery Sheriff Clerk 


ancery 


(Scotland) Bill. 


The Ecclesiastical Courts Bill was, according to Ecclesiastical 


Courts Bill. 


The House, according to Order, again resolved itself Valuation of 


Lands (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Parochial 
Schoolmasters 
(Scotland) Bill. 














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17 VicTroriz. 





pegistration The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
of Births, &amp;- mittee on the Registration of Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) 
(Seotlatd) Bill ; 
Bill. Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


yetropolitan Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Select 

Bridges. Committee on Metropolitan Bridges, to extend their 
Inquiry to the Bridges over the Thames, within the 
area subject to the Coal Tax. 


Adjournment. Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


Merchant The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
shipping Bill. Committee, upon Tuesday next, on the Merchant 
Shipping Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday the 
27th day of this instant June, at Twelve o'clock, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Merchant The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Shipping Acts Committee, upon Tuesday next, on the Merchant 
Repeal Bill. Shipping Acts Repeal Bill, was read, and dis- 
charged. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday the 
27th day of this instant June, at Twelve o'clock, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Railway and Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Canal Traffic Lords to the Railway and Canal Traffic Regulation 
Regulatioo —_ Bill be taken into consideration upon Monday next ; 


= 314, 2nd be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after One of the clock on 
Saturday morning, adjourned till Monday 
next. 


Lune, 19° die Junii ; 
Anno 17° Victoria Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 

Railway and O# DERED, That the Sub-Committees on | 
_ Bills Groups 1 and 12 of Railway and Canal Bills | 
ry ~ have leave to sit this day till Five of the clock, | 
during the sitting of the House. | 





Public Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select 
ennatth Committee on Public Petitions; That they had exa- 
Report.) mined the Petitions presented upon the 16th day of 
this instant June ; and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Green's Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 

Estate Bill. ~~ Gne of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of Green’s Estate Bill, no Standing 
Orders are applicable. 


Green's Ordered, That Green’s Estate Bill be read a se- 
Estate Bil. ~~ eond time. 


Smith's Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 

CharityEstate one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of Smith’s Charity Estate Bill, the 
Standing Orders have been complied with. 


16°---17°— 








work Ordered, That Smith’s Charity Estate Bill be read | 

Bil.) **t¢ a second time. | 

Tanilton The House proceeded to take into consideration 

Bi," ** +the Amendment made by the Lords to the Hamilton 
Waterworks Bill; and the same was twice read, and, 
with Amendments, agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 

VoL. 109. 





19° Juniz. 317 
ships, with Amendments; to which Amendments 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their 


Lordships. 


The Dublinand Wicklow, and Dublin and Kings- Dublin and 


town Railways Bill was read the third time. baie es. . 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. me 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill Ralloegs Bill. 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Farnworth and Kearsley Gas Bill was read Farnworth 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Gas Bill. 


The Stourbridge and Bridgnorth Road Bill was stourbridge 
read the third time. 1 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. aie 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Birkenhead 
the Birkenhead Docks Bill, as amended in the Com- Docks Bill. 
mittee. 

A Clause (Rights of Shrewsbury and Chester 
Railway Company not to be affected), was twice 
read ; and made part of the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Caledonian 
the Caledonian Railway (General Terminus, &amp;c.) Railway 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. cor oud 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. &amp;e.) Bill.’ 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Carmarthen 


the Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway and Cardigan and Cardigan 


Harbour Bill, as amended in the Committee. cone 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. —_ Harbour Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Electric 
the Electric Telegraph Company (No. 2) Bill, as Telegraph 
. ‘ : Company 
amended in the Committee. (No. 2) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Elouse proceeded to take into consideration the Great North 
Great North of Scot/and Railway Bill, as amended of Scotland 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Shrewsbury 


the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway (Leasing) and Hereford 


; : * } Railwa 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 4 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Davies's Estate Bill was read a second time; and Davies's 
committed. Estate Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed to Standing 

revise the Standing Orders :—And a Committee was one wl 
appointed of Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. Cardwell, Mr. ° 
Henley, Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Sotheron, Mr. Evelyn 
Denison, Sir William Heathcote, Mr. Greene, Mr. 
Strult, Sir Robert Ferguson, Mr. Brotherton, Lord 
Stanley, Mr. Edmund Denison, Mr. Tatton Eaerton 
and Mr. Bonham Carter; with Power to send for 
persons, papers and records. 


Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Mr. Divett reported from the Sub-Committee on Railway and 
Group 10 of Railway and Canal Bills; That Mr. Canal Bills 
Howel Gwyn, one of the Members of the said Com- coon 
mittee, was not present during the sitting of the 
Committee this day. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

ss3+ Ordered, 





and Kearsley 


and Bridgnorth 


Railway Bill. 


(Leasing) Bill. 




































318 | 19° Juni. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee of Privileges, 
to whom it was referred to examine into and report 
to the House upon the matter of the Complaint made 
to the House of a paragraph in a printed Newspaper, 
intituled, ‘‘ The Times,” dated Monday, 6th February 
1854, printed and published by William Harrison, 
No. 1, Printing-house-square, London, as containing 
calumnious reflections on the Jrish Members of the 
House, have Power to report the Minutes of the 
Evidence taken before them. 

Mr. Henley reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee ; That they had examined into the matter re- 
ferred to them; and directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House, together with the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken before them. 


A. 1854, 


Mr. Cowper presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- na Pri 
mand,— Estimate of the Sum required to provide for monet of War 
the Expenses on account of Prisoners of War, which No 315, 
shall come in course of Payment in the year ending 
on the 31st March 1855. . 

Ordered, That the said Estimate be referred to 


the Committee of Supply ; and be printed. 


Complaint. 
No. 314, 


Ordered, That the Papers relative to Canada, Canada. 
which were presented upon the 16th day of this in- 
stant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Parratt’s 
Copy of the Report made by Sir Baldwin Walker, Tubular Lifg 
in the month of March 1854, on the Patent Tubular ®™* 


British 
Guarantec 
Association 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Sydenham and 


Farnborough 
Railway Bill. 


New Forest 
Bill. 


Bill 141. 


Rhymney 
Railway Bill. 


Westminster 
Terminus 


Railway Bill. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Forty- 
sixth Report. 


Berthon’s 
Collapsing 
Life Boat. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Bouverie reported the British Guarantee 
Association (No. 2) Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Lord Harry Vane reported from the Committee 
on the Sydenham and Farnborough Railway (re- 
committed) Bill; That the Parties promoting the 
said Bill had stated to the Committee, that it was 
not their intention to proceed with the same. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Lord Seymour reported from the Select Committee 
on the New Forest Bill; That they had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


Mr. Adair reported from the Sub-Committee on 
Group 6 of Railway and Canal Bills; That in the 
case of the Rhymney Railway Bill, they had exa- 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, and amended the same, by restricting the 
Promoters from constructing so much of their pro- 
posed Railways as would run parallel with the Line 
of the Newport, Abergavenny and Hereford Rail- 
way, including also a Junction with the Llancaiach 
Branch of the Taff Vale Railway, and the proposed 
Deviation in the said Llancaiach Branch; and found 
the same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Sir Henry Davie reported the Westminster Termi- 
nus Railway Bill, with Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Petitions relating to Church Discipline Act ;— 
Church Rates ;—Church Rates Abolition Bill ;— 
Episcopal and Capitular Estates Bill ;—Intoxicating 
Liquors ;—Public-houses and Beer-shops ;—Univer- 
sities (Oxford and Cambridge) ;— Army (Unpen- 
sioned old Soldiers) ;— Bleach Works and Dye 
Works ; — Borough and County Police ; — Civil 
Bills, &amp;e. (Jreland) Act ;—- Decimal Coinage ; — 
Drainage of Lands Bill ;—Dublin Hospitals ;—Fac- 
tories ;—Hospitals and Infirmaries (Jreland) Bill ;— 
Mortmain Bill ;—Ocean Penny Postage ;— Poland ; 
—Police Bill ;—Public Revenue and Consolidated 
Fund Charges Bill ;—Registration of Assurances Bill 
(1853) ;—and, Russia,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to the Friendly Societies Bill, 
—were also presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Bill. 

A Petition relating to the Payment of Wages Bill, 
was also presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Bill. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Master Shipwrights’ of Portsmouth Re- 
port on Berthon’s Collapsing Life Boat. 





Life Raft, invented by Mr. Parratt. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by Railways 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated (Idia.) 


the 8th day of this instant June, for Copies of any 
Despatches from the Court of Directors of the East 
India Company to the Governor General of Jndia in 
Council, in reply to their Letter, dated the 4th day 
of May 1853 (in the Home Department Railway, 
No. 4, of 1853, and contained in Parliamentary Pa- 
per, No. 787, of Session 1853):— And, of any 
Despatches to the Governments of Madras and 
Bombay, regarding the measures adopted by the 
Court for extending Railway Undertakings in India. 


Return to an Order, dated the 10th day of March Post-office, 


last, for Accounts of the Gross and Net Post-office 
Revenue, including the Income derived from Foreign 
and Colonial Postage, and the Cost of Management, 
for the year ending January 1854 :—Of the Charges 
of Management for the United Kingdom, under the 
different Heads, for the year ending January 1854: 
—Of the Payments made by the Post-office for the 
Conveyance of Mails by Railway within the United 
Kingdom, during the year ending January 1854 ; 
distinguishing, in each instance, Payments for Work 
done within the year from Payments for Work done 
in previous years :—Of Payments out of Post-office 
Revenue other than Charges of Management :—Of 
the Expense of the Money Order Office, and the 
Amount received for Commission, during the year 
ending January 1854 :—And, of the Amount paid by 
each of the Public Departments under the head of 
Postage, for the year ending January 1854. 


Return to an Order, dated the 9th day of February Post-ofiice. 


last, for a Return, as nearly as can be estimated, of the 
Number of chargeable Letters delivered in the United 
Kingdom, in the year immediately preceding the first 
general Reduction of Postage on the 5th day of De- 
cember 1839, and for each complete year subsequent 
thereto; also, for the first year, the Number of Franks, 
and for the last year, and up to as late a period as 
practicable, the Number of Letters fur each Week in 
which they were counted :—Account, showing the 
Gross and Net Post-office Revenue, and the Cost 
of Management, for the United Kingdom, for the 
year ending the 5th day of January 1838, and for 
each subsequent year, excluding from the Account, 
whether of Gross Revenue or Cost of Management, 
any Advances that may have been made by the Eng- 
lish to the Jrish Post-office, and Advances to the 
Money Order Office ; also, disregarding in the Re- 
turn for each year, any old Debts written off or 
Postage remitted, or any other Deductions which re- 
late to previous years :—Returns of the Payments 
made by the Post-office during the year ending the 
5th day of January 1838, and each subsequent year, 
for the Conveyance of the Mails by Railway in the 
United Kingdom ; distinguishing, in each instance, 
the Payments for Work done within the year, from 
Payments for Work done in previous years :—Of the 
Number and Amount of sa Orders issued and 
paid in the United Kingdom, during the year ending 
the 5th day of January 1840, and each —— 
year :—And, of the Expense of the Money Order 


Office, and the Amount received for Commission 
during 









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Courts of Law. 


Railway and 


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No, 317. 


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during the year ending the 31st day of December 
1853; also, the Amount of Profit in that year, and 
in each of the four previous years. 

Return to an Order, dated the 10th day of May 
last, for an Account of the Quantities of Cheese im- 

rted into the several Ports of Great Britain in each 
month of the year 1853, distinguishing the European, 
United States, and Colonial Produce; and, of all 
European Cheese, exclusive of British Cheese, ex- 

rted from England in the year 1853 (in continu- 
ation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 408, of Session 
1853). 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of 
an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,— General Board of 
Health Bill (1854):— Copies of Reports of the 
Superintending Inspectors of the General Board of 
Health on the under-mentioned Places: Plymouth, 
Hanley, Haworth, Much Wootton, Aberdare, Bishop 
Auckland, Willenhall and Over Darwen ; also of all 
Memorials forwarded to the said General Board with 
respect to such Reports. 

Mr. Fitzroy presented,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 24th day of May last, 
for Returns of the Number of Actions brought ; 
the Number of Actions tried (distinguishing Me- 
tropolitan from Country Venues); the Number of 
Rules for New Trials argued; the Number of other 
Rules argued ; and the ‘Number of Cases argued in 
the Special Paper, in the Courts of Queen’s Bench, 
Common Pleas, and Exchequer, at Westminster, in 
the years 1851, 1852, and 1853, distinguishing the 
Courts and years respectively :—Of the Number of 
Cases argued in the Crown Paper in the Queen’s 
Bench, during the same years 1851, 1852, and 1853, 
distinguishing the years respectively :—Of the Num- 
ber of Registration Appeals argued in the Common 
Pleas during the same years 1851, 1852, and 1853, 
distinguishing the years respectively :—Of the Num- 
ber of Criminal Informations tried in the Queen’s 
Bench, during the same years 1851, 1852, and 1853, 
distinguishing the years respectively :-—Of the Num- 
ber of Indictments tried in the Queen’s Bench on 
Certiorari, in the years 1851, 1852, and 1853, dis- 
tinguishing Metropolitan from ag Venues, and 
also the years respectively :—Of the Number of Re- 
venue Causes tried in the Exchequer in Middlesez, 
during the same years 1851, 1852, and 1853, distin- 
— the years respectively :—And, of the Num- 

er of Days out of Term on which the said Courts 
sat in Banco, during the same years; distinguishing 
the Courts and years respectively. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the General Committee 
on Railway and Canal Bills; That they have with- 
drawn from Group 10 the Eastern Counties Railway 
(Purchase of Railways, &amp;c.) Bill, and have referred 
it to a separate Committee, and have appointed the 
Bill to be considered by the Committee on Thursday, 
June 22d, at Twelve o'clock, and have agreed to re- 
port the same to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee on the Oxford University Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Clause added. 

Clause (And whereas it is expedient to prevent 
credit being given te persons studying at the Gatien 
sity of Oxford, who have not attained the age of 
Twenty-one years; Be it enacted, That from and 
after the passing of this Act, no action or suit shall 
be commenced or maintained in any Court of Law 
or Equity, for the recovery of any debt or demand 
contracted or incurred by any person under the age 
of Twenty-one years, who at the time of the con- 
VoL. 109. 


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319 


tracting or incurring such debt or demand shall be 
a student in the University, nor upon any deed, bond 
or obligation given as a security for any such debt or 
demand so incurred by such student while under the 
— Twenty-one as aforesaid) brought up, and 
read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause be read a second time :—Motion and Clause, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause (It shall henceforward be unlawful to ad- 
minister any oath on admission to any office or 
emolument in the said University or the Colleges 
thereof)——brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
be read a second time ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the (Mr. Blackett, 





a Lad 
Mr. John George Phillimore:§ ‘ " 


Yeas, 
Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, \ 109 
Noes, |The Earl of Mulgrave : \ ve 


Clause (That from and after the first day of De- 
cember next ensuing, no person shall, on account of 
his rank, be permitted to pass his examination, or to 
take a degree, sooner than any other under-graduate) 
brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
be read a second time ; 

The Committee divided. 

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1 

67. 
J 





Tellers for the f Mr. John George Phillimore, 
Yeas, Mr. Heywood : 

Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, 
Noes, The Earl of Mulgrave: 


Clause (And whereas it is desirable to restore the 
study of the Civil Law and Jurisprudence in the 
University of Ozford; Be it enacted, That no de- 
on of B.C. L. shall be granted or conferred by the 

niversity of Oxford, unless the candidate for such 
degree shall have been duly examined for the same 
in the elements of Jurisprudence and Justinian’s In- 
stitutes of Civil Law; and no degree of D.C. L. 
shall be granted or conferred by the University 
(except honorary degrees), unless the candidate for 
such degree shall have been duly examined for the 
same in International or Public Law, and the Pan- 
dects or Digest of Roman Civil Law; and it shall be 
lawful for the Hebdomadal Council of the University 
to make from time to time such regulations for and 
regarding such examinations as they may think fit) 
brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause be read a second time :— Motion and Clause, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause (During the last year of the academical 
course, all students shall be left free to devote them- 
selves to some special branch or branches of study, 
and to select their own tutor or professor) brought 
up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause be read a second time :—Motion and Clause, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause (The Commissioners shall, within One year 
from the passing of this Act, prepare balance sheets 
of the present state of the revenues of the University, 
and of all the Colleges and Halls of Ozford, and 
shall forward the same to Her Majesty’s Secretary of 
State for the Home Department, with a view to their 
being presented to Her Majesty and to both Houses 
of Parliament)——brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
read a second time put, and negatived. 

Preamble amended, and agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 














Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Thursday 
next. 


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320 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
the Committee of Supply. 
(In the Committee.) 
1. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 


Maintenance 
of Prisoners. 


Convict Esta- 
blishments 
(Colonies. ) 


Bermudas. 


Ecclesiastical 
Establishment 
(British North 
America.) 


Indian 
Department 


oo to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of the 
formatory Institutions and Lunatic Asylums, and 
Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Maintenance 
Convicts, to the 31st day of March 1855; 
Yeas, Mr. Hadfield : } ™ 
nal Question put, and agreed to. 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray Expenses con- 
3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 
Expense of the Convict Establishments in the Colo- 
sand and forty-nine pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
March 1855. 
— to Her M ajesty, to defray the Charge of the 
6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Nine thou- 
(Canada. ) 
Department in Canada, to the 31st day of March 


Sum, not exceeding One hundred and sixty-four 
i risoners in County Gaols, Re- 
Expenses of Removal of Convicts, to the 31st day 
a Sum, not exceeding One hundred and sixty-four 
of Prisoners in County Gaols, Reformatory Institutions 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the Mr. Hayter, leas, 
Origi 
Transportation 2, Foashead, That a Sum, not exceeding a 
nected with the Transportation of Convicts, &amp;c., to 
hundred and forty-two thousand seven hundred and 
nies, to the 31st day of March 1855. 
jesty, towards defraying the Charge of the Civil 
5. Hesolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven 
clesiastical Establishment of the British North 
sand four hundred and thirty-eight pounds, be granted 
1855. 


thousand one hundred and sixty-five pounds, be 
aintenance of 
of March 1855. 
thousand and sixty-five pounds, be granted to Her 
and Lunatic Asylums, and Expenses of Removal of 
Tellers for thes Mr. Scholefield, 
Noes, |The Earl of Mulgrave: J 
on two thousand seven hundred and sixty-five pounds, 
the 31st day of March 1855. 
two pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 
4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four thou- 
Establishment of the Bermudas, to the 31st day of 
thousand five hundred and forty-seven pounds, be 
American Provinces, to the 31st day of March 1855. 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Indian 
Resolutions to be reported. 





continued to sit till after 


And the House on 


Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 
Martis, 20° die Junii, 1854: 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 


verie reported, That the Committee had come to 
several Resolutions. 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day, at 


Twelve o'clock. 
Mr. Bouverie also —— the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 


leave to sit —_. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 


next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Stamp Acts; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day bei 
mittee on the Stamp Duties Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Stamp Duties read, for the Com- 


Excise Duties 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
(Sugar) Bill. it 


into consideration the Excise Duties (Sugar) Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 


19°—20° Junii. 





pees i 


ae Ty a Geo 
t on 


A. 1854, 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day, at Twelve o'clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ways and 
Means. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Hos; 

. . eee Ospitals and 
reading of the Hospitals and Infirmaries (Zreland) Infirmaries 
Bill; ‘ Crean) an) 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Police B; 
reading of the Police Bill: — 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday the 30th day of this instant June. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Medical 
mittee on the Medical Graduates (University of Graduates 
London) Bill; pares 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, at Twelve es 
o'clock, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Colonial 
mittee on the Colonial Clergy Disabilities Bill ; Clergy Dis. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the — 
3d day of July next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Renefices 
reading of the Benefices Augmentation Bill ; Augmentation 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon -_ 
Monday next. 


The Married Women Bill was, according to Order, Married 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee Women Bill. 
of the whole House, for Wednesday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Public Revenue 
into consideration the Public Revenue and Consoli- pert pe 
dated Fund Charges Bill, as amended in the Com- Charges Bill, 
mittee. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in Schedule (A.), by leaving out the words 
“ Salaries of Sheriffs and Sheriffs Substitute, per 
“ Act 16 &amp;17 Vic. c. 80 ; Retiring Allowances to the 
“ Sheriffs Substitute, under the Act 1 &amp; 2 Vic. 
°°‘. in 

And the Question being proposed, That the 

words proposed to be left out, stand part of the 
Schedule :—-And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Thurs- 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Dublin Car 
mittee on the Dublin Carriage Bil ; riage Bat 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 

The Order of the day being read, for the second Tithe Rent- 
reading of the Tithe Rent-charge (Jreland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 28th day of this instant June. 


to Order, Warwick 


The Warwick Assizes Bill was, accordi 
‘ ommittee Assizes Bill 


read a second time ; and committed to a 
of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


The Vice-Admiralty Court (Mauritius) Bill was, Viensae 


according to Order, read a second time; and com- (Meuritius) 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Friday pin. 


next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Committee 
on the Portland, &amp;c. “wes | Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Portland, &amp;. 
Chapels Bill. 


The 











nt 
Bill. 
Valuation of 
Lands (Scot- 
jand) Bil. 
Bill 142. 
nd 
‘ill, 
Parochial 
Schoolmasters 
(Scotland ) 
Bill 
y of 
. Registration 
of Births, &amp;e. 
(Scotland ) 
Bill. 
- 
il. 
Railway and 
Canal Traffic 
Regulation 
Bill, 
tion 
Church Tem- 
poralities, &amp;c. 
m (Ireland. ) 
enue 
i~ 
4 Poor Law 
Board Con- 
tinuance, 
Union Charges 
Continuance. 
Youthful 
il Offenders, 
ite Poor Law 
re- (Scotland. ) 
&gt; 
ill, Registrar 
of Friendly 
Societies, 
ni- 
rt 
18) 
&amp;e. 
Bill. 








18 Vicrori2. 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Brecution, &amp;¢ mittee on the Judgment Execution, &amp;e. Bill ; 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Valuation of Lands (Scoé- 
land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bowverie re- 
? That the Committee had gone through the 

ill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Tuesday the 4th day 
of July next, at Twelve o'clock. 


The Parochial Schoolmasters (Scotland) Bill 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House 
for Tuesday the 4th day of July next, at Twelve 
o'clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Registration of Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords 
to the Railway and Canal Traffic Regulation Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken into 


consideration upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon 
the 13th day of this instant June, relative to Church 
Temporalities, &amp;e. (Ireland) ; 


Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 


till Wednesday the 5th day of July next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
continue the Poor Law Board: And that Mr. Baines, 
Viscount Palmerston and Mr. Grenville Berkeley 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
continue an Act of the seventeenth year of Her pre- 
sent Majesty, for charging the Maintenance of certain 
Poor Persons in Unions in England and Wales upon 
the Common Fund: And that Mr. Baines, Viscount 
Palmerston and Mr. Grenville Berkeley do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the better Care and Reformation of Youthful Offenders 
in England and Wales: And that Viscount Palmerston 
and Mr. Fitzroy do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
promote the more regular Administration of the Poor 
Law in certain Parishes in Scotland: And that Mr. 
Edward Ellice and Mr. Duncan do prepare, and 
bring it in, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Amount of Salary allowed to the Re- 
gistrar of Friendly Societies in England, for the 
years 1850, 1851, 1852 and 1853, and of the Amount 
allowed to the said Registrar by the Commissioners 
of Her Majesty’s Treasury, in the same years, for 
Office Rent, Salaries of Clerk, and other Expenses 
incident to the execution of his said Office; and of 
the Amount of Fees received by the said Registrar 
for the several years, and paid by him into the Con- 
solidated Fund, and the Amount paid out of the 


Consolidated Fund, towards such Salary and Ex- 
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19°—20° Junzz. 


321 


penses (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
dated 7th April 1851.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a fyaian Corn, 
Return of the Quantities of Jndian Corn, Millet Seed &amp;e. 
and Dari imported into the United Kingdom in each 
year since 1840, showing the Ports at which it has 
been entered for Consumption, and the Quantities in 
each year at each Port. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Manning the 
Copy of the Report. of the Committee of Officers X@Y- 
appointed by the Lords Commissioners of the Ad- 
miralty in 1852, to inquire, among other matters, 
into the best means of securing a ready Supply of 
efficient Seamen for manning Her Majesty’s Navy, 
in the event of War. 


Mr. Baines presented a Bill to continue the Poor Poor Law 
Law Board: And the same was read the first time ; Board Con- 
i . Ds tinuance Bill. 
and ordered to be a read a second time upon Friday Bill 143 
next; and to be printed. oe 


Viscount Palmerston presented a Bill for the better Youthful 
Care and Reformation of Youthful Offenders in Eng- Offenders Bill, 
land and Wales: And the same was read the first Bill 144. 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Thursday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Baines presented a Bill to continue an Act UnionCharges 
of the seventeenth year of Her present Majesty, for Continuance 
charging the Maintenance of certain Poor Persons in ® 
Unions in England and Wales upon the Common 
Fund: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Friday next ; 
and to be printed. 


Bill 145. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
One of the clock on Tuesday morning, ad- 
journed till this day. 


Martis, 20° die Junii ; 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1854. 
PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table—Report from wyndham’s 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; Estate Bill. 
That in the case of Wyndham’s Estate Bill, no 
Standing Orders are applicable. 


Ordered, That Wyndham’s Estate Bill be read a Wyndham’s 
second time. Estate Bill. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Landon’s 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; Estate Bill. 


That in the case of Zandon’s Estate Bill, no Standing 
Orders are applicable. 


Ordered, That ZLandon’s Estate Bill be read a Landon’s 
second time. Estate Bill. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Fleming’s 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; Estate Bill. 
That in the case of Fleming's Estate Bill, no Stand- 
ing Orders are applicable. 


Ordered, That Fleming’s Estate Bill be read a Fleming's 
second time. Estate Bill. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Masters’ 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills ; Estate Bill. 
That in the case of Masters’ Estate Bill, no Stand- 
ing Orders are applicable. 


Ordered, That Masters’ Estate Bill be read a se- Masters’ 
cond time. Estate Bill. 





TT + The 





— 


Paisley 
Waterworks 
(No, 2) Bill. 


Blyth Harbour 
and Docks 
Bill. 


Crystal Palace 
Company Bill. 


Stroud, Pains- 
wick and 
Gloucester 
Road Bill 


Surrey Gas 
Bill. 


Chapel-en-le- 
Frith Roads 
Bill. 


Londonderry 
Port Bill. 


Patent Solid 
Sewage Manure 
Company 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Ambergate, 
Nottingham 
and Boston, 


399 90° Juni. 


The Order for reading the third time the Paisley 
Waterworks (No. 2) Bill, was read and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee :—And that they have leave to sit, 
and proceed To-morrow. 

Ordered, That so much of the Standing Order, 
No. 203, as requires three clear days’ notice to be 
given to the Clerks in the Private Bill Office of the 
day and hour appointed for the meeting of the Com- 
mittee, and so much of Standing Order, No. 204, as 
requires that a filled-up Bill be deposited in the Pri- 
vate Bill Office one clear day before the meeting of 
the Committee, be suspended, provided that a filled- 
up Bill be deposited on the day preceding the meet- 
ing of the Committee. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Blyth 
Harbour and Docks Bill; and the same were twice 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do cayry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Crystal 
Palace Company Bill; and the same were twice 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 


Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Stroud, 
Painswick and Gloucester Road Bill; and the same 
was twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Surrey 
Gas Bill; and the same was twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, thut this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their 
Lordships. 


The Chapel-en-le-Frith Roads Bill was read the | 


third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the Londonderry 
Port Bill be now read the third time ; 

Mr. Hayter, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty's interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think 
fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time ; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir Robert Ferguson do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Patent Solid Sewage Manure Company 
(No. 2) Bill was read the third time. : 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston, and Eastern 





A. 1854, 


Junction Railway (Amendment of Acts, &amp;c.) Bill, as ana Eastern 


Junction Rail. 

meet tmene 
ent of A, 

&amp;c.) Bill, = 


amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Border ¢. 
the Border Counties Railway Bill, as amended in ties Railway” 
the Committee. Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration sethyog 
the Methwold Drainage Bill, as amended in the Drainage piy 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Taxes re. 
Returns of all Taxes repealed, reduced, expired and Pealed, &amp;. 
imposed, in Great Britain and Ireland respectively, 
from the year 1844 to the present year (in continua- 
tion of and same Form as Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 652, of Session 1845; giving the Totals at Foot 
of each Account for either Country as in the same 
Paper :—And, of the Revenue and Expenditure in 
each Country since 1844 :— Account of Balance 
from Remittance of Public Money to and from the 
British and Irish Exchequers respectively (in con- 
tinuation of Account in Parliamentary Paper, No. 
718, of Session 1847) :—Returns of the Expenditure 
of Ireland for each year since the Consolidation of 
the Exchequers in 1816, including all Paynients and 
Disbursements made in Jreland out of the Trish 
Revenue, both in its Progress to the Exchequer and 
after its having been paid into the same (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 652, of Session 
1845) :—Of all Sums advanced by way of Loan to 
Great Britain and Ireland respectively, for Har- 
bours, Docks, Canals, Drainage, Bridges, Fisheries, 
Roads, Public Buildings, Workhouses, Collieries 
and Mines, Churches and Chapels and Ecclesiastical 
purposes, Police purposes, Colleges, Railways, Im- 
provements of Cities and Towns, Tunnels, and all 
other Public Works ; giving the Date and the 
Authority for each such Advance or Loan; the 
Rates of Interest on Loans; the several Repayments 
respectively; and the Sums still due, hetaes for 
Principal or Interest (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 718, of Session 1547) :—And, 
of all Sums advanced by way of Grants during the 
last Ten years, &amp;c. (as above), giving the Dates and 
the Authority for each such Grant. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Churches, kc. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of all Churches intended to be 
pulled down, and of all Burial-grounds to be sold 
by the Authority of the proposed Church Building 
Acts Amendment (No. 2) Bill. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Petitions relating to the British Museum and Na- Public 
tional Gallery ;— Church Rates ;— Church Rates Pesissons. 
Abolition Bill;—Church Rates (No. 1) Bill; —Gaols; vide Forty- 
—Intoxicating Liquors ;— Oxford University Bill ; seventh Ke- 
—Universities (Oxford and Cambridge) ;—Education port. 
(Ireland) ;— Factories ;— Hospitals and Infirmaries 
(Ireland) Bill; — Medical Graduates (University 
of London) Bill ;—Police Bill ;—and, Valuation of 
Lands (Scotland) Bill, — were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. ; 

Petitions relating to the Friendly Societies Bill,— 
were also presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Railways —- 
(India), which was presented upon the 19th day of ( ‘No 318. 


this instant June, be printed. 
Ordered, 











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rn Ordered, That the Return relative to the Number 
4 orl of chargeable Letters delivered, and of the Number 
cts, , and Amount of Money Orders issued and paid in the 
United Kingdom, by the Post-office, which was pre- 
sented upon the 19th day of this instant June, be 
-y printed. 

post-office. Ordered, That the Return relative to the Gross and 
No. 320. Net Post-office Revenue, which was presented upon 

the 19th day of this instant June, be printed. 





an Cheese. Ordered, That the Return relative to Cheese, 
No. 321. which was — upon the 19th day of this in- 
stant June, be printed. 
Canada. The Order made upon the 19th day of this instant 
June, for printing the Papers relative to Canada, 
was read, and discharged. 
Wreck and The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 


falvage Bil. 4 Committee on the Wreck and Salvage Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

Cuauses, N° 1, amended, and agreed to. 

Crause, N° 2, agreed to. 

Cuiavuse, N° 3 (Officers of Customs or of Inland 
Revenue to act as Receivers). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 31: After the 
word “shall,” to insert the words ‘‘ on any vacancy 
“ occurring by death, removal, resignation, or other- 
“ wise, or on the services of any new Receiver being 
“ required.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted 
ut, and negatived. 
. Clause epee to. 

Causes, N° 4 to N° 7, agreed to. 

Schedule disagreed to. 

Schedule added. 

Preamble agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 








Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bouverie 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 


mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


Towns Im- The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
(itdand) Bill a Committee on the Towns Improvement (Jreland) 
Bill. 
Cs 


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

Crausss, N° 1 to N° 3, agreed to. 
Ciause, N° 4, amended, and agreed to. 
Ciausgs, N° 5 and N° 6, agreed to. 


Crause, N° 7 (At such meeting, persons rated for 
one year to Poor Rates for premises of the value of 
£.8 within the town, to have votes). 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 5, 1. 13: To 
leave out the word “eight,” in order to insert the 
word “ five.” 

Question put, That the word “eight” stand part 
of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the me Hayter, Von 
Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave : — 
Tellers for the Mr. Bowyer, 29 


Noes, \Mr. Maguire: 
An Amendment made. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Cuavuszs, N° 8 to N° 14, agreed to. 

Cravuses, N° 15 to N° 17, amended, and agreed 
to. 

Crause, N° 18, agreed to. 

Crausz, N° 19, disagreed to. 





20° Junii. 323 


Cravuse, N° 20 (Lord Lieutenant not to direct 
meetings for the adoption of the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 82). 
Amendment proposed : At the end of the Clause, 
to add the following words, “in any town within 
“ the operation of the Act.” 

Question, That those words be there added—— 
put, and negatived. 

Clause agreed to. 

Cuause, N° 21, agreed to. 

Ciausg, N° 22, amended, and agreed to. 
Cravse, N°* 23 (Qualification of Electors at Elec- 
tions of Commissioners). 

An Amendment made. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bouverie 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Improvement 
mittee on the Improvement of Towns (Ireland) Bill; of Towns 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday ‘“*eland) Bill 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Convict 
reading of the Convict Sn. (Ireland) Bill; ey 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon - 
Thursday next. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee of Supply. 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Maintenance 
hundred and sixty-four thousand one hundred and of Prisoners. 
sixty-five pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- 
fray the Expense of the Maintenance of Prisoners in 
County Gaols, Reformatory Institutions, and Lunatic 
Asylums, and Expenses of Removal of Convicts, to 
the 31st day of March 1855. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ninety Transportation 
two thousand seven hundred and sixty-five pounds, of Convicts, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray Expenses con- o 
nected with the Transportation of Convicts, &amp;c. to 
the 31st day of March 1855. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three Convict Esta- 
hundred and forty-two thousand seven hundred and blishments 
two pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray (eens 
the Resnes of the Convict Establishments in the 
Colonies, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four Bermudas. 
thousand and forty-nine pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of the Civil 
Establishment of the Bermudas, to the 31st day of 
March 1855. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven Ecclesiastical 
thousand five hundred and forty-seven pounds, be (British North 
ted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the heaton) 

cclesiastical Establishment of the British North 
American Provinces, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Nine Indian 
thousand four hundred and thirty-eight pounds, be Los ms 

nted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the ene 
ndian Department in Canada, to the 31st day of 
March 1855. 

The first, second and third Resolutions, being 
read a second time, were agreed to. 

The fourth Resolution, being read a second time, 
was postponed. 

The subsequent Resolutions, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Excise Duties 
reading of the Excise Duties (Sugar) Bill ; (Sugar) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 





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Medical The Order of the day being read, for the Committee 
Graduates on the Medical Graduates (University of London) 
(University of 1. 
London) Bill, Bill ; | 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 
Jurors and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
ined) Ball mittee on the Jurors and Juries (Jreland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 28th day of this instant June, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 
Potteries, Lord Stanley reported the Potteries, Biddulph and 
a Congleton Railway Bill, with Amendments. 


Railway Bil, Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 

Railway and 
Canal Bills 
{Group 8.) 


Colonel Boldero reported from the Sub-Committee 
on Group 8 of Railway and Canal Bills; That Mr. 
Franklyn, one of the Members of the said Sub- 
Committee, was not present during the sitting of the 
Committee this day. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sheriffs 


Mr. Fitzroy presented,—Return to an Address to 
(Scotland. ) 


Her Majesty, dated the 14th day of February last, 
for a Return to show, in Columns, the Name, Sule 
nation and Place of Residence of each Sheriff in 
Scotland respectively ; also, their former Annual Sa- 
laries and Income from all Sources, together with 
their present Annual Income, as made up under the 
Sheriff Court Act, passed in 1853 :—Similar Return 
for the Sheriff Substitutes in each County of Scot- 
land respectively, including any Additions which 
have been made to their Number under the provi- 
sions of the said Act:—Return, in Columns, to 
show the Number and Names of the Sheriffs and 
Sheriff Substitutes respectively, who have been al- 
lowed to retire, or given in their Resignations, since 
the Act of 1853 was passed, with the Amount of 
the Superannuation Salary or Allowance to each of 
the above respectively ; the said Return to show the 
Amount of Superannuation allowed to Sheriffs and 
Sheriff Substitutes respectively, if any, previous to 
the os of the Act in 1853 :—Return to show, 
in full and in Abstract, the Total Annual Amount 
awarded to Sheriffs and Sheriff Substitutes respec- 
tively, under the above Act, and also under former 
Acts, so as to show the additional Amount to be 
paid annually by the Country for the Maintenance 
of Sheriff Courts in Scotland: — And, Return to 
show, in Columns, the Name, Designation and Place 
of Residence of each Sheriff Clerk in Scotland re- 
spectively ; also, their present Annual Salaries and 
Income from all Sources. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


. 


PoorLaw = Mr. Edward Ellice presented a Bill to promote 
(Scotland) Bill. the more regular Administration of the Poor Law in 


Bill 146. certain Parishes in Scotland: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Friday the 30th day of this instant June ; 
and to be printed. 

Message from A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Serjeant 
the Lords. Mannin g: 

Mr. Speaker, 
Excise Duties The Lords have agreed to the Excise Duties Bill, 
Bill. without any Amendment: And also, 
High Treason The Lords have agreed to the High Treason (Jre- 


(Ireland) Bill. Jand) Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


Hexham The Lords have agreed to the Hexham Roads Bill, 
Roads Bill. without any Amendment: And also, 
Trowbridge The Lords have agreed to the Trowbridge Roads 


Roads Bil. = Rill, without any Amendment: And also, 
Furness The Lords have agreed to the Furness Railway 
Railway Bill. Bij}, without any Amendment: And also, 
Shipley The Lords have agreed to the Shipley Waterworks 
oe Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 
















A. 1854, 


The Lords have agreed to the Kingston-upon- Kingston. 
Thames Gas Bill, without any Amendment: And ™P00-Thames 
also, Gas Bill, 

The Lords have agreed to the Manchester Court 
of Record Bill, without any Amendment: And also, ~ urt of 


The Lords have agreed to the Cornwall Railway Comway 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Railway Bill, 
The Lords have agreed to the Chester, Farndon chester 
and Worthenbury Road Bill, without any Amend- Farndon ana 
ment: And also, ho 


Gas Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments 4nd Gas Bill, 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Kingston-upon- Hull Kingston. 
Improvement Bill, with Amendments; to which ¥Pon-Hull 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of this gay" 
House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Llandudno Improve- Liandudno 
ment Bill, with Amendments; to which Amendments cadre 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Hull Cemetery Bill, Hull Cemetery 
with Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords Bill 
desire the concurrence of this House :—And then the 
Messenger withdrew. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a River Tyne, 
Copy of a Letter from the Local Commissioners of 
the River Tyne to the Right honourable Sir James 
Graham, dated the 3d day of June 1854. 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty's Shanghae. 
Command,—Copy of Correspondence respecting the 
Attack on the Foreign Settlements at Shanghae. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being Baron deBode, 
proposed, That the national good faith requires that 
the just Claims of Baron de Bode, established after 
protracted investigation, should be satisfied ; 


And the House ~~ continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 


Mercurii, 21° die Junii, 1854: 


And the Question being put ; 
The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for thefMr. Montagu Chambers, 1 gn 
Yeas, (Mr. Bowyer : umes 
Tellers for the{ Mr. Hayter, \ 


Noes, LMr. Grenville Berkeley: | 63. 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Thames 
to inquire into the sanitary and one state of 

the Marshes on the sides of the Thames, the means 

for their improvement, the existing legal powers for 

the purpose, and the necessity for further legislation 
thereon. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to General Boara 
confirm Provisional Orders of the General Board of * 

Health for the Districts of Plymouth, Hanley, Ha- 

worth, Much Woolton, Aberdare, Bishop Auckland, 

Willenhall and Over Darwen: And that Sir William 





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to Her Majesty, that She will be 





Molesworth and Mr. Hayter do prepare, and bring 
it in. 
esolved, That an humble Address be presented Stamped 
Her Maj ious oo Publications. 

to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Copies of Correspondence between the Post-office 
and Treasury, and Proprietors of Stamped Publi- 
cations, not being Newspapers, in reference to the 
free transmission of such Publications through the 


Post :—And, of the Treasury Orders relative pwr] 


The Lords have agreed to the Beccles Water and Beccles Water | 


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jcultural 
Averages 
([reland) Bill. 


Excise Duties 
(Sugar) Bill 


Board 


of Health Bill. 
Bill 147. 


Committees. 


West London 
and Crystal 
aiiinak 
va mley 
a forebo. 
rough) Bill. 


Salisbury 
and Yeovil 
Railway Bill, 


Pali 


Petitions 
rf at 
Gey ath 


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Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Agricultural Averages (Jreland) 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. | 

The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Excise Duties (Sugar) Bill ; 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read the third time | 
upon Thursday next. 


Sir William Molesworth presented a Bill to con- 
firm Provisional Orders of the General Board of 
Health for the Districts of Plymouth, Hanley, Ha- 
worth, Much Woolton, Aberdare, Bishop Auckland, 
Willenhall and Over Darwen: And the same was 





20°—21° Juniz. 325 


| Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
_and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken London, 
before the Committees on the LondongSalisbury and er d and 
Yeovil Junction (Salisbury to Yeovil) Railway Bill, tion (Salisbury 
in Session 1846 ; on the Salisbury and Yeovil Rail-to Yeovil) 
way Bill, in Session 1847; and, on the Devon and Railway Bill, 
Dorset Railway Bill, in Session 1853, be referred to and issn) 
the Committee on the Salisbury and Yeovil Railway 


Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Birmingham 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bir- atm | 
mingham and Midland Institute Bill; and the same _— 
were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 





read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till | 
a quarter of an hour before One of the clock | 
on Wednesday morning, adjourned till this 


day. 





Mercurii, 21° die Junii ; 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Lord Harry Vane reported from the Committee 
on the West London and Crystal Palace Railway 
(Bromley and Farnborough) (re-committed) Bill ; 
That they had examined the allegations contained in 
the Preamble of the Bill, and had struck out the re- 
cital relating to a level crossing at Norwood; and 
found the same, as amended, to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto, 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Adair reported from the Sub-Committee on 
Group 8 of Railway and Canal Bills; That the Par- 
ties opposing the Salisbury and Yeovil Railway Bill 
had stated to the Committee, that the Evidence of 
George Whieldon, junior, James Fletcher, junior, 
John Augustus ‘degen, George Frederic Fry, 
William Miles, Alexander Edmond, Joseph Matthews, 
and Edward William Bell, was essential to enable 
them to establish their case before the Committee ; 
and it having been proved that their attendance could 
not be procured without the intervention of the House, 
he had been instructed by the Committee to move 
the House, that the said George Whieldon, junior, 
James Fletcher, junior, John Augustus Hayter, 
George Frederie Fry, William Miles, Alexander 
Edmond, Joseph Matthews, and Edward William 
Bell, do attend the said Committee on Thursday the 
22d day of June, at Twelve of the clock. 

Ordered, That George Whieldon, junior, James 
Fletcher, junior, John Augustus Hayter, George 
Frederic Fry, William Miles, Alexander Edmond, 
Joseph Matthews, and Edward William Bell, do 
pena the said Committee To-morrow, at Twelve 
o'clock. 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had ex- 
amined the Petitions presented upon the 19th day of 
this instant June, and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House. 


The Selkirk and Galashiels Railway Bill was read Selkirk and 
}, Galashiels 


the third time; and Amendments were made to the Bil Railway Bill. 


Resolved, ‘That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Berens’ 
reading of Berens’ Divorce Bill ; Divorce Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Wednesday next. ‘ 


Ordered, That the Royal Conical Flour Mill Com- Royal Conical 
pany Bill, as amended in the Committee, be taken Conpeap BOL. 


into consideration To-morrow. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration York, New- 
the York, Newcastle and Berwick, York and North er bg 
Midland, and Leeds Northern Railway Companies and North 
Amalgamation Bill, as amended in the Committee. Midland, and, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. Peete Torte 
Companies Amalgamation Bill. 


Landon’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; and Landon’s 
committed. Estate Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Masters’ Estate Bill was read a second time; and Masters’ 
committed. Estate Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Smith’s Charity Estate Bill was read a second Smith’s 
time ; and committed. — Estate 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


Stirling’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; and Stirling's 
committed. Estate Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the Reports of the Select Com- Coal Mines 
mittees on Coal Mines in 1852, and, Accidents in roomy and 
Coal Mines in 1853, be referred to the Select Com- ~~ ) 
mittee on Accidents in Coal Mines. 


Mr. Lascelles reported from the Sub-Committee London and 
on Group 11 of Railway and Canal Bills; That in ae em 
the case of the London and North Western and Sfugtsnire 
North Staffordshire Railway Companies Bill, they Railway 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- ames 
amble of the Bill, but the same had not been proved - 
to their satisfaction. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Lascelles reported from the Sub-Committee on London and 


Group 11 of Railway and Canal Bills; That in the aoe 
case of the London and North Western and North Stomordshire 





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Railway Com- Staffordshire Railway Companies (Traffic Arrange- 


panies (Traffi 
Arrange- 
ment) Bill. 


Youthful 
Offenders Bill. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


New Churches. 


Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Forty- 
seventh Re- 
port. 


Sheriffs 
(Scotland. ) 


No. 322. 


Registration 

of Bills of 

Sale Bill. 
Bill 148. 


Episcopal 
and Capitular 
Estates Bill. 


Bill 149. 


Church Rates 
Abolition Bill. 


© ment) Bill, they had examined the allegations con- 


tained in the Preamble of the Bill, but 
not been proyed to their satisfaction. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


e same had 


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, 
the Youthful Offenders Bill, was read, and dis- 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Ordered, That Mr. Henry Herbert have leave of 
absence for a week, on account of ill health. 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of 
several Acts of Parliament, was laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—An Account of Charges 
and Expenses paid by Her Majesty’s Commissioners 
in and about the execution of the several Acts of 
Parliament for building and promoting the building 
of additional Churches in populous Parishes, from 
the 25th March 1853 to the 25th March 1854. 


Petitions relating to the British Museum and Na- 
tional Gallery ;—Church Building Acts Amendment 
(No. 2) Bill ;—Church Rates ;—Church Rates Abo- 
lition Bill;—Church Rates (No.1) Bill;—Church 
Rates (No. 1) Bill, and Church Rates Abolition Bill ; 
—Episcopal and Capitular Estates Bill ;—Intoxi- 
cating Liquors ;—Public-houses and Beer-shops ;— 
Criminal Procedure Bill ;—Factories ; --Mortmain 
Bill ;—Police Bill;—and, Settlement and Removal 
Bill,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Sheriffs 
(Scotland), which was presented upon the 20th day 
of this instant June, be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Registration of Bills of 
Sale Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouwverie 
~ That the Committee had gone through the 

ill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow ; and 
be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Episcopal and Capitular 
Estates Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie 
oe, That the Committee had gone through the 

ill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for this day three 
months. 


The Order of,the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Church Rates Abolition Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Debate be now adjourned :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
Bill be now read a second time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 


21° Junii. 





A. 1854, 


And the Question being put, That the word “ now” 
stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the to William Clay, 71 
Yeas, Mr. Peto: 182. 
Tellers for the (Mr. Goulburn, ] 
Noes, Mr. Henry Thomas Liddell: . 
So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
“ upon this day six months” be added at the end 
of the Question:—It was resolved in the Affir- 
mative. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day six months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Cruelty to 
mittee on the Cruelty to Animals Bill ; Animals Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Literary and Scientific Institutions Bill was, Literary ang 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- Scientific In- 
mitted toa Committee of the whole House, for Wed- “Bil. 
nesday the 5th day of July next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Crimina 
mittee on the Criminal Procedure Bill ; — 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday” 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Bankruptcy (Jreland) Bill was, according to Raakrests 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a (Ieland) Bil. 
Committee of the whole House, for this day six 

months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Church 
reading of the Church Building Acts Amendment ae 
(No. 2) Bill; (No. 2) Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon ney the 6th day of July next, at Twelve 
o clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Absconding 
mittee on the Absconding Debtors (Ireland) Bill; Creland) Bill 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- oe 
mittee on the Reformatory Schools (Scotland) Bill; cS naan Bill. 
Resolved, That. this Bn will, To-morrow, re- 


solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Stamps. 
mittee on the Stamp Acts; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- bg 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


. . a 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- seme Bill 


mittee on the Married Women Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Portlet il. 
mittee on the Portland, &amp;c. Chapels Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. The 





Bi 


Acts 
nt 


Bill. 





air &amp;e. 
Bil. 


and 
aon Bill. 


' Agricultural 
iris) Bill. 


County Rates. 


Income Tax 
({reland.) 


Public Health 
Act. 


Paisley 
Waterworks 
(No. 2) Bill, 


Tees Conser. 
vancy Bill. 


18 Vicroriz. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Judgment aiein, &amp;e. Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Wreck and Salvage Bill, 
as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Tuesday next, at Twelve o'clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Agricultural Averages (Zreland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Sums granted to defray certain Charges 
formerly paid out of County Rates in England and 
Wales and Ireland, during the years 1845, 1846, 
1847, 1848, 1849 and 1850, together with the Sums 
actually paid to the County Treasurers in each 
County of either Kingdom :— 














Voted. Actually paid. 
Years. = : — 
England. Ireland. England. Ireland. 
1845 
1848 

















Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of all Expenditure for the Collection of In- 
come Tax in Jreland, stating the Salaries of Officers 
employed, the Per-centage allowed to Collectors, and 
all other Expenses, in detail. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of all Places which have petitioned 
the General Board of Health for the Application of 
the Public Health Act, 1848, with the Dates when 
such Petitions were received; distinguishing the 
Towns where Provisional Orders have been con- 
firmed, and where Orders in Council have been 
issued, with the Dates of such Provisional Orders 
or Orders in Council, stating whether an Original or 
an amended Order, with the Dates of any such 
amended Orders that have been issued to such 
Towns :—And, of the Average Expense of applying 
the Public Health Act by Provisional Order, and by 
Order in Council, since the passing of the Act. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, by such Members of this House 
as are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy 
Council. 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Paisley Waterworks 
(No. 2) (re-committed) Bill, with further Amend- 
ments. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Stafford reported from the Committee on 
Group Z. of Private Bills; That in the case of the 


21°—22 Juniz. 





327 


Mr. Divett reported from the Sub-Committee on York, New- 
Group 10 of Railway and Canal Bills; That the emerge 
Parties promoting the York, Newcastle and Berwick, and North 
York and North Midland and Leeds Northern Rail- Midland and 
be Companies (Working Arrangements, &amp;c.) Bill, ia 
had stated to the Committee that it was not their Companies 
intention to proceed further with the same. (Working 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; ARSE. y 
and be printed. Bil. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 22° die Junii ; 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


ORY ERED, That ail Committees have leave Committees. 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


The Caledonian Railway (General Terminus, &amp;c.) Caledonian 


Bill was read the third time. Railway . 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. nmap 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill pin. 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Great North of Scotland Railway Bill was Great North 
read the third time. of Scotland 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Railway Bill 
Title be, An Act to authorize the Great North of 

Scotland Raiiway Company to divert their Railway ; 

to make a short Branch to the Victoria Docks at 
Aberdeen ; to enter into Arrangements with the Aber- 

deen Harbour Commissioners and the Aberdeen Rail- 

way Company, with respect toa Tramway to connect 

the two Railways; and for other purposes. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 

to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway (Leasing) Shrewsbury 

Bill was read the third time. — 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. (Leasing) Bill. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Royal Conical 
into consideration the Royal Conical Flour Mill Flour Mill | 
Company Bill, as amended in the Committee. Conquny Sa. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Birkenhead Docks Bill was read the third Birkenhead 
time. Docks Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Postage (Army 
a Return, showing the Rates of Postage, and the 424 Navy.)_ 
Regulations relating to the forwarding of Letters and 
Newspapers to the Army in the East, and the Naval 
Squadrons in the Baltic and the Black Sea, as sanc- 
tioned by the Treasury. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a County 
Return, arranged by Provinces, relative to County Hospitals 
Hospitals in Ireland, for the yeat 1851, ending the “#and.) 
5th day of January 1852, showing the Name of each 
County Hospital or Infirmary, the Union in which 
situated, the Population of such Union, the Poor Law 


Tees Conservancy Bill, the Order of the House of | Valuation of such Union, the Amount of Grand Jury 


the 5th of May last, had been complied with to the 
satisfaction of the Committee ; that the Committee 
had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same, by re- 
citing more fully the objects contemplated in the 
Bill; and found the same, as amended, to be true; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Presentments received in 1851, Poundage Rate of 
Amount of Grand Jury Presentments to the Poor 
Law Valuation of such Union, Total Amount of 
Expenditure of Hospital for 1851 (not including Ba- 
lances), Poundage Rate of Expenditure to Valuation 
of such Union, with Summary by Provinces :—And, 
similar Returns for 1852, ending the 5th day of Ja- 
nuary 1853; and for 1853, ending the 5th day of 





Vou. 109. 


January 1854. 
TT 4 Ordered, 








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Mails on 
Railways. 


Governors of 
Colonies. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Forty- 
eighth Report. 


Procurators 
Fiscal (Scot- 
land.) 

No. 316. 
Sheriff and 
Sheriff Clerk 
of Chancery 
(Scotland.) 


No. 323. 


New Churches. 
No. 324. 


Supply 
(20th June. ] 


Drainage of 
Lands Bill. 
Bill 150. 


328 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Amount paid during each of the years 
1850, 1851, 1852 and 1853, by the Post-office to the 
Railway Companies for the Conveyance of the Mails, 
specifying mn Railway, and the Sum paid to each, 
the Mileage run, and the Rate per Mile. (in conti- 
nuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 6, of Session 
1851). 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return, in a Tabular Form, of the Names 
of all Governors and Lieutenant Governors, and 
Parties acting in such capacities, of the different 
Colonies ; stating, in British Money, their Salaries, 
and the Date of their Appointments, the Places of 
their Residence, and the Countries or Districts over 
which they preside ; distinguishing those who have 
served in the Army and Navy. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this iene as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Petitions relating to British Museum and Mari- 
borough House ;—Church Rates ;—Church Rates 
Abolition Bill ;— Intoxicating Liquors ; — Oxford 
University Bill;—Public-houses and Beer-shops ;— 
Universities (Oxford and Cambridge) ;—Bills of Ex- 
change and Promissory Notes Bill ;—University De- 
grees ; — Factories ;— Hackney Carriages (Metro- 
polis) Acts ;— Hospitals and Infirmaries (Zreland) 
Bill ;—Ocean Penny Postage ;— Poland ;—and, Po- 
lice Bill,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to Metropolitan Bridges ( Put- 
ney), was also presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Metropolitan Bridges. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Procurators 
Fiscal (Scotland), which was presented upon the 15th 
day of this instant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Sheriff 
and Sheriff Clerk of Chancery (Scotland), which was 
presented upon the 15th day of this instant June, be 
printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to New Churches, 
which was presented upon the 21st day of this instant 
June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the fourth of the Resolutions, 
which upon the 20th day of this instant June were 
reported from the Committee of Supply, and which 
Resolution was then postponed, be taken into con- 
sideration To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee on the Drainage of Lands Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 

Preamble postponed. 

Crause, N° 1, agreed to. 

Cause, N° 2, amended, and agreed to. 

Cravse, N° 3, disagreed to. 

Cravuses, N° 4eto N° 8, agreed to. 

Cravse, N° 9, disagreed to. 

Crause, N* 10, amended, and agreed to. 

Curavuss, N° 11, agreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 12, amended, and agreed to. 

Crausss, N° 13 to N° 16, agreed to. 

Cravuss, N° 17, amended, and agreed to. 

Cravse, N° 18, agreed to. 

CrauseE, N* 19 (Contents of application). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 5, |. 17: To leave out 
the words “ sketch or.” 


Question put, That the words “sketch or” stand 
part of the Clause; 


22° Juniz. 





A. 1854, 


} 63. 


18. 


The Committee divided. ‘ 

Tellers for the Yeas,{ or" ony “y Ley 
7 Mr. Henley, 

Tellers for the Noes,! tr Thomas Greme: { 


Clause agreed to. 

Cravsgs, N° 20 to N° 38, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

Craussgs, N° 39 to N° 43, disagreed to. 

Cuiavsgs, N° 44 to N° 66, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

Schedules agreed to. 

Clauses added. 

Preamble agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, ‘Tinat the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next ; and be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Medical 
mittee on the Medical Graduates (University of Zon- Graduates 
don) Bill; (Univeestay of 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- — 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order for ‘reading a second time, To-morrow, Agricultural 
the Agricultural Averages (Zreland) Bill, was read, Averages 
and discharged. (Ireland) Ba, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Tuesday next. 


The Nuisances Removal and Diseases Prevention Nuisances 
Acts Consolidation and Amendment Bill was read amen 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time yention pon 


upon Monday next; and to be printed. Consolidation 
and Amend- 
ment Bill 


Bill 151. 


Mr. Divett reported from the Sub-Committee on Leeds Northern 
Group 10 of Railway and Canal Bills; That in the Railway Bll 
case of the Leeds Northern Railway Bill, they had 
examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same, by altering 
the recital in reference to the insufficiency of the 
profits of the Company to pay any dividend to the 
shareholders, so as to make the same more consistent 
with the facts as proved before the Committee ; and 
found the same, as amended, to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Lord John Russell presented, pursuant to the direc- Pilotage. 
tions of several Acts of Parliament,—Copy of an 
Order of Her Majesty in Council, under the Pilotage 
Law Amendment Act, 1853, approving certain Re- 
gulations made by the Commissioners of Pilots for 
the Port of Liverpool, in respect of Coasting Steamers 
plying to and from that Port. : 
Copy of an Order of Her Majesty in Council, 
under the 16th &amp; 17th Vic. c.129, approving a Table 
of Rates of Pilotage for Vessels in the mes and 
Medway, and Regulations extending the Exemption 
from Compulsory Pilotage, and for the Conduct of 
the Pilot Service in the Port of London. Das 
Copy of an Order of the Lords of Her Majesty mr a 
Privy Council of 10 March 1854, renewing for Six pySeases Pre- 
Months an Order of the 15 September 1854, putting yention Act. 
in force the Provisions of the 11 &amp; 12 Vie. c. 123, 
for the Removal of Nuisances and the Prevention 
of Contagious and Epidemic Diseases. ‘ 
Copy of an Order in Council of the 25th Novem- 


1853, givi rivileze of Copyright to Authors, 
ber 1853, giving privileg) pyrig Fawr en 


International 
Copyright. 















— Act. 
Assaults 00 
Women and 
n 

Childre lis) 

r of 

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vy 

ill, 
Bervia. 

d 

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} 

nm 

u Austria and 
Prussia, 
Clerical 
Licenses 
(Ireland, ) 
Yaiversity 






18 Vicroriz. 


Inventors, Designers, Engravers, &amp;c. of the State of 
Hamburgh. 

Copy of an Order of Her Majesty in Council, 
reducing the Duties upon Books, Prints and Drawings 
published within the State of Hamburgh. 

Copy of an Order of Her Majesty in Council, 

iving to the Subjects of the King of Hanover the 

nefit of the Foreign Deserters Act, 1852. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Charges preferred against 
Male Persons for Assaults on Women and Children, 
at each Court within the Metropolitan Police District, 
from the 1st day of June 1850 to the 1st day of June 
1853, showing, 1st, whether such Cases were re- 
mitted to the Sessions, or disposed of by Summary 
Adjudication ; 2dly, the Number of Convictions, and 
the Sentences in eachCase ; 3dly, the Relation, if any, 
between the Party charged and Complainant :—Si- 
milar Return from the 14th day of June 1853 to the 
14th day of June 1854; such Returns to state the 
Number of Complaints, if any, against the same Per- 
son, and the Number of Convictions recorded :— 
And, Copy of any Report or Communications from 
any of the Metropolitan Police Magistrates, ad- 
dressed to the Secretary of State, in reference to the 
operation of the Act 16 Vic.c. 30. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolred, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of the Protest addressed by the Servian 
Government to the Sublime Porte, against the occu- 
pation of that Principality by Austrian Troops. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of the Convention lately signed between 
Austria and Prussia, with any additional Article 
added thereto. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Sir John Young presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 1st day of May last, for a Return of the 
Sums paid in each Diocese in Lreland by a Curate 
or other Clergyman taking out a License to preach 
or officiate within such Dioceses respectively, and 
the Amount in the whole of the Sums paid in respect 
of such Licenses in each Diocese, for the year ending 
the 25th day of March last, and to whom paid, and 
for whose use. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Oxford University Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(From and after the first day of Michaelmas Term, 
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, it shall 
not be necessary for any Person, upon matriculating 
in the University of Oxford, to make or subscribe 
any declaration, or to take any oath, save the oath of 
allegiance, or an equivalent declaration of allegiance, 
any law or statute to the contrary notwithstanding) :— 
And the said Clause was brought up, and read the 
first time. 

Vo, 109. 


22°—93° Junii. 


329 


And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the said Clause be now read a second time ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas. to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the {fMr. Heywood, , 
Yeas, Mr. Collier : Fie 

Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, lie 
Noes, {the Earl of Mu/grave: J 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


to 


1. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Veneris, 23° die Junii, 1854: 


The said Clause was read a second time; and made 
part of the Bill. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (From and after the first day of Michaelmas 
Term, One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, it 
shall not be necessary for any Person, upon taking 
any of the Degrees in Arts, Law, or Medicine, usually 
conferred by the said University of Oxford, to make 
or subscribe any declaration, or to take any oath, 
save the oath of allegiance, or an equivalent declara- 
tion of allegiance, any law or statute to the contrary 
notwithstanding) :—And the said Clause was brought 
up, and read the first time. 

| And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
| put, That the said Clause be now read a second 
| time ; 

| The House divided. 

| The Yeas to the Right; 

| The Noes to the Left. 





Tellers for the { Mr. Heywood, \ 96 
Yeas, Mr. Kinnaird: — 

| Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, eos 
| Noes, \The Earl of Mulgrave: = {~ - 


So it passed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That the Further Proceeding on the 
consideration of the said Bill, as amended in the 
Committee, be adjourned till this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Stamp Duties 

mittee on the Stamp Duties Bill ; ill. 
Resolved, That this House will, after the other 

Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 


mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming public Revenue 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 404 Consoli- 

: . , _, dated Fund 
upon the 19th day of this instant June, was pro- Charges Bill, 
posed to be made to the Public Revenue and Con- 
solidated Fund Charges Bill, as amended in the 
Committee ; 


Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till this day. 


The Excise Duties (Sugar) Bill was, according to Excise Duties 
Order, read the third time ; and Amendments were (Sug) Bill. 
made to the Billi. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Bills of Ex- 


reading of the Bills of Exchange and Promissory change and 


* Promissor 
| Notes Bill ; Notes Bill. 





| Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
| day. 


| The Order of the day being read, for the second Prisoners’ 

| reading of the Prisoners’ Removal Bill ; Removal Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 

Thursday the 6th day of July next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- New Forest 

mittee on the New Forest Bill; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 

itself into the said Committee. 





uU The 





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Warwick 
Assizes Bill. 


Registration 
of Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Towns Im- 
provement 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Improvement 
of Towns 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Convict 
Prisons (Ire- 
land) Bil. 


Registration 
of Bills of Sale 
Bill. 


Cruelty to 
Animals Bill. 


Reformatory 
Schools 
(Scotland) Bill. 


330 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Warwick Assizes Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

Crause, N* 1 (Recited enactments repealed). 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Chair- 

man do report Progress, and ok leave to sit again ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Digby Seymour, Vos 
Yeas, UMr. Murrough : } - 

Tellers for the; Mr. Hayter, 83 
Noes, |The Earl of Mulgrave: } : 

Clause amended, and agreed to. 

Clauses added. 

Preamble amended, and agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Registration of Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) 
Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Towns Improvement (Jreland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Improvement of Towns (Jreland) 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Convict Prisons (Zreland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to | 
take into consideration the Registration of Bills of 
Sale Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Cruelty to Animals Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Reformatory Schools (Scotland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, What this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Stamp Acts. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That whereas, under and by virtue of 
certain Acts relating to Stamp Duties, Letters by the 
General Post, acknowledging the safe arrival of any 
Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, or other Se- 
curities for Money, are exempted from the Stamp 
Duty granted and imposed on Receipts or Dis- 


22°—93° Juni. 





A. 1854, 


charges given for or upon the payment of money, 
the said exemption shall be repealed. . 


Resolution to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitzroy 
ees That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
ution. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways ana 

mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 

itself into the said Committee 


‘The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Judgment 
mittee on the Judgment Execution, &amp;c. Bill ; Execution, &amp;e, 
And a Motion being made, and the Question ®4 
— proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
alr ; 
A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That this House do now adjourn :—It was resolved 
in the Affirmative. 


And it being then half an hour after One of the 
clock on Friday morning :—The House ac- 
cordingly adjourned till this day. 





Veneris, 23° die Junii; 
Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 
M:&amp; Tutton Egerton reported from the Sub- Eastern Cou. 


Committee on the Eastern Counties Railway ties Railway 
(Purchase of Railways, &amp;c.) Bill; That they had ex- Cailwaye = 
amined the allegations contained in the Preamble of Bil. ~ 
the Bill, and amended the same, by striking out a 
es recital of the expediency of enabling the 

ompanies to enter into agreements for the pur- 
poses of the Bill, and by inserting therein special 
recitals of the working agreements which have been 
entered into between the five Companies, and which 
are proposed to be confirmed by the Bill; and found 
the same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


&amp;e.) 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Beccles Watet 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Beccles 204 Gas Bill. 
Water and Gas Bill; and the same were twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
_ agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Hull Ceme- 
Lords to the Hull Cemetery Bill be taken into con- tery Bill 
sideration upon Monday next. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Kingston- 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the King- ene 
ston-upon-Hull Improvement Bill; and the same — i 
were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to 
the Amendments made by 
dudno Improvement Bill. ; 

The said Amendments being read a second time 
(and it appearing that the Amendments to Clauses 
63 and 67 were to render these Clauses consistent 
with Clause 71, and carry out the intention of this 
House), were, with an Amendment to one of them, 


take into consideration Llandudno 
the Lords to the Zlan- — 


to. ’ 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the — 


CEE NS, SE Te Na ee — paar 
ALOT A ROR: TIS RGAE PSE oF 









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18 Vicrort2z. 


to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships, with an Amendment; to which Amendment 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their Lord- 
ships. 


ambergate, The Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston, and 
Nottingham = Eastern Junction Railway (Amendment of Acts, &amp;c.) 
sod BostoD, Bil], was read the third time. 

wot Fon Bail- Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

wy(Amend- (Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
i to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Carmarthen The Carmarthen and Cardigan Railway and Car- 
soi Cardigan djgan Harbour Bill was read the third time; and 


= Amendments were made to the Bill. 


fsrbour Bil. Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Blectric The Electric Telegraph Company (No. 2) Bill was 





23° Junii. 331 


Parties promoting the Great Western, Shrewsbury ham, and 
and Birmingham, and Shrewsbury and Chester Rail- pc y mere 
way Companies (Traffic Arrangements) Bill had Railway Com- 
stated to the Committee, that it was not their inten- panies (Traffic 
tion to proceed with the same. ante 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to Paupers 

Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to Scotland.) 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return with reference to the Expenditure on 
Paupers in each Parish of the Counties of Argyll, 
Inverness, Ross and Sutherland; showing, in se- 
parate Columns, the Cost of Provisions; the Cost 
of Clothing; the Cost of Lodging and other Ne- 
cessaries ; the Total Number of Paupers relieved ; 
the Average Weekly Cost of such Relief per Head ; 
the Salaries of Officers; the Cost of Medical Aid ; 
and the Amount of any other Expenditure not in- 
cluded in the foregoing. 





Telegraph = read the third time. 
oo) Bill A Clause (Pipes, &amp;c. not to be continued or laid 
= down above roads, &amp;c. without consent), was thrice 
read ; and added to the Bill. 
Another Clause (Saving rights of Canal, River and 
Navigation Companies), was thrice read ; and added 
to the Bill. 
Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Title 


be, An Act for limiting the liability of the Share- | 


holders in the Electric Telegraph Company, and for 
granting additional Powers to such Company. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


London and Ordered, That the short Title of the London and 
uavay (Hay North Western Railway (Haydon-square, &amp;c.) Bill, 
Saran, * as first entered in the Votes, be changed to London 


&amp;.) Bill. and North Western Railway. 


Iondonand = =The London and North Western Railway Bill was 
North Western read the third time ; and Amendments were made to 
Railway Bill the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Title 
be, An Act for authorizing the. Transfer to the Zon- 
don and North Western Railway Company of the 
Haydon-square Branch of the London and Blackwall 
Railway, and for other purposes, and of which the 
short Title is, “ The London and North Western 
Railway Act, 1854.” 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Methwold A Motion being made, That the Methwo/d Drain- 
Drainage Bill. aoe Bill be now read the third time ; 

Mr. Hayter, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Consent, 
as far as Her Mejesty’s interest 1s concerned, that 
the House may do therein as they shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Blackburn The House proceeded to take into consideration 
ay the Blackburn Improvement (No. 2) Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
oll , Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select 
(ony seventh Committee on Public Petitions ; That they had ex- 
port. ) amined the Petitions presented upon the 20th and 
21st day of this instant June, and had directed him 
to make a Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


sicat Western, Mr. Lascelles reported from the Sub-Committee 
and Birming. se 11 of Railway and Canal Bills; That the 
OL, 109. 


|__ Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 

_Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 

| 


|  Lesolved, That an humble Address. be presented Population, &amp;c. 
|to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Scotland. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, an Abstract Return showing, in separate 
| Columns, the Population, the Amount of Property 
on which Poor’s Rate is levied, the Rate in the 
| Pound on that Amount of such Rate, the Sum re-% 
ceived from the Annual Parliamentary Grant for 
Medical Relief, the Total Expenditure for Relief 
,and Maintenance of Paupers in Food, Necessaries 
_and Lodging, the Total Expenditure for Relief of 
| Casual Poor, the Proportion per Cent. to the Popu- 
| lation of Paupers relieved, and the Average Rate of 
| the Expenditure per Head on the Total Number of 
| Paupers relieved, the Cost of Establishment and of 
Medical Relief, in the several Counties of Argyll, 
Inverness, Ross and Sutherland (stating it separately 
as regards the Islands in the several Counties of 
Argyll, Inverness and Ross), for the year 1853 :— 
And, similar Return with reference to the whole of 
Scotland, with the exception of the above-mentioned 
Counties of Argyll, Inverness, Ross and Sutherland 
(in continuation of former Returns). 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this Heme as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


The Right honourable Henry Labouchere, being Controverted 
the Member appointed by Mr. Speaker to serve on Flections. 
the General Committee of Elections, in the place of 
the Right honourable Sir George Grey, Baronet, 
and not objected to by the House, was sworn by the 
Clerk at the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Wrecks, &amp;c. 
Copy of the Admiralty Register of Wrecks and 
other Casualties to Vessels which occurred in the 
|Seas and on the Shores of the United Kingdom 
| during the year 1853. 


Mr. Cowper presented,— Return to an Order, River Tyne. 
dated the 20th day of this instant June, for Copy of 
a Letter from the Local Commissioners of the River 
Tyne to the Right honourable Sir James Graham, 
dated the 3d day of June 1854. 

Return to an Order, dated the 19th day of this in- Parratt’s 
stant June, for Copy of the Report made by Sir Bald- Tubular 
win Walker, inthe month of March 1854, on the _—— 
Patent Tubular Life Raft, invented by Mr. Parratt. 

. Ordered, ‘That the said Returns do lie upon the 
able. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by Newspapers. 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 19th day of May last, for a Return of the Titles, 
Names and Addresses of Publishers, Weight and 
uu2 Date 

















332 23° Junii. A. 1854, 


Date of Registration of every registered Newspaper,|_ The House, according to Order, resolved itself Towns tm, 
whereof a Portion is stated on the Newspaper itself| into a Committee on the Towns Improvement (Jre- lineanant el 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Forty- 
eighth Report. 


Oxford 
University 
Bill. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Customs 
Duties Bill. 


Cork and 
Bandon Rail- 
way Bill. 
Wadsley and 
Langset Road 
Bill. 


Hamilton 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Church 
Building Acts 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Swansea 
Harbour Bill. 


Episcopal 

and Capitular 
Estates Ma- 
nagement Bill. 


Oxford 
University 
Bill. 


Bill 152. 


to be published without Stamps. 

Return to an Order, dated the 8th day of this in- 
stant June, for Returns of the Total Quantities of 
Flax and Hemp respectively imported into the 
United Kingdom, in each year from 1801 to 1853, 
both inclusive; distinguishing the Quantities re- 
ceived from the Russian Empire from those received 
from all other Parts:—And, of the Total Quantity 
of Rags imported into the United — and of 
the Total Quantity exported from the United King- 
dom, in each year from 1801 to 1853, both inclusive. 


Petitions relating to Church Rates;—Church Rates 
Abolition Bill ;—Episcopal and Capitular Estates ;— 
Gaols ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;—Maynooth College ; 
—Public-houses and Beer-shops ;— Universities (Ox- 
fordand Cambridge) ;—Factories ;—Mortmain Bill; 
Pembroke College (Oxford) ;— Poland;—Police Bill; 
—and, Scientific Institutions,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to the Friendly Societies Bill, 
was also presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the further Proceeding on consideration of the Oz- 
ford University Bill, as amended in the Committee : 
—The House resumed the said further Proceeding : 
And another Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p. 2, 1. 5, by leaving out the words “ the 
“ Honourable Sir John Taylor Coleridge, one of the 
“ Justices of the Court of Queen’s Bench.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out, stand part of the Bill—— 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Serjeant 
Manning : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Customs Duties 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 
The Lords have agreed to the Cork and Bandon 
Railway Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Wadsley and Lang- 
set Road Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Amendment made by their 
Lordships to the Hamilton Waterworks Bill, with- 
out any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Church Building 
Acts Amendment Bill, with an Amendment; to 
which Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Swansea Harbour 
Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to continue and amend an Act to facilitate the Ma- 
nagement and Improvement of Episcopal and Ca- 
pitular Estates in England; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House :—And then 
the Messenger withdrew. 





And the Question being again proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out, stand part of the Bill: 
—The said proposed Amendment was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 

Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, by leaving out Clause 33. 

And the Question being proposed, That Clause 33 
stand part of the Bill :—The said proposed Amend- 
ment was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third tirie upon 
Monday next ; and be printed. 





land) Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Crause, N° 23 (Qualification of Electors at Elec- 
tions of Commissioners). 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 11, 1. 14: 
After the word “ Ireland,” to insert the words “as 
“ occupier of such lands, tenements or heredita- 
“ ments, at a net annual value of £.8 or upwards.” 

Question put, That those words be there in- 
serted ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the {aa George, 

Yeas, Mr. Knox: 

Tellers for the } Mr. Hayter, 

Noes, (The Earl of Mulgrave: 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the 
Clause: To add the following words, “ Provided 
“ always, that in case of the name of any voter being 
omitted, or wrongly described upon such rate- 
book, such voter shall be at liberty to prove to 
the person or persons presiding at such Election, 
that he was entitled to be rated by reason of his 
occupying such premises as tenant or owner for 
Twelve months next preceding the First day of 
“ January in such year, and that he paid all rates 
“ and taxes required under this Act.” 

Question, That those words be there added —— 
put, and negatived. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Cravss, N° 24, amended, and agreed to. 

CrauseE, N° 25, agreed to. 

Cuavusss, N° 26 to N° 55, 
several of them, agreed to. 


Cause, N° 56, disagreed to. 

Cuauses, Ne 57 to N° 73, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

Causes, N° 74 to N° 76, disagreed to. 

Crauses, N° 77 to N° 93, agreed to. 

Cause, N° 94, amended, and agreed to. 

Causes, N° 95 to N° 103, agreed to. 

Cravse, N° 104, amended, and agreed to. 

Schedules agreed to. 

Clause added. 

Clause (And with respect to Markets and Fairs, 
be it enacted, That the Markets and Fairs Clauses 
Act, 1847, shall be incorporated with, and form part 
of this Act)——brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
read a second time put, and negatived. 

Clause (Provided, and be it enacted, That it shall 
be lawful for the Commissioners to reduce or remit 
the payment of any rate on account of the poverty 
of any person liable to the payment thereof)—— 
brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
read a second time——put, and negatived. 

Clause (Provided also, That the Auditor of Ac- 
counts relating to the relief of the poor for the dis- 
trict or union in which the town is situate, shall be 
the Auditor of the Accounts under this Act; and pro- 
vided also, that any person interested in the accounts 
as a creditor of the Commissioners, or as @ re 
may appeal against the allowance thereof, though 
the Auditor may not think there is just cause to 
disapprove of any part thereof——brought up, and 
read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
read a second time——put, and negatived. : 

Clause (In case of any indictment or information 
by the Commissioners as private prosecutors, for a 
nuisance within the boundaries of the town, if judg- 
ment shall be given for the defendant, he shall be 
entitled to recover from the prosecutors the costs 

sustained 


6 


8 


| # 
J 
1 
sj 85 


“ 


with Amendments to 





{mprovement 


of Towns 
({reland) Bill. 


Convict 
Prisons (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


| dated Fund 
Charges Bill. 


Vice-Admi- 
talty Court 
(Mauritius) 
Bill, 


Bills of Ex- 
change and 


Notes Bill: 


Supply, 


Navy (Pri. 


wners of War.) 





18 VicTorIz. 


sustained by him by reason of such indictment or 
information ; and if judgment shall be given for the 
prosecutors, they shall ‘be entitled to recover from 
him the costs sustained by them by reason of the 
prosecution of such indictment or information ; such 
gosts so to be recovered by the defendant or the pro- 
secutors &gt;. to be taxed by the proper 
officer of the court before which the said indictment 
or information is tried)——brought up, and read 1°. 
Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
read a second time put, and negatived. 
Preamble agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 











Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Thursday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Improvement of Towns (Jreland) 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 24° die Junii, 1854: 


The Convict Prisons (Ireland) Bill was, according 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, upon 
the 19th day of this instant June, was proposed to 
be made to the Public Revenue and Consolidated 
Fund Charges Bill, as amended in the Committee, 
and which Amendmentin Schedule A. was to leave out 
the words “ Salaries of Sheriffs and Sheriffs Substi- 
“ tute, per Act 16 &amp; 17 Vic. c. 80; Retiring Allow- 
“ ances to the Sheriffs Substitute, under the Act 
“1&amp;2 Vic. c. 119 ;” 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 


D5 me D4° Jurnit. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to a 
Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
next. 

Mr. Bouverie also acquainted the House, that he 

was directed to move, That the Committee may have 

leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


da 


The Order of the day being read, for the Commit- Ways and 
tee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Dublin Car- 
a Committee on the Dublin Carriage Bill ; and, after Tisge Bill. 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for — into Railway and 


consideration the Amendments made by the Lords ee dey 
to the Railway and Canal Traffic Regulation Bill; pi, 


Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken into 
consideration upon Monday next. 


The Poor Law Board Continuance Bill was, ac- Poor Law _ 
cording to Order, read a second time ; and committed Board Comi- 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. . 


_ The Union Charges Continuance Bill was, accord- Union Charges 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed Continuance 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Portland, &amp;c. 
into a Committee on the Portland, &amp;c. Chapels Chapels Bill. 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill,and directed 
him to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 





words proposed to be left out stand part of the Sche- 
dule:-—The House resumed the said adjourned 
Debate. 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned till 
Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee on the Vice-Admiralty Court (Mauri- 
tius) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes Bill 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 


_ The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Supply ; 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
provide for the Expenses on account of Prisoners of 
War, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1855. 


Resolution to be reported. 





VoL, 109. 





The Order of the day being read, for taking into Supply 
| consideration the 4th of the Resolutions which, upon [20th June.] 
| the 20th day of this instant June, were reported from 
the Committee of Supply ; and which Resolution was 
then postponed ; 

Ordered, That the said Resolution be taken into 
consideration upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into New Forest 
a Committee on the New Forest Bill; and, after some Bill. 
time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; 
and Mr. Bouverie reported, That the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and directed him to report the 
same, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Warwick 
into consideration the Warwick Assizes Bill, as Assizes Bill. 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Commit- Registration 
tee on the Registration of Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill ; of ——- a. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, ——— 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Cruelty to 
a Committee on the Cruelty to Animals Bill. Animals B. 
(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 
uv3 


CLavseEs, 





Medical 
Graduates 
(University of 
London) Bill. 
Bill 153. 


Married 


Women Bill. 


Stamp Duties 
Bill. 


Adjournment. 


99°— 9. 4°—— PF? Junzz. 


Cravses, N°1 and N°2, amended, and agreed to. 

Clause (And whereas, by an Act — in the se- 
cond and third years of Her present Majesty, it was 
enacted, under a penalty, that dogs should not be 
used for the purposes of draught within the Metro- 
politan Police district, and it is desirable that such 
enactment should be extended to all parts of the 
United Kingdom; be it Enacted, That any person 
who shall, in any part of the United Kingdom, use 
any dog for the purpose of drawing or helping to 
draw any cart, carriage, truck or barrow, shall for- 
feit and pay a penalty not exceeding Forty shillings 
for the first offence, and not exceeding Five pounds 
for the second and every subsequent offence ; such 


A. 1854. 


Ordered, That the Sub-Committee on Group 8 of 
Railway and Canal Bills have leave to sit this da 
notwithstanding the adjournment of the House. 


Rail 
aut 
(Group 8.) 
The Select Committee on the Thames Marshes Thames 
was nominated of Sir Edmund Filmer, Lord Dudley Marshes, 
Stuart, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Sir John Shelle 


? 


Mr. Alderman Cubitt, Viscount Bernard, Mr. Mon- 
tagu Chambers, Mr. Thomas Greene, Mr. James 
MacGregor, Sir William Smijth, Mr. Wilkinson, Mr. 
Frewen, Mr. Masters Smith, Mr. Vansittart, and 
Colonel Dunne ; with Power to send for persons, 
papers and records. 


Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 





penalties to be recovered in like manner as is provided | 
for the recovery of penalties under the Act of the| Ordered, That Sir John Trollope be discharged Poor Removal 
twelfth and thirteenth vears of Her said Majesty : | from further attendance on the Select Committee on 


Provided always, That if the conviction shall take 
place before two ee it shall be lawful for such 
justices, if they shall think fit, instead of imposing a 
pecuniary penalty, forthwith to commit any such 
offender to the House of Correction, there to be im- 
prisoned, with or without hard labour, for any time 
not exceeding three calendar months)——brought 
up, and read 1°. 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
be read a second time ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the i James East, 
Yeas, Mr. Mullings: 
Tellers for thef Mr. Craufurd, 
Noes, LMr. Bonham Carter : 
Clause read 2°, and added. 
Preamble amended, and agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- | 


verie reported, That the Committee had gone through 


the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com-_ 


mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the 
Stamp Acts, a Resolution; which was read, as fol- 
loweth : 


| Poor Removal. 
| Ordered, That Sir John Pakington and Mr. Ing- 
ham be added to the Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Indemnity, 
‘indemnify such Persons in the United Kingdom as 
have omitted to qualify themselves for Offices and 
Employments, and to extend the time limited for those 
yurposes respectively : And that Mr. Fitzroy and Mr. 

Vilson do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Turnpike Acts 
continue certain Acts for regulating Turnpike Roads See 
in Zreland: And that Sir John Young and Mr. Soli- ‘ — 
citor General for Ireland do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Linen, &amp;e. 
continue certain Acts relating to Linen, Hempen and Manufactures 
other Manufactures in Zreland: And that Sir John“) 
Young and Mr. Solicitor General for Zreland do pre- 
| pare, and bring it in. 





A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- County Court 
osed, That an humble Address be presented to Her J™4ses 
Tajesty, that She will be graciously pleased to give 

directions, that there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Names of all County Court Judges 
now holding Appointment in England and Wales ; 
the Date of their respective Appointments ; by whom 


Resolved, That whereas, under and by virtue of appointed ; their respective Ages, and their standing 


certain Acts relating to Stamp Duties, Letters by the 
General Post acknowledging the safe arrival of any 
Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, or other secu- 
rities for money, are exempted from the Stamp Duty 
granted and imposed on Receipts or Discharges given 
for or upon the payment of money, the said exemption 
shall be repealed. 


The said Resolution, being read a second time, was | 


agreed to. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee on the Medical Graduates (University 
of London) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair: and Mr. Bouverie 


reported, That the Committee had gone through the | 


Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- | 
mittee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 12th | 


day of July next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Commit- 
tee on the Married Women Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. i 


The Order of the day being read, for the Commit- 
tee on the Stamp Duties Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of the 
House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


at the Bar when appointed ; the Reasons, if any, of 

| their Appointment ; what Public Service has been 

performed by them, if any ; or what Appointments, if 
any, have been or are held by them previously to or 

‘with their Appointment as Judges of the County 
Court ; what Salaries they are in receipt of ; and the 
Amount of their Travelling Expenses ; 


And Notice being taken, that Forty Members were 
‘not present:—The House was told by Mr. Speaker ; 
and Forty Members not being present, and it being 

half an hour after One of the clock on Saturday 
‘morning :—-The House was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, 
without a Question first put, till Monday next. 





Luna, 26° die Junii; 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


— ’ Sub- ittee Ambergate, 
M R. Divett reported from the Sub-Committee ew om 


on Group 10 of Railway and Canal Bills ; 314 Boston, 
That in the case of the Ambergate, Nottingham and Eastera. 
and Boston and Eastern Junction Railway (Working a . 
Arrangements with Great Northern Railway) Bill, pe Maher 
they had examined the allegations contained in the with Great 
Preamble of the Bill, and made a verbal Amend- net Bill. 
ment therein; and found the same, as amended, 
to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. : M 

[r. 














ett 


val, 









(Clara) Estate 
«Bill 


ill’s 


Hull Cemetery 
Bill. 


‘ork, New- 
wal and Ber- 
wick, York 
and North 
Midland, and 
Leeds North- 
em Railway 


jes 
roe gamation 
Bill. 


British 
Guarantee 
Association 
(No. 2) Bill. 


North — 
politan Rail- 
way Bill. 


Paisley 
Waterworks 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Potteries, 
Biddulph and 
Congleton 
Railway Biil. 


Rhymney 
Railway Bill. 


West London 
and Crystal 
Palace Rail- 


way (Bromley 
and Farn- 
borough) Bill. 
Westminster 


‘erminus 
Railway Bill. 


Fleming’s 
Estate Bill. 


Green's 
Estate Bill. 


18 VicToriz. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on 
ThornHll’s (Clara) Estate Bill; That they had exa- 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of 
the Bill, and verbally amended the same; and found 
the same, as amended, to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Hull Cemetery Bill; and the same were 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The York, Newcastle and Berwick, York and 
North Midland, and Leeds Northern Railway Com- 
panies Amalgamation Bill was read the third time. 

A Clause (Passengers’ luggage) was thrice read ; 
and added to the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill | 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the British Guarantee Association (No. 2) Bill, as 
amended in the Committee ; and Amendments were 
made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the North Metropolitan Railway Bill, as amended in | 
the Committee ; and Amendments were made to the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Paislen Waterworks (No. 2) Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Potteries, Biddulph and Congleton Railway Bill, 
as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Rhymney Railway Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the West London and Crystal Palace Railway ( Brom- 
ley and Farnborough) Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 





The House proceeded to take into consideration | 
the Westminster Terminus Railway Bill, as amended | 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. | 

Fleming's Estate Bill was read a second time; | 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Green’s Estate Bill was read a second time; and 
committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Wyndham’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 
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335 


Ordered, That the Amendment made by the Lords Church 
to the Church Building Acts Amendment Bill be Building Acts 
taken into consideration upon Thursday next. on a 

Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had examined Petitions 
the Petitions presented upon the 22d and 23d days — 
of this instant June ; and had directed him to make 
a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Hutchins reported from the Select Committee Accidents in 
on Accidents in Coal Mines; That they had further Coal Mines 
considered the matters to them referred, and directed — Re- 
him to make a Report thereof to the House; together“ yo 595, 
with the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. ~~ 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Fees on 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to (Office of 


| give directions, that there be laid before this House, Woods, &amp;c.) 
|a Return of the Amount of Fees paid to the Office 


of Woods, Forests and Land Revenue, the Office of 
the Board of Works, the Office of the Duchy of 
Lancaster, and the Office of the Duchy of Cornwall, 
by the Promoters of Private Bills, in the years 1850, 
1851, 1852 and 1853, for or in respect of any duty 
performed by those Offices in respect of the significa- 
tion of the Consent of the Crown to Private Bills in 
either House of Parliament; distinguishing the Na- 
ture and Amount of such Fees in each case, and the 
Authority under which such Fees are claimed, and 
their Application. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, Thatthe Return relative to the River Tyne, River Tyne. 
which was presented upon the 23d day of this instant No. 326. 
June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Newspapers, Newspapers. 
which was presented upon the 23d day of this instant No. 327. 
June, be printed. ‘ 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Flax and Flax and 
Hemp, &amp;c., which was presented upon the 23d day Hemp, &amp;. 
of this instant June, be printed. No, 328. 


Petitions relating to Church Building Acts Amend- Public 
ment (No. 2) Bill ;—Church Rates ;—Church Rates sempre 
Abolition Bill ;—Ecclesiastical Courts Bill ;—Ecclesi- vide Forty- 
astical Titles Assumption Act ;—Established Church ninth Report, 
(Ireland) ; —Intoxicating Liquors ; — Public-houses 
and Beer-shops ;— Universities (Oxford and Cam- 
bridge) ;— Balliol College (Oxford) ;—Copyholds ;—~ 
Education (Jreland) ; —Factories ;—General Board 
of Health Bill ;—Hospitals and Infirmaries Bill ;— 
Mortmain Bill; —Ocean Penny Postage ;—Police 
Bill ;—Railway and Canal Traffic Regulation Bill ; 
—Reformatory Schools (Scotland) Bill ;—Settlement 
and Removal Bill; —Tenants’ Compensation (Jre- 
land) Bill ;—Testamentary Jurisdiction Bill ;—and, 
Valuation of Lands (Scotland) Bill,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to the Friendly Societies Bill, 
was also presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Bill. 


The Ozford University Bill was, according to Oxford 
Order, read the third time. maa 

A Clause (Ordinances and Regulations objected 
to by governing body of College, &amp;c. to be laid before 
Parliament), was thrice read ; and added to the Bill. 

Another Clause (University Court to be subject to 
the rules of the common law), was thrice read; and 
added to the Bill. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (From and after the first day of Michaelmas 

uu4 Term, 





26° Juni. 


Term, One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-four, 
it shall not be necessary for any person, upon taking 
the degree of Bachelor in Arts, Law or Medicine, 


usually conferred by the said University of Oxford, | 


to make or subscribe any declaration, or to take any 
oath, save the oath of allegiance, or an equivalent 


declaration of allegiance, any law or statute to the | 


contrary notwithstanding):—And the said Clause 
was brought up, and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time ; 

Mr. Speaker called the attention of the House to 
the Resolution of the Ist day of this instant June, 
“ That on a Clause being offered in the Committee 
on the Bill, or on the consideration of Report, or 
third reading of a Bill, Mr. Speaker, or the Chairman, 
do desire the Member to bring up the same; where- 


upon it shall be read a first time, without Question | 


put; but no Clause shall be offered on consideration 
of Report or third reading without Notice ;” and it 
appearing that the Clause now under consideration 
differed from the Clause of which Notice had been 
given :—-The said Motion and Clause were severally, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Further Proceeding on the third 
reading of the said Bill be adjourned till Thursday 
next. 


Public Revenue 
end Consoli- 
dated Fund 
Charges Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, upon 


made to the Public Revenue and Consolidated Fund 
Charges Bill, as amended in the Committee, and which 
Amendment was, in Schedule A., to leave out the words 


“ Salaries of Sheriffs and Sheriffs Substitute, per Act 


“ 16 &amp;17 Vic. c. 80; Retiring Allowances to the 
“ Sheriffs Substitute, under the Act 1 &amp; 2 Vic.c.119;” 
And the Question being again proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out, stand part of the 
Schedule :—The House resumed the said adjourned 
Debate :—And the said proposed Amendment was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 
A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Bill be-recommitted 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blunt : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Londonderry Bridge 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bideford Roads 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Dudley, Halesowen 
and Bromsgrove Roads Bill, without any Amend- 
ment: And also, . 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Londonderry 
Bridge Bill. 
Bideford 
Roads Bill. 


Dudley, Hales- 
owen and 
Bromsgrove 
Roads Bill. 
Tacumshin 
Embankment 
Bill 
Exhibition of 
1851 Commis- 
sioners Bill. 


bankment Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


also, 


Great Western The Lords have agreed to the Great Western 
Railway . 
(Station Ac- 
commodation, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 

Stamford and 


Kettering 
Road Bill. 


Bangor Water- 
works Bill. 


Bethesda and 

Llianllechid 

Improvemen 

Bill. 

Yeovil Im- 

on 
ill. 


any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Stamford and Ket- 
tering Road Bill, without any Amendment: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bangor Waterworks 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bethesda and 
Llanllechid Improvement Bill, without any Amend- 
ment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Yeovil Improvement 
Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Stourbridge Water- 
works Bill, with Amendments; to which Amendments 


Stourbridge 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


the 19th of this instant June, was proposed to be , 


The Lords have agreed to the Tacumshin En- | 


The Lords have agreed to the Exhibition of 1851 | 
Commissioners Bill, without any Amendment: And | 


Railway (Station Accommodation, &amp;c.) Bill, without | 


A. 1854, 


the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, . 

The Lords have agreed to the Winchester and Pe- 
tersfield Road Bill, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Birmingham Im- Birm; 
| provement Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amend- Improvement 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: ®! 

And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the South Devon Rail- south Devon 
| way Bill, with Amendments; to which Amendments Railway Bi, 
|the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
| And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bradford Water- Bradtora 
works Bill, with Amendments; to which Amendments Waterworks 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And Bul 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the East Suffolk Railway East suo 
Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the Railway Bil, 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Shrewsbury and Shrewsbury 
Chester Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which 80d Chester 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of this ®*!¥ay Bul. 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the East Lancashire, Rast Lanca- 
Lancashire and Yorkshire, and Manchester and South- shire, Lanca- 
port Railways Bill, with Amendments; to which vote 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of this Ma: a 


Manchester 
House: And also, and Southport 


Railways Bill, 

The Lords have agreed to the Stockton and Dar- stockton and 
lington Railway Bill, with Amendments ; to which Darlington 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of this ®way Bill 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Birmingham Canal Birmingham 

_ Navigations Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amend- ©2nal Navi- 
| ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 8°" Bil 
| And also 

| b] 

The Lords have agreed to the South Sea Company South Sea 
Bill, with Amendments; to which Amendments the Company Bil 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Hertford and Wel- Hertford 
wyn Junction Railway Bill, with Amendments; to 24 Welwya 

L€ : - Junction 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence Railway Bill 
of this House: And also, 
| The Lords have agreed to the Dowlais Railway Dowlais 
Bill, with Amendments; to which Amendments the Railway Bill. 
| Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Edinburgh Police Edinburgh 
and Improvement Bill, with Amendments; to which — aad 

° - Improvement 

Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of this pij) 

House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Chesterfield Market Chesterfield 
Bill, with an Amendment ; to which Amendment the Market Bill. 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Darlington and Darlington 
Barnard Castle Railway Bill, with an Amendment ; Paty 
to which Amendment the Lords desire the concur- way Bill. 
rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Vaccination 
further to extend and make compulsory the Practice _ ja 
of Vaccination; to which the Lords desire the con- sa 

currence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Aberdeen 
to incorporate the Craft of Shoemakers of the Burgh ay ot 
of Aberdeen ; to confirm the Titles and Conveyances, pin, 
and to regulate the Administration of the Estates and 
Affairs of the said Craft ; and for other ——— re- 
‘lating to the Society ; to which the Lords desire the 
‘concurrence of this House:—And then the Mes- 


senger withdrew. 


Winchester 
and Petersfielg 
Road Bill 











| And the Question being put, That the Bill be re- 
| committed ; 


| The House divided. 


Public Revenue 
il 
dat 

Bill. 


The 








Fs 


rr 





18 VicrorizZ. 


The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for thef Mr. Jsaac Butt, 


} 53 


Yeas, Colonel Dunne: —_ 
Tellers for the; Mr. Hayter, } 90 
Noes, Mr. Grenville Berkeley : , 


So it passed in the Negative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in Schedule B., by leaving out the words 
“ exclusive of the Salaries of the Board.” — 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Schedule:—It 
was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Thursday next, at Twelve o’clock. 


sapply. The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Supply. 
(In the Committee.) 
Goremors,&amp;c. 1. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 


ee India Sum, not exceeding Twenty-two thousand nine hun- 
&amp;) dred and twenty-eight pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Salaries of the 
Governors, Lieutenant Governors, and others, in the 
West India Colonies and Prince Edward Island, to 
the 31st day of March 1855. 
Whereupon Motion made, and Question proposed, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Nineteen thousand four 
hundred and twenty-eight pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Salaries 
of tne Governors, Lieutenant Governors, and others, 
in the West India Colonies and Prince Edward 
Island, to the 31st day of March 1855. 
Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 
Original Question put, and agreed to. 


ndiary 2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty 
jutics eight thousand eight hundred and _ seventy-five 
ee ee) unds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 
“ Salaries, Allowances and Contingencies of the Sti- 
pendiary Justices in the West India Colonies and 
the Mauritius, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fourteen 
thousand one hundred and ten pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of 
the Civil Establishments on the Western Coast of 
Africa, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding. Eleven 
thousand two hundred and seventy-six pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray Charges con- 
nected with the Island of Saint Helena, to the 31st 
day of March 1855. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 
thousand three hundred and eighty-three pounds, be 

ranted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 

harge of Western Australia, to the 31st day of 
March 1855. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Nine 
hundred and seventy-six pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of Heligoland, 
to the 31st day of March 1855. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 
thousand and twenty-three pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of the 
Falkland Tslands, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

8. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 
Sum, not exceeding Four thousand ie hundred 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, towards defray- 
ing the Charge of Hong Kong, to the 31st day of 
March 1855. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question proposed, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Two thousand four hun- 
dred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, towards 
defraying the Charge of Hong Kong, to the 31st day 
of March 1855. 

Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One thou- 
sand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, towards 
Vou. 109. 


Western Coast 
of Africa. 


Saint Helena. 


Western 
Australia, 


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337 


defraying the Charge of Labuan, to the 31st day of 
March 1855. 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixteen Emigration. 
thousand eight hundred and forty pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Colonial 
Land and Emigration Board, and of the Emigration 
Officers at the different Ports of this Kingdom, also 
to defray certain Expenses in the Colonies connected 
with Emigration, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty Captured 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- Negroes and 
fray, to the 31st day of March 1855, Expenses in- berated 
curred for the support of Captured Negroes and Li- 
berated Africans, and other Charges under the Acts 
for the Abolition of the Slave Trade. 


Resolutions to be reported. 


Africans. 





And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 27° die Junii, 1854: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to se- 
veral Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day, at 
Twelve o'clock. 

Mr. Bouverie also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee of Supply. 
Supply, a Resolution; which was read, as followeth : 

ftesolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty Navy (Prison- 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to ers of War.) 
_— for the Expenses on account of Prisoners of 

ar, which will come in course of payment during 
the year ending on the 31st day of March 1855, 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, was 
agreed to. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Commit- Ways and 
tee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Stamp Duties 
a Committee on the Stamp Duties Bill. Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Wilson 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, ‘I hat the 
Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Nuisances 
reading of the Nuisances Removal and Diseases a 
Prevention Acts Consolidation and Amendment Bill ; pe tg wer 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon Consolidation 


7 and Amend- 
Friday next. ment Bill 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Drainage of 
into consideration the Drainage of Lands Bill, as 1@nds Bill. 
amended in the Committee ; and Amendments were 
made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Reformatory 
a Committee on the Reformatory Schools (Scotland) a 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker -~ ore 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Baines reported, That ™ aes 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 5th 
day of July next. 

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338 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Hospitals and Infirmaries (Jreland) 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


Hospitals and 
Infirmaries 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Testamentary The Order of the day being read, for the second 
—_— reading of the Testamentary Jurisdiction Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Sheriff and 
Sheriff Clerk 
of Chancery 
(Scotland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Sheriff and Sheriff Clerk of Chancery 
(Scotland) Bill ; 

Ordered, ‘Yhat the Bill be read the third time 
upon Tuesday next, at Twelve o’clock. 


Benefices 
Augmentation 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Benefices Augmentation Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 


General Board The General Board of Health Bill was, according 
of Health Bill. to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


Youthful The Youthful Offenders Bill was, according to 
Offenders Bill. Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


Convict 
Prisons (Ire- 
land) Bill, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Convict Prisons (Jreland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Vice-Admi- 
ralty Court 
(Mauritius) 
Bill. 


The Vice-Admiralty Court (Mauritius) Bill was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Peel do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Dublin Car- 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
riage Bill. 


take into consideration the Dublin Carriage Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Thursday next. 


Railway and 
Canal ‘Tratfic 
Regulation 
Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Railway 
and Canal Traffic Regulation Bill; and the same 
were twice read, and, with Amendments to several 
of them, agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Cardwell do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships, with Amendments; to which Amend- 
ments this House doth desire the concurrence of 
their Lordships. 


Portland, &amp;c. 


The Portland, &amp;c. Chapels Bill was, according to 
Chapels Bill. 


Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Supply 


eere’y ann) The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
20th June. 


take into consideration the 4th of the Resolutions 
which, upon the 20th day of this instant June, were 
reported from the Committee of Supply ; and which 
Resolution was then postponed ; wad the same was 
again read, as followeth : 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four 
thousand and forty-nine pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of the Civil 
Establishment of the Bermudas, to the 31st day of 
March 1855. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


96°—27° Juniz. 





A. 1854, 


The New Forest Bill was, according to Order, New Forest 
read the third time; and an Amendment was made Bill 
to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Warwick Assizes Bill was, according to Order, Warwick 
read the third time. Assizes Bill 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Fitzroy do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Registration 
mittee on the Registration of Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) °% Births, &amp;e. 
Bill ; (Scotland) Ba 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Cruelty to 
into consideration the Cruelty to Animals Bill, as Animals Bill 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Married 
mittee on the Married Women Bill; Women Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Bills of Ex. 
into a Committee on the Bills of Exchange and change and 
Promissory Notes Bill; and, after some time spent Notes Bill. 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Sir jy y5¢, 
John Young reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next, 
at Twelve o'clock. 


The Registration of Bills of Sale Bill was, accord- Registration 
ing to Order, read the third time. aya of Sale 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, ~ 
do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Mullings do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments ; to which 
Amendments this House doth desire the concurrence 
of their Lordships. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Churches 
Copies of the Correspondence of the Venerable 
Archdeacon Allen with the Church Building Com- 
missioners and their Secretary, Solicitor, or other 
Officers, between the 1st day of February last and 
the 15th day of this instant June, complaining of 
Expense, Delay and Inconvenience occasioned to 
Church Builders :—And, of all Letters in reply to 
the said Archdeacon, and of all Resolutions and 
other Proceedings consequent thereon. 


Ordered, That Sir William Heathcote be dis- Crown Forests. 
charged from further attendance on the Select Com- 
mittee on Crown Forests. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson be added to the Com- 
mittee. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Insurance on 
continue an Act of the lost Session of Parliament, a4 Epo 
for extending for a limited time the Provision for Income Tax 
abatement of Income Tax in respect to Insurance on Continuance. 
Lives: And that Mr. Wilson and Mr. Chancellor of 
the Exchequer do prepare, and bring jt in. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented a Bill to indemnify such indemnolty 
Persons in the United Kingdom as have omitted to™ 
qualify themselves for Offices and Employments, 
and to extend the Time limited for those purposes 

respectively : 





Linen, &amp;c. 
Manufactures 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Bill 157. 


Insurance on 
Lives Abate- 
ment of 
Income Tax 
Continuance 
Bill. 

Bill 158. 


Judgment 
Execution, &amp;c. 


Turnpike Acts 


Continuance 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Bill 159. 


Committees, 


Ambergate, 
Nottingham 
and Boston, 
and Eastern 
Junction Rail- 


way (Working 


TTangements 
Great 
Northern 
Railway) Bill. 


Swansea, 
Harbour Bill, 


: Border Coun. 
Ba bway 


18 Vicroriz. 


respectively: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time this day. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number and Description of Persons 
employed on each of the Railways in England and 
Wales, Scotland and Ireland respectively, on the 
30th day of June 1854, which may at that Date be 
open for Traffic; also the Length of Line, with 
the Number of Stations open for Public Traffic on 
the same day :—And, similar Return for each Line 
and Branch Line of Railway which has been autho- 
rized, but which may not be open for Traffic on the 
30th day of June 1854, distinguishing the Length 
of each such Line or Branch Line on which the 
Works may be in Progress, and the Length on 
which they may not be in Progress at that Date, 
and specifying the Act or Acts authorizing such 
Railways (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 105, of the present Session). 


Sir John Young presented a Bill to continue cer- 
tain Acts relating to Linen, Hempen and other 
Manufactures in yp at : And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Thursday next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to continue an Act 
of the last Session of Parliament, for extending for a 
limited time the Provision for Abatement of Income 
Tax in respect of Insurance on Lives: And the same 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Thursday next, at Twelve o’clock ; 
and to be printed. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, at Twelve o’clock, resolve itself into a Com- 
mittee on the Judgment Execution, &amp;c. Bill. 


Sir John Young presented a Bill to continue cer- 
tain Acts for regulating Turnpike-roads in Ireland : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Thursday next ; and 
to be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after One of the clock on 
Tuesday morning, adjourned till this day. 





Martis, 27° die Junii ; 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 

ORDERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 

Ordered, That Standing Orders 76, 175, 182, 186 
and 207, be suspended in the case of the Ambergate, 
Nottingham and Boston, and Eastern Junction Rail- 
way (Working Arrangements with Great Northern 
Railway) Bill; and that the Bill, as amended, be 
considered To-morrow, provided amended Prints 


- have been deposited with the Doorkeepers this 
ay. 








The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Swan- 
sea Harbour Bill ; and the same were twice read, and, 
with Amendments to several of them, d to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hindley do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships, with Amendments; to which Amend- 
ments this House doth desire the concurrence of 
thgir Lordships. 


The Border Counties Railway Bill was read the 
third time ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 


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339 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Leeds North- 
the Leeds Northern Railway Bill, as amended in the aw 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Tees Conser- 
the Tees Conservancy Bill, as amended in the Com- vancy Bill. 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Relief Poor Relief 
(Strath), which was presented upon the 24th day of S*Fth-) 
February last, be printed. No. 329. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Law Poor Law 
(Strath), which was presented upon the 28th day of (Strath.) 
April last, be printed. No. 322, 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Royal Dublin 
to the Royal Dublin Society, which was presented S°ciety. 
upon the 22d day of May last, be printed. No. 330. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Museum Museum of 


of Industry (Dublin), which was presented upon the Industry 
26th day of May last, be printed. ag 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Parratt’s Parratt’s 
Tubular Life Boat, which was presented upon the Tubular Life 
; mane . Boat. 
23d day of this instant June, be printed. No. 332 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table Stokesley 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, Uaion. 
dated the 29th day of May last, for Copy of all No. 333. 
Correspondence between the Poor Law Board and 

the Board of Guardians of the Stokesley Union, 

relating to the Retirement of the late Relieving 

Officer, Mr. Robert Masham: — Returns of the 

Amount due from the said Officer to the Union at 

the time of his Retirement, and of the respective 

Amounts in which he has stood indebted at each 
half-yearly Audit of the Accounts of the Union 

since his Appointment :—And, of the Names, Resi- 

dences and Gemautions of his Sureties ; the Dates 

of their becoming such; the Amount of the Bond 

entered into; together with the Sum or Sums re- 

covered, and from which of them, in respect of the 
Defalcation of the said Robert Masham; and the 

Amount of Legal Expenses incurred by the Union in 

the Recovery thereof. 

Return to an Order, dated the 15th day of this in- Lead and 
stant June, fora Return of Imports and Exports of Lead Lead Ore. 
and Lead Ore (in continuation of former Returns). 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Stokesley 
Union be printed. 


Petitions relating to Ballot ;—Church Rates ;— Public 
Intoxicating Liquors ;—Bills of Exchange and Pro- Petitions. 
missory Notes Bill; — Bleach Works and Dye yja. Fifticth 
Works ;—General Board of Health Bill ;— Hospitals Report. 
and Infirmaries (Jreland) Bill; — Ambrose Owen 
Madden ;— Merchant Shipping Bill ; — Mortmain 
Bill;—Ocean Penny Postage;—and, Police Bill, 

—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Merchant _ 
into a Committee on the Merchant Shipping Bill ; Sipping Bill 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. sre er re- Bill 154. 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Thursday 
next, and be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Merchant 
mittee on the Merchant Shipping Acts Repeal Bill ; Reel Sa 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





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340 
The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Wreck and Salvage Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Thursday next. 


Wreck and 
Salvage Bill. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee of 

Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 
Governors, &amp;c. 1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
(West India two thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight pounds, 
Colonies, &amp;c.) be oranted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Salaries of the Governors, Lieutenant Governors 
and others, in the West India Colonies and Prince 
Edward Island, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- 

Weet India ight thousand eight hundred and seventy-five _—— 

lonies, &amp;c.) be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries, 

Allowances and Contingencies of the Stipendiary 

Justices in the West Indiu Colonies and the Mauritius, 
to the 31st day of March 1855. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four- 


Supply. 


Stipendiary 
Justices 


Western Coast 
of Africa. 
granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 
Charge of the Civil Establishments on the Western 
Coast of Africa, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eleven 
thousand two hundred and seventy-six pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray Charges con- 
nected with the Island of Saint Helena, to the 31st 
day of March 1855. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 
thousand three hundred and eighty-three pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 
Charge of Western Australia, to the 31st day of 
March 1855. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Nine 
hundred and seventy-six pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of Heligo- 
land, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 
thousand and twenty-three pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of the 
Falkland Islands, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four 
thousand four hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, towards defraying the Charge of Hong 
Kong, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- 
wards defraying the Charge of Zabuan, to the 31st 
day of March 1855. 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixteen 
thousand eight hundred and forty pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Colonial 
Land and Emigration Board, and of the Emigration 
Officers at the different Ports of this Kingdom, also 
to defray certain Expenses in the Colonies con- 
nected with Emigration, to the 31st day of March 
1855. 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- 
fray, to the 31st day of March 1855, Expenses in- 
curred for the Support of Captured Negroes and 
Liberated Africans, and other Charges under the 
Acts for the Abolition of the Slave Trade. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Saint Helena. 


Western 
Australia. 


Heligoland. 


Falkland 
Islands. 


Hong Kong. 


Emigration. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee, To-morrow, on the Piers and Harbours 
(Scotland) (No. 2) Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 5th day of July next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


Piers and Har- 
bours (Scot- 
land) (No. 2) 
Bill. 


Colonel Boldero reported from the Sub-Committee 

on Group 8 of Railway and Canal Bills; That in 

Y the case of the Belfast and West of Ireland Railway 
(No, 2) Bill, they had examined the allegations con- 


97° Junit. 


teen thousand one hundred and ten pounds, be |’ 





A. 1854. 


tained in the Preamble of the Bill, but the same had 
not been proved to their satisfaction. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. ; 


Colonel Boldero reported from the Sub-Committee Dundalk 
on Group 8 of Railway and Canal Bills; That in Enniskillen 
the case of the Dundalk and Enniskillen Railway Railway Bit 
Bill, they had examined the allegations contained in 
the Preamble of the Bill, but the same had not been 
proved to their satisfaction. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Colonel Boldero reported from the Sub-Committee Railway ang 
on Group 8 of Railway and Canal Bills; That Mr, Canal Bi 
Rich, one of the Members of the said Committee, (7? 8) 
was not present during the sitting of the Committee 
this day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Rich be discharged from fur- 


ther attendance on the Committee. 


Mr. Stafford reported from the Committee on the Oxford Poor 
Oxford Poor Rate Bill; That they had examined Rate Bill 
the allegations contained in the Preamble of the 
Bill, and amended the same, by striking out words 
particularly describing the election of Guardians and 
the rating of Property, and introducing a more 
general description of the object of the Bill (the 
same being accurately set forth in the Clauses of 
the Bill); and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bul, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Vaccination Act Amendment Bill was read Vaccination 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second Act Amend- 
time upon Friday next ; and to be printed. a 

Bill 160, 

Mr. Stafford reported from the Committee on Belfast Water 
Group Z. of Private Bills;*That the Parties pro- Bill 
moting the Belfast Water Bill had stated to the 
Committee, that it was not their intention to proceed 
with the same. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blunt: Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to MertonCollege 
empower the Warden and Scholars of the House or Estate Bill. 
College of Scholars of Merton, in the University of 
Oxford, to sell certain Lands situate in the Parish 
of Holywell, otherwise Saint Cross, in the City of 
Oxford, and to lay out the Monies to arise from such 
Sales in the Purchase of other Hereditaments ; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : 

And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to Mitford’s 
authorize the Sale of certain Messuages, Lands and Estate 
Hereditaments in the East Riding of the County of 
York, part of the Estates devised and settled by the 
Will of Bertram Osbaldeston Mitford, Esquire, de- 
ceased, and for laying out the Money produced b 
such Sale in the Purchase of other Estates ; to whic 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :— 

And then the Messenger withdrew. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Select Committee Standing 
on Standing Orders, a Resolution; which was read, , 


as followeth : . 
Resolved, That in the case of the Ratcliff Gas Ratcliff Gas 


Company Relief Petition for leave to deposit a Pe- =" 


tition for Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be dis- 
pensed with ; that the Parties be permitted to deposit 


their Petition accordingly. 
The said Resolution, being read a second time, 


was agreed to. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 


Aberavon 
Municipal 
Charter. 














18 Vicroriz. 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of Report made by Captain Warbur- 
ton to Her Majesty in Council, on the subject of the 
Petition of the Inhabitant Householders of the Bo- 
rough of Aberavon, praying for a Municipal Charter. 
dered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Mr. Fitzroy | aang by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Reports of the Inspectors of Fac- 
tories to Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State 
for the Home Department, for the half year ending 
30th April 1854. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Treaty between the Honourable East 
India a and his Highness Maha Rajah Ra- 
gojee Bhonsla, his Heirs and Successors, concluded in 
the year 1826 :—Of all Reports upon the failure of 
Heirs of the late Rajah Berar, and upon the annex- 
ation of the Berar Territory to the East India Com- 
pany’s Territories; and of all the Despatches from 
and Correspondence with Lord Dalhousie relative to 
that annexation :—And, Estimate of the Amount of 
Revenue of, and Expenditure for, the last year that 
can be made up, of the Berar Territory, so annexed 
to the British Deactieny. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Law of Partnership, which renders 
every person who, though not an ostensible partner, 
shares the Profits of a trading concern, liable to the 
whole of its Debts, is unsatisfactory, and should be 
so far modified as to permit persons to contribute to 
the Capital of such concerns on terms of sharing their 
Profits, without incurring liability beyond a limited 
amount ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by adding at the end thereof the words 
“and such modification is especially necessary in 
“ Treland, regard being had to the peculiar social 
“ and industrial condition of that part of the United 
“ Kingdom.” 

And the Question being put, That those words be 
there added :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the Main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Resolved, That the Law of Partnership, which 
renders every person who, though not an ostensible 
partner, shares the Profits ofa trading concern, liable 
to the whole of its Debts, is unsatisfactory, and should 
be so far modified as to permit persons to contribute 
to the Capital of such concerns on terms of sharing 
their Profits, without incurring liability beyond a 
limited amount; and such modification is especially 
necessary in Jreland, regard being had to the peculiar 
social and industrial condition of that part of the 
United Kingdom. 


And the House a continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 


Mercurii, 28° die Junii, 1854: 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That this House do now adjourn ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the { Mr. Brotherton, 1 46 
Yeas, Mr. Duncan: Boar 

Tellers for the f Admiral Walcott, 7} 36 
Noes, \Sir George Tyler: J 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


And the House, having continued to sit till 
a quarter of an hour after Twelve of the 
clock on Wednesday morning, accordingly 
adjourned till this day. 


Vou. 109, 


27° —28° Junii. 








Mercurii, 28° die Junii ; 
Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


QRDERE D, That all Committees have leave Committees. 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Public 
Committee on Public Petitions ; That they had ex- Petitions 
amined the Petitions presented upon the 26th day of Report.) 
this instant June, and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The Order for referring the Congleton and Bid- Congleton and 
dulph Valley Railway Bill to the General Committee Bidéniph Val- 
on Railway and Canal Bills, was read, and dis- py 
charged. 


Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That in the case of the Leeds Northern Leeds North- 
Railway Bill, Standing Orders 175 and 210 be sus- = Railway 
yended ; and that the Bill be read the third time 2# 


O-morrow, 


The Blackburn Improvement (No. 2) Bill was read Blackburn 
the third time. Improvement 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Title pe 
be, An Act for transferring to the Mayor, Aldermen 
and Burgesses of the Borough of Blackburn, all the 
Powers and Property now vested in “The Blackburn 
Improvement Commissioners ;” and certain Powers 
and Property by the Private Act of the fourth and 
fifth years of the reign of Her present Majesty, chap- 
ter forty-six, vested in the Overseers of the Poor of 
the Township of Blackburn, authorizing the Cor- 
poration to purchase the Property of the Blackburn 
Waterworks Company, and conferring on them fur- 
ther Powers for the Improvement and Regulation of 
the Borough, and for other purposes. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Berens’ 
reading of Berens’ Divorce Bill ; Divorce Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Wednesday next. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Eastern Coun- 
the Eastern Counties Railway (Purchase of Railways, (Pu hornenry 
&amp;c.) Bill, as amended in the Committee. Railways, &amp;c.) 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. _ Bill. 

The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Ambergate, 
into consideration the Ambergate, Nottingham and Nottingham 

: ‘ - and Boston 
Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway (Working anq Eastern 
Arrangements with Great Northern Railway) Bill, as Junction Rail- 
amended in the Committee. Fe A tees. 

Ordered, That Standing Orders 175 and 210 be with yom 
suspended ; and that the Bill be read the third time Northern 
upon Friday next. Railway) Bil. 


The Aberdeen Shoemakers’ Trade Estate Bill was Aberdeen _ 
read the first time. ee ay aol 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- piu, 


miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Merton College Estate Bill was read the first MertonCollege 
time. Estate Bill 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mitford's Estate Bill was read the first time. Mitford’s 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- =state Bill. 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Petitions relating to Church Rates ;—Intoxicating 
Liquors ; — Public-houses and Beer-shops ;— Uni- °°" 
versities (Oxford and Cambridge) ;—Education (Zre- Vide Fiftieth 

xx3 land) ; Report. 





342 


land) ;— Merchant Shipping Bill ;—Mortmain Bill ; 
—and, Police Bill,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


LeadandLead Ordered, That the Return relative to Lead and 


Ore. 
No, 334. 


Berthon’s 


Collapsing 
Life Boat. 


Wrecks, &amp;c. 


Mortmain Bill. 


Public Libra- 
ries Bill. 


Property 
Disposal Bill. 


Tithe Rent- 
charge (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


Mortmain Bill. 


Lead Ore, which was presented upon the 27th day of 
this instant June, be printed. 


Mr. Osborne presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 19th day of this instant June, forCopy of the 
Master Shipwrights’ of Portsmouth Report on Ber- 
thon’s Collapsing Life Boat. 

Return to an Order, dated the 23d day of this 
instant June, for Copy of the Admiralty ister of 
Wrecks and other Casualties to Vessels which oc- 
curred in the Seas and on the Shores of the United 
Kingdom during the year 1853. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Commit- 
tee on the Mortmain Bill; 

Anda Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will resolve itself into the said Com- 
“ mittee, after the fourth Order of the day has been 
“ disposed of,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 

posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

r. Headlam, 


Tellers for the Yeas, {Mr Siien &gt; 


Tellers for the Noes, {ar co 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words “ this 
“ House will resolve itself into the said Committee, 
“ after the fourth Order of the day has been dis- 
“ posed of,” be added instead thereof :—It was re- 
solved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Resolved, That this House will resolve itself into 
the said Committee, after the fourth Order of the 
day has been disposed of. 


The House, according to Order, resolve itself into 
a Committee on the Public Libraries Bill ; and, after 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Friday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon 
the 24th day of May last, That the Property Dis. 
posal Bill be now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Wednesday the 12th day of July next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Tithe Rent-charge (Jreland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Mortmain Bill ; 

And a Motion ye made, and the Question 
we proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 

hair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
the end of he Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will resolve itself into the said Com- 


28° Junie. 





4. 1854, 


“ mittee, after the other Orders of the day have been 
“ disposed of,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words pro to be left out, stand part of the 
Question :—The said proposed Amendment was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

Cuauses, N° 1 and N°2, amended, and agreed to, 

CravusE, N° 3 (Power to give land as sites for 
buildings, &amp;c.) 

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, l. 388: After the 
word “thereof,” to insert the words “ not exceeding 
“ two acres.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 3,1.2: After 
the words “ Fine Arts’ to insert the words “or as 
“ a garden, pleasure-ground, or public park.” 

Guestion’ That those words be there inserted—— 
put, and negatived. 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the 
Clause, to add the following words: “Provided always, 
“ That such land or the portion thereof so conveyed, 
assigned, devised or bequeathed by any person for 
the purposes eastlentals or any one or more of 
them, shall not exceed Five acres.” 

Amendment proposed to the proposed Amend- 
ment, to leave out the word “ Five,” in order to insert 
the word “ Two.” 

Question, That the word “ Five” stand part of the 
proposed Amendment——put, and negatived. 

» eg That the word “Two” be inserted in- 
stead thereof —— put, and agreed to. 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the 
proposed Amendment, to add the words “ except for 
“ burial grounds, for which it shall not exceed Five 
“ acres.” 

Question, That those words be there added-—— 
put, and agreed to. 

Amendment, as amended, agreed to. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cuause, N° 4, amended, and agreed to. 

Crause, N° 5 (Remedy if too large a quantity of 
land is given as a site). 

Amendments made. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill, 

The Committee divided. 

ioe 
69. 


“ 
“c 


“ 


f{Mr. Headlam, 
Tellers for the Yeas, (Lord Seymour : 


Tellers for the Noes,\ Me Pear 

Crause, N° 6 (Power to sell lands to Trustees 
for Charities). 

Amendments made. 

Motion made, and Question Fan That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill ; 

The Committee divided. 

. Headlam, 


Tellers for the Yeas, {yr Massey : 


jos. 
Tellers for the Noes,{ Mr a. : } 91. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to 
move, That the Committee may have leave to sit 

"Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 


next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. ; 














18 Vicroriz. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Jurors and Juries (Jrelana, 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 
12th day of July next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
*mittee on the Criminal Procedure Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Absconding Debtors (Zreland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 12th day of July next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Benefices Augmentation Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Cruelty to Animals Bill was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir James East do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Agricultural 


. The Order of the day being read, for the second 
verages 
(Ireland) Bill. 


reading of the Agricultural Averages (Lreland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 12th day of July next. 
Indemnity The Indemnity Bill was, according to Order, read 
mi. a second time; and committed to a Committee of 
the whole House, for Friday next. 
SligoElection. Ordered, That the proper Officer do attend at 
Sligo on the 17th day of July next, and produce 
such Documents as may be necessary for the Trial 
of Michael Gethin, Henry Simpson and James 
Simpson, ordered by this House to be prosecuted 
on the 27th day of March last. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Jrish Poor removed from 
the Parish of Liverpool to Ireland, distinguishing 
the Ports to which such Paupers were removed, in 
each month since the month of January 1849, with 
a Statement of the Cost of such Removals in each 
year during that period. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of any Correspondence between the Poor 
Law Board in Ireland and the Physicians of the 
House of Industry, with regard to the Admission of 
Cholera Patients to Hospital Wards, since the 
month of January 1854 (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 109, of the present Session). 


nll The Episcopal and Capitular Estates Manage- 

Estates Mj. ™ent Bill was read the first time ; and ordered to be 

mgement Bill, read a second time upon Monday next; and to be 
Bill 1¢2, printed. . 


28°—BY° Juni. 


343 


Mr. Woodd _—— from the Sub-Committee Great Western 
on Group 11 of Railway and Canal Bills; That in Railway 
the case of the Great Western Railway (Oxford, Oxford. 
Worcester and Wolverhampton) Bill, they had exa- Wolverhamp- 
mined the allegations contained in the Preamble of ton) Bill. 
the Bill, but the same had not been proved to their 
satisfaction. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Wor- 
d 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- Stamps. 
solve itself into a Committee on the Stamp Acts. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 29° die Junii ; 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 
O RDERED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 


to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 

The House proceeded to take into consideration Birmingham 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bir- Canal Navi- 
mingham Canal Navigations Bill; and the same were &amp;**0s Bill. 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
a agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Birmingham 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bir- nes 
mingham \mprovement Bill; and the same were twice - 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Bradford 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bradford Waterworks 
Waterworks Bill; and the same were twice read, — 
and, with an Amendment to one of them, agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships, with an Amendment; to which Amendment 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Chesterfield 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Chester- Market Bill. 
field Market Bill; and the same was twice read, 

and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 

to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 

hath agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 

ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Darlington 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Darling- and Barnard 
ton and Barnard Castle Railway Bill; and the same a 
was twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 

to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 

hath agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 

ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Dowlais 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Dowlais Railway Bill. 
Railway Bill; and the same were twice read, and 

agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 

to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 

hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 





Vou. 109. 


ships. 
si xx4 The 





East Lanca- 
shire, Lanca- 
shire and 


344 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the East 


Yorkshire, and Lancashire, Lancashire and Yorkshire, and Man- 


Manchester 
and Southport 
Railways Bill. 


East Suffolk 
Railway Bill. 


Edinburgh 
Police and 
cree 
B 


Shrewsbury 
and Chester 
Railway Bill. 


South Devon 
Railway Bill. 


South Sea 
Company Bill. 


Winchester 
and Petersfield 
Road Bill. 


chester and Southport Railways Bill; and the same | 


were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the East 
Suffolk Railway Bill. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time 
(and it appearing that one of the Amendments was 


to rectify a clerical error, and carry out the inten- | 


tion of this House), were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Edin- 


29° Junii. 


A. 1854, 


“ and any such Company as the occupier of any land 
“ within the limits of the said Decne used only as 
a Railway, and so constructed, shall be assessed in 
respect of the same to the Borough Rate, in the pro- 
“ portion only hereinbefore prescribed, with respect 
“ to lands used as arable, meadow or pasture only.” 
Ordered, That the said Amendment be committed 
to a Committee of the whole House :—The House 
accordingly resolved itself into the Committee; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair ; ai Mr. Bouverie reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Amendment, 
and directed him to report the same, without Amend- 
ment. 
| Ordered, That the Report be now received. 
Mr. Bouverie accordingly reported the Amend- 
/ment; and the same was read, and agreed to; and 
| the said Amendment, so amended, was agreed to. 
| Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
| to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
| hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships, with an Amendment; to which Amendment 
= House doth desire the concurrence of their Lord- 
ships, 


“ 
“ 


| 





burgh Police and Improvement Bill; and the same | 


were twice read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House , 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- | 


ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Shrews- 
bury and Chester Railway Bill; and the same were 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
_ agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the South 
Devon Railway Bill; and the same were twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the South Sea 
Company Bill; and the same were twice read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Win- 
chester and Petersfield Road Bill. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time 
(and it appearing that the said Amendments were 
to show that the interest upon £.100 (part of the 
sum of £.300 mentioned in Clause 21) had been 
claimed since the Bill passed this House), were 
agreed to. 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill | 


to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 


hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 


ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Yeovil 
Improvement Bill; and the said Amendments, as 
far as the Amendment in p. 28, 1]. 3, were twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Page 28, |. 3. The last Amendment being read a 
second time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made there- 
unto, by adding, at the end of Clause B., the words 


The British Guarantee Association (No. 2) Bill British 
was read the third time. Guarantee 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. — 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bin) 2) Bil 
_to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the North Metro- North Metro 
politan Railway Bill be now read the third time; _politan Rail 
Mr Baines, by Her Majesty's Command, ac- “*Y Bill 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
_ that the House may do therein as they shall think fit. 

| Then the Bill was read the third time. 

| Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

| Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
| to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Paisley Waterworks (No. 2) Bill was read Paisley 
the third time. oe 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. = 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Potteries, Biddulph and Congleton Railway Potteries, 

Bill was read the third time. Biddulph and 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Railay Bill 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Rhymney — Bill was read the third time. Rhymney. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Ballway Bil. 
Title be, An Act for making a Railway from Rhymney 
to a point of Junction with the Newport, oe 
and Hereford Railway near Bed/lewyn, with a Branc 
up the Bargoed Rumney Valley, to be called “ The 
Rh mney Railway,” and for other purposes. ; 
Cedivad, That Sir George Tyler do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The West London and Crystal Palace Railway West London 
(Bromley and Farnborough) Bill was read the third onl Oe 
time. way lw 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. __ and Farnbo- 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill rough) Bill 
‘to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





| Ordered, That the Westminster Terminus Railway pee 
| Bill be read the third time To-morrow. Railway Bill 
Leeds North- 
ern Railway 
Bill. 


The Leeds Northern Railway Bill was, according 
to Order, read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Ordered, 








: puicliff Gas 


Coun- 
ties Railway, 


ete "HE 


Income Tax. 


Westminster 
Bridge. 
No. 335. 


Bank of 
England, &amp;c. 


18 Victroriz. 


Ordered, That in the case of the Petition for the 
Ratcliff Gas Company Relief Bill, the Examiner of 
Petitions for Private Bills have leave to sit, and pro- 
ceed forthwith. 





Ordered, That in the case of the Eastern Counties 
Railway (Purchase of Railways, &amp;c.) Bill, Standing 
Orders 175 and 210 be suspended ; and that the Bill 


be read the third time To-morrow. 


Petitions relating to Church Rates; — Church 
Rates Abolition Bill ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;—Mar- 
riages Act; — Oxford University Bill; — Public- 
houses and Beer-shops ;—Universities (Oxford and 
Cambridge) ;—Paper, Newspaper Stamps, Foreign 
Books, &amp;c.;— Bleach Works and Dye Works ;— 
Decimal Coinage ; — Education ; — Factories ; — 
Health of Towns;— Mortmain Bill; — Poor Law 
Board ;—Tenants’ Compensation (Jreland) Bill ;— 
and, Testamentary Jurisdiction Bill, — were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to the Payment of Wages 


(Hosiery) Bill, was also presented, and read; and | 


referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 2d day of February last, for a Return showing 
the Number of Persons charged to the Income Tax 
for the years ended the 5th day of April 1852 and 
18538, under Schedule (D.); distinguishing the Num- 
ber charged in each of the following Classes; viz. 


29° Junie. 








$45, 


under the Act 7 &amp; 8 Vic. c. 32, s. 5, for permission 
to add to their Issue of Notes, in consideration of 
the withdrawal of the Circulation of any Banks of 
Issue, and the result of such Application :—And, of 
the Amounts paid for Composition by Bankers in 
each year since the 5th day of January 1848 to the 
5th day of January 1854 (in continuation of Appen- 
dix, Nos. 6, 9, 10, 13, 21, 26, and 28, of the Report 
of Committee on Commercial Distress, pp. 395, 584, 
1848). 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions British 
of an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Fisheries. 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—Copy of Report 
by the Commissioners for the British Fisheries of 
their Proceedings, in the year ended 5th January 1854, 
being Fishing 1853. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Westminster 
Bridge be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Berthon’s Berthon's 
Collapsing Life Boat, which was presented upon the py 
28th day of this instant June, be printed. No. 336 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Wrecks, &amp;c., Wrecks, &amp;c. 
which was presented upon the 28th day of this in- No. 337. 
stant June, be printed. 


Sir John Young presented,—Return to an Order, Police Force 
dated the 9th day of February last, for a Return of (Ireland.) 
the Number and Expense of the Police Force, both 
extra and established, in each County and Police 


| District in Zreland, with the Number and Expense of 


under £.150a year; £.150 a year and under £.200;| any Extra Force placed on particular Baronies, Pa- 


£.200 and under £.300; £.300 and under £. 400; 


£.1,000 and under £.2,000; £.2,000 and under 
£.3,000; £.3,000 and under £.4,000; £. 4,000 and | 
under £. 5,000; £.5,000 and under £. 10,000; 
£.10,000 and under £.50,000; £.50,000 and up- 
wards; and the Amounts of Tax received from each 
class: —Similar Return, under Schedule (E.), to 
£. 5,000 a year and upwards :— And, Return showing 
the Net Amount of Property and Income Tax for 
the same years, classed under the several Schedules 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 616, of 
Session 1852-53). 

Return to an Order, dated the 9th day of May 
last, for Copies of all Correspondence, Tenders and 
Contracts with reference to the rebuilding of West- 
minster Bridge. 

Return to an Order, dated the 1st day of this instant 
June, for Returns of the Total Amount of Bills dis- 
counted by the Bank of England, in each month from 
January 1848 to the latest period to which it can be 
made up, stating the Rate of Discount: —Of the 
Amount advanced for Temporary Loans upon Ex- 
chequer Bills, Bills of Exchange, Tndia Bonds, &amp;c. in 
each Quarter, and the Rate of Interest paid thereon, 
from the 1st day of January 1848 to the latest period 
to which the same can be made up :—Copies of the 
several Notices by the Bank of Baglend for Loans, 
from the 7th day of January 1848 to the latest period 
to which the same can be made up :—Return of the 
highest and lowest Rate of Interest charged by the 
Bank of England on all Loans or Discounts, in each 
month from the 1st day of January 1848 to the latest 
persed to which it can be made up; distinguishing 

oans on security of Real Estate, Loans on Stock or 
Public Securities, and the Discount of Commercial 
Paper :—Statement of the Amount of Bullion bought 
and sold by the Bank of England, distinguishing 
Gold from Silver Bullion, in each month from Ja- 
nuary 1848 (inclusive), to the latest period to which it 
can be made up :—Returns of the Banks which were 
Banks of Issue on the 4th day of January 1848, 
which have ceased to issue their own Notes, and of 
the Amount of Circulation of such Banks respectively : 
—Of any Application made by the Bank of England, 





Vo. 109. 





'rishes or Townlands, with the Dates of their Esta- 
£.400 and under £.500; £.500 and under £.600;| 


£.600 and under £.700; £.700 and under £.800; | 
£.800 and under £.900; £.900 and under £. 1,000; | 


blishment in each, together with the Aggregate Ex- 
pense of such Extra Force in each District, from the 
time of their Establishment up to the ist day of 
January 1854. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Common Law 

mittee on the Common Law Procedure Bill ; Procedure Bill. 
A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 

osed, That it be an Instruction to the Committee on 

the Bill, that they have Power to extend the Provi- 

sions thereof to Her Majesty’s Superior Courts in 

India :—And the said Motion was, with leave of the 

House, withdrawn. 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 

Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 

the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Cuauses, N° 1 and N° 2, agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 3 to N° 13, postponed. 

Cxrauses, N° 14 to N° 16, disagreed to. 

Cuause, N° 17 (Jury to be discharged after Twelve 
hours, if they cannot agree). 

Amendments made. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the Yeas, yr rk 4 i 80. 
Tellers for the Noes, sq — } 75. 


Cuause, N° 18, amended, and agreed to. 
Cuauses, N° 19 and N* 20, agreed to. 


Cuiavuse, N° 21 (Affirmation instead of oath in 
certain cases). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 7, 1. 13: To leave out 
the word “conscientious” in order to insert the 
word “ religious.” 

Question proposed, That the word “ conscientious” 
stand part of the Clause. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 


YY CLAUSEs, 





346 


Cravuszs, N* 22 to N° 25, agreed to. 
Cravuse, N° 26, amended, and agreed to. 
Cravuses, N° 27 to N° 35, agreed to. 
Crausz, N° 36, amended, and agreed to. 


Crause, N° 37 (Appeal upon rule discharged or 
absolute). 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
rress in the Bill ; and that he was directed to move, 

hat the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, ‘That this House will, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Bills of Ex- The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

change (No. 2) mittee on the Bills of Exchange (No. 2) Bill ; 

ba. Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Public Revenue 
and Consoli- 
dated Fund 
Charges Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Public Revenue and Consolidated 
Fund Charges Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


Convict 
Prisons (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Convict Prisons (Jreland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Bills of Ex- 
change and- 
Promissory 
Notes Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Committee 
on the Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday next, 
at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The Insurance on Lives Abatement of Income 
ect sel Tax Continuance Bill was, according to Order, read 
en Con. a second time ; and committed to a Committee of the 
tinuance Bill. whole House, for To-morrow. 


Tnsurance on 
Lives Abate- 


Judgment The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Execution, &amp;. mittee on the Judgment Execution, &amp;c. Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Dublin 
Hospitals. 


No. 338. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Dublin 
Hospitals have Power to report their Observations 
thereupon to the House, together with the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before them. 

Lord Naas reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee ; That they had considered the matters to them 
referred, and directed him to make a Report thereof 
to the House, together with the Minutes of the 
Evidence taken before them. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Lunacy. 
No. 339, 


Mr. Fitzroy presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 16th day of this instant 
June, for Copy of the Eighth Report of the Com- 
missioners of Lunacy to the Lord Chancellor. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


Scottish Mr. Divett reported from the Sub-Committee on 
Central and Group 10 of Railway and Canal Bills; That in the 
— a case of the Scottish Central and Scottish Midland 
Salvage’ Bill, Junction mer Bill, they had examined the alle- 
gations contained in the Preamble of the Bill; but 
the same had not been proved to their satisfaction. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


94° Junii. 





A. 1854, 


A Petition of the Ratcliff Gas-Light and Coke Ratairga 
Company, of Wapping High-street, in the County of Company 
Middlesex, for leave to bring in a Bill for relieving Péliet 
the Ratcliff Gas-Light and Coke Company, an 
their Servants and Agents, from certain Penalties and 
Penal Actions, was presented, and read: And a Bill 
was brought in accordingly, by Sir William Clay and 
Mr. Brotherton. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to Conveyance 
request that their Lordships will be pleased to give of Mails by 
leave to the Viscount Canning to attend to be exa- “*!¥4y- 
mined as a Witnéss before the Select Committee 
appointed by this House in the present Session of 
Parliament, to inquire into the causes of irregularity 
in the Conveyance of Mails by Railways, and to 
consider the best mode of securing speed and punc- 
tuality, and for remunerating the Railway Companies 
for the services which they perform: And that Mr. 

Wilson Patten do carry the said Message. 


Mr. Adair reported from the Sub-Committee on Liynvi v; 
Group 6 of Railway and Canal Bills; That in the Railway 
case of the Llynvi Valley Railway (No. 2) Bill, they (No, 2) Bill, 
had priv the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill ; but the same had not been proved 
to their satisfaction. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Adair reported from the Sub-Committee on Railway and 
Group 6 of Railway and Canal Bills; That at the “anal Bills 
meeting of the Committee this day, a Letter was (GTP 6) 
received from Mr. Farnham, one of the Members of 
the said Committee, stating that he was unable, on 
account of illness in his family, to attend the Com- 
mittee this day. 

Ordered, Yhat Mr. Farnham be discharged from 
further attendance on the Committee. 


Mr. Gore Langton reported from the Sub-Com- Congleton and 
mittee on Group 3 of Railway and Canal Bills; That the ge ti 
Parties promoting the Congleton and Biddulph Valley Bill. 
Railway Bill had stated to the Committee, that it 
was not their intention to proceed with the same. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Sub-Committee Railway and 
on Group 13 of Railway and Canal Bills; That Mr. is 
Luce and Mr. Wells, two of the Members of the said ss 
Committee, were not present during the sitting of the 
Committee this day. 

Ordered, That Mr. Luce and Mr. Wells be dis- 
charged from further attendance on the Committee. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Serjeant Message from 
Manning : ™ ' the Lords, 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the London, 
and Southend Railway Bill, without any Amendment: 
And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Lanark Police and Lanark Police 


Tilbury London, 
Tilbury and 
Southend 
Railway Bill. 


— Bill, without any Amendment : And ry a 
also, : 

The Lords have agreed to the Edinburgh Roads er 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Londonderry and my 
Ennishillen Railway Bill, without any Amendment: fi1.n Railway 
And also, Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made aes 
by this House to the Amendments made by their pi? 
Lordships to the Llandudno Improvement Bill, with- 
out any Amendment: And also, : 

The Lords have agreed to the Public Statues Bill, Public | 
with an Amendment; to which Amendment the Statues 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 


also, The 














nT 


H 


Bailwsy Bill. 


Oxford, _ 

cester an 

WolverhamP- 
wa. 


18 Vicrori2. 


The Lords have agreed to the Witnesses Bill, with 
an Amendment; to which Amendment the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Middlesex Industrial 
Schools Bill, with Amendments; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Perth and Dunkeld 
Railway Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Oxford, Worcester 
ana Wolverhampton Railway (Stratford-upon-Avon 
and Stourbridge Branches) Bil, with Amendments ; 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 


{pon-Avon and rence of this House: And also, 


ge 
Branches) Bill. 
and May- 
bole Junction 


Queen Anne’s 
Bounty. 


Poor Removal. 


Trade and 
Navigation, 
No.57—YV. 


(ad) 


University 


The Lords have agreed to the Ayr end Maybole 
Junction Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Charge incurred on account of the late 
Brevet, stating separately the Charge incurred for 
General Officers :—And, Statement showing, in Co- 
lumns, the Service of each Officer promoted to the 
Rank of General Officer while on Full Pay in the 
Ranks of Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 7 
a Copy of all Returns of the Values of all Livings 
certified by the Bishops to the Governors of Queen 
Anne’s Bounty, for the Diocese of York, Hereford 
and Norwich, since its first foundation; and of the 
corresponding Entries of the same certified Returns 
made by the Governors in conformity with the Act 
1 Geo. 1, c. 10, s. 20. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
a Return showing the Number of Orders of Removal 
from Parishes, signed by Justices and executed in 
England and Wales, during the year ending the 25th 
day of March 1854; stating the Number of Persons 
removed, the Nature of alleged Settlement, and the 
Amount of Expenses incurred in the Removal, includ- 
ing the Cost of obtaining the Orders, Service of the 
same, and Travelling Expenses of the Paupers re- 
moved, but not the Cost of Relief before Removal ; 
distinguishing the Orders so executed between Pa- 
rishes in the same Union, and between Parishes in 
different Unions ; stating also, the Number of Orders 
of Removal of Scotch and Jrish Paupers, and Pau- 
pers belonging to the Channel Islands and the Isle of 
Man, during the same period. 


Mr. Cardwell presented, by Her Majesty's Com- 
mand,—Accounts relating to Trade and Navigation, 
Month ended 5th June 1854, and Five Months ended 
5th June 1854. 

Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Sir John Young presented, by Her Majesty's 
Command,—Copy of Fourth Report of the Registrar 
General of Marriages in Zreland, under the provisions 
of the Act 7 &amp; 8 Vic. c. 81. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


The House, according to Order, resumed the fur- 
ther Proceeding on the third reading of the Oxford 
University Bill. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill (From 
and after the first day of Michaelmas Term, One 
we eight hundred and Fifty-four, it shall not be 

OL. 109. 


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347 


necessary for any person, upon taking the degree of 
Bachelor in Arts, oe Medicine, = alate the 
University of Ozford, to make or subscribe any de- 
claration, or take any oath, save the oath of allegi- 
ance, or an equivalent declaration of allegiance, any 
law or statute to the con notwithstanding). 

And the said Clause was brought up, and read the 
first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the said Clause be now read a second time ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

Ee Noes to the Left. 

ellers for the{ Mr. Heywood, 1. 

Yeas, (Mr, pe Denison: | oe 

Tellers for the (Mr. Henley, 1 29 

Noes, (Mr. Newdegate: ; vee 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

The said Clause wasaccordingly read a second time. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Clause, by adding at the end thereof the words 
“* Provided always, that no person taking: such degree 
“ shall be capable of holding any office, station or 
emolument involving any duties or powers of go- 
vernment, administration, patronage or instruction 
within the University gr Colleges respectively, 
without having previously subscribed such oaths 
and declarations as by the present law and usage 
“ of the University would have been required to be 
“ taken and made Se him at any time or times pre- 
viously to or at his taking the said degree ; yet so 
that this present proviso may be altered by any 
“ Statutes duly made by the University.” 

And the Question being proposed, That those 
words be there added :— The said proposed Amend- 
ment was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Then the said Clause was read the third time; 
and added to the Bill. 

Another Clause (No member, on account of his 
rank, to take his degree sooner than any other Un- 
dergraduate), was thrice read ; and added to the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, by adding, at the end of Clause 29, the words 
“ Residents shall be taken to mean persons whose 
“ residence within the University for twenty-four 
weeks during the twelve months next before the 
first day of the current or next preceding Michael- 
“ mas Term shall have been verified by the decla- 
“ ration in writing of all persons claiming to vote or 
act as such residents, or in such other manner as 
the University shall from time to time by Statute 
appoint.” 

And the Question being proposed, That those 
words be there added :—The said proposed Amend- 
ment was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, by adding, at the end of Clause 29, the words 
“ and the words ‘ existing’ and ‘ enjoyed,’ when used 
“ with reference to interests specially saved or pro- 
“ tected by this Act, shall not extend to or include 
“ any right or claim which at the time of passing 
“ this Act may be in practical disuse.” 

And the Question being proposed, That those 
words be there added :—The said proposed Amend- 
ment was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, by inserting in Clause 34, after the words 
“ any emolument ” the words “ other than a Fellow- 
“ ship or Studentship.” 

And the Question being put, That those words be 
there inserted ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 


“ 
“cc 
“ 


“ 
‘ 


n 


“ 


‘ 


n 


“ 


Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, 1 129 
Yeas, \Mr. Grenville Berkeley: J °~"* 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Roundell Palmer, 1 139. 


Noes, | Sir William Heathcote: § 
So it passed in the Negative. 


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348 
Then another Amendment was made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 

Title be, An Act to make further Provision for the 

good Government and Extension of the University 

of Oxford, of the Colleges therein, and of the Col- 
lege of Saint Mary, Winchester. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Commit- 
tee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Stamp Acts. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Motion made, and Question proposed, That in 
lieu of existing Stamp Duties, the following Duties 
be charged :— 

Lease or Tack of any lands, tenements, heredita- 
ments or heritable subjects, for any term of years 
exceeding Thirty-five, at a yearly rent, with or 
without any sum of money by way of fine, pre- 
mium or grassum paid for the same, the following 
Duties in respect of such yearly rent: 





DUTIES. 





If the term 
shall 
exceed 
100 years. 


. 2. 
- 6 


- 12 


- 18 
1 4 
110 
8 - 
410 
 —_— 


If the term 
shall not 
exceed 
100 years. 


a’ 





d, 


d. 


Where the yearly rent shall not exceed £.5 - 


And where the same } 
aa . j £5 and not exceed £. 10 
10 15 


” ” ” 
15 ” 20 


» ” 
20 25 
25 50 
50 75 
” ” 75 ” 100 
And where the same shall exceed £. 100, then 
for every £. 50, and also for any fractional 
part of £.50 -| 1 


” ” 


” ” 


3 
6 
9 
12 
15 
10 
5 


” »” ” 


- = 8 -« 10 -| $3 - - 











Amendment proposed, to leave out the words “ if 
“ the term shall not exceed 100 years.” 
Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out, stand part of the proposed Resolution ; 
To report Progress, and oak leave to sit again. 





And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Veneris, 30° die Junii, 1854: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the matter to them referred ; and that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, at Twelve o'clock, again resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Stamp Duties Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That the 
Committee had made Progress in the Bill; and that 
he was directed to move, That the Committee may 
nave leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, at Twelve o'clock, again resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Merchant Shipping Bill,as amended 
in the Committee ; 


29°— 30° Junie. 


_| into consideration the Towns Improvement (Ireland) 


A. 1854, 


Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Merchant 
mittee on the Merchant Shipping Acts Repeal Bill; Shipping Aug 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Wreck ang 
reading of the Wreck and Salvage Bill ; Salvage Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Re 
into a Committee on the Registration of Births, &amp;c, of Births, &amp;. 
(Scotland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, ‘ land) Bill, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie Bill 168. 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Tuesday next, at 
Twelve o'clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Ways and 
Means, 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Towns 
Improvement 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. (Ireland) Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Church 
consideration the Amendment made by the Lords to Building Acts 
the Church Building Acts Amendment Bill ; eee 

Ordered, That the said Amendment be taken into 
consideration this day. 


The Dublin Carriage Bill was, according to Order, Dublin Car- 
read the third time; and an Amendment was made Tiage Bill. 
to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir John Young do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Linen, &amp;c. Manufactures (Jreland) Bill was, Linen, &amp;. 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- waland) Bil. 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House for this (iselen 
day. 


The Turnpike Acts Continuance (Jreland) Bill Turnpike Acts 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and (ireland) Bill 
committed to a Committee of the whole House for 

this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Tithe Rent-charge (Zreland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 12th day of July next. 


Tithe ~~" 
land) Bill 


The Orders of the day being read, for the Com- Landlord 

mittees on the Landlord and Tenant (Jreland) Bill; land) val : 

and, the Leasing Powers (Jreland) Bill; and, Leasing 
Ordered, That the said Bills be committed to the Powers a 

same Committee. _ ‘Ian 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 

being put, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 

Chair ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the -—" is 

Tellers for the Yeas,{ yr Hemilion , 

Tellers for the Noes, Mr. yore ee) ‘ 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 











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18 VicTrorRiz. 


The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Wilson 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the Landlord and Tenant (Jreland) Bill; and that 
he was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday the 
11th day of July next, at Twelve o'clock, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 

Compensation adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon the 

(ieland) Bill y9th day of this instant June, That the Tenants’ 

Compensation (Jreland) Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till Tuesday the 11th day of July next, at Twelve 


o'clock. 
PublicRevenue ‘The Order of the day being read, for the third 
and Consoli- reading of the Public Revenue and Consolidated 
died Fund §= Fund Charges Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 

day. 

Judgment The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Dente &amp;e. Bill; 


Execution, &amp;c. mittee on the Judgment 
Bill Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Colonial The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Clergy Dis- Committee, upon Monday next, on the Colonial 
aultes Bill. CJergy Disabilities Bill, was read, and discharged. 


nt. A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That this House do now adjourn; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the (Mr. Brotherton, 18. 


Yeas, UMr. Spooner : 
Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, 49 
Noes, | Mr. Grenville Berkeley : 7” 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Usury Laws A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
Repeal. sed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for the 
Repeal of the Usury Laws :—And a Debate arising 
thereupon ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. ; 
Tellers for the (oie a Dunne, } 18 
Yeas, Mr. Spooner : : 
Tellers for the {Mr. Hayter, 1 4? 
Noes, Mr. Grenville Berkeley : ras 
So it passed in the Negative. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
And that Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. 
Wilson do prepare, and bring it in. 
letters Patent © Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 


fe Inventions. enable the Lord Chancellor, in certain cases, to ex- 
tend the Time for sealing Letters Patent for Inven- 
tions and filing Specifications, for a more extended 
Time from the expiration of the Term of Provisional 
Protection: And that Mr. Pellatt and Mr. Muntz 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


ere Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill 
Bill 164 for the Repeal of the Usury Laws: And the same 
* was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Monday next; and to be printed. 

fers Patent Mr. Pellatt presented a Bill to enable the Lord 
Bill Chancellor, in certain cases, to extend the Time for 
Bill 1¢5, sealing Letters Patent for Inventions and filing 


Vo. 109, 


29°—30° Juni. 





349 


Specifications, for a more extended Time from the 
expiration of the Term of Provisional Protection : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday next; 
and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Amendment made by the Lords Witnesses Bill. 
to the Witnesses Bill be taken into consideration Bill 166. 
upon Monday next; and be printed. 


Lord John Russell presented,—Further Return to Exhibition 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 6th day of Rog ef 
February last, for Copies of the Reports made to the aia 
Foreign Office, or to any other Department, by the 
Commissioners appointed to attend the Exhibition 
of Industry in the City of New York. 

" Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
able. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before Two of the 
clock on Friday morning, adjourned till this 
day. 








“~ 
Veneris, 30° die Junii; 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


N R. Brotherton presented a Bill for relieving the Ratcliff Gas 
I Ratcliff Gas-Light and Coke Company, and as 4 
their Servants and Agents from certain Penalties and . 
Penal Actions: And the same was read the first 

time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Ordered, That the Amendment made by the Lords Public 
to the Public Statues Bill be taken into consideration Sttues Bill. 
upon Monday next. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Hertford 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Her/ford yh gage 
and Welwyn Junction Railway Bill; and the same Railway Bill. 
were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lerdships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Stockton and 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Stockton oe, 
and Darlington Railway Bill; and the same were - 
twice read, and, with an Amendment to one of them, 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships, with an Amendment; to which Amend- 
ment this House doth desire the concurrence of their 
Lordships. 


The Royal Conical Flour Mill Company Bill was Royal Conical 

read the third time. ao oa. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. a 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 

to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Tees Conservancy Bill was read the third time. Tees Conser- 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. vancy Bill. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 

to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston, and Ambergate, 


Eastern Junction Railway (Working Arrangements pa oe 


with Great Northern Railway) Bill was, according to and Eastern 

Order, read the third time. Junction Rail- 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. oe 
Ordered, That Mr. Strutt do carry the Bill to with Gress 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. Northern Rail- 


yYy3 The W#y) Bill. 





350 


a. Se The Eastern Counties Railway (Purchase of Rail- 
(Purchase o¢ Ways, &amp;c.) Bill was, according to Order, read the 


30° Junit. A. 1854. 


Mr. Wulpole reported from the Select Committee R 
on the Bribery, &amp;c. Bill; That they had gone through Bile” 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. Bill 167, 


Railways, &amp;c.) third time. 
Bill 


Westminster 
Terminus 
Raiiway Bill. 


Thornhill’s 
(Clara) Estate 
Bill 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Title 
be, An Act for authorizing and confirming Arrange- 
ments and Agreements between the Eastern Counties 
Railway Company, and all or any of the Norfolk, 
the Eastern Union, the East Anglian and the Vew- 
market Railway Companies, and for other purposes, 
and of which the short Title is, “ The Eastern Coun- 
ties, and the Norfolk, the Eastern Union, the East 
Anglian and the Newmarket Railways Act, 1854.” 

and, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the Westminster Ter- 
minus Railway Bill be now read the third time ; 

Mr. Hayter, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of nee of the Bill, gives Her Con- 

er 


sent, as far as ajesty’s interest is concerned, 


that the House may do therein as they shall think | P@ 


fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

A Clause (For protection of Crown Estate at Mill- 
bank), was thrice read; and added to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Thornhill’s (Clara) Estate Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Proceedings of 
the Committee be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Churches 
ciously pleased (Metropolis) 


to Her Majesty, that She will be 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return from every Metropolitan Parish within the 
Bills of Mortality, having any Local Act or Acts, 
with the Date thereof, passed specifically ox containing 
provisions for the repair.and support of their respec- 
tive Churches, since the year 1815; of the Monies 
authorized to be borrowed under any such Act or 
Acts; of all Monies actually borrowed ; of the Rate 
of Annuity or Interest upon which such Monies have 
been borrowed ; of the Total Amount which has been 
id in Annuity or Interest ; of the Average Amount 
of Rate in the Pound levied upon the Rental of the 
Parish for the purposes of such Act or Acts; the 
Total Amount of Money (if any) which has been 
repaid in liquidation of Monies Mee ; and the 
Total Amount of such borrowed Monies remaining 
unpaid to the 31st day of December 1853 ; the above 
particulars to be set forth in separate Columns of the 
Return. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her my oe by such Members of this saan as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Establishea 
Return of all Lands and Houses belonging to the Church 


Public 
’ Established Church in Jreland, setting forth the (lad) 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select 
Petitions 


(Fiftieth Re- 
port. ) 


Committee on Public Petitions; That they had ex- 
amined the Petitions presented upon the 27th, 28th 
and 29th days of this instant June, and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


Name of each Diocese, the Situation and Extent of all 
such Lands and Houses; Rents payable out of same, 
whether held by Incumbents or leased to others ; 
Contents in Acres, and according to the following 


and be printed. Tabular Form: 





| Where 
Name | situate. 
| County 

of | of 


And of 
Renewal, 
Name of 

Lessee. 


Dates of 
Lease, 
Name of 
Lessee. 


Berens’ 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
Divorce Bill. 


reading of Berens’ Divorce Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. — eo 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 1 ‘ 


Name Con- Re- 


Renewal 
of tents in served 
Fine. 


Acres, Rent. 


Number of 
Churches. 





, . —— .|Mon. Year.|Mon, Year. £.s.d.| £. 
Mr. Bouverie reported Fleming's Estate Bill, with- maces ee cu 


out Amendment. | 
| 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Fleming’s 
Estate Bill. 


























And, like Return of all Deans and Chapter Lands 
and Houses, Rectors, Vicars Choral, Prebends, &amp;c. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Foundling 


Smith's Mr. Bouverie reported Smith’s Charity Estate 
Charity Estate Bij], without Amendment. 


_ Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Hospital 


Accounts in detail, of the several Payments made as (Cork. ) 


Green's 


Estate Bill. 


Masters’ 
Estate Bill. 


Landon’s 
Estate Bill. 


Davies's 
Estate Bill. 


Wysndham’s 


Mr. Bouverie reported Green’s Estate Bill, with- 
out Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Bouverie reported Masters’ Estate Bill, with- 
out Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Bouverie reported Landon’s Estate Bill, with 
Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on 
Davies's Estate Bill; That they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
verbally amended the same ; and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported Wyndham’s Estate Bill, 


Compensation to, or in the Purchase of Annuities for, 
retiring Officers, during the year ending March 1854, 
at the Foundling Hospital (Cork); with the Name, 
Age, and Period of Service of each :—Of the Sum 
paid to the Lunatic Asylum for the reception’of Five 
unbecile Foundlings during the year :—Of the Names, 
Ages, and Periods of Service of the Officers, and the 
Names and Ages of such of the Foundlings as are 
wholly or partly disabled, among whom it is proposed 
to distribute so much as remains of the Balance of 
£.2,461 (in hand on the 31st day of March 1854), 
and for whose benefit the Tax of 5 d. per Ton on all 
Coals imported into the Port of Cork is still continued 
by the Poor Law Commissioners :— Whether the prin- 
cipal Sums of the several Legacies which have been be- 
ueathed to the Foundling Hospital are included in the 
alance above stated; and how it is proposed by the 
Commissioners to dispose of them :—And, Statement 
of the Names of the several Unions which contributed 
to the Payment of the Debts of the Foundling Hos- 
pital, and the proportion in which each contributed. 


Estate Bill without Amendment. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Treaty of 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


4 ianople. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pa a 
0 








Portuguese 
Claims. 


Austria and 


Borial-grounds 
(London. ) 


Churches, &amp;c. 


Malicious 
Injuries 
(Leitrim.) 


Payment of 

Wages Bill, 

and Payment 
es 


(Hosiery) Bill. Bill, be referred to the Select Committee on the 


Income Tax. 
No. 341. 


Bank of 
England, &amp;c. 


No. 342. 


Public 
Petitions, 
Vide Fifty- 
first Report. 


18 VicTroriz. 


to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of a Despatch addressed by the Earl of 
ye to Lord Heytesbury, his Majesty’s Ambas- 
sador at Saint Petersburgh, respecting the Treaty of 
Peace between Russia and Purkey concluded at 
Adrianople on the 14th day of September 1829. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Lord John Russell presented,—Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 13th day of this in- 
stant June, for Copies or Extracts of Despatches or 
Correspondence between this Country and the Por- 
tuguese Government relative to the Claims of Messrs. 
Yuille, Shortridge and Co. on the Government of 
Portugal. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
22d day of this instant June, for Copy of the Conven- 
tion lately signed between Austria and Prussia, with 
any additional Article added thereto. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Portuguese 
Claims be referred to the Select Committee on Por- 
tuguese Claims ; and that the Return relative to Aus- 
tria and Prussia do lie upon the Table. 


Mr.Fitzroy presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 14th day of this instant June, 
for Statement of the Fees paid and Expenses incurred 
for the Consecration of Burial-grounds in the Dio- 
cese of London, in each of the years 1850, 1851, 
1852, and 1853; stating the Name of the Burial- 
ground and of the Parish in which situated, the Ex- 
tent of Land consecrated, the Total Amount paid for 
each Consecration, and distinguishing the several 
Persons to whom these Sums were paid, and the To- 
tal Amount received by each for each Consecration ; 
and stating also, under what authority these Charges 
have been made. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
20th day of this instant June, for a Return of all 
Churches intended to be pulled down, and of all Bu- 
rial-grounds to be sold by the authority of the pro- 
posed Church Building Acts Amendment (No. 2) 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Presentments for Malicious Injuries in 
the County of Leitrim during the years 1852, 1853, 
and 1854; the Names of the Applicants, the Nature 
of each Injury, and the Amount claimed ; the Names 
of the Magistrates and Cesspayers presenting, the 
Amount granted, and the Judges fiating such Pre- 
sentments. 


Ordered, That all Petitions presented to the House 
during the present Session, concerning the Payment 


of Wages Bill, and the Payment of Wages (Hosiery) 
Payment of Wages Bill. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Income Tax, 
which was spe ne upon the 29th day of this in- 
stant June, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Bank of 
England, &amp;c. which was presented upon the 29th 
day of this instant June, be printed. 


Petitions relating to Established Church (Jreland) ; 
—Intoxicating Liquors;—Public-houses and Beer- 
shops ;—Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes 
Bill ;—Bleach Works and Dye Works ;—Decimal 
Coinage ;—Education ; —Hospitals and Infirmaries 
(Ireland) Bill;—Mortmain Bill;—Police Bill ;— 
Poor Law Board ;—and, Poor Law Board Con- 
tinuance Bill,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


30° Junit.—1° Juliz. 





351 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Supply. 
the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Education. 
Sum, not exceeding Two hundred and _ sixty-three 
thousand pounds, be ted to Her Majesty, for 

Public Education in Great Britain, to the 31st day 

of March 1855. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question proposed, 

That a Sum, not exceeding One hundred and sixty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 

Public Education in Great Britain, to the 31st day 

of March 1855 :—Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

2. Resolved, Thata Sum, not exceeding One hun- Education 
dred and ninety-three thousand and forty pounds, be Ireland.) 
granted to Her Majesty, for Public Education in 

Ireland, under the Charge of the Commissioners of 
National Education in Jreland, to the 31st day of 

March 1855. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventy- Departments 
nine thousand eight hundred and forty-five pounds, of Science axd 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses “"” ~~ 
of the Departments of Science and Art, of the Geo- 
logical Surveys of Great Britain and Ireland, of 
the Meteorological Observations at Sea, and of the 
Royal Dublin Society, to the 31st day of March 
1855. 

4. Motion made, and Question put, That a Sum, Professors 
not exceeding Two thousand and six pounds, be oa. 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of Cambridge.) 
Salaries and Allowances to certain Professors in the 
Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, to the 31st 
day of March 1855; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, 

Yeas, \ Mr. Grenville Berkeley: 

Tellers for the {Mr. William Williams, 

Noes, Mr. Hadfield: 

The numbers reported by the Tellers were, Ayes 154, 
and Noes 25. 

Notice taken, that the Honourable Member for 
Ayr had given his voice with the Noes, and had 
voted with the Ayes ; 

Whereupon the Chairman directed his vote to be 
reckoned with the Noes :—Ayes 153, Noes 26. 


Resolutions to be reported. 


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And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 1° die Julii, 1854 : 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to se- 
veral Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 

Mr. Bouverie also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
again resolve itself mto the said Committee. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Serjeant Message from 
Manning : the Lords. 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Bagenalstown and Bagenalstown 
Wexford Railway (No. 2) Bill, without any Amend- -_ Wexford 


ment: And also, (No.3) Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Brighton, Cuckfield, Brighton, 


; ’ ‘ Cuckfield, &amp;c. 
&amp;c. Roads Bill, without any Amendment: And also, pot. pin. 
The Lords have agreed to the Ambergate, Notting- Ambergate, 
Nottingham 


ham and Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway (Ex- sou Teen 
tension into Nottingham, &amp;c.) Bill, without any and Eastern 


Amendment: And also, ie __ Junction Rail- 
way (Extension into Nottingham, &amp;c.) Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Law Life Assurance Law Life 
Society Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Assurance 





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350 30° Juniz. 


The Eastern Counties Railway (Purchase of Rail- 
(Purchase of ways, &amp;c.) Bill was, according to Order, read the 


A. 1854. 


Mr. Walpole reported from the Select Committee B 
on the Bribery, &amp;c. Bill; ‘That they had gone through Bil” ** 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. Bill 167, 


Railways, &amp;c.) third time. 
Bill 


Westminster 
Terminus 
Raiiway Bill. 


Thornhill’s 
(Clara) Estate 
Bill 


Public 
Petitions 
(Fiftieth Re- 
port. ) 


Berens’ 
Divorce Bill. 


Fleming’s 
Estate Bill. 


Smith's 
Charity Estate 
Bill. 


Green's 
Estate Bill. 


Masters’ 
Estate Bill 


Landon’s 
Estate Bill. 


Davies's 
Estate Bill. 


Wyndham’s 
Estate Bill. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Title 
be, An Act for authorizing and confirming Arrange- 
ments and Agreements between the Eastern Counties 
Railway Company, and all or any of the Norfolk, 
the Eastern Union, the East Anglian and the Vew- 
market Railway Companies, and for other purposes, 
and of which the short Title is, “ The Eastern Coun- 
ties, and the Norfolk, the Eastern Union, the East 
Anglian and the Newmarket Railways Act, 1854.” 

aes That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion being made, That the Westminster Ter- 
minus Railway Bill be now read the third time ; 

Mr. Hayter, by Her Majesty’s Command, ac- 
quainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty's interest is concerned, 


that the House may do therein as they shall think | P 


fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

A Clause (For protection of Crown Estate at Mill- 
bank), was thrice read; and added to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Thornhill’s (Clara) Estate Bill, as amended in the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select 
Committee on Public Petitions ; That they had ex- 
amined the Petitions presented upon the 27th, 28th 
and 29th days of this instant June, and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of Berens’ Divorce Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Mr. Bouverie reported Fleming's Estate Bill, with- 
out Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Bouverie reported Smith’s Charity Estate 
Bill, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Bouverie reported Green’s Estate Bill, with- 
out Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Bouverie reported Masters’ Estate Bill, with- 
out Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Bouverie reported Landon’s Estate Bill, with 
Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on 
Davies's Estate Bill; That they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
verbally amended the same ; and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported Wyndham’s Estate Bill, 
without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Proceedings of 
the Committee be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Churches 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Metropolis) 


to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return from every Metropolitan Parish within the 
Bills of Mortality, having any Local Act or Acts, 
with the Date thereof, passed specifically o containing 
provisions for the repair.and support of their respec- 
tive Churches, since the year 1815; of the Monies 
authorized to be borrowed under any such Act or 
Acts; of all Monies actually borrowed; of the Rate 
of Annuity or Interest upon which such Monies have 
been borrowed ; of the Total Amount which has been 
aid in Annuity or Interest ; of the Average Amount 
of Rate in the Pound levied upon the Rental of the 
Parish for the purposes of such Act or Acts; the 
Total Amount of Money (if any) which has been 
repaid in liquidation of Monies Sosonenell ; and the 
Total Amount of such borrowed Monies remaining 
unpaid to the 31st day of December 1853 ; the above 
particulars to be set forth in separate Columns of the 
Return. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this ene as are 
of Her Majesty s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Establishea 
Return of all Lands and Houses belonging to the Church 
forth the {elaad.) 


Established Church in Jreland, setti 
Name of each Diocese, the Situation and Extent of all 
such Lands and Houses; Rents payable out of same, 
whether held by Incumbents or leased to others ; 
Contents in Acres, and according to the following 
Tabular Form: 





| Where 


Name | situate. And of 


Renewal, 
Name of 
Lessee. 


Dates of 
Lease, 
Name of 
Lessee. 


Con- Re- 


Renewal 


of served 


' 
of (on tents in 


Fine. 
Rent. 


Diocese. Acres, 


Number of 
Churches. 


Bishop. Barony 
of 





Mon. Year. £.s.d.| £. 


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And, like Return of all Deans and Chapter Lands 
and Houses, Rectors, Vicars Choral, Prebends, &amp;c. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Foundling 


Accounts in detail, of the several Payments made as # 
Compensation to, or in the Purchase of Annuities for, 
retiring Officers, during the year ending March 1854, 
at the Foundling Hospital (Cork); with the Name, 
Age, and Period of Service of each :—Of the Sum 
paid to the Lunatic Asylum for the reception of Five 
imbecile Foundlings during the year :—Of the Names, 
Ages, and Periods of Service of the Officers, and the 
Names and Ages of such of the Foundlings as are 
wholly or partly disabled, among whom it is proposed 
to distribute so much as remains of the Balance of 
£.2,461 (in hand on the 31st day of March 1854), 
and for whose benefit the Tax of 5 d. per Ton on all 
Coals imported into the Port of Cork is still continued 
by the Poor Law Commissioners :—W hether the prin- 
cipal Sums of the several Legacies which have been be- 
sae to the Foundling Hospital are included in the 
alance above stated ; and how it is proposed by the 
Commissioners to dispose of them :—And, Statement 
of the Names of the several Unions which contributed 
to the Payment of the Debts of the Foundling Hos- 
pital, and the proportion in which each contributed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be pases pend 
to 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously p 





(Cork.) 








18 Vicroriz. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 


a Copy of a Despatch addressed by the Earl of 
Aberdeen to Lord Heytesbury, his Majesty’s Ambas- 
sador at Saint Petersburgh, respecting the Treaty of 
Peace between Russia and Turkey concluded at 
Adrianople on the 14th day of September 1829. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Portuguese Lord John Russell presented,—Return to an Ad- 
Claims. dress to Her Majesty, dated the 13th day of this in- 
stant June, for Copies or Extracts of Despatches or 
Correspondence between this Country and the Por- 
tuguese Government relative to the Claims of Messrs. 

uille, Shortridge and Co. on the Government of 
Portugal. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
22d day of this instant June, for Copy of the Conven- 
tion lately signed between Austria and Prussia, with 
any additional Article added thereto. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Portuguese 
Claims be referred to the Select Committee on Por- 
tuguese Claims ; and that the Return relative to Aus- 
tria and Prussia do lie upon the Table. 


Austria and 


Mr.Fitzroy presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 14th day of this instant June, 
for Statement of the Fees paid and Expenses incurred 
for the Consecration of Burial-grounds in the Dio- 
cese of London, in each of the years 1850, 1851, 
1852, and 1853; stating the Name of the Burial- 
ground and of the Parish in which situated, the Ex- 
tent of Land consecrated, the Total Amount paid for 
each Consecration, and distinguishing the several 
Persons to whom these Sums were paid, and the To- 
tal Amount received by each for each Consecration ; 
and stating also, under what authority these Charges 
have been made. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
20th day of this instant June, for a Return of all 
Churches intended to be pulled down, and of all Bu- 
rial-grounds to be sold by the authority of the pro- 
posed Church Building Acts Amendment (No. 2) 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


Borial-grounds 
(London. ) 


Churches, &amp;c. 


Malicious Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 

Injuries Return of the Presentments for Malicious Injuries in 

(leitrim) the County of Leitrim during the years 1852, 1853, 
and 1854; the Names of the Applicants, the Nature 
of each Injury, and the Amount claimed ; the Names 
of the Magistrates and Cesspayers presenting, thie 
Amount granted, and the Judges fiating such Pre- 
sentments. 


Payment of Ordered, That all Petitions presented to the House 
soy Bill, during the present Session, concerning the Payment 
of Wares Of Wages Bill, and the Payment of Wages (Hosiery) 
(Hosiery) Bill, Bill, be referred to the Select Committee on the 


Payment of Wages Bill. 


Income Tax, Ordered, That the Return relative to Income Tax, 

No. 341. which was presented upon the 29th day of this in- 
stant June, be printed. 

Bank of Ordered, That the Return relative to the Bank of 

England, &amp;e. England, &amp;c. which was presented upon the 29th 
No. 342. day of this instant June, be printed. 

Public Petitions relating to Established Church (Jreland) ; 

Petitions, —Intoxicating Liquors;—Public-houses and Beer- 

Vide Fifty. shops ;—Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes 

first Report. Bill ;—Bleach Works and Dye Works ;—Decimal 


Coinage ;—Education ; —Hospitals and Infirmaries 
(Ireland) Bill;—Mortmain Bill;—Police Bill ;— 
Poor Law Board ;—and, Poor Law Board Con- 
tinuance Bill,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


30° Junii.—1° Juli. 





351 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Supply. 
the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Education. 
Sum, not exceeding Two hundred and _ sixty-three 
thousand pounds, be ted to Her Majesty, for 

Public Education in Great Britain, to the 31st day 

of March 1855. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question proposed, 

That a Sum, not exceeding One hundred and sixty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 

Public Education in Great Britain, to the 31st day 

of March 1855 :—Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

2. Resolved, Thata Sum, not exceeding One hun- Education 
dred and ninety-three thousand and forty pounds, be (teland.) 
granted to Her Majesty, for Public Education in 

Lreland, under the Charge of the Commissioners of 
National Education in Jreland, to the 31st day of 

March 1855. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventy- Departments 
nine thousand eight hundred and forty-five pone yh mm ad 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses “"’ ~~ 
of the Departments of Science and Art, of the Geo- 
logical Surveys of Great Britain and Ireland, of 
the Meteorological Observations at Sea, and of the 
Royal Dublin Society, to the 31st day of March 
1855. 

4. Motion made, and Question put, That a Sum, Professors 
not exceeding Two thousand and six pounds, be ae 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of Cambridge.) 
Salaries and Allowances to certain Professors in the 
Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, to the 31st 
day of March 1855; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, 7) 

Yeas, \Mr. Grenville Berkeley: J 

Tellers for the {Mr. William Williams, 

Noes, Mr. Hadfield: 

The numbers reported by the Tellers were, Ayes 154, 
and Noes 25. 

Notice taken, that the Honourable Member for 
Ayr had given his voice with the Noes, and had 
voted with the Ayes ; 

Whereupon the Chairman directed his vote to be 
reckoned with the Noes :—Ayes 153, Noes 26. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 1° die Julii, 1854: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to se- 
veral Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 

Mr. Bouverie also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Serjeant Message from 
Manning : the Lords, 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Bagenalstown and Bagenalstown 
Wexford Railway (No. 2) Bill, without any Amend- = Wexford 


ment: And also, (N 0.2) Bill, 


The Lords have agreed to the Brighton, Cuckfield, Brighton, 


: . , Cuckfield, &amp;c. 
&amp;c. Roads Bill, without any Amendment: Andalso, pot3. ‘hin, 
The Lords have agreed to the Ambergate, Notting- Ambergate, 
Nottingham 


ham and Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway (Ex- 3) Roston 
tension into Nottingham, &amp;c.) Bill, without any and Eastern 


Amendment: And also, a __Junetion Rail- 
way (Extension into Nottingham, &amp;c.) Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Law Life Assurance Law Life 
Society Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Assurance 





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30° Juniz.—1° Juiz: 


Bradford 
Corporation 
Waterworks 
Bill. And also, 
Norfolk 
Railway Bill. 


Glasgow 
Suspension 
Bridge Bill. 


Mallow and 
Fermoy Rail- 
way Bill. 


West Brom- 
wich Improve. 
ment, &amp;c. Bill 


Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Glasgow Suspen- 
sion Bridge Bill, without any Amendment: And 
also 

The Lords have agreed to the Mallow and Fermoy 
Railway Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the West Bromwich 
Improvement, &amp;c. Bill, with Amendments ; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

York, New- The Lords have agreed to the York, Newcastle and 
castle and Ber~ Bonvick Railway (Construction of Docks, &amp;c.) Bill, 


wick Railway : : 
(Construction with Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords 


- A eee &amp;c.) desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 


Bolton Im- The Lords have agreed to the Bolton Improve- 


provement 
Bill. 


And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bradford, Wake- 
field and Leeds Railway Bill, with Amendments ; to 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 

Leeds, Brad- The Lords have agreed to the Leeds, Bradford 

cay aaa and Halifax Junction Railway Bill, with Amend- 

Railway Bill, ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Oxford, Worcester 
and Wolverhampton Railway (Chipping Norton 
ton Railway Branch) Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amend- 


(Chipping ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
— Branch) A nd also 
ill. —? 


Bradford, 
Wakefield and 
Leeds Rail- 
way Bill. 


Oxford, Wor- 
cester and 
Wolverhamp- 


Lowestoft 
Improvement 
(No. 2) Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Lowestoft Improve- 
ment (No. 2) Bill, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to empower the Legislature of Canada to alter the 
Constitution of the Legislative Council of that Pro- 
vince, and for other purposes ; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 


mans (atin The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
ceahtiabaneat for incorporating the Trustees of the School and 
and Charity Charity Estates and Property belonging to the Parish 
Estates Bill. of Saint Catherine, in the County and County of the 
City of Dublin, for the better Management of such 
Estates and Property, and for the due and careful 
Application of the Income of the same ; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for authorizing the granting of Leases of Mines in 
Estates in the County of Glamorgan, devised by the 
Will of the Reverend Reynold Davies, deceased, 
and for other purposes; .and of which the short 
Title is “‘ Jenkins’ Estate Act, 1854;” to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords return the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before the Committee of the House of Com- 
mons on the Great Northern Railway (Hertford, 
Hatfield and Saint Alban’s Branch) Bill, 1847, as 
desired by this House: And also, 


The Lords request, that this House will be pleased 
to give leave to Edward Stillingfleet Cayley, Es- 
quire, a Member of this House, to attend their 
Lordships to be sworn, in order to his being exa- 
mined as a Witness before the Select Committee 
appointed by their Lordships in the present Session 
of Parliament, to inquire into the possibility of im- 
proving the Ventilation and the Lighting of the House, 
and the contiguous Chambers, Galleries and Pas- 
sages :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


Legislative 
Council 
(Canada) Bill. 


Saint Cathe- 


Jenkins’ 
Estate Bill. 


Great North- 
ern Railway 
(Hertford, 
Hattield and 
Saint Alban’s 
Branch) Bill, 
1847. 


Ventilation 
and Lighting 
of the House 
of Lords. 


The Lords have agreed to the Bradford Corpo- | 
ration Waterworks Bill, without any Amendment:| the last part of the said Message:—And Mr, 


The Lords have agreed to the Norfolk Railway | 


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A. 1854; 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Cayley, being present in his place, declared that 
he was willing, with leave of the House, to go 
i House of Lords, as desired by their Lord- 
ships. 
esolved, That Edward Stillingfleet Cayley, Es- 

quire, have leave to go to the House of as 
desired by their Lordships, if he think fit. 

And the Messenger was again called in, and Mr, 
Speaker acquainted him therewith :—And then he 
again withdrew. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Public Revenne 
reading of the Public Revenue and Consolidated 224 Consoli. 
Fund Charges Bill; dated Fund 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon a 
Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Poor Law 
a Committee on the Poor Law Board Continuance Board Conti- 


ment Bill, with Amendments; to which Amend-| Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker "“""* Bill, 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: | resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That 


the Committee had gone through the Bill, and di- 
rected him to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Union Charges 
a Committee on the Union Charges Continuance Continuance 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker = 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and di- 
rected him to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Indemnity 
into a Committee on the Indemnity Bill; and, after Bil 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and directed him 
to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Insurance on 
into a Committee on the Insurance on Lives Abate- i on 
ment of Income Tax Continuance Bill; and, after fncome Tax | 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Continuance 
Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That the Com- Bi 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and directed him 
to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 


Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Police Bill. 
reading of the Police Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Common Law 

mittee on the Common tom Procedure Bill ; ure Bill, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Bills of Ex- 
mittee on the Bills of Exchange (No. 2) Bill; —- (No. 2) 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Hospitals and Infirmaries (Zreland) 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Nuisances 
reading of the Waleakern Removal and Diseases Removal sed 
Prevention Acts Consolidation and Amendment Bill; vention Acts 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon any ron 
Monday the 10th day of this instant July. ; and oni — 


Hospitals and 
Infirmaries 
(Ireland) Bill. 








18 Vicroriz. 


law The Order of the day being read, for the second 
) Bill. reading of the Poor Law (Scotland) Bill; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


poard The Order of the day — read, for the Com- 
Health Bil. mittee on the General Board of Health Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Youthful The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
ofeaders Bill. into a Committee on the Youthful Offenders Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

Cuauses, N° 1 and N° 2, amended, and agreed 
to. 
Curavuse, N° 3, agreed to. 

Crause, N* 4 (Absconding or refractory conduct 
at Reformatory how to be punished). 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





_ Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Baines 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ywinstion The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Act Amend- reading of the Vaccination Act Amendment Bill ; 
wat Bill Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 
Fublic Librae The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
res Bil. €§ take into consideration the Public Libraries Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 
Benefices The Order of the day being read, for the second 


Argnentation reading of the Benefices Augmentation Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Merchant = The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
Shipping Bill. take into consideration the Merchant Shipping Bill, 
as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


chant The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
7 into a Committee on the Merchant Shipping Acts 
Bil 168 Repeal Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
"Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Baines 
_ That the Committee had gone through the 
il. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
‘ Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Wreck and The Order of the day being read, for the third 
farage Bill reading of the Wreck m8 iene Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 
Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Ia, The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
rng consideration the Amendments made by the Lords 
Bi to the Church Building Acts Amendment Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken into 
consideration upon Monday next. 
=... _ The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
(lteland) Big, into a Committee on the Linen, &amp;c., Manufactures 


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353 


(Zreland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Baines 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Turnpike Acts 
into a Committee on the Turnpike Acts Continu- + are 
ance (Zreland) Bill; and, after some time spent - -" 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Baines reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and directed him to report the 
same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Judgment 
mittee on the Judgment Execution, &amp;c. Bill; Execution, &amp;c. 
And a Motion being made, and the Question oo 
— proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
alr ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
the end of the Question, in ordes. to add the words 
“ this House will, upon Monday next, resolve itself 
“ into the said Committee,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out, stand part of the 
Question: — The said proposed Amendment and 
Motion were severally, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Married _ 
into a Committee on the Married Women Bill; and, Y™e" Bill. 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Baines reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Mon- Testamentary 
day next, the Testamentary Jurisdiction Bill, was Jurisdiction 
‘ Bill. 
read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of the Adjournment. 
House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Medical Medical Relief. 
Relief have leave to sit this day, notwithstanding the 
adjournment of the House. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Income Tax 
Return of the Amount of the Assessments, under (Iteland.) 
each Schedule, of the Income Tax in each Province 
in Ireland, for the year ended the 5th day of April 
1854, showing the Total Number of Persons as- 
sessed under D. and E. in each of such Provinces, 
and the Amount of the Assessments; the Number 
of Cases in which the Returns made by the Indi- 
viduals were accepted by the Special Commis- 
sioners ; the Number of Cases in which increased 
Charges were made beyond the Sums returned, and 
the Total Amount of such Increases; the Number 
of Cases in which no Returns were made, and the 
Parties charged in consequence of such Default, and 
the Total Amount of such Charges; the Number of 
Cases in which Appeals were made to the Special 
Commissioners by the Parties charged under Sche- 
dules D. and E.; the Number confirmed in part or 
in the whole, and the Number in which the Parties 
were wholly relieved ; the Number of Cases in which 
Notices were given of Appeal from the decision of 
the Special Commissioners to the Assistant Bar- 

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354 


risters, and the Number confirmed upon such Appeal 
in part or in the whole, and the Number of Persons 
totally relieved: —And, showing the Amount of 
Salaries and other Allowances to the Officers ap- 
pointed for assessing and collecting the Income Tax 
in Ireland; the Rate of Poundage granted to the 
Collectors; the Cost attending the obtaining the 
Copies of the Poor Rate for the purpose of making 
the Assessments under Schedules A. and B.; and 
the Total Amount of the Charges for collecting the 
Tax for One year, so far as the same can be as- 
certained. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That there be laid before this House, Copies 
of the Memorial from several Protestants of Dublin, 
dated the 4th day of April 1854, presented to the 
Lord Lieutenant ; of his Excellency’s Reply there- 
to ; and of the Statement and Explanation submitted 
to his Excellency by Mr. O'Callaghan relative to 
such Memorial ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “thereto” 
to the end of the Question. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out, stand part of the Question :—It 
passed in the Negative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Memorial from several Protestants of 
Dublin, dated the 4th day of April 1854, presented 
to the Lord Lieutenant; and of his Excellency’s 
Reply thereto. 


Mr. O'Callag- 
han. 


Union 


Ordered, ‘That there be laid before this House, 
Averages. 


Returns of the Averages originally struck for every 
Union in England and Wales, specifying the Sums 
charged for each Parish, and the Date of the Order : 
—And, of the Averages last struck for every Union, 
specifying also the Sums charged for each Parish, 
and the Date of the Order to the latest Period to 
which it can be made up. 

Militia(No.2.) Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the Laws relating to the Militia in England 
and Wales: And that Mr. Fitzroy and Viscount 
Palmerston do prepare, and bring it in. 


Legislative 
Council 
(Canada) Bil 


Bill 169. 
Convict 


Prisons, &amp;c. 
(Ireland. ) 


The Legislative Council (Canada) Bill was read 
1, the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
" upon Friday next; and to be printed. 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Convict Prisons, &amp;c. (Jreland) : Copies 
of Correspondence relative to the Management and 
Discipline of Convict Prisons, and the Extension of 
Prison Accommodation ; with Reports of Commis- 
sioners. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Jenkins’ Estate Bill was read the first time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Jenkins’ 
Estate Bill. 


Saint Cathe- 
rine’s Parish 
(Dublin) Schoo 
and Charity 
Estates Bill. 


The Saint Catherine's Parish (Dublin) School 
, and Charity Estates Bill was read the first time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Grenville Berkeley presented a Bill to amend 
the Law concerning the making of Borough Rates 
in Boroughs not within the Municipal Corporation 
Acts: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Friday next ; 
and to be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
a quarter of an hour before Two of the clock 
on Friday morning, adjourned till Monday 
next. ri 


Borough Rates 
Bill. 
Bill 170. 


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A. 1854, 


Lune, 3° die Julii ; 
Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1854, 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That the Select Committee on the ry 
Friendly Societies Bill have leave to sit this day Societies Bin, 
till Five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Divett reported from the Sub-Committee on West 
Group 10 of Railway and Canal Bills; That in the 0d Cryst 
case of the West London and Crystal Palace Rail- se Rail 
way (Amalgamation, Sale or Lease) Bill, they had mia 
examined the allegations contained in the Preamble °T Lease) Bip, 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by striking 
out the paragraph relating to the London and South 
Western Railway Company, and by confining the 
objects of the Bill to working arrangements only; 
and found the same, as amended, to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Public 
Committee on Public Petitions ; That they had ex- Petitions 
amined the Petitions presented upon the 30th day of (Fifty fist 
June last, and had directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That in the case of the Ratcliff Gas Ratcliff Gas 
Company Relief Bill, Standing Orders 172 and 202 Company 
be suspended ; and that the Bill be read a second Mle! Bil 
time To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Proceedings of the House of Congleton 
Thursday last, in respect of the Report on the Con- #4 Biddulph 
gleton and Biddulph Valley Railway Bill, be null way Bill 
and void. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Ayr and May- 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Ayr and ae 
Maybole Junction Railway Bill; and the same were ey 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
_ agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Perth and 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Perth i 
and Dunkeld Railway Bill ; and the same were twice , 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 

. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Stourbridge 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Stour- -— 
bridge Waterworks Bill; and the same were twice 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 


ships. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Valuation 
Returns showing, in the Counties in Jreland in which (Ireland.) 
the Townland Valuation has been completed, under 
the Act 6 &amp; 7 Will. 4, c. 84, the Name of each 
County, the Acreable Contents, the Annual Value, the 
Cost of the Valuation by the Acre, the Cost by the 
£.100 of the Valuation, and the Date when it first 
came into force in each County :—Of similar Details 
as to each County of which the Tenement Valuation 
has been completed, under the Act 9 &amp; 10 a 

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Commission. signers, appointed November 10, a. p. 1852, to in- 


oman 4 on Group 8 of Railway and Canal Bills; That in the 


Portrush Parties promoting the Ballymena, Ballymoney and 
on ny (Ne a Portrush Junction Railway (No. 2) Bill, had stated 
8’ ~=«stto the Committee, that it was not their intention to 


18 VicTori2. 


110, and 15 &amp; 16 Vic. c. 63 :—And, Statement of 
the Progress and Prospect of Completion of the Ge- 
neral Valuation of Ireland, with the Average Cost by 
the Acre, and by the £.100 of the Valuation, com- 
paring the Townland Valuation with the Tenement. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 19th day of June last, for a Return of the 
Amount of Salary allowed to the Registrar of 
Friendly Societies in England, for the years 1850, 
1851, 1852, and 1853, and of the Amount allowed 
to the said Registrar by the Commissioners of Her 
Majesty’s Treasury, in the same years, for Office 
Rent, Salaries of Clerk, and other Expenses incident 
to the execution of his said Office; and of the 
Amount of Fees received by the said Registrar for 
the several years, and paid by him into the Conso- 
lidated Fund, and the Amount paid out of the Con- 
solidated Fund towards such Salary and Expenses 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, dated 7th 
April 1851). 
join Corn, © Return to an Order, dated the 19th day of 





he. June last, for a Return of the Quantities of Indian 


Corn, Millet Seed, and Dari imported into the United | 
Kingdom in each year since 1840, showing the Ports | 
at which it has been entered for Consumption, and | 


the Quantities in each year at each Port. 

Churches. Return to an Order, dated the 26th day of| 
June last, for Copies of the Correspondence of | 
the Venerable Archdeacon Allen with the Church | 
Building Commissioners, and their Secretary, Solici- | 
tor, or other Officers, between the 1st day of Fe- | 
bruary last and the 15th day of June, —e 
of the expense, delay and inconvenience occasione 
to Church Builders :—And, of all Letters in reply to 
the said Archdeacon, and of all Resolutions and 
other Proceedings consequent thereon. 


Buril-grounds Ordered, That the Return relative to Burial- 
(london) grounds (London), which was presented upon the 
No. 343. 30th day of June last, be printed. 


Convict Ordered, That the Paper relative to Convict Pri- 
(ireand,) Sons, &amp;c. (Jreland), which was presented upon the 
No.344, 30th day of June last, be printed. 


Inclosure Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
Commission. mand,—Inclosure Commission: Copy of Special 
Report from the Commissioners. 
Cathedral Say of First Report of Her Majesty’s Commis- 
quire into the state and condition of the Cathedral 
and Collegiate Churches in England and Wales. 
. Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 


Ballymena, Mr. French reported from the Sub-Committee 


Portrush case of the Ballymena, Ballymoney, Coleraine and 
Junction Rail- Portrush Junction Railway (No. 1) Bill, they had 
moe 1) examined the allegations contained in the Preamble 
of the Bill, and amended the same, by omitting 
therefrom the paragraph having reference to a pro- 
posed alteration of the Line at the Junction of the 
Belfast and Ballymena Railway, and made other 
Amendments consequent thereon; and found the 
same, as amended, to be true ; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


mane, Mr. French reported from the Sub-Committee 
Gilettine xnq On Group 8 of Railway and Canal Bills; That the 


proceed with the same. ie 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 





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3° Sulit. 355 


Mr. French reported from the Sub-Committee Londonderry 
on Group 8 of Railway and Canal Bills; That in the 4 Coleraine 
case of the Londonderry and Coleraine Railway Bill, ®*¥*7 Bil. 
they had examined the allegations contained in the 
a of the Bill, and amended the same, by omit- 
ting that portion relating to the proposed junction with 
Sn Mile, ian, Coleraine po Portrush 
Junction Railway, the same not having been proved 
to the satisfaction of the Committee ; and ee by 
omitting that portion of the Preamble relating to the 
deviation of the Castle Dawson Extension Railway, 
the Promoters having intimated that it was not their 
intention to proceed with the same; and had gone 
through the Bin: and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, 'Yhat the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Jenkins’ 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Estate Bill. 
That in the case of Jenkins’ Estate Bill, no Standing 
Orders are applicable. 


Ordered, That Jenkins’ Estate Bill be read a se- Jenkins’ 
cond time. Estate Bill. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Mitford's 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, ©st#te Bill. 
That in the case of Mitford’s Estate Bill, no Standing 
Orders are applicable. 


Ordered, That Mitford’s Estate Bill be read a Mitford's 
second time. Estate Bill. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from one Aberdeen _ 
of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, That Se 
in the case of the Aberdeen Shoemakers’ Trade Estate giq), 


Bill, the Standing Orders have been complied with. 


Ordered, That the Aberdeen Shoemakers’ Trade Aberdeen 


. Shoemakers 
Estate Bill be read a second time. Trade Estate 


Bill. 

Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Merton Col- 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, lege Estate 
in respect of non-compliance with the Standing Or- 
ders in the case of the Petition for the Merton Col- 
lege Estate Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Message by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of the Royal Assent. 
Black Rod: 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty's 
Commission, for declaring Her Royal Assent to se- 
veral Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire the 
immediate attendance of this Honourable House in 
the House of Peers, to hear the Commission read. 

reer Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :—And being returned ; 

-Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 
desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Commission, had been at the House of Peers, 
where a Commission under the Great Seal was read, 
giving, declaring and notifying the Royal Assent to 
the several Acts therein-mentioned; and that the 
Lords, thereby authorized, had declared the Royal 
Assent to the said Acts, as follow: 

An Act for granting certain additional Rates and Excise Duties 
Duties of Excise: Bill. 

An Act to alter and amend certain Duties of Customs 
Customs : Duties Bill. 

An Act to assimilate the Law and Practice existing High Treason 
in cases of High Treason in Jreland, to the Law and (Ireland) Bill. 
Practice existing in cases of High Treason in Eng- 
land : 

An Act to consolidate and extend the Powers of Accrington 
the Accrington Gas and Waterworks Company, and #s and Wa- 
to enable them the better to supply with Gas and —— 
Water the Townships and Places of Old Accrington, 

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New Accrington, Church Lower Booths and Huncoat, 
in the Parish of Whalley, and the Extra-parochial 
Place of Henheads, all in the County of Lancaster ; 
and to sell or lease their Undertaking to the Local 
Board of Health for the District of Accrington; and 
for other purposes : 
Doncaster _ An Act to establish a general Cemetery for the 
Cemetery Bill. Borough of Doncaster, and for other purposes : 
Havering, An Act to extend the Powers of the Commis- 
~— sioners of Sewers for the Levels of Havering, Da- 
Bil. ~—«- genham, and other Places, and to enable them to 
construct Sewers in the Parishes of West Ham, East 
Ham and North Woolwich : 
Hexham An Act for maintaining the Turnpike-road from 
Roads Bill = §Greenhead through Haltwhistle, Hexham and Cor- 
bridge, to the Military Road near Shildon Bar, and 
the nteah Road from Corbridge to Heddon-on-the- 
Wail, all in the County of Northumberland : 

An Act to create a further Term in the Trowbridge 
Roads; to add other Roads to the Trust; to amend 
and extend the Act relating to the said Roads; and 
for other purposes : 

An Act to enable the Furness Railway Company 


Trowbridge 
Roads Bill. 


Furness 


Railway Bill. to raise a further Sum of Money, and for the Amend- | 


ment of the Acts relating to the said Company : 


Shipley Water- An Act to make Provision with respect to 


works Bill. 
in the West Riding of the County of York: 

Kingston- An Actto incorporate “ The Kingston-upon- Thames 

a Gas Company,” and to enable them to light with 
Gas the Parishes of Kingston, Long Ditton and 
Thames Ditton, in the County of Surrey: 

Blyth and An Act for enabling the Blyth and Pyne Railway 

— Railway Company to construct Railways to Tynemouth, and 
the Longhirst Station of the York, Newcastle and 
Berwick Railway, in the County of Northumberland, 
and for consolidating and amending the Acts relating 
to such Company : 

North London An Act to enable the North London Railway 

Railway Bill. Company to construct a Station or Depét near to the 

New Metropolitan Cattle Market, to raise additional 

Capital, mY for other purposes : 

Ie Act to repeal an Act for inclosing the Marsh 
in the Township of Newport, in the County of Salop, 
and to vest the same, and other Property, in Trustees 
for paving, draining, cleansing and otherwise im- 
proving the Town of Newport, and for other pur- 
poses : 

An Act to amend “ The Nene Valley Drainage 
and Navigation Improvement Act, 1852,” and to 
provide additional Funds for carrying out certain of 
the Improvements authorized by such Act: 

An Act for regulating and improving the Town of 
Ryde, in the Isle of Wight, and providing a Supply 
of Gas and Water thereto, and for other purposes : 

An Act to repeal an Act passed in the ninth year 
of the reign of Her present Majesty, intituled, “ An 
Act for more effectually constituting and regulating 
the Court of Record within the Borough of Man- 
chester, and for extending the Jurisdiction of the 
said Court,” and to extend the Powers and Juris- 
diction of the said Court, and to simplify and other- 
wise improve its Practice and Proceedings, and for 
other purposes : 

An Act for enabling the Cornwall Railway Com- 
pany to make certain Modifications in their Share 
Capital, and for other purposes : 


Newport| 
nace 
Bi 


Nene Valley 
Drainage and 
Navigation 
Bill. 


Ryde Im- 
— 
ill, 


Manchester 
Court of 
Record Bill. 


Chester, 








—— An Act for making a Turnpike-road from Chester 
Worthenbury by Farndon to Worthenbury, with a Branch there- | 
Road Bil © from to the Village of Farndon: 
Birmingham An Act to incorporate the Birmingham and Mid- | 
porte land Institute, to define its Constitution, and to'! 
* enable the Council of the Borough of Birmingham 
to grant a Site for the Institute Buildings : 
Blyth Har- Te Act for improving the Harbour of Blyth, in 
Docks Bill, the County of Northumberland, and for constructing 
Docks there, and for other purposes : 
Crystal Palace An Act to enable the Crystal Palace Company to 
ompany ©" divert certain Roads, and to take and let Land on 


bour and 





Lease, and for other purposes: 


A..1854, 


An Act to incorporate “ The Surrey Consumers’ § 
Gas-Light and Coke Association,” and to enable Bill. 
them to raise further Sums of Money, and for other 
purposes : 

n Act to repeal the Acts relating to the Turnpike- Stroud, 
road from Gloucester, through Painswick, to Stroud, Wick ana 
and make other Provisions in lieu thereof : Pucucestee 


An Act for the better supplying with Water the y 
Parliamentary Burgh or Town of Hamilton, and terworks at 
Suburbs thereof: 

An Act to enable the Cork and Bandon Railway Cork ang 
Company to make a Branch Railway to Skibbereen, Bandon Rail. 
and to raise further Capital for the Cork and Bandon **Y Bill. 
Railway, and for other purposes : 

An Act to amend an Act passed in the fourth Wadsley ana 
year of the reign of his late Majesty King George Langset Rosa 
the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for more effectuall 
repairing the Wadsley and Langset Turnpike-road, 
and extending the same in two Lines, to join the 
Huddersfield and Woodhead Turnpike-road, in the 
Townships of Upperthong and Honley, in the West 
Riding of the County of York,” and to continue the 
Term thereby granted, so far as ‘the said Act and 
the Term thereby granted relate to the New Mill 





' | District of Road therein-mentioned : 
ater | 


Supply and Police for Shipley, Baildon and Windhill, | 


An Act to alter the Site of the New Bridge Lond 
authorized to be erected over the River Foyle, at Bridge Bill 
Londonderry, and to make Approaches thereto : 

An Act for more effectually repairing several Bidefora 
Roads adjoining or near to the Town of Bideford, Roads Bill. 
and for making several Lines of Road connected with 
the same, all in the County of Devon: 

An Act for more effectually repairing the Roads Dudley, Hales- 
in the Counties of Worcester and Stufford, known as 0Wen and 
~ Dudley, Halesowen and Bromsgrove District of Roads Bil 

toads : 

An Act to embank and reclaim from the Sea Tacumshin 
certain Waste Lands subject to be overflowed by Embankment 
the Tide, called Tacumshin Lake, in the County 
of Wexford: 

An Act to authorize the making certain Roads, Exhibition of 
and stopping-up certain Lanes and Footways between 18°) — 
Kensington Gore and Brompton, in the County of “°" 
Middlesex, and for otherwise facilitating the formation 
of a Site for Institutions connected with Science and 
the Arts: 

An Act for enabling the Great Western Railway Great Western 
Company to provide additional Station Accommo- (beasties re 
dation at Birmingham, Wolverhamptonand Bushbury, commodation, 
and for other purposes : &amp;c.) Bill. 

An Act to repeal an Act for enlarging the Term Stamford _ 
and Powers of an Act of his late Majesty George va as 
the Third, for repairing the Road from Saint Martin, 

Stamford Baron +10 Mentoring, and from Oundle to 
Middleton-lane, in the County of Northampton, and 
to make other Provisions in lieu thereof: 

An Act for supplying with Water the Parishes of es ach wy 
Bangor, Llandegai and Llanilechid, and with Gas ¥™* 
the Parish of Bangor : 

An Act for the Improvement of the Town of Behesing 
Bethesda, and Neighbourhood, in the County of po irovement 
Carnarvon : Bi is 

An Act for providing Waterworks, Gasworks and Beccles Water 
Public Baths pat Wor-beusan for the Town and #4 Gas Bil 
Borough of Beccles, in the County of Suffolk : 

An Act for the further Improvement of Kingston- King = 

upon- 
upon-Hull, and for other purposes : provement 


An Act to incorporate the Hull General Cemetery Hull Cemetery 
Company, and to enlarge and improve their Ceme- 
tery, and for other ta nists, dikiien halal 
An Act for paving, lighting, watching, draining, 
supplying with Water, wateri . cleansing, regulating aaa: 
and otherwise improving the Town of Llandudno, in 
the County of Carnarvon; for making a Cemetery, 
and for establishing and es a Market and 
Market-places therein, and for other purposes : 
An Ant to alter the Line of the fae Tilbury Londov, 
and Southend Extension Railway, to authorize the southend 


Lease thereof, and the Purchase of the Railway and Railway Bill 
certain 


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Seo wes sow Fees 


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certain Parts of the Works belonging to the Thames 
Haven Dock and Railway Company, and for other 


Ses : 

[anark Police “* Act for regulating the Police of the Royal 
gilmprove- Burgh of Lanark, and for paving, draining, cleansing, 
peat lightmg, watching and improving the same, for re- 
gulating the Markets thereof, and for other pur- 


ses : 

Bainburgh “he Act for Removal of Toll-bars beyond the Par- 

pods Bill. jiamentary Boundaries of the City of Edinburgh, 
and for other purposes : 

derry An Act to enable the Londonderry and Ennis- 

wd Ennis —_illen Railway Company to make a Branch Railway 

-y RatweY + Fintona, and to extend their Line at Londonderry, 
and for other purposes : 


Birmingham An Act for enabling the Company of Proprietors 
Canal Nov, Of the Birmingham Canal Navigations to make New 
* Canals, and other Works, and for other purposes : 


Birmingham An Act for establishing Parks in or near to the 
_ Borough of Birmingham: 


Chesterfield An Act for constructing a Market-house and other 

Market Bill. Buildings for Public Accommodation at Chesterfield, 
in the County of Derby, and for the better Regula- 
tion and Maintenance of the Market there: 

Darlington An Act for making a Railway from the Stockton 

a arty and Darlington Railway, near Darlington, to or 

vay Bll. near to Barnard Castle, both in the County of Dur- 
ham, and for making Arrangements with the Stock- 
ton and Darlington Railway Company, and for other 


urposes : 
Dowlais . he Act for making a Railway from the Dowlais 
Railway Bill. Railway to the Vale of Neath Railway, at Merthyr 
Tydfil, and for other purposes; and of which the 
short Title is ‘‘ The Dowlais Railway Act, 1854 :” 
Bast Lancae~ © An Act for vesting in the East Lancashire Rail- 
ee way Company, jointly with the Zuncashire and 
Yorkshire,and Yorkshire Railway Company, certain Parts of the 
Manchester Manchester and Southport Railway, and of the Lan- 
Sieeys Bal cashire and Yorkshire Railway, and for other pur- 
poses : 


Edinburgh An Act to amend “ The Edinburgh Police Act, 

—., 1848 ;” and to make further Provision for Sewerage, 

= Drainage and Improvement of the City of Edinburgh, 
for deepening and cleansing the Water of Leith, and 
for other purposes : 

East Suffolk An Act for making a Railway in Deviation and 

Railway Bill. Extension of the Halesworth, Beccles and Haddiscoe 
Railway from Westhall Low Common to Woodbridge, 
and certain Branches therefrom, and for changing 
the Name of the Company to “The East Suffolk 
Railway Company :” 

ae An Act to amend the Provisions of certain Acts 

Railway Bun, Telating to the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway 
Company, and for other purposes : 

_ ae An Act to enable the South Sea Company to rea- 

pay®™ lize and divide their Capital, Stock and Assets : 
pat Deven An Act for enabling the South Devon Railway 
way Bill. Company to improve their Sutton Harbour Branch, 
and for other purposes ; and of which the short Title 
is “The South Devon Railway (Sutton Harbour 
Branch) Act, 1854 :” 

washer ela _ An Act to continue the Term and to amend and 

Road Bil],  ©Xtend the Provisions of the Act relating to the Win- 
chester and Petersfield Turnpike-road, and for other 


purposes : 
= pred An Act for making a Railway from the Jrish 
Railway “South Eastern Railway at Bagenalstown to Wex- 
(No.2) Bin, ford, to be called “ The Bagenalstown and Wexford 
Railway :” 


prighton, a An Act for continuing the Term and amending 

Roads Bil, and extending the Provisions of the Act relating to 
the Brighton, Cuckfield and Lovell Heath, and 

i Cuckfield and West Grinstead Turnpike-roads : 

N bergate, An Act to authorize the Extension, by the Amber- 


‘nd Beene gate, Nottingham and Boston, and Eastern Junction 
and Eastern Railway Company, of their Line of Railway into the 


Junction Rail. ; ; Stati 
— Town of Nottingham, the Formation of a Station 


wa 
a otting. there, and for other purposes : 


&amp;e.) Bill, 
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. An Act to give further Powers to the Law Life os Life 
ssurance Society, with respect to the Investment of A#Urance 
the Funds of the Society : 4: ieeraginns 

An Act to make further Provision for supplying Bradford 
with Water the Borough of Bradford, and certain — 
Places in the Neighbourhood thereof: - 

An Act for the Regulation of the Municipal Cor- Yeovil Im- 
poration of the Borough of Yeovil, in the County of provement 
Somerset, and for the Extension of the Boundaries 
of the said Borough, and for the Improvement of 
the said Borough : 

An Act for the Conservancy and Improvement of Swansea _ 
Swansea Harbour, and for other purposes; and of Harbour Bill. 
which the short Title is “The Swansea Harbour 
Act, 1854 :” 


An Act for better supplying with Water the Bo- Bradford Cor- 


rough of Bradford, in the County of York: poration Wa- 


An Act to authorize certain Improvements in, or Norfolk 
in connexion with, the Lowestoft Harbour, and for Railway Bill. 
other purposes : 

An Act for constructing a Bridge for Foot Pas- Glasgow 
sengers across the River Clyde, opposite to the a tg | 
North End of Mac Neil-street, in the City of Glas- oe 

ow: 

An Act for making a Railway from the Great Mallow and 
Southern and Western Railway, near Mallow, to ion Bill 
Fermoy, to be called “The Mallow and Fermoy “™*Y 
Railway,” and for other purposes : 

An Act for making a Railway from the Great Hertford 
Northern Railway at or near Welvyn, in the County = ae 
of Hertford, to Hertford, in the same County, to be Railway Bill. 
called “The Hertford and Welwyn Junction Rail- 
way,” and for other purposes : 

An Act for authorizing the Stockton and Dar- Stockton and 
lington Railway Company to make New Works, and ag 
for other purposes; and of which the short Title “*’”*” 
is “ The Stockton and Darlington Railway Act, 

1854.” 


Petitions relating to Intoxicating Liquors;— Public- Public 
houses and Beer-shops ;—Saxe Bannister ;—Bleach Petitions. 
Works and Dye Works ;—Hospitals and Infirmaries y;,  Fity- 


(Ireland) Bill;—Mortmain Bill;— Police Bill ;— second Report. 


and, Poor Law Board Continuance Bill,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Petition relating to the Friendly Societies Bill, 
was also presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Bill. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Lunatic 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Asylums. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Number of Persons found 
to be Lunatic under Inquisition by the Court of 
Chancery who are Residents in Private Asylums, 
and the Amount of their respective Incomes and Al- 
lowances for Maintenance :—Of the Sums annually 
received by the Lunatic House Proprietors from 
the Committees for the Care of the said Lunatics, 
and the Number of years they have been retained 
in the Asylums by them, and at what Periods 
these Asylums were visited by the Lord Chan- 
cellor’s Visitors in Lunacy in the years 1852, 1853 
and 1854 :—Of the Number of Persons who have 
been discharged from Private Lunatic Asylums by 
Order of the Commissioners of Lunacy since the 
Commission was ‘appointed:—Of the Number of 
Persons who have been released from Confiftement 
in Asylums by their Friends, or by the Person on 
whose Order they were confined, at the Recom- 
mendation of the Commissioners in Lunacy :—Of 
the Number of Patients who have been released 
from Provincial Private Asylums by Order of the 
Visiting Magistrates :— And, of the Number ¢ f Per- 
sons who have been released from Provincial Private 
Asylums at the Recommendation of Visiting Magis- 
trates, by their Friends, or by the Parties who 
ordered their Confinement. 

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358 


Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That Mr. Farnham have leave of ab- 
sence for three weeks, on account of a domestic 
affliction. 

Bribery, &amp;c. © The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
_ mittee on the Bribery, &amp;c. Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Bradford 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Russell: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made 
by this House to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships to the Bradford Waterworks Bill, without 
any Amendment: And also, 

fhe Lords have agreed to the Amendment made 
by this House to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships to the Yeovil Improvement Bill, without 
any Amendment: And also, 

he Lords have agreed to the Amendment made 
by this House to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships to the Stockton and Darlington Railway 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships to the Swansea Harbour Bill, without 
any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to relieve Thomas Alexander Lord Lovat, Baron 
Lovat of Lovat, in the County of Jnverness, from 
the effect of the Attainder of Semon Lord Lovat; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to enable the Trustees of the Will of Anthony Wil- 
kinson, Esquire, deseased, to grant Leases; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for the better Division and Management of certain 
Estates in the County of Lancaster, the Property of 
Abraham and (the late) Alfred Darby, Esquires ; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for the Distribution of the Compensation paid under 
the London Necropolis and National Mausoleum 
Act, 1852, for the Extension of the Commonable or 
other Rights over and in Woking Common; and 
whereof the short Title is “ Woking Commoners 
Act, 1854 ;” to which the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House:— And then the Messenger 
withdrew. 


Yeovil Im- 
provement 
Bill. 


Stockton and 
Darlington 
Railway Bill. 


Swansea 
Harbour Bill. 


Lord Lovat’s 
Restitution 
Bill. 


Wilkinson’s 
Estate Bill. 


Darby's 
Estate Bill. 


Woking 
Common 
Estate Bill. 


Public Revenue 
and Consoli- 
dated Fund 
Charges Bill, 


The Public Revenue and Consolidated Fund 
Charges Bill was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

A Clause (Times to which quarterly Exchequer 
Accounts are to be made up), was thrice read ; and 
added to the Bill. 

Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p. 2,1. 15, by inserting after the word 
“ shall” the words “ but without prejudice to the 
“ vested rights of any present holders of office under 
“ existing Acts of Parliament, charging their salaries 
“ upon the Consolidated Fund.” 

And the Question being proposed, That those 
words be there inserted :—The said proposed Amend- 
ment was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in Schedule (B.), p. 7, by leaving out the 
words “ salaries and allowances of officers, excepting 
“ Master of the Rolls.” 


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A. 1854, 


And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out, stand part of the Schedule ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for thej Mr. Hayter, 
Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave : 
Tellers for the Mr. Vincent Scully, 7 
Noes, Mr. Isaac Butt : cate 1. 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then another Amendment was made to the Bill. 


Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in Schedule (B.), by leaving out the 
words “ Ditto of the Officers and Clerks of the 
** Court of Queen’s Bench in Jreland.” 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out, stand part of the Schedule ; 

he House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, 

Yeas, (The Earl of Mulgrave: pa. 

Tellers for the ‘hae, Vincent Scully, } 

Noes, Mr. Isaac Butt: pi 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in Schedule (B.), by leaving out the words 
“ Salaries of Taxing Officers in Common Law Busi- 
“ ness, and of Clerks to ditto in Ireland.” 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out, stand part of the Schedule: 
—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 


Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, by adding, at the end of the Schedule, the 
words “ the President, Vice-President and Students 
“ of Maynooth College, and the Expenses of the 
“ Establishment, enacted by 8 &amp; 9 Vic. c. 25.” 

And the Question being put, That those words be 
there added ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Lett. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Spooner, 

Yeas, (Mr. Newdegate : 

Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, 

Noes, The Earl of Mulgrave : 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to alter the mode of providing for 
certain Expenses now charged upon certain Branches 
of the Public Revenue and upon the Consolidated 
Fund. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


1 
is. 


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106. 
J 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into supply. 
the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three University of 
thousand eight hundred and seventy-five pounds, be London. 
granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Ex- 
penses of the University of Zondon, to the 31st day 
of March 1855. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven Scottish _ 
thousand seven hundred and ten pounds, be granted Universities 
to Her Majesty, to pay Grants to Scottish Univer- 
sities, formerly defrayed from the Hereditary Reve- 
nues of the Crown, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three Royal Irish 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, towards Academy. 
defraying the Expense of the Royal Zrish Academy, 
to the 31st day of March 1855. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three Royal len : 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, towards ™" 
defraying the Expense of the Royal Hibernian Aca- 
demy, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

5. Resolved, 














18 Vicroriz. 


heological 
Professors at 
Belfast, &amp;c. 


5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 
thousand six hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to pay the Salaries of the Theological Pro- 
fessors at Belfast, and Retired Allowances to Pro- 
fessors of the Belfast Academical Institution, to the 
31st day of March 1855. ° 

's 6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 
University thousand two hundred and fifty-nine pounds, be 
(Ireland) granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of 
the Queen’s University in Jreland, to the 31st day 
of March 1855. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty-five 
thousand two hundred and twenty-five pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries and 
Expenses of the British Museum Establishment, to 
the 31st day of March 1855. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and one thousand one hundred and forty-two 

unds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 

xpense of New Buildings and Fittings at the Bri- 
tish Museum, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to enable the Trustees of the British Mu- 
seum to defray Expenses incurred in procuring An- 
tiquities for the Museum. 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven 
thousand four hundred and ninety pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of the Na- 
tional Gallery, including the Purchase of Pictures, to 
the 31st day of March 1855. 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 
thousand and twenty pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, to defray the Expense of Magnetic Obser- 
vations Abroad, including the Superintendent's 
Establishment at Woolwich; also, for Observations 
and Services under the direction of the Astronomer 
Royal, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

12. Resolved, ‘That a Sum, not exceeding Five 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to en- 
able the Royal Geographical Society to provide 
suitable Rooms in which to hold the Meetings of the 
Society, and to exhibit their Maps to the Public, to 
the 31st day of March 1855. 

13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eleven 

thousand two hundred and fifty pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day of March 
1855, the Salaries and Expenses of the Mixed Com- 
missions established under the Treaties with Foreign 
Powers for suppressing the Traffic in Slaves. 
Consular 14. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
jutlishments hundred and fifty-six thousand eight hundred and 
sixty-five pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Expense of the Consular Establishments 
Abroad, to the 31st day of March 1855. 


British 
Museam. 


National 
Gallery. 


Magnetic 
Observations, 
&amp;e. 


Royal 
Geographical 
Society. 


Slave Trade 
Commis- 
sions. 


ory 15. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eigh- 
broad. teen thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, for the Extraordinary Disbursements 
of Her Majesty's Missions Abroad, to the 31st day 
of March 1855. 
Superannu- 16, Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
“ons, &amp;e- hundred and thirty-five thousand seven hundred and 
seventy-two pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of Superannuation Allowances and 
Compensations to Persons formerly employed in the 
Public Service, to the 31st day of March 1855. 
Tenlonese 17. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 
Titeente he thousand five hundred and sixty-one pounds, be 
"granted to Her Majesty, to enable Her Majesty 
to grant Relief, to the 31st day of March 1855, to 
Toulonese and Corsican Emigrants, Saint Domingo 
Sufferers, American Loyalists, and others who have 
heretofore received Allowances from Her Majesty. 
mt 18. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 
— thousand two hundred and ten pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Na- 
tional Vaccine Establishment, in the year 1854. 
—_ the 19. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 
‘hundred and twenty-five pounds, be granted to Her 


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359 


Majesty, towards the support of “The Refuge for 
the Destitute,” in the year 1854. 

20. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four Polish Refugees 
thousand two hundred pounds, be granted to Her and Distressed 
Majesty, for Payment of the Subsistence of the ra 
Polish Refugees, and Allowances to distressed 
Spaniards, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

21. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four Miscellaneous 
thousand four hundred and sixty-nine pounds, be Allowances. 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day of 
March 1855, Miscellaneous Allowances formerly de- 
frayed from the Civil List, the Hereditary Revenues, 

&amp;c., and for which no permanent provision has been 
made by Parliament. 

22. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Foundling 
thousand three hundred and fifty-two pounds, be oe 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of the a 
Foundling Hospital Department of the House of 
Industry, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

23. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eleven House of 
thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine pounds, be Industry 
granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Ex- a 
pense of the House of Industry, Dublin, to the 31st 
day of March 1855. 

24. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five Female Or- 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, towards =. 
defraying the Expense of the Female Orphan House, oe 
Dublin to the 31st day of March 1855. 

25. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Westmoreland 
thousand two hundred and fifteen pounds, be granted a 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of . 
the Westmoreland Lock Hospital, Dublin, to the 
31st day of March 1855. 

26. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five Lying-in Hos- 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, towards Pita! (Dublin. ) 
defraying the Expense of the Lying-in Hospital, 

Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

27. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven Doctor 
hundred and ninety-five pounds, be granted to Her Steevens’ Hos- 
Majesty, towards defraymg the Expense of Doctor a 
Steevens’ Hospital, Dublin, to the 31st day of 
March 1855. 

28. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One House of Re- 
thousand nine hundred pounds, be granted to Her ot Fae al 
Majesty, towards re the Expense of the House (Dublin. 
of Recovery and Fever Hospital, Cork-street, Dub- 
lin, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

29. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Hospital for 
hundred and fifty pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, (Dublin) 
towards defraying the Expense of the Hospital for 
Incurables, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1855. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 4° die Julii, 1854: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to se- 
veral Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day, at 
Twelve o'clock. 

Mr. Bouverie also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 


next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Poor Law Board Continuance Bill was, ac- Poor Law 
cording to Order, read the third time. serine 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. womans 

Ordered, That Mr. Baines do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Union Charges Continuance Bill was, ac- Union Charges 
cording to Order, read the third time. Continuance 
Resolved, That the Bill.do pass. _ 
Ordered, That Mr. Baines do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
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Mr. 





360 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee of 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two hun- 
dred and sixty-three thousand pounds, be nted to 
Her Majesty, for Public Education in Great Bri- 
tain, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and ninety-three thousand and forty pounds, 
be 


Supply. 


Education. 


Education 
(Ireland. ) 


3°—4° Sulit. 


nted to Her Majesty, for Public Education in | 


A. 1854. 


Statues Bill; and the same was twice read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That Sir William Molesworth do carry 
the Bill to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendment made by their 
Lordships. . 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Common Law Procedure Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 


Common Law 
ure Bill, 


Ireland, under the we of the Commissioners of | next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


National Education in Jreland, to the 31st day of 
March 1855. a ie 
3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding —— 


nine thousand eight hundred and forty-five pounds, 


Departments 
of Science 
and Art, &amp;c. 


the Meteorological Observations at Sea, and of the 
Royal Dublin Society, to the 31st day of March 
1855. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 
thousand and six pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, to defray the Charge of Salaries and Allow- 
ances to certain Professors in the Universities of 
Oxford and Cambridge, to the 31st day of March 
1855. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Professors 
(Universities 
of Oxford and 
Cambridge.) 


The Indemnity Bill was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Fitzroy do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Indemnity 
Bill. 


The Insurance on Lives Abatement of Income 
Tax Continuance Bill was, according to Order, 


read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Insurance on 
Lives Abate- 
ment of 
Income Tax 
Continuance 
Bill. 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


General Board The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
of Health Bill. mittee on the General Board of Health Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Episcopal and Capitular Estates 
Management Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the; Mr. Hayter, 

Yeas, (The Earl of Mulgrave: 

Mr. Pellatt was appointed one of the Tellers for 
the Noes; but no other Member remaining in the 
House to be a second Teller for the Noes, the Yeas 
returned into the House, and Mr. Speaker declared 
the Yeas had it. 

The Bill was accordingly read a second time; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Friday next. 


Episcopal 

and Capitular 
Estates Ma- 
magement Bill 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reeding of the Towns Improvement (Zreland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Thursday next. 


Towns Im- 
provement 


(Ireland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Usury Laws Repeal Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


Usury Laws 
Repeal Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Public 


be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses | 
of the Departments of Science and Art, of the Geo- | 
logical Surveys of Great Britain and Ireland, of | 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Bills of Ex. 
mittee on the Bills of Exchange (No. 2) Bill; change (No. 2) 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Youthful 
mittee on the Youthful Offenders Bill ; Offenders Bill, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Vaccination Act Amendment Bill was, ac- Vaccination 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- Act Amend- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for ™* Bil 
Wednesday the 12th day of this instant July. 


The Public Libraries Bill was, according to Order, Public Libra- 
read the third time. ries Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, ‘That Mr. Ewart do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Benefices 
reading of the Benefices Augmentation Bill; Augmentation 





Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to} 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon ~ 
| Friday next. 
| 
| The Merchant Shipping Bill was, according to Merchant 
| Order, read the third time ; and Amendments were Shipping Bill. 
made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Cardwell do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Merchant 
mittee on the Merchant Shipping Acts Repeal Bill; ry 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve nee 5 

itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Wreck and 
reading of the Wreck and Salvage Bill; Salvage Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Church 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Church Building Acts 
Building Acts Amendment Bill; and the same was —— 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Sir William Molesworth do carry 
the Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendment made by 
their Lordships. 


The Linen, &amp;c. Manufactures (Jre/and) Bill was, Linen, &amp;c. 
according to Order, read the third time. Helen’) Bill 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Sir John Young do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Turnpike Acts Continuance (Jreland) Bill 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Sir John Young do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. ~ 
The 


Turnpike Acts 
Continuance 
(Ireland) Bill. 























18 Vicroriz. 
Married The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
Women Bill. 

amended in the Committee. 


3° —4° Juliz. 





361 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Acknowledg- 


take into consideration the Married Women Bill, as| Return of the Number of Certificates of Acknow- ments by Mar- 


ledgments of Deeds by Married Women filed in the ™°¢ Wom. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read. the third time | Court of Common Pleas in each of the years 1851, 


upon Wednesday next. 


1852, and 1853, distinguishing the Number of those 


Cases in which Settlements have been required b 
q y 


Drainage of ~~ . . ; 
[ands Sil. = reading of the Drainage of Lands Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


upon Wednesday next. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Witnesses 
Bill; and the same was twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Isaac Butt do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their 


Witnesses 


The Order of the day being read, for the third | 





Lordships. 


A Motion being made, That Lord Zovat's Resti- | 
tution Bill be now read the first time ; 

Viscount Palmerston, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, that Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her Con- 
sent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think fit. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the first time: 
—The Bill was accordingly read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time, and committed to Mr. Attorney General, 
Lord John Russell, Viscount Palmerston, Sir James | 
Graham, Mr. Disraeli, The Lord Advocate, The 
Judge Advocate, Sir Frederic Thesiger, Sir John 
Pakington, Sir John Young, Lord Alfred Hervey, 
Mr. Sotheron, and all the Members of this House 
who are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy | 
Council, and the Gentlemen of the Long Robe. 

Ordered, That Five be the quorum. 

Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit 
and proceed, and to report this day. 


Lord Lovat’s 
Restitution 





Sevings Banks. Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
continue an Act of the twelfth year of Her present 
Majesty, for amending the Laws relating to Savings 
Banks in Jreland, and to authorize Friendly Societies 
to invest the whole of their Funds in Savings Banks: 
And that Mr. Wilson and Mr. Chancellor of the Ex- 
chequer do prepare, and bring it in. 


Registration Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill for 
(ireland) Sule the Registration of Bills of Sale in Zreland: And that 
Mr. Grogan, Mr. Vance and Mr. Mullings do pre- 


pare, and bring it in. 


ae Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill to 

(No, 2.) authorize the Inclosure of certain Lands, in pursuance 
of a Special Report of the Inclosure Commissioners 
for England and Wales: And that Mr. Fitzroy and 
Viscount Palmerston do prepare, and bring it in. 

yr &amp;. Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of all Sums advanced by the Trea- 
sury to any Consul General or Consul, under the 
authority of the Act 6 Geo. 4, c. 87, s. 10 &amp; 11, and 
in each year since the passing of the said Act, for 
the expenses of Chapels, Chaplains, building new 
Churches, and Burial-grounds, Hospitals, &amp;c. :— 
And, similar Return for the same period, of all Sums 
voted by Parliament or expended for the like pur- 
poses, on account of Ambassadors’ and other Cha- 
pels and Burial-grounds, &amp;c., in connexion with Her 
Majesty’s Embassies and Ministers Abroad, and not 
being included in the foregoing. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 





VoL. 109. 


the Women acknowledging the Deeds. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for standard of 
allowing Gold Wares to be manufactured at a lower Gold Wares. 
Standard than thatnow allowed by Law; and to amend 
the Law relating to the assaying of Gold and Silver 


Wares: And that Mr. Cardwell and Mr. Wilson do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Bermudas. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 


'a Return of the Names of the several Persons who 


have been sworn in for the administration of the 
Government of the Bermudas during the absence of 
the Governor, since the 1st day of January 1853, 
with the Dates of their several Successions to the 
same, and the Rank held by each such Person in the 
Military Service :—And, Copy of any Order or Re- 
gulation providing for the temporary administration 
of the Government of the Bermudas by the Officer 
in Command of the Troops, instead of the President 


' of the Council of that Colony. 


Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Rural Police. 
posed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for the 
better regulation of the Rural Police :—And the said 

SD 


Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented a Bill to amend the Laws Militia (No. 2) 
relating to the Militia in England and Wales: And Bill. 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be _ Bill 171. 
read a second time upon Friday next; and to be 
printed. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented a Bill to authorize the In- Commons 
closure of certain Lands, in pursuance of a Special age 4 
Report of the Inclosure Commissioners for England ‘ a sn 
and Wales: And the same was read the first time ; ill 172. 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Thursday 
next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Cardwell presented a Bill for allowing Gold Standard of 
Wares to be manufactured at a lower Standard than Gold Wares 
that now allowed by Law; and to amend the Law ‘te - 
relating to the assaying of Gold and Silver Wares: ~*~’ 173. 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Thursday next ; and to 
be printed. 


Mr. Grogan presented a Bill for the Registration Registration 
of Bills of Sale in Zreland: And the same was read ° Bills of Sale 
. . - _ (Treland) Biil. 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time Bill 1 
upon Thursday next ; and to be printed. an 874. 


Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to continue an Act of Savings Banks 
the twelfth year of Her present Majesty, for amend- Bill. 
ing the Laws relating to Savings Banks in Jreland, Bill 175. 
and to authorize Friendly Societies to mvest the 
whole of their Funds in Savings Banks: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
a second time upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 
And then the House, having continued to sit till 
Two of the clock on Tuesday morning, ad- 
journed till this day. 





Committees, 


West London 
and Crystal 
Palace Rail- 
way (Amal- 


4° Juiz. 


Martis, 4° die Julii ; 
Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Ordered, That Standing Orders, Nos. 76, 175, 182, 
186 and 207 be suspended in the case of the West 
London and Crystal Palace Railway (Amalgamation, 


gamation, Sale Sale or Lease) Bill; and that the Bill, as amended, 


or Lease) Bill. 


Wyndham’s 
Estate Bill. 


Bolton Im- 
provement 
Bill. 


Bradford, 


be considered To-morrow, provided amended Prints 
shall have been deposited with the doorkeepers this 
day. 


The Order, That the Report on Wyndham’s Estate 
Bill do lie upon the Table, was read, and dis- 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bolton 


Improvement Bill; and the same were twice read, | 


and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration the 


Wakefield and Amendments made by the Lords to the Bradford, 


Leeds Rail- 
way Bill. 


Leeds, Brad- 
ford and Hali- 
fax Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Middlesex 
Industrial 


Wakefield and Leeds Railway Bill; and the same 
were twice read, and agreed to. 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill | 


Jee 


A. 1854, 


Smith's Charity Estate Bill was read the third smith’s 

time. Charity Estate 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Bill 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 

to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 

hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Thornhill’s (Clara) Estate Bill was read the third Thornhill’s 
time. (Clara) Estate 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Bill 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Oxfora Poor 
the Oxford Poor Rate Bill, as amended in the Com- Rate Bill. 
mittee. 

Ordered, That Standing Order, No. 210, be sus- 
pended ; and that the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


The Aberdeen Shoemakers’ Trade Estate Bill was Aberdeen 
read a second time; and committed. Shoemakers’ 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- -_ Estate 
mittee of Selection. 


The Ratcliff Gas Company Relief Bill was, ac- Rateliff Gas 


cording to Order, read a s ime: ¢ . Company 
oe c der, read a second time; and com Reliv’ Bu 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Woking Common Estate Bill was read the Woking 
first time. Common 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- Estate Bill. 
| miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 





to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House | 


hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 


Lordships. 


Darby's Estate Bill was read the first time. Darby’s 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- Estate Bill. 
| miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration | 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Leeds, | 


Bradford and Halifax Junction Railway Bill; and 
the same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House | 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their | 
Lordships. 

| 
| 

A Motion was made, and the Question being | 
proposed, That the Amendments made by the Lords | 


Wilkinson’s Estate Bill was read the first time. — winkinson’s 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- Estate Bill. 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Petitions relating to Church Building Acts Amend- public 


/ment (No. 2) Bill ;—Church Rates ;—Church Rates Petitions. 


Abolition Bill; — Intoxicating Liquors o/s Public- Vide Fifty- 
houses and Beer-shops ;— New South Wales Con- second Re- 
stitution Act ;—Mines ;—F*rancis Barker ;—Facto- port. 


Schools Bill. +, the Middlesex Industrial Schools Bill be now ries ;— Metropolis Water Supply ;—Mortmain Bill ;— 


York, New- 


castle and Ber- 


wick Railway 
(Construction 


taken into consideration :—And a Debate arising | 


thereupon ; | 


Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Friday 


next. 


cean Penny Postage ;-—-Poor Law Board ;—Pre- 
rogative Court ;—Shipowners ;— Testamentary Ju- 
_risdiction Bill ;—and, Valuation of Lands (Scotland) 

Bill,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


| 
| 


The House proceeded to take into consideration | 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the York, | 
Newcastle and Berwick Railway (Construction of | 


of Docks, &amp;e.) Docks, &amp;c.) Bill; and the same were twice read, and, | 


Bill. 


Fleming’s 
Estate Bill. 


Masters’ 
Estate Bill. 


with an Amendment to one of them, agreed to. | 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill | 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 


hath agreed to the Amendments made by _ their | 


Lordships, with an Amendment; to which Amend- 
ment this House doth desire the concurrence of their 


Lordships. 


Fleming's Estate Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Masters’ Estate Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Valuation of 


a Committee on the Valuation of Lands (Scotland) Lands (Scot- 
: land) Bill. 
Bill. Bill 176 
(In the Committee.) : 


Preamble postponed. 
Cxause, N° 1, amended, and agreed to. 
| Cxavsgs, N° 2 and N° 3, agreed to. 
| Cuavse, N°4 (Notice to be given to persons whose 
| property is valued). 
| Amendment proposed, in p. 3, 1. 4: To leave out 
'the word “ fifteenth,” in order to insert the words 
|“ thirty-first.” 
| Question put, That the word “ fifteenth” stand 
| part of the Clause ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the{ Mr. Hayter, 
Yeas, (Lord Alfred Hervey: 
Tellers for thef Mr. Alexander Hastie, 
Noes, (Mr. William Lockhart: 
Amendments made. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


39. 


\ 
J 


} 15. 


CLAUSE, 











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18 Vicroriz. 


Cuause, N°’ 5 (Yearly rent or value, how to be 
estimated). 

Amendment proposed, at the end of the Clause, 
to add the words “ Provided also, That when lands | 
“ and heritages are subject to a feu duty or ground | 
“ annual, the proprietor shall be entitled to relief’ 
“ from the superior or the party in right of the. 
ground annual} and to deduction from the feu duty | 
or ground annual payable by him, of such pro- | 
portion of all assessments laid on according to the | 
“ yaluations made under this Act, which, in so far | 
“ as effeirs to such feu duty or ground annual, such | 
proprietor is not by contract or obligation in his | 
titles, or by law, liable in payment of, and that | 


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with the amount of the valuation of such lands 
and heritages under this Act.” 

Question put, That those words be there added ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Dunlop, Le 3 

Yeas, LMr. Alexander Hastie: ee 
Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, | 
Noes, The Earl of Mulgrave : } Bae 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
Crause, N° 6, agreed to. 
Curavses, N° 7 to N° 12, amended, and agreed to, 
Cuausss, N° 13 and N° 14, agreed to. 
Cxiause, N°15 (New qualification for Commis- 
sioners of Supply). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 8, l. 15: After the 
word “county” to insert the words “ or within an 
“ burgh locally situate therein, or partly within oe 
“ county and partly within any such burgh as afore- 
“ said.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted 
put, and negatived. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 8, l. 25: To 
leave out from the word “ proprietors” to the word 
“ provided,” in l. 30. 

Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause; 
The Committee divided. 


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Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, 1 56 
Yeas, |The Earl of Mulgrave: oes 
Tellers for the{ Mr. Craufurd, 26 


Noes, Mr. Dunlop: 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
Cravusez, N° 16, agreed to. 
Ciause, N° 17 (Such assessor to make up, an- 

nually, a valuation roll of railways and canals). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 9, 1.35: To leave out 
the word “ cost,” in order to insert the words “ the 
“ value for the business purposes of such Railway or 
“ Canal Company.” 

Question, That the word “ cost” stand part of 
the Clause——-put, and agreed to. 

Clause agreed to. 

Ciavses, N° 18 to N° 20, agreed to. 

Cuiauses, N° 21 to N° 23, amended, and agreed 
to. 

Cravusss, N° 24 to N° 26, agreed to. 

Cxiauss, N° 27 (Proprietors of subject under £. 4, 
to be chargeable with assessments). 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 15, L. 2: 
After the word “ assessment” to insert the words 
“ excepting poor rates and prison assessments.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cause, N° 28, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 29 (Other public assessments leviable 
on real rent to be levied upon valuations established 
by this Act). 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 15, 1. 33: 
To leave out the words “ other than poor rates.” 

VoL. 109. 


without relief, as shall correspond to the amount | 
of such feu duty or ground annual as compared | verie reported, That the Committee had gone through 


‘the Bill. 





4° Julie. 363 


Question, That the words proposed to be left out, 
stand part of the Clause——put, and agreed to. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 30, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuause, N° 31, agreed to. 

Causes, N° 32, amended, and agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 33 and N° 34, agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 35 and N° 36, amended, and agreed 
to. 

Clauses added. 

Preamble agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 


| Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
| mittee, be taken into consideration upon Thursday 
| next ; and be printed. 
| The House, according to Order, resolved itself Parochial 
|into a Committee on the Parochial Schoolmasters Schoclmasters 
(Scotland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, arian 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Sheriff and 
reading of the Sheriff and Sheriff Clerk of Chancery —— Clerk 
( Scotland) Bill ; (Section) Ba 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Bills of Ex- 
mittee on the Bills of Exchange and Promissory ¢h@nge and 
Notes Bill;  Sameaag 

‘ a Notes Bill. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 

itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Registration 
mittee on the Registration of Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) % Births, &amp;c. 
Bill : (Scotland) Bill. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee of supply. 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three University of 
thousand eight hundred and seventy-five pounds, be London. 
granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Ex- 
penses of the University of London, to the 31st day 
of March 1855. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven scottish 
thousand seven hundred and ten pounds, be granted Universities. 
to Her Majesty, to pay Grants to Scottish Univer- 
sities, formerly defrayed from the Hereditary Reve- 
nues of the Crown, to the 3ist day of March 1855. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three Royal Irisk 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- Academy. 
wards defraying the Expense of the Royal Lrish Aca- 
demy, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three Royal Hiber- 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, towards Bian Academy. 
defraying the Expense of the Royal Hibernian 
Academy, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two thou- Theological 
sand six hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, Professors at 
to pay the Salaries of the Theological Professors at a te 
Belfast, and Retired Allowances to Professors of the 
Belfast Academical Institution, to the 31st day of 
March 1855. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two thou- Queen’s 
sand two hundred and fifty-nine pounds, be granted (eked 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of the _— 
Queen’s University in Jreland, to the 31st day of 
March 1855, 





8a2 7%. Resolved, 





364 


British 
Museum. 


7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty-five 
thousand two hundred and twenty-five pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries and 
Expenses of the British Museum Establishment, to 
the 31st day of March 1855. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One hun- 
dred and one thousand one hundred and forty-two 
est be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 

ixpense of New Buildings and Fittings at the Bri- 
tish Museum, to the 31st day of March 1855. 


4° Julti. 


A. 1854, 


frayed from the Civil List, the Hereditary Revenues, 
&amp;c., and for which no permanent provision has been 
made by Parliament. 

22. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Foundii 
thousand three hundred and fifty-two pounds, be Hospital” 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of (Dublin.) 
the Foundling Hospital Department of the House 
of Industry, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

23. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eleven touge of 
thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine pounds, be Industry 








9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One | granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Ex- (Publin.) 


thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to enable the Trustees of the British Museum 
to defray Expenses incurred in procuring Antiquities 
for the Museum. 


National 


Caney. thousand four hundred and ninety pounds, be granted 


tional Gallery, including the Purchase of Pictures, 
to the 31st day of March 1855. 


Magnetic 11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 


Observations 
&amp;e. 


tions Abroad, including the Superintendent’s Esta- 
blishment at Woolwich; also, for Observations and 
Services under the direction of the Astronomer 
Royal, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
enable the Royal Geographical Society to provide 
suitable Rooms in which to hold the Meetings of 
the Society, and to exhibit their Maps to the Public, 
to the 31st day of March 1855. 

13. fteso/ved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eleven 


Royal 
Geographical 
Society. 


Slave Trade 


Commissions. thousand two hundred and fifty pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day of March 
1855, the Salaries and Expenses of the Mixed ‘Com- 
missions established under the Treaties with Foreign 
Powers for suppressing the Traftic in Slaves. 

Consular 14. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 

\o epee hundred and fifty-six thousand eight hundred and 
sixty-five pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Expense of the Consular Establishments 
Abroad, t6 the 31st day of March 1855. 

pmory 15. fesolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eighteen 

a. 


thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, for the Extraordinary Disbursements of 
Her Majesty's Missions Abroad, tc the 31st day of 
March 1855. 

16. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and thirty-five thousand seven hundred and 
seventy-two pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of Superannuation Allowances and 
Compensations to Persons formerly employed in the 
Public Service, to the 31st day of March 1855. 
Toulonese 17. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 
er onenay thousand five hundred and sixty-one pounds, be 

—m svanted to Her Majesty, to enable Her Majesty 
to grant Relief, to the 31st day of March 1855, 
to Toulonese and Corsican Emigrants, Saint Do- 
mingo Sufferers, American Loyalists, and others who 
have heretofore received Allowances from Her Ma- 
jesty. 


Superannu- 
ations, &amp;c. 


National 18. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 

oe Esta thousand two hundred and ten pounds, be granted 

plishment. : ‘ 4 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Na- 
tional Vaccine Establishment in the year 1854. 

Refuge forthe 19, Resolved, ‘That a Sum, not exceeding Three 

Destitute. hundred and twenty-five pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, towards the Support of “ The Refuge for 
the Destitute,” in the year 1854. 

Polish Refugees 20, Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four 

i thousand two hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, for Payment of the Subsistence of the 
Polish Refugees, and Allowances to distressed Spa- 
niards, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

Miscellaneous 2}, Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four 

Allowances. me 


thousand four hundred and sixty-nine pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day of 
March 1855, Miscellaneous Allowances formerly de- 


’ thousand and twenty pounds, be granted to Her Ma- | 
‘jesty, to defray the Expense of Magnetic Observa- 


| pense of the House of Industry, Dublin, to the 31st 
day of March 1855. 


24. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five Female On 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, towards phan House 


10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven | defraying the Expense of the Female Orphan House, ‘P¥blin) 
| Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1855. 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenses of the Na- | 


25. lesolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Westmoreland 
thousand two hundred and fifteen pounds, be granted Lock Hospital 
to Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of (lin) 
the Westmoreland Lock Hospital, Dublin, to the 31st 
day of March 1855. 

26. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five Lying.in Hos. 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, towards pital (Dublin.) 
defraying the Expense of the Lying-in Hospital, 

Dubtin, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

27. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven Doctor 
hundred and ninety-five pounds, be granted to Her Steevens’ Hos. 
Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of Doctor Pi*#! (Dublin) 
Steevens’ Hospital, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 
1855. 

28. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One House of Re. 
thousand nine hundred pounds, be granted to Her °°very and 
Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of the House (publi 
of Recovery and Fever Hospital, Cork-street, Dub- 
lin, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

29. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Hospital for 
hundred and fifty pounds, be granted to Her Ma- Incurables 
jesty, towards defraying the Expense of the Hospital poms 
for Incurables, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Mr. Adair reported from the Sub-Committee on Salisbury and 
Group 6 of Railway and Canal Bills; That in Yeov} Mair 
the case of the Salisbury and Yeovil Railway Bill, “v 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
amended the same, by striking out so much thereof 
as gave the Promoters of the Bill Powers to run over 
the London and South Western Railway , thenecessity 
for the same not having been proved to their satis- 
faction ; and found the same, as amended, to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


4 


Lord Alfred Hervey reported from the Select Lord Lovat's 
Committee on Lord Lovat’s Restitution Bill ; That — 
they had gone through the Bill, and directed him to - 
report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third time : 

—The Bill was accordingly read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Lord Alfred Hervey do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the same, without Amend- 
ment. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative City and Bo- 
to City and Borough Police, which was presented rough Police. 
upon the 15th day of June last, be printed. No. 345. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Indian Corn, Indian Corn, 
&amp;c., which was presented upon the 3d day of this &amp; 


instant July, be printed. No. 346. 
ior : Message from 
A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Senior : — 


Mr. Speaker, 


i ley Roa 
ley Road Bill, without any Amendment : And ~~ a ey 
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The Lords have agreed to the Rochdale and Burn- Rochdale - 

















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North and The Lords have agreed to the North and South 
south Wester Western Junction Railway Bill, without any Amend- 
Junction ment: And also, 


Railway Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Tralee and Kil- 


Tralee and ne 
Kilarney Jarney Railway Bill, without any Amendment: And 
* also, 


Railway Bill 
orncastle The Lords have agreed to the Horncastle and 





and Kirkstead Kjrkstead Junction Railway Bill, without any | 


Junetay Bill Amendment: And also, 
Leominster The Lords have agreed to the Leominster and 


and Kington §Kington Railway Bill, without any Amendment: | 


Railway Bill. “4 nd also, 


49— 5°? Julrz. 





girkby Lons- ‘The Lords have agreed to the Kirkby Lonsdale, | 
dale, Kenda! Kendal and Milnthorpe Road Bill, without any 
wad Nl P° Amendment: And also, 


pailway and § The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 

Canal Traffic }y this House to the Amendments made by their 

_— Lordships to the Railway and Canal Traffic Regula- 
: tion Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


Gaming- The Lords have agreed to the Gaming-houses Bill, 

houses Bill. with an Amendment; to which Amendment. the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

Tormoham The Lords have agreed to the Tormoham and Saint 

and - an Mary Church Gas Bill, with Amendments; to 

Gar Bill. which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 

Traethbach The Lords have agreed to the Traethbach Bridge 

Bridge and Road Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 

Bannow The Lords have agreed to the Bannow Reclama- 


Reclamation tion Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 


Fowler's. The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

state Bill for authorizing the Sale of Estates devised by the 
Will of John Fowler, deceased, and for other pur- 
poses; and of which the short Title is “ Fowler’s 
Estate Act, 1854;” to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

Earl of The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

—— to provide for the winding up of the Trust Affairs of 
the late Hugh Earl of Eglinton, and to amend the 
Acts relative to Ardrossan Harbour, in the County 
of Ayr, and for other purposes; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House :—And then the 
Messenger withdrew. 

Fowler's | Fowler’s Estate Bill was read the first time. 

Estate Bill Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 

ted ; The Earl of Eglinton’s Estate Bill was read the 

Estate Bil, ‘first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 

miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 

re oe Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 

(Dublin) Schoo! OR Of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 

andCharity That in the case of the Saint Catherine’s Parish | 


Estates Bill, (Dublin) School and Charity Estates Bill, the Stand- 
ing Orders have been complied with. 


Pr — ' Ordered, That the Saint Catherine’s Parish (Dub- 
(Dublin) School lin) School and Charity Estates Bill be read a se- 
and Charity cond time. 

Estates Bill. 

Ain = Lord John Russell presented,—Return to an Ad- 


dress to Her Majesty, dated the 30th day of June 
last, for Copy of a Despatch addressed by the Earl 
of Aberdeen to Lord Heytesbury, his Maijesty’s 
Ambassador at Saint Petersburgh, respecting the 
Treaty of Peace between Russia and Turkey, con- 
— at Adrianople on the 14th day of September 

29. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 

Vox. 109. 











365 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions Woods, Forests 
of several Acts of Parliament, was laid upon the 2nd Land 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—The Thirty-se- —_— 
cond Report of the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s 
Woods, Forests and Land Revenues, in obedience 
to the Acts 10 Geo. 4 (c. 50), and 2 Will. 4 (ec. 1), 
being the Third Report under the Act of the 14 &amp; 15 
Vie. (c. 42). 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Naval Prizes, 
posed, That it is the opinion of this House, that 
however, from the peculiar circumstances of this 
war, a relaxation of the principle, that the goods of 
an enemy in the ship of a frend are lawful prize, 
may be justifiable, to renounce or surrender a right 
so clearly incorporated with the law of nations, so 
firmly maintained by us in times of the greatest peril 
and distress, and so interwoven with our maritime 
renown, would be inconsistent with the security and 
honour of the country. 

And the Previous Question being proposed, That 
that Question be now put ; 


And Notice being taken, that Forty Members 
were not present:—The House was told by Mr. 
Speaker; and Forty Members not being present, 
and it being then after Four of the clock :—The 
House was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without a 
Question first put, till To-morrow. 








Mercuri, 5° die Julai: 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Public 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had ex- — ‘ 
amined the Petitions presented upon the 3d and 4th mo 
days of this instant July, and had directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Lowestoft 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Lowestoft Improvement 
Improvement (No. 2) Bill; and the same were twice _ 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Green’s 
Estate Bill. 


Green’s Estate Bill was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


‘to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 


hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The Oxford Poor Rate Bill was, according to Oxford Poor 
Order, read the third time. __ Rate Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Title 
be, An Act to repeal an Act for better regulating the 
Poor within the City of Oxford, and to grant further 
and more effectual Powers in lieu thereof; and also 
to provide for Rating to the Relief of the Poor certain 
Hereditaments within the University of Oxford. _ 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Wyndham’s Estate Bill was, according to Order, Wyndham’s 
read the third time. Estate Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


343 The 








Davies's 
Estate Bill. 


Landon’s 
Estate Bill. 


West London 
and Crystal 
Palace Rail- 
way (Amal- 


366 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Davies's Estate Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Landon’s Estate Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the West London and Crystal Pa- 
lace Railway (Amalgamation, Sale or Lease) Bill, as 


gamation, Sale amended in the Committee. 


or Lease) Bill. 


Jenkins’ 
Estate Bill. 


Mitford’s 
Estate Bill. 


Ratcliff Gas 
Company 
Relief Bill. 


Salisbury 
and Yeovil 
Railway Bill 


Gaming- 
houses Bill. 


Medical Relief. 
No. 348. 


Ordered, That Standing Orders, Nos. 175 and 210, 
be suspended; and that the Bill be read the third 
time upon Friday next. 


Jenkins’ Estate Bill was read a second time; and 
committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Commit- 
tee of Selection. 


Mitford’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; and 
committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Commit- 
tee of Selection. 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee of Selection, that they may appoint the Com- 
mittee on the Ratcliff Gas Company Relief Bill for 
Friday next, if they shall think fit. 


Ordered, That Standing Orders 76, 175, 182, 186, 
and 207, be suspended, in respect of the Salisbury 
and Yeovil Railway Bill; and that the Bill, as 
amended, be considered To-morrow, provided amend- 
ed Prints shall have been deposited with the Door- 
keepers this day. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Committee on the said Bill be printed, at 
the expense of the Parties, from the Committee 
Clerk’s Copy. 


Ordered, That the Amendment made by the Lords 
to the Gaming-houses Bill be taken into consider- 
ation upon Friday next. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Medical 
Relief have Power to report their Opinion thereupon 
to the House, together with the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before them. 

Mr. Pigott reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee ; That they had considered the matters to them 
referred, and had come to several Resolutions, which 
they had agreed to report to the House, together 
with the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them ; 
and the Resolutions of the Committee are as follow: 

Resolved,— 

1. That no sufficient evidence has been adduced 
before your Committee to justify their reeommenda- 
tion of an entire change in the present system of | 
Medical Relief as administered under the General 
Consolidated Order of 1847, by means of which the 
poor have derived greater facilities in obtaining me- 
dical aid than they were enabled to do previous to 
its promulgation. 


2. Your Committee, however, recommend that the | 


Poor Law Board should continue to direct their at- 


tention to the extent of the medical districts, to} 
the reduction of their area where they are found to | 

. . © . »! 
Se inconveniently large, and to the appointment of) 


additional medical ofticers in such cases. 

3. Your Committee also recommend that every 
medical officer to be appointed after the 25th of 
March 1855 should continue in office until he may 
die, resign, or become legally disqualified to hold 
such office, or be removed therefrom by the Poor 
Law Board. ; 

4. They also recommend that the Poor Law 
Board should direct their attention to the salaries of 
the medical officers, which, in some cases, appear to 


5° Julia. 








A. 1854, 


be inadequate to the duties they are required to 
perform. 

5. Your Committee further desire to call the 
attention of Parliament to the facts given in evidence, 
that a considerable number of poor persons have 
been placed on the pauper list through the receipt of 
Medical Relief in cases of sickness or accident, and 
from that cause alone; they therefore recommend, 
that persons so circumstanced should be enabled to 
receive such medical assistance as their cases may 
require, without being placed on the list of paupers, 
but that it should be left to the Boards of Guardians 
to decide in what cases Medical Relief shall be so 
given to persons who are not otherwise in want of, 
or in the receipt of parochial relief. 

6. That evidence has been given before your Com- 
mittee respecting purely medical clubs, the con- 
tributors to which are entitled to attendance and 
medicine alone, with the option of selecting their 
medical attendant; that in some districts, where 
provident habits are encouraged among the indus- 
trious classes, the existence of such clubs, mainly 
maintained by their contributions, evinces at once 
the value they attach to prompt medical attendance, 
and an honest desire on their part to maintain their 
independence. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. John O'Connell reported from the Select Emigrant 
Committee on Emigrant Ships; That they had made ee _— 


No, 349. 


further Progress in the matters to them referred ; and 
directed him to make a Report thereof to the House, 
together with the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Treaty of Treaty of 
Adrianople, which was presented upon the 4th day Adtianople. 
of this instant July, be printed. No. 347. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Woods, Fo- Woods, Forests 
rests and Land Revenues, which was presented upon —— 
the 4th day of this instant July, be printed. No. 350. 

The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Bankruptcy. 
the Clerk of the House,—Return toan Order, dated 
the 1st day of June last, for a Return of the Number 
of Fiats in Bankruptcy issued in each of the years 
from 1848 to 1853, both inclusive (in continuation 
of Appendix, No. 43, page 371, Report of Committee 
on Commercial Distress, pages 395, 584, 1848). 


Petitions relating to Church Building Acts Amend- Public 

ment (No. 2) Bill;—Church Rates Abolition Bill 5 Sees 
—Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes Bill ;— vide Fitty- 
Dublin Hospitals ;—Factories ;—Medical Graduates third Report. 
(University of London) Bill; — Mortmain Pill ;— 
Poor Law Board ;—Poor Law (Jreland) ;—Post- 
office ;— Torrington Bridges ;— and, Valuation of 
Lands (Scotland) Bill,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


resolved itself Real Estate 


The House, according to Order ( 
e House, accc s ’ Bill ; Charges Bill 


into a Committee on the Real Estate Charges 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittce, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Church site 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed he. ¢irelan i) 
upon the 13th day of June last, That leave be given “* 
to bring in a Bill to alter and amend the Laws re- 
lating to the Temporalities of the Church in Ireland, 
and to increase the means of Religious Instruction 
and Church Accommodation for Her Majesty's 
Trish Subjects ; 

And 





Literary and 

Scientific In- 

stitutions Bill. 
Bill 178. 


Reformatory 
Schools (Scot- 
jand) Bill. 


Piers and Har- 


18 Vicroriz. 


And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


into a Committee on the Literary and Scientific 
Institutions Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


into a Committee on the Reformatory Schools (Scot- 
land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to 
move, That the Committee may have leave to sit 
again. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


5°—6° Sulit. 





367 
f 

The Order of the day being read, for the Com- putis of Ex- 
mittee on the Bills of Exchange and Promissory change and 
Notes Bill ; bape 


i . Notes Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday ae 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- yferchant 
mittee on the Merchant Shipping Acts Repeal Bill; Shipping Acts 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday Repeal Bill. 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Assaults on 
Return of the Number of Men charged at or sum- Women 
moned to the different Police Offices in Dublin, 224 Children 

; . (Dublin.) 
during the past year, for Assaults on Women and 
Children ; stating how many have been sent for Trial, 
and how many have been summarily convicted. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed yfiiitia. 
to prepare Estimates of the Charge of the Militia of 
Great Britain and Ireland, for the year ending the 
31st day of March 1855:—And a Committee was 
appointed of Mr. Secretary-at-War, Viscount Pal- 
| merston, the Judge Advocate, Mr. Walpole, Sir John 
| Young, Mr. Ellice, Mr. Vernon Smith, Mr. Beres- 
ford, Mr. Wilson, Colonel Lindsay, Colonel Mure, 

Colonel Blair, Mr. Wilson Patten, and all Colonels 
| of Militia; with Power to send for persons, papers 





pours (Seot- mittee on the Piers and Harbours (Scotland) (No. 2)\ and records. 


Jand (No, 2) 
Bill 


Mortmain 
Bill 


Criminal 
Procedure Bill. 


Letters Patent 
for Inventions 
Bill 


Judgment 
Execution, &amp;c, 
Bill, 


Bill 179. 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means, 


Married 
Women Bill, 


Bill 177. 


Drainage of 
Lands Bil, 


Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Mortmain Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
14th day of this instant July, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Criminal Procedure Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Letters Patent for Inventions Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself! 


into a Committee on the Judgment Execution, &amp;c. 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Boucerie reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Married Women Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Friday next; and be printed. 


Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 











Jovis, 6° die Juli ; 
Anno 18° Victoriz Regine, 1854. 
| PRAYERS. 


f)RDERED, That all Committees have leave to Committees. 
sit this day, during the Sitting of the House. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration West Brom- 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the West wich —— 
Bromwich Improvement, &amp;c. Bill. oo 

The said Amendments, being read a second time 
(and it appearing that the Amendment to Clause 39 
was because the Tolls referred to were omitted by 
this House from the Bill; and there are none arising 
from Roads in the Bill), were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
| to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 





The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Salisbury 
into consideration the Salisbury and Yeovil Railway — 
Bill, as amended in the Committee Raltwsy Bee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Petitions relating to the British Museum and Na- public 
tional Gallery ;—Church Building Acts Amendment Petitions. 
(No. 2) Bill;—Episcopal and Capitular Estates Bill; y; 5, Fifty- 
—Intoxicating Liquors ;—Maynooth College Act ;— third Report. 
Public-houses and Beer-shops ;—Bills of Exchange 
and Promissory Notes Bill ;—Bleach Works and 
Dye Works ; — Dublin Hospitals ; — Factories i— 

General Board of Health Bill ;—Jurors and Juries 
(Jreland) Bill; — Mortmain Bill ;— Poland ;~-Public- 
houses (Scotland) Act ;—Reformatory Schools (Scot- 
land) Bill;—Savings Banks (Ireland) (Cuffe-street 
Savings Bank) ;—Testamentary Jurisdiction Bill ;— 
Vaccination Act ;—and, Wages,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

| Petitions relating to the Friendly Societies Bill,— 











The Order of the day being read, for the third | were also presented, and read ; and referred to the 


reading of the Drainage of Lands Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday the 13th day of this instant July, at 
Twelve o'clock. 

VoL, 109, 


Select Committee on the Bill. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by Pauper 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to several Orders, Children. 
3A4 dated 





























































agar &gt; gas a 





Pauper 
Children. 


Postage (Army 


and Navy.) 


Church 
Building Acts 
Amendment 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Convict 
Prisons (Ire- 
land) Bill. 


368 


dated the 15th day of June and the 15th day of July 
in the last Session of Parliament, for a Return 
showing the Number of Children between Three 
years and Fifteen years of age, who shall be charge- 
able to the Poor Rates of the several Parishes and 
Unions in England and Wales (but who shall not 
be Inmates of Workhouses, or of any Schools for 
Pauper Children), on the 1st day of July 1853 ; dis- 
tinguishing the Number of such Children who shall 
then be attending Day Schools at the Cost of their 
Parents or Relatives; the Number of such Children 
who shall then not be attending any Day School ; 
and distinguishing, also, the Number of such Chil- 
dren who shall then be in Work : And, That 
the Return ordered by this House on the 15th day of 
June 1853, in relation to. Pauper Children, not being 
in a Workhouse, or in any School for Pauper Child- 
ren, do comprehend, in addition to the several Par- 
ticulars specified in the said Order, the Number of 
such Children who were attending Day Schools on 
the ist day of July 1853, at the Cost of other Parties 
than their Parents or Relatives. 

Return to an Order, dated the 22d day of June 
last, for a Return showing the Rates of Postage, and 
the Regulations relating to the forwarding of Letters 
and Newspapers to the Army in the East, and the 
Naval Squadrons in the Baltic and the Black Sea, 
as sanctioned by the Treasury. 

Return to an Order, dated the 15th day of June 
last, for a Return of the Amount of Duty paid upon 
Sugar for the fortuight previous to the 8th day of 
May inclusive, and the fortnight subsequent to that 
cate ; specifying the Amount paid on each day of 
such period, and the various Classes of Sugar upon 
which the Duty was paid, and distinguishing the 
Ports at which it was received. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Church Building Acts Amendment 
(No. 2) Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “now” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the (Sir John Pakington, 

Yeas, Mr. Secretary-at-War : 
Tellers for (Mr. Robert John Philli- 
ellers for the |~ * ~ ; 
~ aa } more, 143. 

, Mr. Hadfield : J 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words “upon 
this day three months” be added at the end of' the 
Question :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day three months. 


. 59. 


The House, according to Oider, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Convict Prisons (Jreland) 
Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

Crauses, N° 1 to N° 3, agreed to. 

Ciausr, N° 4 (Lord Lieutenant to appoint Direc- 
tors of Prisons). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 2,1. 16: To leave out 
all the words down to “ stead” in |. 27, in order to 
insert the words, “ it shall and may be lawful for 
“ the Lord Lieutenant to appoint one fit and proper 
** person to be Chief Director of Convict Prisons in 


“ Jreland, and such persons so appointed, together | 


6° Julie. 


A, 1854, 


“ with the Inspector of Convict Prisons, and such 
“ other person or persons as the Lord Lieutenant 
may from time to time appoint, shall have the 
management and control of all the said Convict 
Prisons, and of all prisoners confined therein : 
Provided always, That none of such Directors, 
except the Chief Director and the Inspector, shall 
receive any Salaries as such Directors ; and it shall 
and may be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant to re- 
move any of such persons to be so appointed, and 
to appoint another or others in his or their stead.” 
Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out, stand part of the Clause. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 
Resolved, That this eaae will, upon Thursday 
next, at Twelve o'clock, again resolve itself into the 
said Committee. , 





Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Turnpike 
mand,—An Abstract of the General Statements of Trusts. 
the Income and Expenditure of the several Turnpike 
Trusts in England and Wales, from 1st January 
1851 to 31st December 1851 inclusive, pursuant to 
the Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 80. 

Mr. Fitzroy also presented,—Return to an Ad- Aberavon 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 27th day of June last, Municipal 
for Copy of Report made by Captain Warburton to — 
Her Majesty in Council, on the subject of the Pe- 
tition of the Inhabitant Householders of the Borough 
of Aberavon, praying for a Municipal Charter. 

7 — That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Senior : Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 

The Lords have agreed to the Shrewsbury and Shrewsbury 

Hereford Railway (Stations) Bill, without any #4 Hereford 


i 
Amendment: And also, (Beatie) Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Towy Vale Railway Towy Vale 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Railway Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the North Yorkshire North York- 
and Cleveland Railway Bill, without any Amend- shite and 


Cleveland 
ment: And also, Railway Bill 


The Lords have agreed to the Thirsk and Yarm Thirsk and 
Road Bill, without any Amendment: And also, a Road 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Incumbered 
to facilitate the Sale and Transfer of Incumbered —— 
Estates in the West Indies ; to which the Lords desire anand 
the concurrence of this House: And also, 
| The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Milbank 
| to enable the Trustees of a Settlement executed prior a" 
'to the Marriages of Thomas Thornhill, late of Fixby, ~~ : 
}in the County of York, Esquire, deceased, with 
| Honoria Forester, spinster, to grant building and 
| other Leases of the Estates, subject to the Trusts of 
| the said Settlement, and to sell and exchange the 
}same, and for other purposes; to which the Lords 
| desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Earl of Fife 
to enable the Trustees of the Right honourable James a 
Earl of Fife, deceased, to complete the Sale of the 
outlying Estate of Ble: vie, in the County of Moray, 
and to re-invest the Sale Monies in the Purchase of 
more convenient Estates, to be settled upon the same 
| Trusts, and for other purposes ; to which the Lords 
‘desire the concurrence of this House :—And then 
‘the Messenger withdrew. 


| 


| Milbank (Thornhiil’s) 
first time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
‘miners of Petitions for Private Bills. - 
ne 








Estate Bill was read the Milbank 
( Thornhill 's) 
Estate Bill 


} 








Jarl of Fife 
) 
e Bill. 


pailways. 


Court of 
Chancery: 





18 VicrortizZ. 


The Earl of J%fe (Trustees) Estate Bill was read 
the first time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Cardwell presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Report of the Lords of the Com- 
mittee of Privy Council for Trade and Foreign 
Plantations, of the Proceedings of the Department 
relating to Railways for the year 1853. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns from the Accountant General of the Court 
of Chancery, of the Amount of Suitors’ Cash in 
Court on the Ist day of October 1853 :-- Of the 
Amount thereof invested in Stock placed to “ Ac- 
count of Monies placed out for the Benefit and 





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369 


day of October 1853:— And, of the Number of 
Powers of Attorney issued from the Accountant 
General’s Office for the year ending the 1st day of 
October 1853; distinguishing those impressed with 
a £.1 Stamp from those impressed with a £.1. 10s. 
Stamp. 


£.3,000, granted for the Purchase of Coins and 
Antiquities during the year ending the 24th day of 
March 1854, has been applied. 


Copies of Reports from the Commissioner in 
Charge of the pe Revenues of the Crown, on the 
subject of Arrangements to be entered into with 
Persons desirous of trying for and raising Gold in 
England and Wales. 





better Security of the Suitors of the High Court of, 


Chancery,” and the Amount of such Stock on the | 


1st day of October 1853 :—Of the Balance of Sui- 
tors’ Cash in the Bank of England on the 1st day 
of October 1853 :— Of the Amount of the Cash in- 
vested in Stock placed to the Account of Securities, 
purchased with Surplus Interest arising from Secu- 
rities carried to “ Account of Monies placed out for 
the Benefit and better Security of Suitors of the 
High Court of Chancery,” and the Amount of such 
Stock on the Ist day of October 1853:—Of the 
Amount of the Cash laid out in the Purchase of 
Stock placed to Account of Monies placed out to 
provide for the Officers of the High Court of Chan- 
cery ; distinguishing the Amount of the Cash which 
has arisen from the Surplus Fees from the Amount 
of Cash which has arisen from the Surplus Interest 
laid out in the Purchase of such Stock, and the 
Amount of such Stock on the 25th day of November 
1853 :—Of the Result of the Investigation, if any, 
under the 1st section of the Act 16 &amp; 17 Vic. c. 98, 
showing the Total Amount of the Stock on Accounts 
not dealt with for Fifteen years, and the Number of 
such Accounts, and the Amount of the Annual Divi- 
dends accruing thereon :—Of the Balance of Cash on 
the Suitors’ Fund on the Ist day of October 1852, 
and the 1st day of October 1853, and the Income of 
the Suitors’ Fund for the year ending the 1st day of 
October 1853 ; dimenidlinn the Amounts arising 
from the Dividends on Stock referred to in Nos. 2 
and 4 from any other Sources, and also the Expen- 
diture thereof for the same year, distinguishing 
therein the Amount of Salaries and Compensations 
and Retiring Pensions from other Payments, and 
the Amount carried over to the Suitors’ Fee Fund: 
—Of the Balance of Cash on the Suitors’ Fee Fund 
on the 25th day of November 1852, and the 25th 
day of November 1853 (being the day of annually 
ieaie this Account), and the Income of the 
Suitors’ Fee Fund for the same year; distinguishing 
the Amounts arising from Fees collected by the aid 
of Stamps, Brokerage, Poundage under the Winding- 
up Acts, Interest of Stock referred to in Nos. 5 and 6 
respectively, and Surplus Income of Suitors’ Fund, 
from any other Sources thereof, and also the Expen- 
diture for the same year, distinguishing therein the 
Amount of Salaries and Compensation under the 
Act 5 &amp; 6 Vic. c. 403, from other Compensations, 
Retiring Pensions, Allowances for Writing and other 
Payments :—Of the Amount of each Description of 
Stock and Securities in Court on the 1st day of 
October 1853, exclusive of the Amount of Stock 
purchased with Suitors’ Cash :—Of the Amount of 
the Payments into Court, and of the Payments out 
of Court, for the year ending the 1st day of Oc- 
tober 1853 :—Of the Amount of Stock transferred 
into Court, and the Amount of Stock transferred 
out of Court, for the year ending the Ist day of 
October 1853:—Of the Number of Accounts in 
the Books of the Accountant General on the 1st 


of the Documents in the Custody of the Consolidated 
Copyhold, Inclosure and Tithe Commissions, and 
for the Inspection of them by the Public at the 
Office, No. 7, Whitehall-gardens; and of the Ex- 
penditure thereon, and on the Office generally; to- 
gether with the Number of such Documents, and 
the estimated Expense incurred by the Public in 
their Construction, as also of the Cost of their Re- 
moval to Saint James’s-square, and of the fitting-up 
of those Premises for their Reception, and of the 
Time necessary for completing the New Arrange- 
ments and for the Removal of the Documents ; also, 
a Description and Plan of the Arrangements for the 
Security from Fire of such Documents in the Pre- 
mises intended for their Reception. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a British 
Return showing the Purposes to which the Sum of Museum. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, gota. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Copyhold, &amp;e. 
Return of the Arrangements made for the Deposit Commissions. 


Lord John Russell ag by Her Majesty’s Education. 


Command,—Copy of Minute by the Committee of 
Council on Education, 28th June 1854. 


No. 352. 


Lord John Russell also presented,—Return to an Servia. 


Address to Her Majesty, dated the 22d day of June 
last, for Copy of the Protest addressed by the Ser- 
vian Government to the Sublime Porte, against 
= Occupation of that Principality by Austrian 

roops. 

Ondered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and that the Paper relative to Education be 
printed. 


Viscount Palmerston reported from the Select Mititia 
Committee on Militia Estimates; That they had Estimates. 


prepared the said Estimates accordingly; and di- 
rected him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

And a Motion being made, That the Report be 
referred to the Committee of Supply ; 

Viscount Palmerston, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the subject-matter of this 
Motion, recommends it to the consideration of the 
House. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; and be printed. 


No. 353. 


Mr. Secretary-at-War presented, by Her Majesty’s Army. 


Command,—Copy of Report of Commissioners on 
Promotion in the Army, with an Appendix. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


—Papers relative to Legislative Proceedings in Ju- 
maica (in continuation of Papers presented 30 June 
1853). 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 





Vox. 109. 





Table. 
3B The 





Mr. Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, Jamaica. 









































Protestant 
Dissenting 
Ministers 
(Ireland. ) 


Charitable 
Allowances 
(Ireland. ) 


General Board 


of Health, 


Incumbered 
Estates Com- 
mission (Ire- 
land.) 


Charity 
Commission. 


Youthful 


370 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Motion made, and Question proposed, That 
a Sum, not exceeding Thirty-eight thousand seven 
hundred and forty-five pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the * nema of Non-conforming, 


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Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


The Towns Improvement (Jreland) Bill was, ac- Towns In- 


Seceding and Protestant Dissenting Ministers in cording to Order, read the third time. 


Freland, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, That 
a Sum, not exceeding Thirty-eight thousand three 
hundred and ninety-nine pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of Non-conforming, 
Seceding and Protestant Dissenting Ministers in 
Ireland, to the 31st day of March 1855 ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the {Mr. Bright, 1 

Yeas, UMr. Hadfield : f 

Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, liao 

Noes, .The Earl of Mulgrave: Jo" 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six thou- 
sand four hundred and twenty-six pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day of March 
1855, Charitable Allowances charged on the Concor- 
datum Fund in Jreland, and other Allowances and 
Bounties formerly defrayed from Grants for the Lord 
Lieutenant’s Household, Civil Contingencies, &amp;c. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 
Sum, not exceeding Eleven thousand eight hundred 
and fifty-five pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Expense of the General Board of Health, 
to the 31st day of March 1855. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question proposed, 
That a Sum, not exceeding Six thousand eight 
hundred and fifty-five pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of the General 
Board of Health, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

Motion and Original Question, by leave, with- 
drawn. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thir- 
teen thousand nine hundred and thirty pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the A of the 
Salaries and Expenses of the Incumbered Estates 
Commission, Jreland, to the 31st day of March 
1855. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifteen 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- 
fray the Charge of the Salaries and Expenses of the 
Charity Commission for England and Wales, to the 
31st day of March 1855. 


Resolutions to be reported. 


62. 





And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Veneris, 7° die Julii, 1854: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to 
several Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Bouverie also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 


resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


Offenders Bill. jnto a Committee on the Youthful Offenders Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Cuauses, N° 4 and Ne 5, amended, and agreed to. 
Crause, N° 6, agreed to. 

Cuause, N° 7, amended, and agreed to. 
Preamble agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





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A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill (It land) Bill 


shall be lawful for any constable to apprehend and 
bring before the Magistrate or Chairman of Com- 
missioners all young persons found begging, or sent 
out for that purpose, within the town; and also the 
parents of such young persons; and also any other 
persons by whom such young persons have been so 
sent out; and on the complaint being established, 
that such young persons have been sent out for that 
purpose by their parents, or either of them, or by 
any other persons, it shall be lawful for the Magis- 
trate or Chairman of Commissioners to direct such 
young persons to be handed over to the relieving 
officer of the Union, within which such young per- 
sons shall have been found, in order that their claims 
as paupers may be investigated and disposed of 
according to law, and to punish such parent or 
other person by imprisonment for a period not ex- 
ceeding ten days): — And the said Clause was 
brought up, and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a se- 
cond time :—It passed in the Negative. 

A Clause (For defraying expenses of libraries), was 
thrice read ; and added to the Bill. 

Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in Clause 7, p. 5, by leaving out the words 
“ net annual value of £. 8.” 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out, stand part of the Bill ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the {Mr. Hayter, 7 80 

” Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave: _— 

Tellers for the (Mr. John O’ Connell, 1 24 

Noes, { Mr Daniel O'Connell: 5 ~™ 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in Clause 34, |. 15, by leaving out the 
words “ or without.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
pa to be left out, stand part of the Bill:—The 
said proposed Amendment was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in Clause 34, 1. 16, by leaving out from the 
word “ thereof” to the end of the Clause. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out, stand part of the Bill:—It was 
resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. : 

Ordered, That Sir John Young do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Adjournment. 


posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Prisoners’ 


reading of the Prisoners’ Removal Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 


day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 7 


ittedlof Ways and Means; 
mnittedlyl Ways Rashid, 





Das S 


wp? 





18 Vicroria. 6°—7° Julie. 371 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve| and Silver Wares:—And he moved the House 
itself into the said Committee. | accordingly. 
| _ Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
Commons’ The Order of the day being read, for the second | = that Mr. Cardwell and Mr. Wilson do prepare, 
jncosute =» yeading of the Commons’ Inclosure (No. 2) Bill; | and bring it in. 
(No.2) Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this | ’ 
day. _ The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Criminal _ 
| mittee on the Criminal Procedure Bill ; Procedure Bill. 


gsrings Banks The Savings Banks Bill was, according to Order, | a . hat a ee will, if int a 
Bill read a second time; and committed to a Committee | 8¢X+ at 1 welve o clock, resolve itself into the sai 


of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Valuation of = The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
Laake (S506 take into consideration the Valuation of Lands 
bal) (Scotland) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


Real Estate The Order of the day being read, for taking into 

Charges Bill. consideration the Real Estate Charges Bill, as 
amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 


upon Monday next. 


Church The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
Temporalities, adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon the 
te (Ireland) 9 sth day of June last, relative to Church Tempo- 
ralities, &amp;c. (Ireland) ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Wednesday the 19th day of this instant July. 


Reformatory § The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
horn eel into a Committee on the Reformatory Schools (Scot- 
land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Kinnaird re- 
orted, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That the 
Committee may have leave to sit again. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


—. The Registration of Bills of Sale (Zreland) Bill 
Ciena) Ball. was, according to Order, read a second time; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 


this day. 


Standard of The Order of the day being read, for the second 

Geld Wares reading of the Standard of Gold Wares Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Standard of Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
— solve itself into a Committee, to consider the Acts 
‘relating to the assaying of Gold and Silver Wares: 
—The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee. 
(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for allowing Gold Wares to be manufactured at a 
lower Standard than that now allowed by Law, and 
to amend the Law relating to the assaying of Gold 
and Silver Wares. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Card- 
well reported, That the Committee had come to a 
Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Cardwell accordingly reported a Resolution ; 
which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for allowing Gold Wares to be manufactured at a 
lower Standard than that now allowed by Law, and 
to amend the Law relating to the assaying of Gold 

Von, 109. 


' Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Stamps. 
mittee on the Stamp Acts ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Stamp Duties 
mittee on the Stamp Duties Bill ; =. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- General Board 
mittee on the General Board of Health Bill; of Health Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Jury Trial 
to allow Verdicts on Trials by Jury in Civil Causes aes 
in Scotland to be returned, although the Jury may 
not be unanimous: And that Mr. Dunlop, Mr. Kin- 
naird and the Lord Advocate do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Friendly So- 
to make further provisions in relation to certain “4s (No. 2.) 
Friendly Societies: And that Mr. John Abel Smith, 

Mr. Sotheron and Mr. Bonham Carter do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Joint Stock 
to amend the Acts for the Regulation of Joint Stock oe (Seot- 
Banks in Scotland: And that Mr. Wilson and the “"“” 

Lord Advocate do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, this Jamaica Loan. 
day, resolve itself into a Committee to consider of 
guaranteeing a Loan to the Island of Jamaica ; 

Lord John Russell, by Her Majesty's Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
recommends it to the consideration of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Cinque Ports. 
for the better Administration of Justice in the Cinque 
Ports: And that Mr. Wilson and Mr. Attorney 
General do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Heritable 
extend the benefits of two Acts of Her Majesty re- Securities 
lating to the constitution, transmission and extinc- S°"4) 
tion of Heritable Securities in Scotland: And that 
the Lord Advocate and Viscount Palmerston do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Criminal 
facilitate the Administration of Criminal Justice at,Justice _ 
the Central Criminal Court, and at the various Courts “Mer same 
of Sessions of the Peace in and near the Metropolis : 

And that Mr. Stuart Wortley and Mr. Masterman do 
preparé, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Malt, &amp;c. 
Returns of the Quantities of Malt made in England, 
Scotland and Ireland, in each year ending the 5th 
day of July from 1830 to 1854, inclusive :—Of the 





3B2 Gazette 










































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Mr. H. Swabey. 
No, 351. 


Jury Trial 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Bill 180. 


Standard of 
Gold and Sil- 
ver Wares Bill. 


Bill 181. 


Friendly 

Societies 

(No. 2) Bill. 
Bill 182. 


Criminal 
Justice (Me- 
tropolis) Bill. 


Bill 183. 


Joint Stock 
Banks (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


Bill 184. 


Cinque Ports 
Bill. 


Bill 185. 


Incumbered 
Estates (West 
Indies) Bill. 


Bill 186. 


372 
Gazette Average Price of Barley, in each year ending | 
the 5th day of July from 1830 to 1854, inclusive: 
—Of the Quantities of Foreign Barley imported into 
the United Kingdom, in each year ending the 5th 
day of July from 1830 to 1854, inclusive :—Of the 
Amount of Old Duty charged upon Hops, in each 
year ending the 5th day of July from 1830 to 1854, 
inclusive :—Of the Quantities of Foreign Hops im- 

orted in each of the same years, and the Rates of 
Duty charged :—Of the Quantities of English and 
Foreign Hops respectively exported in each of the 
same years :—And, of the Quantity of Foreign Hops 
in Bond on the 5th day of July 1854. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of Report of the Committee for Inquiry into 
the Misappropriation of Monies entrusted to Mr. 
H. Swabey, late Registrar of the High Court of 
Admiralty. 

Mr. Wilson accordingly presented the said Paper. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the' 
Table ; and be printed. | 





| 

Mr. Dunlop presented a Bill to allow Verdicts on 
Trials by Jury in Civil Causes in Scotland to be 
returned, although the Jury may not be unanimous: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Monday next; and 
to be printed. 





Mr. Cardwell presented a Bill for allowing Gold | 
Wares to be manufactured at a lower Standard than | 
that now allowed by Law, and to amend the Law| 
relating to the assaying of Gold and Silver Wares: | 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered | 
to be read a second tim upon Monday next ; and | 
to be printed. 


| 
Mr. John Abel Smith presented a Bill to make | 


further provisions in relation to certain Friendly | 
Societies: And the same was read the first time; | 
. ? ' 

and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday | 
| 


next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Stuart Wortley presented a Bill to facilitate | 
the Administration of Criminal Justice at the Central | 
Criminal Court, and at the various Courts of Sessions | 
of the Peace in and near the Metropolis: And the | 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday next; and to be 
printed. 


Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to amend the Acts for | 
the Regulation of Joirit Stock Banks in Scotland: | 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time this day; and to be 
printed. 


Mr. Wilson presented a Bill for the better Admi- 
nistration of Justice in the Cinque Ports: And the | 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
a second time this day; and to be printed. 


The Incumbered Estates (West Indies) Bill was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
‘ime upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after One of the clock on 
Friday morning, adjourned till this dey. 





6°—7° Jultz. 


A. 1854. 


Veneris, 7° die Julii ; 
Anno 18° Victorie Regin , 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Fowler's 
1 one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Estate Bil, 
Bills, That in the case of Fowler’s Estate Bill, no 
Standing Orders are applicable. 


Ordered, That Fowler’s Estate Bill be read a Fowler’, 
second time. Estate Bill, 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Witkinson’s 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Estate Bill, 
That in the case of Wilkinson’s Estate Bill, no 
Standing Orders are applicable. 


Ordered, That Wilkinson’s Estate Bill be read a witkinsons 
second time. Estate Bill. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—-Report from parby's 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Estate Bill, 
That in the case of Darby's Estate Bill, no Standing 
Orders are applicable. 


Ordered, That Darby’s Estate Bill be read a se- Darby's 
cond time. Estate Bill. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Woking 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Common 
That in the case of the Woking Common Estate Bill, "8*4*e Bill. 
no Standing Orders are applicable. 


Ordered, That the Woking Common Estate Bill Woking 

be read a second time. Common 
Estate Bill. 

Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Public 
Committee on Public Petitions; That they had exa- Petitions 
mined the Petitions presented upon the 5th and 6th — 
days of this instant July; and had directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Mullings reported the Ratcliff Gas Company Ratcliff Gas 
Relief Bill, with Amendments. sana A 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. Relief Bill: 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com- Standing 
mittee on Standing Orders, a Resolution ; which was 9rers. 
read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That in the case of the Merton College MertonCollege 
Estate Bill, the Standing Orders ought to be dis- Estate Bill. 
pensed with; that the Parties be permitted to pro- 
ceed with their Bill. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration — 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bannow yi) “™" 
Reclamation Bill; and the same were twice read, and 
agreed to. ; 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the ) poem er made by their 


Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Tracthbech 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the T'raeth- Bridge il 
bach Bridge and Road Bill; and the same were 
twice read, and, with Amendments to several of 
them, agreed to. ; 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do rye Aa Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships, with Amendments; to which Amend- 
ments this House doth desire the concurrence of 


ir Lordships. 
their Lordships Ordered, 





ai in i oad 








, 18 VicrorizZ. 


yet London © Ordered, That the short Title of the West London | 
ai Crystal and Crystal Palace Railway (Amalgamation, Sale 
eal or Lease) Bill, as first entered in the Votes, be 
18 (ion, Sale changed to “ West London and Crystal Palace Rail-_ 
orlease) Bill. way (Working Arrangements).” | 


wettondon ‘The West London and Crystal Palace Railway 
wiCrystal (Working Arrangements) Bill was, according to, 
Palace Rat Order, read the third time. 
oly "8 Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the | 
meats) BU. ~=Title be, An Act to enable the West End of London ' 
and Crystal Palace Railway Company to enter into | 
Working Arrangements with the London, Brighton | 
and South Coast Railway, and the South Eastern 
Railway Companies, or either of them. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill | 

to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Middlesex The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
Industrial adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon | 
stools Bill. the 4th day of this instant July, That the Amend- | 
ments made by the Lords to the Middlesex Indus- 
trial Schools Bill be now taken into consideration ; 
And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 
The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
word “ now” stand part of the Question :—The said 
proposed Amendments were, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn : 





Mewage fron A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Senior: 
the Lords. Mr. Speaker, 
Customs Duties The Lords have agreed to the Customs Duties 
(Sugrand (Sugar and Spirits) Bill, without any Amendment : 
fyi) Bil. ‘And also 

. . ? . . 
Excise Duties The Lords have agreed to the Excise Duties 
(Sugar) Bill (Sugar) Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 
Warwick 


rwick The Lords have agreed to the Warwick Assizes 
Asizes Bill. Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


EasternCoun- The Lords have agreed to the Eastern Counties 
aon Railway (Station Enlargement, &amp;c.) Bill, without 
largement, any Amendment: And also, 

&amp;e.) Bill, 

Camden Town The Lords have agreed to the Camden Town 
wetay Oe. Cemetery Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 
Caledonian 


Bail The Lords have agreed to the Caledonian Rail- 
(Wishew ana Way (Wishaw and Coltness Railway, &amp;c.) Bill, with- 
Coltness Rail. out any Amendment: And also, 

way, &amp;c,) Bill 

Caledonian The Lords have agreed to the Caledonian Rail- 
(Lesmahagow Way (Lesmahagow Branches, &amp;c.) Bill, without any 
Branches, &amp;c,.) Amendment: And also, 


pekinfeld The Lords have agreed to the Dukinfield Gas Bill, 

re = without any Amendment: And also, 

Siow in The Lords have agreed to the South Wales Rail- 

’ way Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 

Patent Solid The Lords have agreed to the Patent Solid Sewage 
ny. Manure Company (No. 2) Bill, without any Amend- 

(No.2) Bil. ment: And also, 

sarwvorth The Lords have agreed to the Farnworth and 
ear; 


Gu Bi Kearsley Gas Bill, without any Amendment: And 
also, 
- The Lords have agreed to the Bangor and Caer- 
Railway Bill. narvon Railway Bill, without any Amendment: And 
also, 


Bangor and 
Cae ni 


Sr er The Lords have agreed to the Chapel-en-le-Frith 
Bill. Roads Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 
(cant The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
Bi’ ~by this House to Thornhill’s (Clara) Estate Bill, 
Setees without any Amendment: And also, 

Bills of ca, . Lhe Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 


Bi of Sale by this House to the Registration of Bills of Sale 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 
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373 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made 
by this House to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships to the York, Newcastle and Berwick Rail- 
way (Construction of Docks, &amp;c.) Bill, without any 


| Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the South Devon and 
Tavistock Railway Bill, with Amendments ; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 





Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Middlesex Industrial Schools Bill be 
now taken into consideration :—The House accord- 
ingly proceeded to take the said Amendments into 
consideration; and the said Amendments, as far as 
the Amendment in p. 13, 1. 36, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 

P. 13, 1.36: The next Amendment, being read a 
second time ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That this House doth agree with the Lords in 
the said Amendment ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Lett. 

Tellers for they Lord Robert Grosvenor, h 51 

Yeas, (Mr. Adderley: ’ 

Tellers for thef Lord Dudley Stuart, 7 

Noes, Sir John Shelley: J 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

The next Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

P. 15: the last Amendment, being read a second 
time ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That this House doth agree with the Lords in 
the said Amendment ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the (Lord Robert Grosvenor, | 

Yeas, \Mr. Adderley: Jj 

Tellers for the (Lord Dudley Stuart, 7 

Noes,  \SirJohn Shelley: if 

The Numbers reported by the Tellers were, Yeas, 
202; Noes, 67. 

And Notice being taken, that Mr. Grenville Berke- 
ley, Member for Evesham, had given his voice with 
the Noes, and had voted with the Yeas ; 

Mr. Speaker directed his vote to be recorded 
with the Noes ; and the Numbers reported by Mr. 
Speaker to the House, were, Yeas 201; Noes 68. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Lord Robert Grosvenor do carry 
the Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


124, 


Petitions relating to Episcopal and Capitular Es- 
tates Bill; — Public-houses and Beer-shops ; — 
Mortmain Bill ;—Ocean Penny Postage ;— Poor Law 
Board ;—Registration of Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill ; 
—and, Testamentary Jurisdiction Bill,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition relating to the Friendly Societies Bill, 
was also presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Bill. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number and Expense of the Extra 
Police Force in Zreland during the last Five years, 
ending the 1st day of January 1854; showing the 
Stations in every County, and Number of Extra 
Police Force at each; the Dates of their Ap- 

ointment and Discontinuance, with the Annual 
een charged on each County for such Extra 
Police Force in every year. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of all Sums advanced on Loan by the Ex- 
chequer Bill Commissioners ,to Proprietors or other 

3B3 Persons 





York, New- 
castle and Ber- 
wick Railway 
(Construction 
of Docks, &amp;c.) 
Bill. 


South Devon 
and Tavistock 
Railway Bill. 


Middlesex 
Industrial 
Schools Bill. 


Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Fifty- 
fourth Report. 


Police 
(Ireland, ) 


West India 
8, 

























Bills of Ex- 
change and 
Promissory 
Notes. 


Packet Service 
( Post-office 
Department.) 


No. 354. 


Slave Vesscls 
captured. 


Pauper 
Children. 

No. 355 
Postage 
(Army and 
Navy.) 

No, 356. 
Sugar. 

No. 357. 


Supply. 


374 


Persons in the West Indies, distinguishing the Loans 
in each Island or Colony, stating the Names of Par- 
ties and Estates on which the Loans were made, the 
Original Amount of Loan, Amount since paid on 
account of Principal and Interest, and Amount now 
outstanding and unpaid in each case. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Consumption of British, Foreign and 
Colonial Spirits in the United Kingdom, in each 
year from 1800 to 1853, both inclusive :—Account 
showing the Number of Bushels of Malt charged 
with Duty, and the Average Price of Barley per 
Bushel, from 1826 to 1853 (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 3, of Session 1847) :—Re- 
turns of the Quantity of Spirits made from Malt 
only, and Amount of Malt Drawback paid in Eng- 
land, Scotland and Ireland, in each year from 1846 
to 1853, both inclusive:—Of the Quantity of Malt 
Spirits consumed in England, Scotland and Ireland, 
in the above Period :—Of the Amount of Malt 
Drawback repaid in Scotland on Malt Spirits ex- 
ported in the same Period :—And, of the Amount 
repaid in England and Jreland on Malt Spirits im- 
ported from Scotland in the same Period. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Amount of Stamp Duties on Protests 
of Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes, col- 
lected in each year from 1830 down to the present 
time in England, Scotland and Ireland respectively, 
distinguishing the several Amounts collected in re- 
spect of Bills or Notes not amounting to £.20; 
amounting to £.20, and not amounting to £.100; 
amounting to £.100, and not amounting to £. 500 ; 
amounting to £.500 and upwards. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of Report of Sir George Clerk, on the Admi- 
nistration of Scinde, with the Appendices thereto ; 
and all Reports of Mr. Pringle and of Mr. Freer, on 
the same subject, not already before Parliament. 


Mr. Cowper presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Estimate for the Post-ottice Department 
(Packet Service), for the year 1854-55, separated 
from the Navy Estimates, but prepared by the Naval 
Department. 

Ordered, That the said Estimate be referred to 
the Committee of Supply ; and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return, in detail, of the Items composing the Sum 
of £.4,991. 6s, 7d. for Expenses incurred relative 
to Slave Vessels captured by Her Majesty’s Ships, 
and included in Vote 14, Class V. for £. 20,000 in 
Civil Service Estimates to March 1855. 


The following Papers, pursuant to the directions 
of several Acts of Parliament, were laid upon the 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—Gaols : Copies 
of all Reports, and of Schedules (B.) transmitted to 
the Secretary of State. 

Abstracts of the Accounts of the several County 
Treasurers in England and Wales, for the year 
ending Michaelmas, 1853. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Pauper 
Children, which was presented upon the 6th day of 
this instant July, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Postage 
(Army and Navy), which was presented upon the 
6th day of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Sugar, 
which was presented upon the 6th day of this in- 
stant July, be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Supply. 


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A. 1854, 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven Statute Law 
thousand five hundred and fifty pounds, be granted Commission, 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Coatige of the Sala- 
ries and Expenses of the Commission appointed for 
consolidating and digesting the Statute — to the 
31st day of March 1855. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Nine Ancient Laws 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- 404 Institutes 
fray the Reouun of the Commission appointed to Of Ireland, 
superintend the Publication of the Ancient Laws and 
Institutes of Ireland, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- Patent Law 
three thousand seven hundred pounds, be granted to Amendment 
Her Majesty, to defray the Fees, Salaries and Com- ““ 
— — under the Provisions of the 

atent Law Amendment Act, to the 31st day of 
March 1855. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventy- Pensions 
eight thousand eight hundred and fifteen snail (Merchant 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge Service.) 
for Pensions to Masters and Seamen of the Mer- 
chant Service, and to their Widows and Children, 
under the Merchant Seamen’s Fund Act, and for 
ee to the late Officers of the Trustees of 
the Merchant Seamen’s Fund, to the 31st day of 
March 1855. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- Battersea 
five thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Park. 
Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of 
forming a Park at Battersea, to the 31st day of 
March 1855. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- Chelsea 
five thousand pounds, be granted .to Her Majesty, Embankment 
towards defraying, to the 31st ~~ of March 1855, a ny 
the Expense of constructing an Embankment and : 
Public Roadway between Daten and Vauzhall 
Bridges; and an Approach from Sloane-street to 
Chelsea Bridge. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three British Am- 
thousand three hundred and ninety-three pounds, one OR 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of »°”* 
Works, Repairs, Furniture, &amp;c., at the British Am- 
bassador’s meal at Paris, to the 31st day of March 
1855. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ten Lighthouses 
thousand nine hundred pounds, be granted to Her Abroad. 
Majesty, to defray, in the year ending the 31st day 
of March 1855, the Expense of erecting and main- | 
taining certain Lighthouses Abroad. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Royal Dublin 
thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, towards building a Museum on the Pre- 
mises of the Royal Dublin Society, to the 31st day 
of March 1855. 

10. Motion made, and Question put, That a Sum, 
not exceeding Twenty-seven thousand five hundred 6“: 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for the year 
ending the 31st day of March 1855, towards the 
Purchase, by the Commissioners for the Exhibition 
of 1851, of certain additional Lands at Kensington 
Gore, necessary for the purpose of the New National 
Gallery and other Institutions connected with Sci- 
ence and the Arts ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the {Mr. Hayter, 

Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave: 

Tellers for the Mr. Spooner, 1 as. 

Noes, \ Mr. Danby Seymour : | 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five er 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for _— 
the purpose of carrying out, under Government 5u- 

rintendence, in the year ending the 31st day of 
March 1855, the Expedition —— by the 
Royal Geographical Society for the Exploration of 
Australia. 

12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Cholera, &amp;. 
thousand eight hundred pounds, be granted to Her =" 
Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of March 1855, 

. Expenses 


New National 
&amp;e. 











Ba 


w 
nt 


nt 


Stamp Duties 
Bill 


Usury Laws . 
hepea Bil 


Legislative 


i) pil, Teading of the Legislative Council (Canada) Bill ; 


Supply. 


Protestant - 
Dissenting 
Ministers 
(Ireland. ) 


Charitable 
Allowance 
(Ireland. 


Incumbered 
Estates Com- 
mission (Ire- 
land. ) 


Charity 
Commission. 


\ 


Commons’ 
Inclosure 
(No, 2) Bill, 


Bye Bates ©The Order of the day being read, for the second 


18 Vicroriz. 7°—8° Juliz. 375 


Expenses incurred in connexion with the Medical The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Episcopal 
Staff despatched to Jamaica and other West India| mittee on the Episcopal and Capitular Estates Ma- a 
Islands, and for the Relief of Distress arising from ement Bill ; nagement Bill. 
Cholera and Yellow Fever in those Islands. esolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
Resolutions to be reported. next, at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said 
—— _—__——_—_— Committee. 
And the House, having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; The Order of the da being read, for the Com- Common Law 
ae “a mittee on the Common a Procedure Bill ; Procedure Bill. 
Sabbati, 8° die Julii, 1854: Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou-| next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to 
several Resolutions. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Bills of 
Ordered, That the Report be received upon| mittee on the Bills of Exchange (No. 2) Bill; ogy 
Monday next. Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday ‘ tein 
Mr. Bouverie also acquainted the House, that) next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
he was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Benefices _ 
reading of the Benefices Augmentation Bill ; =_ 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon ~ 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Monday next. 


mittee on the Stamp Acts ; ; _ : ‘ ne 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday m. a ( : BI” saline (No 2) Bill. 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Monday next. 


mittee on the Stamp Duties Bill ; The Order of the day being read, for the third Parochial 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday | ,, seclgss y ellgy: S&gt; - a ~ Ss oo sh 46 an al 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. — of the Parochial Schoolmasters (Scotland) (Scotland) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


The Order of the day being read, for the second upon Thursday next. 


reading of the Usury Laws Repeal Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 


Monday next. The Sheriff and Sheriff Clerk of Chancery (Scoé- Sheriff and 


land) Bill was, according to Order, read the third Sheriff Clerk 
S of Chancery 


The Order of the day being read, for the second | time. (Scotland) Bill. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Lord Advocate do carry the 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
| Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Monday the 17th day of this instant July. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee of| The House, according to Order, resolved itself Registration 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as! into a Committee on the Registration of Births, &amp;c. of Births, Xe. 
follow : ‘ ; (Scotland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 

i. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- | Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie 

eight thousand seven hundred and forty-five pounds, | reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
yr ses to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense | Bill. . 
of Non-conforming, Seceding and Protestant Dis-| Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
senting Ministers in Ireland, to the 31st day of mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
March 1855. next. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six 
thousand four hundred and twenty-six pounds, be| The House proceeded to take into consideration Gaming- 
— to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day of| the Amendment made by the Lords to the Gaming- houses Bill. 

arch 1855, Charitable Allowances charged on the | houses Bill; and the same was twice read, and 
Concordatum Fund in Jreland, and other Allowances agreed to. 
and Bounties formerly defrayed from Grants for; “Ordered, That Mr. Attorney General do carry the 
the Lord Lieutenant’s Household, Civil Contingen- | Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
cies, &amp;e, | House hath agreed to the Amendment made by 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirteen | their Lordships. 
thousand nine hundred and a pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Salaries; The Married Women Bill was, according to Order, Married 
and Expenses of the Incumbered Estates Commis- | read the third time. ; Women Bill. 
sion, [reland, to the 31st day of March 1855. | Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifteen! Ordered, That Mr. Malins do carry the Bill to 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
fray the Charge of the Salaries and Expenses of the | 
Charity Commission for England and Wales, to the | The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Merchant 
“ee hf _- — ia P at _mittee on the Merchant Shipping Acts Repeal Bill ; oy 

€ sald Hesolutions, being read a second time,| Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


were agreed to. next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





The Commons’ Inclosure (No. 2) Bill was, ac-_ 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 


mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Mon- Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
day next. Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


The Prisoners’ Removal Bill was, according to Prisoners’ 
Removal Bill. 


s 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means, 
Ordered, .That the Bill be read a second time| Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

upon Monday next. next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Vou, 109. 3B4 The 


reading of the Borough Rates Bill ; 





(Scotland) Bill. 


















376 


The Valuation of Lands (Scotland) Bill was,. ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, by leaving out Clause 39. 

And the Question being put, That Clause 39 stand 
part of the Bill; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the Yous,{ sae Burker?” 


Tellers for the Noes,{ —™ , 


Valuation of 
Lands (Scot- 
and) Bill. 


So it passed in the Negative. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Lord Advocate do carry the 


Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And _ the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


Adjournment. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Registration of Bills of Sale (Jreland) 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Registration 
of Bills of Sale 
(Ireland) Bill. 


General Board The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
of Health Bill. mittee on the General Board of Health Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Joint Stock 
Banks (Scot- 
land) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Joint Stock Banks (Scotland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Cinque Ports Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Cinque Ports 
Bill. 


Jamaica Loan. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Jamaica Loan ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 


resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Testamentary 
Jurisdiction 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 

reading of the Testamentary Jurisdiction Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Medical 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
Profession. Y | 


put, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend 
the Laws relating to the Medical Profession ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Craufurd, 
Yeas, Lord Dudley Stuart : 
Tellers for the /Mr. Hayter, 
Noes, (The Earl of Mulgrave : 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to continue the Poor Law Cummission for Jreland: 
And that Sir John Young and Mr. Solicitor General 
for Ireland do prepare, and bring it in. 


Poor Law 
Commission 
Continuance 
(Ireland. ) 


Prosecutions 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
(Ireland. ) 


a Return of the Number of all Cases prosecuted at 
each Quarter Sessions in Jreland, for the last Five 
years, distinguishing, as far as can be done, those in 
which the Prosecutions have been conducted by the 
Sessional Solicitors. 


Highways si Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
(Public Health qeclare and make provision as regards Rating for the 


Act.) 
me 


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A. 1854, 


Repair of Highways, under the Public Health Act, 
1848: And that Sir William Molesworth and Mr, 
Fitzroy do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Metropolj 
continue and amend the Metropolitan Sewers Acts ; Sewers, “= 
And that Viscount Palmerston and Mr. Fitzroy do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to pup; 
amend the Public Health Act, 1848: And that Act Amat” 
Viscount Palmerston and Mr. Fitzroy do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of a; 

the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. eT 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for Militia 

amending the Laws relating to the Militia, and (Scotland) 

raising a Volunteer Militia Force in Scotland: And 

that the Lord Advocate and Viscount Palmerston do 

prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Highway 
continue an Act for authorizing the Application of Rates. 
Highway Rates to Turnpike-roads: And that Mr. 
Fitzroy and Viscount Palmerston do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Turnpike 
confirm certain Provisional Orders made under an Trusts Ar- 
Act of the fifteenth year of Her present Majesty, 8m" 
to facilitate Arrangements for the Relief of Turnpike 
Trusts, and to make certain Provisions respecting 
Exemptions from Toll: And that, Mr. Fitzroy and 
Viscount Palmerston do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Turnpike 
continue certain Turnpike Acts in Great Britain, Acts Conti- 
and to make further Provisions concerning Turnpike- ™" &amp; 
roads in England: And that Mr. Fitzroy and 
Viscount Palmerston do prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir William Molesworth presented a Bill to declare Highways 
and make provision as regards Rating for the Repair (Public Health 
of Highways under the Public Health Act, 1848 : “°? a 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered Bill 187. 
to be read a second time upon Thursday next; and 
to be printed. 


Sir John Young presented a Bill to continue the Poor Law 
Poor Law Commission for Jreland: And the same er nom 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a (Ireland) Bill. 


second time upon Monday next ; and to be printed. —_ jj) 188. 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill for amending Militia (Scot- 
the Laws relating to the Militia, and raising a Volun- !4n4) Bill. 
teer Militia Force in Scotland: And the same was Bill 189. 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Monday next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented a Bill to continue an Act Highway 
for authorizing the Application of Highway Rates to Rates Bill 
Turnpike-roads: And the same was read the first Bill 190. 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Monday next; and to be printed. 


Heritable 
Securities 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to extend the 
Benefits of two Acts of Her Majesty relating to the (Scotland) Bill 


Constitution, Transmission and Extinction of Heri- 
table Securities in Scot/and: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday next ; and to be printed. 


Bill 191. 


Viscount Palmerston presented a Bill to continue Metropolitan 
and amend the Metropolitan Sewers Acts: And the Sewers Bill. 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be Bill 192. 
read a second time upon Thursday next; and to be 
printed. 

Mr. 








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“ in p. 7, 1. 11, being read a second time, were agreed 


~* 18 Vicroriz. 


qTumpike Mr. Fitzroy presented a Bill to confirm certain 
Trusts at Provisional Orders made under an Act of the fifteenth 
-— : year of Her present Majesty, to facilitate Arrange- 
Bill 193. ments for the Relief of Turnpike Trusts, and to make 
certain Provisions respecting Exemptions from Tolls : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Monday next; and to 

be printed. 


qumpike Acts Mr, Fitzroy presented a Bill to continue certain 

a Turnpike Acts in Great Britain, and to make 

Bill 194. further Provisions concerning Turnpike-roads in Eng- 
land: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next ; and to be printed. 


Pablic —" Viscount Palmerston presented a Bill to amend 
Act Amen’ +he Public Health Act, 1848: And the same was 


do = 





Bill. ; 
- as read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second | 


time upon Friday next; and to be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till Two of the clock on Saturday morning, | 
adjourned till Monday next. | 


Lune, 10° die Julii ; 


Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1854. 





PRAYERS. 
Bari of Fife R. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Soirageef M one of the a so of Petitions for Private 
Bills, ‘That in the case of the Earl of Fife (Trustees) | 
Estate Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 





—. in “~' Ordered, That the Earl of Fife (Trustees) Estate 
Sie Bil Bill be read a second time. 


_—., Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table, —Report from | 
_ i one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 


That in the case of Milbank ( Thornhill’s) Estate Bill, 
no Standing Orders are applicable. 


—., Ordered, That Milbank (Thornhill’s) Estate Bill 
oo ) be read a second time. 


Earl of Mr. Speaker laid upon the beng ari from | 
Bstate Bi, One of the Examiners of Petitions for Pfivate Bills, 
That in the case of the Earl of Eglinton’s Estate 
Bill, the Standing Orders have been complied with. 





Earl of Ordered, That the Earl of Eglinton’s Estate 
Estate Bi, Bill be read a second time. 


gam The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Church Gag the Amendments made by the Lords to the Tormo- 
Bill. ham and Saint Mary Church Gas Bill. 

The said Amendments, as far as the Amendment 


to. 
P. 7,1.11: The last Amendment being read a 
second time ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That this House doth agree with the 
Lords in the said Amendment :—It passed in the 
Negative. 

Ordered, That 2 Committee be appointed to draw 
up Reasons to be assigned to the Lords for disagree- 
ing to the said Amendment :—And a Committee 
was appointed of Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Greene, Lord 
Naas, Sir Robert Ferguson, Mr. Hardinge, Captain 
Jones, Mr. Freshfield and Mr. Spooner :—And they 
are to withdraw immediately. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


a Davies's Estate Bill was read the third time. 


Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do 


s. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do — the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 





Vou. 109. 


7° —8°—10° Jultz. 377 


hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the con 
currence of their Lordships. 


Landon’s Estate Bill was read the third time. Landon's 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, ©stte Bill 


rdered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


Ordered, That the Ballymena, Ballymoney, Cole- Ballymena, 


raine and Portrush Junction Railway (No. 1) Bill, Ballymoney, 
as amended in the Committee, be taken into consi- 
deration To-morrow. 


oleraine and 
Portrush 
Junction Rail- 
way (No. 1) 
Bill. 


Ordered, That the Londonderry and Coleraine Londonderry 


Railway Bill, as amended in the Committee, be 2"4 Coleraine 
taken into consideration To-morrow. 


Railway Bill. 


_Darby’s Estate Bill was read a second time; and Darby’s 
committed. Estate Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


Fowler’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; and Fowler’s 


committed. Estate Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


The Saint Catherine's Parish (Dublin) School Saint Cathe- 


}and Charity Estates Bill was read a second time ; Tine’s Parish 
‘and committed. 


(Dublin) Schoot 
. 7 and Charity 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- Estates Bill. 


mittee of Selection. 


The Woking Common Estate Bill was read a se- Woking 


cond time ; and committed. Common 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- ®s*te Bill. 


mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That Standing Orders 76, 175, 182, 186 Ratcliff Gas 


and 207, be suspended in respect of the Ratcliff Company 
Gas Company Relief Bill; and that the Bill, as Belt 3i 
amended in the Committee, be taken into considera- 

tion To-morrow, provided amended Prints shall have 

been deposited with the Doorkeepers this day. 


Ordered, That the Committee of Selection have Saint Cathe- 


Power to appoint the Committee on the Saint Cathe- tine’s Parish 


(Dublin) School 


rine’s Parish (Dublin) School and Charity Estates ang Charity 
Bill, for any day not earlier than seven clear days Estates Bill. 
after the second reading. 


Ordered, That Standing Order, 175, be sus- Salisbury 


pended in respect of the Salisbury and Yeovil Rail- 24 Yeovil 
way Bill; and that the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


Railway Bill, 


Mr. Divett reported from the Sub-Committee on Railway and 


Group 10 of Railway and Canal Bills; That Mr. Canal Bills 
Townley Parker, one of the Members of the said (G?"P 10) 
Committee, was not present during the sitting of the 
Committee this day. 


Ordered, That Mr. Townley Parker be discharged 


from further attendance on the Committee. 


A Motion being made, That the Salisbury and Salisbury 


Yeovil Railway Bill be now read the third time; 224 Yeovil 


Mr. Secretary-at-War, by Her Majesty’s Com- a 


mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the agg of the Bill, gives 
Her Consent, as far as Her } 

concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 


lajesty’s interest is 


And Notice being taken that the interest of the 


Prince of Wales, as Duke of Cornwall, is concerned 
therein ; 


3C Mr. 





























10° Juliz. 


Mr. Seeretary-at-War, by Her Majesty's Com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the — of the Bill, 
gives ‘Her Consent, as far as the Prince of Wales’s 
interest is concerned, that the House may do therein 
as they shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hardinge do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Merton College Ordered, That the Merton College Estate Bill be 
Estate Bill. — yead a second time. 
Royal Assent. A Message by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of 
the Black Rod: 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Commission, for declaring Her Royal Assent 
to several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do 
desire the immediate attendance of this Honourable 
House in the House of Peers, to hear the Commis- 
sion read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :— And being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 


desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her | 


Majesty’s Commission, had been at the House of 
Peers, where a Commission under the Great Seal 
was read, giving, declaring and notifying the Royal 
Assent to the several Acts therein mentioned; and 
that the Lords, thereby authorized, had declared the 
Royal Assent to the said Acts, as follow : 

An Act to alter the Duties of Customs on Sugar, 
Molasses and Spirits : 


Customs Du- 
ties (Sugar 
and Spirits) 
Bill. 

Excise Duties An Act for granting certain Duties of Excise on 
(Sugar) Bill Sugar made in the United Kingdom : 

Railway and An Act for the better Regulation of the Traffic 


Canal Traffic on Railways and Canals: 
Regulation 
Bill. 

Church An Act to facilitate the Apportionment of the 
Buildings Act Rent when Parts of Lands in Lease are taken for 


Amendment 4, Purposes of the Church Building Acts : 


Bill. 

Public Statues An Act to place Public Statues within the Metro- 

Bill. politan Police District under the Control of the 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Works and Public 

Buildings : 

An Act to enable the Courts of Law in England, 
freland and Scotland, to issue Process to compel 
the Attendance of Witnesses out of their Jurisdic- 
tion, and to give effect to the Service of such Pro- 
cess in any Part of the United Kingdom: 
Registration An Act for preventing Frauds upon Creditors by 
of Bills of Sale Secret Bills of Sale of Personal Chattels : 


Bill. 

Warwick An Act to repeal certain Provisions of an Act of 

Assizes Bill. the fifth and sixth years of Her present Majesty, con- 
cerning the holding of Assizes for the County of 

Warwick : 

An Act for establishing the validity of certain 
Proceedings in Her Majesty's Court of Vice-Admi- 
ralty in Mauritius : 

An Act to authorize the Trustees of the Rochdale 
and Burnley Turnpike-roads to take Toil in respect 
of the Carnage of certain Stones : 

North and An Act for enabling the North and South Western 
South Western Junction Railway Company to raise additional 
Aarne Capital, and for other purposes: _ 


Railway Bill. 
Tralee and An Act to amend the Zralee and Killarney Rail- 
Killarney way Act, 1853: 


Railway Bill. 


Witnesses 
Bill. 


Vice-Admi- 
ralty Court 
(Mauritius) 
Bill. 
Rochdale 
and Burnley 
Roads Bill. 


Horncastle | An Act for making a Railway from Horncastle, 
and Kirkstead jn Lincolnshire, to the Kirkstead Station of the 
Junction Great Northern Railway : 


Railway Bill. 
Leominster An Act for making a Railway from the Shrews- 
bury and Hereford Railway, at Leominster, to King- 


and Kington 
Railway Bill. ton, in Herefordshire: 


Northern Railway, to near the Grosmont Station, on 


the Whitby and Pickering Branch of the York and 


2 See ee cts dnt SIV? 2 
ei Reh SIRES A aay a) e 


Were Soy 


A. 1854, 


An Act for more effectually repairing the Road 
from the Toll-house Beck, in the Township of Freby, 
in the a of Lancaster, to Kirkby-Lonsdale 
and Kirkby-Kendal, in the County of Westmorland, 
and through Kirkby-Lonsdale to Milnthorpe, in 
the said County : 

An Act for making a Railway from the Ayr and Ayr ana May. 
Daimellington Railway, near the Cot-houses on the le Junction 
Farm of Pleasantfield, to the Town of Maybole, to Railway Bill. 
be called “The Ayr and Maybole Junction Rail- 
way :” 

An Act for making a Railway from the Scottish Perth ana 
Midland Junction Railway, near Stanley, to Birnam, sa 
near Dunkeld, in the County of Perth : ‘allway Bill 


| An Act for supplying the Township of Stourbridge, Stourbridge 


! Te bod . 
}and the Neighbourhood thereof, with Water : Brier works 


Kirkby Long. 
mae 
Road Bil, — 





| An Act to authorize the Shrewsbury and Here- Shrewsbury 
ford Railway Company to provide Station Accom- #04 Hereford 
| modation in Shrewsbury and Hereford, and to enter oun ; 
is : ) Bill, 
into Arrangements and Agreements with the Here- 
ford, Ross and Gloucester Railway Company : 

| _ An Act for making a Railway from the Town of Towy Vale 

| Llandovery, in the County of Carmarthen, to join Railway Bil, 
the Llanelly Railway at Llandilofawr, in the same 

| County, and for other purposes : 

An Act to incorporate a Company for making a North York. 


Railway from near the Picton Station, on the Leeds shite and 
. Cleveland 
Railway Bill, 


North Midland Railway, and for other purposes: 


An Act to repeal the Act relating to the Thirsk Thirsk ana 
_and Yarm Turnpike-road, and to make other Pro- Yarm Road 
visions in lieu thereof, and to grant a further Term ™ 
|in the said Road, and for other purposes : 


| An Act to enable the Eastern Counties Railway Eastern Com. 
_Company to enlarge and improve their Goods Sta- ties Railway 
_tion in the Parish of Saint Matthew, Bethnal-green, ong 

| in the County of Middlesex : &amp;c.) Bill 

An Act to enable the granting Building Leases of camden Town 
Parts of the Camden Town Cemetery, belonging to Cemetery Bill 
the Parish of Saint Martin-in-the-Fields, not 
heretofore used for the purpose of Interment, and for 
other purposes : 

An Act to enable the Caledonian Railway Com- Caledonian 
'pany to make certain Branch Railways and other (Wie an 
Works in the County of Lanark, and for other Coltness Rail- 
purposes : way, &amp;c.) Bill. 
| An Act for altering the Lines authorized by the Caledonian 
| Caledonian Railway (Lesmahagow Branches) Act, Railway 
| 1851, and for otherwise amending that Act : Branches be) 
| An Act to confer further Powers on the Dukin- pukinfield 
field Gas Company : Gas Bill. 

An Act for enabling the South Wales Railway South Wales 
Company to acquire additional Lands at Swanseu, Railway Bil. 
and for enlarging the Powers of Lease or Sale to, 
and Contribution by, the Great Western Railway 
Company, and for authorizing Arrangements between 
the South Wales Railway Company and the Vale of 
Neath Railway Company, and for other purposes : 


An Act for the Improvement of the Borough of 
Bolton, and for other purposes; and of which the Bill. 
| short Title is “ Bolton oe sod Act, 1854 :” 

| An Act for making a Railway from the Leeds, Bradford, 

| Bradford and Halifax Junction Rajlway, near va 

| Leeds, to Wakefield, all in the West Riding of the Railway Bill. 
| County of York, to be called “ The Bradford, Wake- 
| field and Leeds Railway,” and for other purposes : 

' An Act for the Improvement and Regulation of 
the Town of Lowestoft, and the Parishes of Lowes- 
toft and Kirkley, otherwise Kirtley, in the County of 
Suffolk, and for other purposes : 

An Act to enable the a Bradford and Hal- 
fax Junction Railway Company to construct a Rail- 
way in Extension of, and to alter the Levels of Part 
of their Railway from, Gildersome-street to East 
Ardsley, in the West Riding of the County of York, 
and for other purposes : 

n 





Bolton Im- 
provenient 





Lowestoft 
Improvement 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Leeds, Brad- 
ford and ; 

fax Junction 
Railway Bill. 

















18 Vicroriz. 10° Judit. 379 


westBrom- § An Act for the better paving, draining, lighting,| Petitions relating to British Museum and National Public 
+ vich Inpro, cleansing and otherwise improving the Parish of | Gallery ;— Intoxicating Liquors; — Public-houses P¢#4°"s- 
- ment, 0. West Bromwich, in the County of Stafford, and for | and Beer-shops;—Bills of Exchange and Promis- vide Fifty- 
constructing Cemeteries there, and for making, | sory Notes Bill ;—£lizabeth Cormack ;—Metropolis fourth Report. 
maintaining and regulating Markets and Market- | Water and Drainage ;—Mortmain Bill ;— Nuisances 
places therein, and for other purposes : Removal and Diseases Prevention Acts Consoli- 
york, New- An Act to confer additional Powers on the York, | dation and Amendment Bill ;—Ocean Penny Post- 
" astleand Ber- Newcastle and Berwick Railway Company for con-| age;—and, Public-houses (Scotland) Act,—were i 
? a erosion structing Docks at Jarrow Slake, and a Branch | preSented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the | 
‘Docks, &amp;c.) Railway thereto; and to enable the Dean and Chap- | Table. ii 
Bill. ter of Durham to appropriate a Portion of the 
Money payable to them for the Purchase of Lands Mr. Peel presented, — Return to an Address to Ships “Hope” 
for the same to the Endowment of a Church, and for Her Maj wah duted the 25th day of May last, for and “ Lelia.” i 
other purposes : Copy of a Report presented to the Governor and | 
Chapel-en-le- An Act to repeal the Act for more effectually Conncil t Nashan New Pp, 4 : Bah ! 
Frith Roads repairing and maintaining the Turnpike-road from the moe a " of N, ob onal oe f all Cor oo | 
Bill. Chapel-en-le-Frith to or near to Enterclough Bridge, a spelen. Siete coger att er nee ! 
; &gt;’ | pondence relating to the seizure of Packages landed | 
in the County of Derby, and other Roads therein- les dhe ehiinn: H ” Pu. * . d i 
Cal, Ae de Mtceinn ot idle d in the | OY the ships ope” and “ Lelia,” and directed to 
mentioned, the, Conny of Derby, and in We he Heverend Mr. Capers 
ou! oO er, and to make other Pro- ae . i 
"| pe ene + mange alle wae That the said Return do lie upon the | 
Patent Solid § An Act to re-incorporate the Patent Solid Sewage ; } 
Sewage Manure Wanure Company, and to extend its Powers: i 
(No.2) Bill, Sir John Young presented, by Her Majesty's Com- National ! 
Famworth An Act for supplying with Gas the Townships of ee of the Twentieth Report of the Com- (ireland.) i 
al Kearsley Fyrnworth and Kearsley, in the County Palatine of | ™Ss!oners o National Education in Lreland (for the | 
Geil. = Lancaster: year 1853), with A ices: Vol. I. | 
and An Act to enable the Bangor and Caernarv Sir John Young also presented,— Return to an Insolvent \ 
Chavon Railway Company to raise pes er Capital, se Order, dated the 23d day of May last, for Returns of Cela — 
aw to authorize the Sale or Lease of the said Company’s the Number of Petitions of Insolvent Debtors’ and 
Railway to the Chester and Holyhead Railway of Creditors’ Petitions heard by the Court for Relief 
Company : of Insolvent Debtors at Dublin, during tlie last two 
Ind Lovat's An Act to relieve Thomas Alexander Lord Lovat, | Ye@"s:—Of the Number of the like Petitions heard 
Restitution = Baron Lovat, of Lovat, in the County of Jnverness, | ™ the Assistant Barristers’ Court during the same 
from the effect of the Attainder of Simon Lord Lovat: | period :—Ofthe Number of Cases in which Dividends 
Fleming's An Act to amend “ Fleming’s Estate Act, 1852:” | have been declared during the same period, with the 
\. Estate Bill. Gross Amount divided:—And, of the Names and 
Green's An Act for authorizing the granting of Building | Situations of the several Officers of the Court, with 
Estate Bill. Leases of Lands held under the Will of Widliam | the Amount of Salary and Emoluments received by 
Green, deceased, situate at Rumworth, in the County | each. 
n of Lancaster : Return to an Order, dated the 28th day of June Cholera 
Masters’ An Act for effecting an Extinguishment of the | last, for Copies of any Correspondence between (Iteland.) 
Estate Bil. J. ife Estate and Interest of Mistress Violetta Masters, | the Poor Law Board in Jreland and the Physicians 
and the Trustee of her Marriage Settlement, of and | of the House of Industry, with regard to the admis- 
in a Freehold Close or Parcel of Land situate in the | sion of Cholera Patients to Hospital Wards, since 
Parish of Saint Margaret, Leicester : the month of January 1854 (in continuation of | 
Smith’s An Act to enable the Trustees of the Estates of | Parliamentary Paper, No. 109, of the present Ses- 
ay Estate Henry Smith, Esquire, deceased, or any seven or | sion). / 
more of them, to grant Building Leases of an Estate| Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
in the Parishes of Kensington, Chelsea and Saint | Table. 
Martin-in-the-Fields, in the County of Middlesex, 
) and for the Confirmation of certam Leases, and to} The House, according to Order, resolved itself Bribery, &amp;c. 
enable seven or more of the said Trustees to make | into a Committee on the Bribery, &amp;c. Bill. Bill. 
Leases and Estates, pursuant to the Deed of Uses ; 
of the said Henry Smith, and for other purposes : (In the Committee.) 
mene An Act for granting Powers of Leasing, Sale and| Preamble postponed. 
Exchange and other Powers for the Management of} QO ,,ysp N°1 agreed to. 
Freehold, Copyhold and Leasehold Estates demised| ” Ne ° (Bathory dcfacd 
hy which now stand limited to the Uses of the prensa t a4 4; . regs ‘Athol 
’ ill of the Right honourable George O’ Brien Earl | ,, ““™engmen! Pees the = ? « author} —_—_ 
of Egremont, deceased : person” to insert the word “authorized.” " 
Thorahill’s py ee nlarging the Powers contained in Question put, That the word “ authorized” be 
(Clara) Estate ;, one See . there inserted ; 
Bill, Thornhill’s Estate Act, 1852,” and for granting The C ‘tee divided 
further Powers in respect of the Thornhill Estate. T ay cnag a egg | 
4 ellers for the f Mr. Aglionby, Lio 
oll The following Papers were laid upon the Table by! _ Yeas, (Sir Welliam Jolliffe : J | 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated| Tellers for they Mr. Hayter, 1141. | 
the 6th day of this instant July, for a Return show- Noes, (Mr. Grenville Berkeley: 
ing the Purposes to which the Sum of £.3,000, Clause agreed to. 
granted for the Purchase of Coins and Antiquities Cxiavuse N° 3 (Bribery further defined). 
during the year ending the 24th day of March} Amendment made. 
1854, has been applied. Another Amendment proposed, in p. 3,1.16: After 
Gold, Return to an Order, dated the 6th day of this|the word “ election” to insert the words “every 
No, 358, instant July, for Copies of Reports from the Com- |“ Candidate who shall by himself or any other per- 
missioner in Charge of the Land Revenues of the |“ son pay the expense of the conveyance of any 
Crown, on the subject of Arrangements to be en- | “ voter.” 
tered into with Persons desirous of trying for and Question proposed, That those words be there 
raising Gold in England and Wales. inserted :—Amendmeant, by leave, withdrawn. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Gold be An Amendment made. 
printed. Clause, as amended, agreed to. 
VoL. 109. 3c2 CLAUSE, 
























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10°—- 11° Juliz. A. 1854. 


Cuausez, N° 4 (Treating defined). 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 3, |. 26: To 
leave out the words “in order to be elected, or for 
“ being elected, or.” 

Question proposed, That the words “ in order to 
“ be elected” stand part of the Clause: —Amendment, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Czause, N° 5 (Undue influence defined). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 4, l. 41: After the 
words “injury, damage, harm, or loss,” to insert the 
words “ temporal or spiritual.” 

Question put, That those words be there inserted; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Malins, 1 os 

Yeas, Mr. Spooner : | Soo 

Tellers for the ; Mr. Hayter, 

Noes, \Mr. Grenville Berkeley: | 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 4,1. 3: To 
leave out the words “or any fraudulent device or 
“ contrivance.’ 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause——put, and agreed to. 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the 
Clause : To add the words “ and the vote so given shall 
“ be utterly void and of none effect.” 

Question put, That those words be there added ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Vernon Smith, 1 es 

Yeas, \Mr. Atherton: — 

Tellers for the Mr. Hayter, 199 

Noes, \Mr. Grenville Berkeley: } . 

Clause agreed to. 

Crause, N° 6, agreed to. 

Cuausz, N° 7, amended, and agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 8 and N° 9, agreed to. 

Cuause, N° 10, disagreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 11, amended, and agreed to. 

Crause, N* 12 (Voters not liable to serve as 
special constables). 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
stand part of the Bill ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the fr r. Hayter, 

Yeas, Mr. Grenville Berkeley : 


125. 


} 184, 


Tellers for the {Mr Ball, } 39. 


Noes, Mr. Vance : 


Criavuse, N° 13 (Penalties how to be recovered). 
Amendment proposed, in p. 6,1. 25: After the 
words “ who shall,” to insert the words “bond fide.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted 
put, and negatived. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 6, 1. 26: After 
the word “ Westminster” to insert the words “or in 
“ any County Court in the district in which the 
“ offence may be committed.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted -—— 
put, and negatived. 

Clause agreed to. 

Cravses, N° 14 and N° 15, agreed to. 

Curause, N° 16 (Limitation of actions). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 7, 1. 10: To leave out 
the words “ one year,” in order to insert the words 
“ six months.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause :—Amendment, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

" Clause agreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 11° die Julii, 1854: 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 


verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Russell : Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords, 

The Lords have agreed to the Vice-Admiralty Vice-Admi- 
Court (Mauritius) Bill, without any Amendment ; ralty Court 
And also, (Mauritius) 

The Lords have agreed to the Ouse and Derwent, Ouse ana 
&amp;e. Drainage Bill, with an Amendment; to which Derwent, &amp;, 
Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence of this D™inage Bill, 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Shropshire Union shropshire 
Railways and Canal Bill, with an Amendment; to Union Rail. 
which Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence (4¥8, and 
of this House: And also, ene! Bil, 

The Lords have agreed to the Znverness and Nairn tnverness 
Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which Amend- and Nairn 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : 4ilway Bill, 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Darlington Local Darlington 
| Board of Health Bill, with Amendments ; to which Local Board 
pment the Lords desire the concurrence of Health Bill, 
| this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Dublin and Wicklow Dubiin ana 
and Dublin and Kingstown Railways Bill, with Wicklow, and 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords — and 

‘ * ingstown 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, —_ Railways Bill, » 

The Lords have agreed to the Wells and Faken- wetls ana 
ham Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which Fakenham 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of ®4i!way Bill 
| this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Londonderry Port Londonderry 
Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the Port Bill. 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to Earl of 
extend the Power to lease the settled Estates of the Harrington's 
Earl of Harrington, situate in the Parishes of Saint "s**t Bill. 
Margaret, Westminster, and Saint Mary Abbotts, 
Kensington, in the County of Middlesex, and for 
other purposes; and to be entitled “The Earl of 
Harrington's Estate Act, 1854 ;” to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Park's Estate 
for authorizing the granting of building, improving, Bill 
and mining Leases, by the Reverend James Allan 
Park, Clerk, as ‘Tenant for Life in possession, and 
other Persons in succession after his Death, of settled 
Estates at Marton, in the County of York, comprised 
in an Indenture of Settlement dated the Sixteenth day 
of July One thousand eight hundred and _ fifty-two, 
and for other purposes; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Peel's Estate 
to authorize the granting of building Leases for long Bill 
terms of years, of parts of the Estates devised by the 
Will of Joseph Peel, Esquire, deceased ; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords give leave to the Viscount Canning to Conveyance 
attend the Select Committee — by this House, ® nor by 
in the present Session of Parliament, to inquire into z 
the causes of irregularity in the Conveyance of Mails 
by Railway, and to consider the best mode of securing 
speed and punctuality, and for remunerating the 
Railway Companies for the services which they per- 
form, as desired by this House (his Lordship in his 
place consenting) :—And then the Messenger with- 
drew. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Commit- Stamps. 
tee on the Stamp Acts; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, at Twelve 
| o'clock, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Commit- Stamp Duties 
tee on the Stamp Duties Bill ; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, at Twelve 


o'clock, resolve itself into the said Committee. ‘ 
Mr. 








Seoniseion. 


Ancient Laws 
and Institutes 
of Ireland. 


Patent Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Pensions 
(Merchant 
Service. ) 


" 


Chelsea 
Embankment 
and Public 
Roadway. 


British Am- 
House at Paris. 


Lighthouses 
Abroad, 


Dubli 
tee. 


New National 
ry, &amp;ec, 





18 Vicrort2. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee of Sup- 
ply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seven 
thousand five hundred and fifty pounds, be granted | 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Salaries 
and Expenses of the Commission appointed for con- 
solidating and digesting the Statute Law, to the 31st 
day of March 1855. 

2, Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Nine 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- 
fray the Expense of the Commission appointed to 
superintend the Publication of the Ancient Laws 
and Institutes of Jreland, to the 31st day of March 
1855. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- | 
three thousand seven hundred pounds, be granted to | 
Her Majesty, to defray the Fees, Salaries and Com-_ 
pensations payable under the provisions of the Patent 
Ne Amendment Act, to the 31st day of March 
1855. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventy- 
eight thousand — hundred and fifteen pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge for 
Pensions to Masters and Seamen of the Merchant 
Service, and to their Widows and Children, under 
the Merchant Seamen’s Fund Act, and for Compen- 
sation to the late Officers of the Trustees of the Mer- 
chant Seamen’s Fund, to the 31st day of March 
1855. , 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
five thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, towards defraying the Expense of 
forming a Park at Battersea, to the 31st day of 
March 1855. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
five thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
towards defraying, to the 31st day of March 1855, 
the Expense of constructing an Embankment and | 
Public Roadway between Battersea and Vauxhall 
Bridges; and an Approach from S/oane-street to’ 
Chelsea Bridge. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Three 
thousand three hundred and ninety-three pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Works, Repairs, Furniture, &amp;c., at the British Am- 
bassador’s House at Paris, to the 31st day of March | 
1855. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ten | 
thousand nine hundred pounds, be granted to Her | 
Majesty, to defray, in the year ending the 31st day 
of March 1855, the Expense of erecting and main- 
taining certain Lighthouses Abroad. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 
thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her | 
Majesty, towards building a Museum on the premises 
of the Royal Dublin Society, to the 31st day of 
March 1855. ° 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
seven thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to | 
Her Majesty, for the year ending the 31st day of | 
March 1855, towards the purchase by the Commis- | 
sioners for the Exhibition of 1851, of certain addi- | 
tional Lands at Kensington Gore, necessary for the | 
purpose of the New National Gallery and other In- | 
stitutions connected with Science and the Arts. | 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five | 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for the | 
purpose of carrying out, under Government Super- | 
intendence, in the year ending the 31st day of March | 
1855, the Expedition projected by the Royal Geo- | 
graphical Society for the Exploration of Australia. 

12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two, 
thousand eight hundred pounds, be granted to Her | 
Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of March 1855, | 
Expenses incurred in connexion with the Medical 
Staff despatched to Jamaica and other West India | 
Islands, and for the relief of Distress arising from | 
Cholera and Yellow Fever in those Islands. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

VoL. 109. 








10°—11° Juliz. 


“mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 


| into a Committee on the Commons Inclosure (No. 2) 


381 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Wreck and 
reading of the Wreck and Salvage Bill ; Salvage Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Usury Laws 
reading of the Usury Laws Repeal Bill ; Repeal Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


r . e . 
The House, according to Order, ‘resolved itself Jamaica Loan. 
into a Committee on the Jamaica Loan. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That Her Majesty be empowered to 
guarantee the liquidation of any Loan or Loans to an 
amount not exceeding Five hundred thousand pounds, 
which may be raised for the service of the Colony 
of Jamaica, with the Interest thereon, at a rate of 
not more than Four and one-half per centum per an- 
num; and that provision be made, out of the Con- 
solidated Fund of Great Britain and Jreland, for 
the payment from time to time of such Sums of 
Money as may become payable to Her Majesty under 
such guarantee. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to 
a Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day, at 
Twelve o'clock. 


The Standard of Gold and Silver Wares Bill was, Standard of 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- pete 4 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Wed- ° 
nesday next. : 

The Criminal Justice (Metropolis) Bill was, ac- Criminal 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- Justice 

(Metropolis) 
Bill. 
Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Real Estate 
into consideration the Real Estate Charges Bill, as Ch#tges Bill. 
amended in the Committee. Bill 196. 

A Clause (Extent of Act), was twice read; and 
made part of the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day ; and be printed. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Youthful _ 
into consideration the Youthful Offenders Bill, as Offenders Bill. 
amended in the Committee. Biil 197. 

A Clause (Juvenile Offenders may be removed 
from one Reformatory to another), was twice read ; 
and made part of the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next ; and be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, ‘That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Commons’ 
Inclosure 


. - ' . No. 2) Bill. 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr.S eaker ‘ ) 


resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and di- 
rected him to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Borough 
reading of the Borough Rates Bill ; Rates Bill. 
38c3 Ordered, 























10°—11° Julzz. A. 1854. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


Militia (No.2) The Militia (No. 2) Bill was, according to Order, 

Bill. read a second time; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House for Thursday next, at Twelve 
o'clock. 


Registration The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
yh ae take into consideration the Registration of Births, 
anne " &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


Merchant The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Shipping Acts into a Committee on the Merchant Shipping Acts 
neues Repeal Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Thursday next. 


Registration The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
ireland) = into a Committee on the Registration of Bills of 
Sale (Jreland) Bill; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Bouverie reported, That the Committee had gone 

through the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 


mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


General Board The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
of Health Bill. 4 Committee on the General Board of Health Bill; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That 
the Committee liad gone through the Baill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Thursday 
next. 


Joint Stock The Joint Stock Banks (Scotland) Bill was, ac- 

ery al cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 

, mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Friday next. 


Cinque Ports § The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Bill. reading of the Cinque Ports Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


Poor Law The Poor Law Commission Continuance (freland) 
ae Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; 
(Ireland) Bill, 2nd committed to a Committee of the whole House, 


for Thursday next. 


Militia (Scot- The Order of the day being read, for the second 
land) Bill. reading of the Militia (Scotland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


Highway The Highway Rates Bill was, according to Order, 
Rates Bill. ~—s read a second time ; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


Heritable The Heritable Securities (Scotland) Bill was, ac- 
(Scotland) pin, Cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
‘mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 

Thursday next. 


nan aged The Turnpike Trusts Arrangements Bill was, ac- 
hentai cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
Bill. mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 


Thursday next. 


Turnpike Acts The Turnpike Acts Continuance, &amp;c. Bill was, 

——— according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Thursday next. 





The Order of the day being read, for the second Nuisances 
reading of the Nuisances Removal and Diseases Pre- Removal ang 
vention Acts Consolidation and Amendment Bill ; ery 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Consolidation, 
upon Monday next. and Amend. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Reforma 
into a Committee on the Reformatory Schools (Sco¢- Schools (Scot. 
land) Bill. land) Bill 

(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

Cxause, N° 1 (Sheriff or Magistrate may send 
vagrant children to school, unless security be found 
for good behaviour). 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
sress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
rhat the Committee may have leave to sit again, 

Resolved, That this ewe will, upon Wednesday 
the 19th day of this instant July, again resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The Jury Trial (Scotland) Bill was, according to Jury Trial 


Order, read a second time; and committed to a (Scotland) Bill. 


Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 
19th day of this instant July. 


The Incumbered Estates ( West Zndies) Bill was, Incumbered 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- Pew 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for’” a 
Thursday next. : 


The Benefices Augmentation Bill was, according Benefices 
to Order, read a second time ; and committed to a Augmentation 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Savings Banks 
into a Committee on the Savings Banks Bill; and, Bill 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and directed 
him to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Friday next. 


The Friendly Societies (No. 2) Bill was, according Friendly 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a pry 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday ‘ ies 


next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Literary and. 
mittee on the Literary and Scientific Institutions eee 
Bill ; Bill. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Bills of Ex- 
mittee on the Bills of Exchange and Promissory mer de 
Notes Bill; Notes Bill. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Returning 
to amend the Law relating to the Appointment of Oma 
Returning Officers in certain cases: And that Mr. 
Seymour Fitzgerald and Viscount Goderich do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Spirits 
continue and amend the Acts for the better Preven- 
tion of the Sale of Spirits by unlicensed Persons in 
Treland: And that Sir John Young and Mr. Wilson 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Brevets. 
Returns of the Number of Genera! Officers now 
serving in the Army, with their Average Service - 

the 


a 








“Be &amp; 


| a 


' Chancery 
Amendment. 


ts (Ire- 
, ea) BAL 


Bill 198. 


Chancery 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Bill 199. 


Officers Bill. 
Bill 200, 











18 Vicrortz. 


the 1st day of July 1854, who were promoted to 
Major Generals im each of the several Brevets of 
1814, 1819, 1821, 1825 and 1830 :—Of the Number 
of General Officers of all Ranks in the Army on the 
1st day of January 1830, who are still serving, and 
their Average Service to the 1st day of July 1854: 
—Of the Number of General Officers who have died 
between the Brevet of the 4th day of June 1814 and 
the 12th day of August 1819; the 12th day of 
August 1819 and the 19th day of July 1821; the 
19th day of July 1821 and the 27th day of May 
1825; the 27th day of May 1825 and the 22d day 
of July 1830; the 22d day of July 1830 and the 
10th day of January 1837; the 10th day of January 
1837 and the 28th day of June 1838 ; the 28th day 
of June 1838 and the 23d day of November 1841 ; 
the 23d day of November 1841 and the 9th day of 
November 1846 ; the 9th day of November 1846 and 
the 11th day of November 1851; the 11th day of 
November 1851 and the 20th day of June 1854 :— 
Of the Gross Charge for Pay for General Officers 
(not Colonels of Regiments) in each year, from the 
Ist day of April 1814 to the 31st day of March 
1854:—And, showing the Price of the Lieutenant 
Colonel’s Commission in the Household Cavalry, 
Cavalry of the Line, Foot Guards and Infantry of 
the Line, with the Annual Rates of Unattached Pay 
received by Major Generals promoted from those 
several Services. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the course of Procedure in the High Court 
of Chancery: And that Mr. Solicitor General and 
Mr. Attorney General do prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir John Young presented a Bill to continue and 
amend the Acts for the better Prevention of the Sale 
of Spirits by Unlicensed Persons in Jreland: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Friday next; and to be 
printed. 


Mr. Solicitor General presented a Bill to amend 
the course of Procedure in the High Court of 
Chancery: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Thursday 
next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Seymour Fitzgerald presented a Bill to amend 
the Law relating to the Appointment of Returning 
Officers in certain cases: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Friday next ; and to be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after Two of the 
clock on Tuesday morning, adjourned till this 


day. 








Martis, 11° die Julii ; 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Brotherton reported from the Committee ap- 

— to draw up Reasons to be assigned to the 
ords for disagreeing to one of the Amendments 

made by their Lordships to the Zormoham and Saint 
Mary Church Gas Bill; That they had drawn up a 
Reason accordingly, which they had directed him to 
report to the House; and the same was read, as 
followeth : 

The House of Commons do not agree to the 
Amendment, p. 7, 1. 11, because they are of opinion 
that there is no reason why the Company should not 
find a new site for their Works within Eighteen months 
after the Works are vested in them. 

VoL, 109, 








10°—11° Juliz. 383 


The said Reason, being read a second time, was 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords to 
communicate the said Reason (with the Bill and 
Amendments): And that Mr. Brotherton do carry 
the same. 


Ordered, That in the case of the Leitrim Coal and Leitrim Coal 
Iron Company Bill, Standing Orders 74 and 203 be and Inon Com- 
dispensed with ; and that the Committee of Selection ?Y ™ 
have Power to appoint the Committee on the said 
Bill, to sit and proceed on any day they may think 
fit. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Ratcliff Gas 
into consideration the Ratcliff Gas Company Relief Maen 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. —o 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The Merton College Estate Bill was read a second Merton College 
time ; and committed. Estate Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Milbank ( Thornhill’s) Estate Bill was read a Milbank 
second time ; and committed. (Thornhill’s 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- P*t** Bill 
mittee of Selection. 


Wilkinson’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; Wilkinson’s 
and committed. Estate Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The Earl of Harrington’s Estate Bill was read Earlof 
the first time. ee 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa-- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Park’s Estate Bill was read the first time. Park’s Estate 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- Bill 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Peel's Estate Bill was read the first time. Peel’s Estate 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- Bil. 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Ballymena, 
into consideration the ie, Ballymoney, Cole- fe tg 
raine and Portrush Junction Railway (No. 1) Bill, seamen i 
as amended in the Committee. Junction Rail- 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being be (No. 1) 
proposed, That the Bill be read the third time ; oa 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by adding, at the end thereof, the words 
“ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being put, That those words 

be there added ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the Yeas,{t ee }np. 
Tellers for the Noes,| = ’ } 37. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
this day three months. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Londonderry 
into consideration the Londonderry and Coleraine preg 
Railway Bill, as amended in the Committee. ee 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Aberavon Aberavon 
Municipal Charter, which was presented upon the — 
6th day of this instant July, be printed. No, 360 

3c4 Ordered “OO” 













384, 11° Juliz. A. 1854, 


British Ordered, That the Return relative to the British 
~a. Museum, which was presented upon the 10th day of | 
| 


No. 361. this instant July, be printed. 


Ships“ Hope” Ordered, That the Return relative to the Ships | 

and “Lelia.” « Hone” and “ Lelia,” which was presented upon the 
No. 362. 4 th day of this instant July, be printed. 

Cholera Ordered, That the Return relative to Cholera 


(Ireland. ) (Ireland), which was presented upon the 10th day 
No. 363. of this instant J uly, be printed. 


Landlord The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
and no into a Committee on the Landlord and Tenant (Jre- 
Oe iaesing ’ land) Bill, and the Leasing Powers (Jreland) Bill. 


fand) Bill. (In the Committee.) 


Landlord and Tenant (Jreland) Bill. 
Preamble postponed. 

Cxiause, N° 1 (Glossary). 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. | 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- | 


rerie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- | 
gress in the Landlord and Tenant (Jre/uand) Billi; | 








and that he was directed to move, That the Com- | 
mittee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


ap al from A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Russell: 
re Mr. Speaker, 

Ambergate, The Lords have agreed to the Ambergate, Notting- 
Nottingham == jm and Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway 
and Boston, rs : : 

and Eastern (Amendment of Acts, &amp;c.) Bill, without any Amend- 


Junetion Rail- ment: And also, 

way (Amend- 

ment of Acts, 

&amp;e,) Bill. 

Hilgay Great ‘The Lords have agreed to the Hi/gay Great West 

tet Fen, Fen Drainage Bill, without any Amendment: And 

rainage Bill. sila 5 

Stourbridge The Lords have agreed to the Stourbridge and 

andBridynorth Byidgnorth Road Bill, without any Amendment: 

Road Bill. 
And also, 

Shrewsbury The Lords have agreed to the Shrewsbury and 

—_ — Hereford Railway (Leasing) Bill, withoutany Amend- 

(Leasing) Bill, Ment: And also, 

Traethbach The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 

Bridge ai. by this House to the Amendment made by their 

, Lordships to the T’raethbach Bridge and Road Bill, 

without any Amendment: And also, 

| The Lords have agreed to the Portsmouth Rail- 

Railway Bill. way Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : 
And also, 

Yewport The Lords have agreed to the Newport Dock Bill, 

Dock Bill. | With Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

Court of Chan- , Lhe Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act | 

cery (County further to improve the Administration of Justice in | 

Palatine of — the Court of Chancery, in the County Palatine of | 

aa Lancaster ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence | 
of this House: And also, 

Hornyold’s The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

Fstate Bill. to authorize the granting of building, mining and 
other Leases of the settled Estates of Zhomas | 
Charles Hornyold, Esquire, in the Counties of Wor- 
cester and Hereford, and for other purposes; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: | 
And also, 

Stainforth’s The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act | 

Estate Bill, for vesting in Trustees for Sale, the settled and de- | 
vised Estates of Richard Terrich Stainforth, Es- | 
1s deceased, and for other purposes; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :— | 





And then the Messenger withdrew. 


Horvyold’s Hornyold’s Estate Bill was read the first time. 
Estate Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 





Stainforth’s Estate Bill was read the first time. Stainforth's 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- Estate Bil, 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Wilson presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- of 
mand,—An Estimate of the Sum required to pay State for War, 
the Salaries and other Expenses in the Department of No. 359, 
Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for War, from the 
12th of June 1854 to the 31st of March 1855. 

Ordered, That the said Estimate be referred to the 
Committee of Supply; and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, yizams 
Copies of the original Treaty or Agreement between Territory, 
the East India Company and his Highness the 
Nizam, respecting the Military Contingent to be 
maintained by the Company at his Highness’ Ex- 
pense; and stating the Number of Troops to be 
maintained, and the yearly Payment to the Com- 
pany for the same ; and an Abstract of the Account 

etween his Highness the Nizam and the East India 
Company, showing the Amount of Debt incurred in 
each year, from the establishment of the Contingent, 
up.to the Treaties of 21 May, 18 June and 18 Oc- 


| tober 1853. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Russian. 
an Account of the Amounts paid for Principal and Dutch Loan. 
for Interest in each year for the Russian-.Dutch Loan, 
since the Treaty of Vienna; and stating the Amount 
of the Principal Sum of such Loan now due and 
payable by Great Britain, under the Act 2 &amp; 3 Will. 4, 

c. 81:—The above Return to be made up in Pounds 
Sterling for each year, as well as in Florins. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Russian Loan, 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of any Circular addressed by Her 
Majesty’s Chargé d’Affaires and Consul General to 
the Hunse Towns, as to any British Subject con- 
tributing to the Foreign Loan which the Russian 
Government proposes to contract. 

Ordered, Vhat the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this ome as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Coals, Cinders 
Accounts of the Quantities of Coals, Cinders and” 
Culm shipped at the several Ports of England, Scot- 
land and Ireland, Coastways, to other Ports of the 
United Kingdom in the year 1853, distinguishing 
the Quantity shipped at each of the said Ports, as 
compared with the year 1852 :—Of the Quantities 
and Declared Value of Coals, Cinders and Culm 
exported from the several Ports of England, Scot- 
land and Ireland to Foreign Countries, and the 
British Settlements Abroad, in the year 1853; dis- 
tinguishing the Countries to which the same were 
sent, and comparing the same with the year 1852; 
also distinguishing the Ports of the United Kingdom 
from which the same were shipped :—Of the Quan- 
tities of Coals, Cinders and Culm exported from the 
United Kingdom in the year 1853, with the Rate 
and Amount of Duty thereon :—And, of the Quan- 
tities of Coals brought Coastways and by Inland 
Navigation into the Port of London during the year 
1853, comparing thesame with the Quantities brought 
during the year 1852. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Promissory 
Return of the Monthly Average Aggregate Amount Notes. 
of Promissory Notes payable to Bearer on Demand, 
in Circulation in the United Kingdom; distinguishing 
those circulated by the Banks of England and Ire- 


land, and by Private and Joint Stock Banks in 


England, Scotland and Ireland, together with the 
Bullion in the Bank of England, from the 4th day of 
December 1847, to the latest period to which the 
same can be made up (in continuation of Appendix 2, 
page 














staff and 
Garrison Ap- 
intments 


(Colonies. ) 


a 


Brevets, &amp;c- 


Emigration. 


Exhibition 
of Industry 
(New York. ) 


Public 
Petitions, 
Vide Fifty- 
fifth Report. 





18 Vicroriz. I 1°... 


page 3, Report of Committee on Commercial Dis-| 


12° Juliz, 


385 


A Petition relating to the Friendly Societies Bill, 


tress, Parliamentary Papers, Nos. 395 and 584, of} was also presented, and read; and referred to the 


Session 1848). 
| 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 

a Return of the Staff and Garrison Appointments in 
each of the British Colonies in 1822 and in 1853, | 


| Select Committee on the Bill. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 


ea o That an humble Address be presented to 


er Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 


showing the Ordinary Pay and Allowances, and the | to appoint a Commission to proceed to India to 
Aggregate Charge to the British Exchequer in each, | inquire into the Tenure of Land in the Presidency 
and the Total in all the Colonies in each of these | of Mudras ; 


years (in continuation of, and according to Parlia- | 
mentary Paper, No. 154, of Session 1822). | 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 
Returns of the several Brevets that have taken place | 
since 1819, stating the Number of Officers of each 
Rank or Class that have been promoted in the Army, | 
including Medical and Commissariat Officers ; the 
Number of each Class in the Ordnance, including 
Engineers, Artillery and Medical Officers ; the Num- , 
ber of each Class in the Navy, including Marines ; 
and the Amount of the increased Charge to the 
Public in each of these Services, by each of these | 
Brevets, in the year:—Of the Number of Officers | 
of all Classes on the Half and Retired Pay of the 
Army, Ordnance and Navy, on the 1st day of Ja- | 
nuary 1819, distinguishing the Number of each | 
Rank, and the Amount of the Half Pay per annum 
to each Officer in each Class, showing the Aggregate | 
Number of Officers, and the Total Amount of) 
Charges for Half and Retired Pay in the previous | 
year, ending the 31st day of December 1818 :—And, | 
similar Return on the 1st day of January 1833, and | 
the Number of Officers and the Total Charge in the | 
year 1832. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, | 
Returns of the Names of all Persons in the Service 
or Pay of Her Majesty’s Commissioners for Colo- | 
nial Land and Emigration, on the 1st day of July , 
1854, with the Amount of their Salaries, the Date of | 
their Appointment, and the Hours of Attendance | 
each Day :—Of the Name and Tonnage of all Ves- | 
sels or Ships chartered by the Commissioners, the | 
Owners’ Names, the Price paid or agreed to be paid | 
for the conveyance and victualling each Statute Adult, 
and the Number of Statute Adults taken by each 
Ship for the last Two years :—And, of all Monies | 
received by the Commissioners under Acts or Votes | 
of Parliament, or from the Sale of Colonial Lands, 
or from any other Source, for the purpose of Emi- | 
gration, and how the same have from time to time | 
been disbursed for the last Two years, 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are | 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


| 
' 
' 


Lord John Russell presented,— Further Return to | 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 6th day of 
February last, for Copies. of the Reports made to the | 
Foreign Office, or to any other Department, by the , 
Commissioners appointed to attend the Exhibition of | 
Industry in the City of New York. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the. 
Table. 

Petitions relating to Ballot ;— Intoxicating Li- 
re ;—Public-houses and Beer-shops ;—Bills of 

xchange and Promissory Notes Bill ;—Insurance 
on Lives Abatement of Income Tax Bill ;—News- | 
papers ; — Paper; — Paper, Newspaper Stamps, | 
Foreign Books, &amp;c.; — Bleach Works and Dye 
Works ;—Landlord and Tenant (Jreland) ;—Mort- 
main Bill ;—Nuisances Removal and Diseases Pre- | 
vention Acts Consolidation and Amendment Bill ;— 


Passports ;—Poor Law Board ;—Edward Solly ;— | 
Valuation of Lands (Scotland) Bill;—and, Wool- | 
combers,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

VoL. 109. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 


| Twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 


Mercurii, 12° die Julii, 1854: 


And the Question being put ; 
The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Lett. 


Tellers for the{ Mr. Blackett, i 
Yeas, (Mr. Danby Seymour : 5 a. 

Tellers for the{ Mr. Hayter, } : 
Noes, (Mr. Grenville Berkeley: we 


So it passed in the Negative. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 


That this House do now adjourn ; 


The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the { Mr. Brotherton, o1 
Yeas, (Mr. Duncan: } ‘ 
Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, as 


A 7 
Noes, (Mr. Grenville Berkeley: Jf 


So it passed in the Negative. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 


That there be laid before this House, Returns of the 


Number of Inspectors, County Inspectors, Sub-In- 
spectors, Receivers, Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons, 
Veterinary Surgeons, Paymasters, Head Constables, 
Constables and Sub-Constables, now forming the 
Constabulary Force in Jreland, and stating the Pay 
and Emoluments of each Class, and the Number of 
Catholics in each Class:—Of the Number of Pro- 
motions or Appointments to each Class above the 
Rank of Sub-Constable, in each year, for Ten years 
last past, and stating in each instance the Number of 
Catholics promoted or appointed :—And, of the Num- 
ber of Sub-Constables who have left the Force within 
the last Three years; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the( Mr. John Fitz Gerald, 

Yeas,  |Mr. John O'Connell: 
Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, 
Noes, (Mr. Grenville Berkeley: 


So it passed in the Negative. 


2 


ba, 
V oa, 


Ordered, That the Judge Advocate be discharged 
from further attendance on the Select Committee on 
Portuguese Claims. 

Ordered, That Lord Elcho be added to the Com- 


mittee. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


of the Forfeited and Unclaimed Army Prize Fund, 
in enlarging and improving the Royal Military 
Asylum: And that Mr. Secretary-at-War and Mr, 
Wilson do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, 'That leave be given to bring ina Bill to 
render the purchase or dealing with Securities issued 


_ by the Russian Government during the present War 


between Russia and England a Misdemeanor: And 
that Lord Dudley Stuart, Mr. Isaac Butt and Mr. 
Montagu Chambers do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Real Estate Charges Bill; 


3D Ordered, 


Tenure of Land 
(Madras. ) 


Adjournment. 


Constabulary 
Force (Ire- 
land.) 


Portuguese 
Claims. 


Royal Military 


| to authorize the Application of a Sum of Money out Asylum. 


Russian 
Government 
Securities. 


Real Estate 
Charges Bill. 


———E—— 


1 ill ET Rat x TOTNES BASTIEN LITT LO 


886 11°—12° Juliz. | 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


Registration The Order of the day being read, for the third 
(Scotland) Baa reading of the Registration of Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) 
Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 
anion The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
(ireland) Bill” into consideration the Registration of Bills of Sale 
(Ireland) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


Tenants’ The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
(reed) Bill the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon 
the 12th day of June last, That the Tenants’ Com- 

pensation (/reland) Bill be now read a second time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 


till this day. 


Stamps. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Stamp Acts ; 
Resolved, ‘That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Stamp Duties 


Bill. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
i . 


mittee on the Stamp Duties Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Jamaica Loan. Mr. Wilson reported from the Committee on the 
Jamaica Loan, a Resolution; which was read, as 
followeth ; 

Resolved, That Her Majesty be empowered to 
guarantee the liquidation of any Loan or Loans to 
an amount not exceeding Five hundred thousand 
pounds, which may be raised for the Service of the 
Colony of Jamaica, with the Interest thereon, at a 


rate of not more than Four and one-half per centum | 


per annum, and that provision be made, out of the 
Consolidated Fund of Great Britain and Jreland, 
for the payment, from time to time, of such Sums of 
Money as may become payable to Her Majesty under 
such guarantee. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolution: And that Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Chancellor 
of the Exchequer and Mr. Wilson do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Standard of 
Gold and Sil. ¢ Yommittee, this day, on the Standard of Gold and 
ver Wares Bill. ~. 4 . : 
Silver Wares Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Royal Military Mr. Secretary-at-War presented a Bill to autho- | 


Asylum Bill. ize the Application of a Sum of Money out of the 
Bill 201. forfeited and unclaimed Army Prize Fund in en- 
larging and improving the Royal Military Asylum : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Thursday next ; and 

to be printed. 


Jamaica Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to guarantee the liqui- 
Toan Bill. dation of a Loan or Loans for the Service of the 
Bill 202. Colony of Jamaica: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 

Thursday next; and to be printed. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into a Committee on the Acts 
imposing Duties of Customs. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after One of the clock on 
Wednesday morning, adjourned till this day. 


A. 1854, 


Mercurii, 12° die Julii ; 
Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS, 
OF DERED, That all Committees have leave Committees, 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Duncan reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the Petitions 
Petitions presented upon the 7th and 10th days of io 
this instant July; and had directed him to make a : 
Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The Order made upon the 11th day of this in- Leitrim 
stant July, That in the case of the Leitrim Coal Coal and Iron 
and Iron Company Bill, Standing Orders 74 and Company Bill. 
203 be dispensed with, and that the Committee of 
Selection have Power to appoint the Committee 
on the said Bill, to sit and proceed on any day they 
may think fit, was read, and discharged. 


| Ordered, That in the case of the Ratcliff Gas Ratcliff Gas 
| Company Relief Bill, Standing Orders 175 and 210 Paes 
| be suspended. 

| Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


| morrow. 





The Earl of Fife (Trustees) Estate Bill was read Earl of Fife 
a second time; and committed. — 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com-“” 


mittee of Selection. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to Turnpike 

| Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to Trusts (Ire- 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, a 

Copy of the Commission for inquiring into certain 

| Turnpike Trusts in Jreland, with the view of their 

| being abolished. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 

| Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as 

| are of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Churches. 


}an Account of all Sums charged or received by the 
Church Building Commissioners, or their Solicitor, 
or other person, for Legal Expenses of perusal of 
Title, Conveyances, and all other matters, against per- 

sons who have erected Churches, wholly or partially, 

_ by voluntary Subscriptions or Donations, since the 1st 

day of January 1850 to the 1st day of July 1854. 





The Order for the House to resolve itself into a | Petitions relating to Church Rates ;— Public- Public 


‘houses and Beer-shops ; — Factories ;—Jurors and Petitions. 
Juries (Ireland) Bill;—and, Mortmain Bill,—were y;4. Finy- 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the fifth Report. 
| Table. 

| A Petition relating to the Friendly Societies Bill, 

was also presented, and read; and referred to the 

| Select Committee on the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Courts of Courtsof Law. 
Law, which was presented upon the 19th day of No, 364. 
| June last, be printed. 


! 


| Ordered, That the Paper relative to County County - 
| Treasurers, which was presented upon the 7th day of — 
| this instant July, be printed. oom 


| The Order of the day being read, for the Committee Medical 
| on the Medical Graduates (University of London) Bill; a of 
Anda Motion being made, and the Question being London) Bill. 

| proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair; pil] 203. 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 

Question, by leaving out from the word “ That ™ to 

the end of the Question, in order to add the words 

“ this House will, upon this day three months, resolve 

“ itself into the said Committee,” instead thereof. 
And the Question being put, That the words pro- 

posed to be left out, stand part of the Question ; 


| 
| 


e 








Property 
Disposal Bill. 


omen and 
uries (Ire. 
land) Bill, 





18 Vicroriz. 


The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the Yeas, ar —— a } 90. 
r. Bouverie, Log 
r. Cowan: leas 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Tellers for the Noes, — 


Preamble postponed. 

Cuiavuse, N° 1 (Graduates in Medicine of the 
University of London to be entitled to practise 
Physic in the same manner as Graduates of the 
Universities of Oxford and Cambridge). 

Amendment made. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Chair- 
man do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again ; 

The Committee divided. 

1 so. 


Tellers for the Yeas, {Mr. Cowan, 
Vos. 


\ Lord Naas : 
: _ JMr. Bell, 

Tellers for the Noes, { Mr. Thornely: t 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1.4: After 
the word “as,” to insert the words “ any Fellow of 
“ the College of Physicians of London or.” 

Question put, That those words be there in- 
serted ; 

The Committee divided. 

Mr. Michell, } 5 
| Mr. Macartney : } 

Tellers for the Noes, Me Thorney: Var. 

Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Crausss, N° 2 and N° 3, amended, and agreed to. 

Preamble amended, and agreed to. 

Title amended. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Tellers for the Yeas, 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and had amended the Title thereof; which 
Title is as followeth: 

A Bill to extend the Rights enjoyed by the Gradu- 
ates of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, in 


respect to the Practice of Physic, to the Graduates of 


the Universities of Zondon and Durham. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Friday 
next; and be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Question nee 
upon the 24th day of May last, That the Property 
Disposal Bill be now read a second time ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Jurors and Juries (Jreland) Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day three months, 
“ resolve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question :—It 
passed in the Negative. 

Vou. 109. 


12° Jultz. 








387 


And the Question being put, That the words 
“ this House will, upon this day three months, re- 
“ solve itself into the said Committee,” be added in- 
stead thereof :—It was resolved in the Atfirmative. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon this day 
three months, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Absconding 
into a Committee on the Absconding Debtors (Jre- Debtors (Ire- 
land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. land) Bil. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie re- 
ported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, that 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Agricultural 
reading of the Agricultural Averages (Zreland) Bill; Averages _ 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon (aetene) Se. 
Wednesday the 26th day of this instant July. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Tithe Rent- 
reading of the Tithe Rent-charge (Jreland) Bill; oan (Ire- 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon om 

Wednesday the 26th day of this instant July. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Vaccination 
mittee on the Vaccination Act Amendment Bill; Act Amend- 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday ™™ 3" 
next, at Twelve o’clock, resolve itself into the said 

Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Piers and 
a Committee on the Piers and Harbours (Scotland) Harbours 
(No. 2) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. (No 3) Hall 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie re- Bill 204 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the . 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for this day three 
months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Letters Patent 
reading of the Letters Patent for Inventions Bill ; on Inventions 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 


morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Judgment 
a Committee on the Judgment Execution, &amp;c. Bill ; ee ce. 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- py) oo 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That — 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House for Wednesday the 26th 
day of this instant July. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Commons’ Inclosure (No. 2) Bill was, ac- Commons’ 
cording to Order, read the third time; and an Meclosure. 
Amendment was made to the Bill. atte 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Fitzroy do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Friendly 
a Committee on the Friendly Societies (No. 2) Bill; ~~ 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker oe 
3D2 sumed 





Literary and 
Scientific In- 
stitutions Bill, 


Bills of Ex- 
change and 
Promissory 
Notes Bill. 


Landlord 

and Tenant 
(Ireland) Bill; 
and Leasing 
Powers (Ire- 
Jand) Bill. 


Real Estate 
Charges Bill, 


Registration 
of Bills of Sale 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Tenants’ 
Compensation 
(Ireland) Bill 


Episcopa 

and Capitular 
Estates Ma- 
nagement Bill. 


Malta Cri- 
minal Code. 


Duchy of 
Cornwall 
Office. 


388 12°—13° Juli. A. 1854, 


sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That Prince of Wales, as Duke of Cornwall, is concerned 

the Committee had gone through the Bill, and’ therein; 

directed him to report the same, without Amend-| Sir William Molesworth, by Her Majesty’s Com- 

ment. 'mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To-| having been informed of the subject-matter of this 

morrow. Motion, gives Her Consent, as far as the Prince of 

Wales's interest is concerned, that the House may 

The House, according to Order, resolved itself do therein as they shall think fit. 

into a Committee on the Literary and Scientific In- Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 

stitutions Bill; and, after some time spent therein, , And that Sir William Molesworth and Lord Alfred 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie| Hervey do prepare, and bring it in. 

reported, That the Committee had gone through the 

Bill. 





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Bishop of 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- | to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased New Zealand, 


mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday | to give directions, that there be laid before this 
next. House, Copies of a Letter from the Secretary of 
| State for the Colonial Department to the Bishop of 

The Order of the day being read, for the Com-| New Zealand, on the subject of the withdrawal from 
mittee on the Bills of Exchange and Promissory | the Parliamentary Estimate in 1853 of the Vote of 
Notes Bill: ” | £.600 for the Bishop's Salary :—Of the Answer of 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday | the Bishop to such Letter:—And, of a Despatch 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. | from the Secretary of State to the Acting Governor 

| of New Zealand on the same subject. 

The Order of the day being read, for the Com-| Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
mittee on the Landlord and Tenant (Jre/and) Bill; Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
and the Leasing Powers (/reland) Bill; of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said C 





Yommittee. 
The Order of the day being read, for the third | to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 


reading of the Real Estate Charges Bill; |a Return of the Quantities of Gold Watch Cases 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- | marked at the following Halls during the years from 

morrow. | 1847 to 1854, inclusive, viz., London, Chester and 
| Birmingham. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third | Ordered, That the said Address be mag to 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Gold Watch 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased © 


reading of the Registration of Bills of Sale (Jreland) | Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
sill ; | of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- | 
morrow. | Sir William Molesworth presented, — Return to Richmond 


an Order, dated the 12th day of June last, for a P4t 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the | Return of the several Heads of Service under which 
adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon | the Sums of £. 2,105 and £. 2,741. 3s. voted in Civil 
the 12th day of June last, That the Tenants’ Com- | Service Estimates, Class I. Vote 2, for the Service 
pensation ( Ireland) Bill be now read a second time; | of Richmond Park, for the year ending the 31st day 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned , of March 1854, were expended; together with an 
till To morrow. _ Estimate of the Expense of providing Police for the 
protection of persons frequenting the Park, for the 
year ending the 31st day of March 1855. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee To-morrow, at Twelve o'clock, on the 
Episcopal and Capitular Estates Management Bill, 
was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday | 


Lord Dudley Stuart presented a Bill to render Russian 


next, at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said | any dealing with Securities issued during the present | acer 
Committee. War between Russia and England, by the Russian Bill 206. 


; Government, a Misdemeanor: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented ( 
time To-morrow ; and to be printed. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this can, 
Copies of so much of the Code of Criminal Laws 
for the Island of Malta, appended to the Order of the 
Privy Council of the 30th day of January 1854, 
and promulgated by the Governor of Malta on the 
10th day of March 1854, as is contained under the 
heading of Preliminary Provisions, pages 1 and 2, | 
also of the Article No. 312 of book 3, title 2, | 
page 83 :—Of the particular Laws and Regulations | 
relating to Offences against Religion, which, in con- | 
sequence of the Provisions in Article 312, now re- | 
main in force :—Of Article 596, lib. 3, tit. 6 :—And, | 
of Article 307, No. 14, p. 79, book 3, tit. 1, cap. 1. | 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to | 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are Observations thereupon, together with the Minutes 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Jovis, 13° die Julti ; 
Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


O 








to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


A Motion being made, That leave be given to 
bring in a Bill for the Exchange of the Office in 
Somerset House, of the Duchy of Cornwall, for an 
Office to be erected in Pimlico, on the Hereditary 
Possessions of the Crown ; 

And Notice being taken, that the interest of the 








| Minutes of the 


of the Evidence taken before them. 
| The Judge Advocate reported from the said Select 
_Committee ; That they had considered the matter to 
| them referred, and had agreed to a Report; and had 
also come to several Resolutions, which they had di- 
rected him to report to the House, together with the 
Fvidence taken before them ; and the 
Resolutions of the Committee are as follow: 
Resolved, 


‘ 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Public Public Houses, 
Houses, &amp;c., have Power to report their Opinion and &amp; 


Ce 
No. 367. 











18 VicroriZ. 
Resolved,— 


That no intoxicating drink should be sold without 
a license. 

That there should be one uniform license for the 
sale of intoxicating drinks. 

That such licenses should be issued by the ma- 
gistrates at sessions holden for that purpose. 

That it should be open toall persons of good cha- 
racter to obtain such license, on compliance with 





13° Juli. 





certain conditions, and the payment of a certain an- | 
nual sum. 

That every person, previous to obtaining a license, | 
should himself give bond, and find two sureties to | 
be bound with him, for the due observance of the | 
law and conditions upon which the license shall be | 
granted. 

That the lowest amount to be paid for a license | 
should, in rural parishes and small towns, be £.6 ; 
in towns or parishes exceeding 5,000 and not ex- 
ceeding 10,000 inhabitants, it should be £.8; and 
that above 10,000 the price should be increased 
£.2 for every 5,000 inhabitants ; but that in no case 
should the price exceed £.30. 

That in case of any conviction for breach of the 
law or condition of the license, the sureties should 
be at liberty to give notice of the withdrawal of their 
names as sureties at the next licensing sessions after 
the date of such notice. 

That in large towns and populous places there 
should be appointed inspectors of public-houses, and 
all places of public refreshment and entertainment, 
as in the case of common lodging-houses ; and that 
such inspectors should constantly visit and report 
upon the condition and conduct of all such houses 
and places. 

That in all cases of drunkenness, and riotous or 
disorderly conduct, such inspectors should, if neces- 
sary, have power to call in the assistance of the police. 

That in all cases of trading during the hours pro- 
hibited by law, or selling liquors without license, the 
persons found actually present should be deemed 
guilty of the same offence, and should be liable to a 
penalty not exceeding half of the penalty which may 
be imposed upon the proprietor. ‘ 

That all cottee-shops, temperance hotels, shell-fish 
shops, and similar places of public resort, should be 
required to be licensed for their respective purposes, 
and should be subject to be visited and reported upon 
in the same manner as public-houses ; and that the 
amount to be paid for every such license should be 
£.2 per annum. 

That any person selling intoxicating drinks without 
being licensed for their sale, should be subject to a 
penalty, to be recovered before the magistrates, not 
exceeding double the amount required by law to be 
paid in that locality for a license to sell intoxicating 
drinks. 

That such publicans and beershop-keepers as are 
already licensed should not be required to find 
sureties, nor to pay any higher scale of duties than 
they are at present required to pay, and should be 
entitled to the renewal of the license in every respect 
as at present; but should be visited and reported 
upon by the inspectors of public-houses, and should 
be subject to the same police regulations as are pro- 
posed with regard to future licenses; and in case of 
conviction of any offence against the law, should be 
brought in all respects under the new rules. 

That, with the exception of the hours of from one 
to two o’clock p. m., and of from six to nine p. m. 
all places for the sale of intoxicating drinks should 
be closed on Sunday, and that on the week-days all 
such houses should be closed from 11 o'clock p. m., 
until four o’clock a. m. 

_ That no public theatrical or musical performance, 
genni or other representation or exhibition, should 
€ permitted without a license, 

That it should be open to all persons to obtain 
such license from the Lord Chamberlain, or other 
competent authority, on payment of a sum not ex- 





VoL. 109. 





389 


ceeding £.5 per annum, and on giving bond and 
sureties for the observance of the law and conditions 
of the license. 

That it is expedient that places of rational recre- 
ation and instruction now closed, should be open to 
the public on Sunday after the hour of Two o’clock 
p-m.; and that so far as any such places are now 
closed by operation of law, such law should be so 
far amended as to enable the Lord Chamberlain, or 
other competent authority, to determine what places 
shall be permitted to be so opened, and for what 
length of time. 

That the several laws relating to the regulation 
and licensing of beershops, public-houses, and places 
of entertainment, and the several provisions of the 
Police and Excise Acts appertaining thereto, should 
be consolidated and made to accord with these Re- 
solutions. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Committee of Selection have Aberdeen 
Power to appoint the Committee on the Aberdeen —— 
Shoemakers’ Trade Estate Bill for any day not earlier gi}, mage 
than seven clear days after the second reading of 


the Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Darlington 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Darling- preg A 
ton Local Board of Health Bill; and the same were F 
twice read, and, with Amendments to several of them, 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships, with Amendments ; to which Amendments 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Dublin and 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Dublin had ape 
and Wicklow and Dublin and Kingstown Railways Kingstown 
Bill; and the same were twice read, and agreed to. Railways Bill, 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Inverness 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Jnverness oh 
and Nairn Railway Bill; and the same were twice ’ 


read, and agreed to. 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House. proceeded to take into consideration Londonderry 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Zondon- Port Bill. 
derry Port Bill. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 

(and it appearing that the Amendments in p. 23, 
ls. 11 and 12, were struck out, because the Zondon- 
derry and Lough Swilly Railway Company have no 
Power under their Act of forming such contract or 
agreement), were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Ouse and 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Ouse and oo po 
Derwent, &amp;c. Drainage Bill; and the same was**’°""* 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their 
Lordships. 

3 D3 The 





390 13° Juli. A. 1854, 


Shropshire The House proceeded to take into consideration | “ waterworks” the words “or any waters, or any 

Union Rail- the Amendment made by the Lords to the Shrop- |“ rivers, streams, springs, dams, weirs, drains, cuts 

ways and . : , j : | 6 Rael ‘ 

Canal Bill, | shire Union Railways and Canal Bill ; and the same | “ or feeders supplying the same, or connected there- 
was twice read, and agreed to. '“ with, or the lands.” 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill, | And the Question being proposed, That those 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House | words be there inserted :—The said proposed Amend- 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- | ment was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 
ships. | Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 

‘ A . | the Bill, in p. 14, 1. 36, by inserting after the word 
Wells end The House proceeded to take into consideration | « waterworks,” the words “ or any waters, or any 
a 


. &gt; &gt; | . . . . 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Wells | « rivers, streams, springs, dams, weirs, drains, cuts, 


Railway Bill. 5 


twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 


ships. 
i 3 
Ratcliff Gas The Ratcliff Gas Company Relief Bill was, ac- 
Company cording to Order, read the third time. 
Relief Bill Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 7 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill | 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. | 
Ward's Mr. Bouverie reported Ward’s Estate Bill, with | 
Estate Bill. an Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Public Petitions relating to Intoxicating Liquors ;—Pub- 
Petitions. —_Jic-houses and Beer-shops ; — Bills of Exchange 
Vide Fifty- (No. 2) Bill; — Bleach Works and Dye Works ;— 


Education (Jreland) ;—Medical Officers (N avy) ;-- 
Mortmain Bill;—Police Bill;—Titles to Real Pro- 
perty (Married Women) ;—and, Wages,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions relating to the Friendly Societies Bill,— 
were also presented, and read ; and referred to the | 


fifth Report. 


| 


Select Committee on the Bill. | 


Court of Chan- The Court of Chancery (County Palatine of Lan- 
—— ad caster) Bill was read the first time ; and ordered to 


Lancaster) be read a second time upon Monday next; and to 
Bill. be printed. 
Bill 173. 





| 
The Drainage of Lands Bill was, according to | 
Order, read the third time. | 
A Clause (Dwelling-house, ornamental waters, &amp;c., | 
not to be taken without consent), was thrice read; | 
and added to the Bill. | 
Another Clause was offered to be added to the Bill | 
(Drainage Commissioners, Trustees, and Proprietors, 
with consent of Commissioners under this Act, may | 
sanction proposed Drainage, &amp;c.):—And the said | 
Clause was brought up, and read the first time. 
And a Motion being made, and the Question a 
put, That the said Clause be now read a secon 
time :—It passed in the Negative. 
Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Another Amendment was proposed-to be made to | 
the Bill, in p. 14, 1. 31, by inserting after the word | 
“ rights” the word “ properties.” 
And the Question being put, That the word “ pro- | 
“ perties” be there inserted :—It passed in the Ne-| 
gative. | 
Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. | 
Another Amendment was proposed to be made to | 
the Bill, in p. 14, 1. 34, by leaving out the word | 
“ injuriously.” 
And the Question being put, That the word “ in- 
“ juriously” stand part of the Bill ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 


Drainage of 
Lands Bill, 


, ae , _ { Mr. Miles, mn 
Tellers tor the Y i Sir John Shelley : veo. 
Tellers for the Noes. j Mr. Horsfall, \ 57. 


(Sir John Johnstone: § 
So it passed in the Negative. 
Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p. 14, l. 36, by inserting after the word 








| 6¢ 


and Fakenham Railway Bill; and the same were | « op feeders supplying the same, or the lands.” 


And the Question being put, That those words 

be there inserted :—It passed in the Negative. 
Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p. 15, by adding, at the end of Clause 
60, the words “ subject to the rights and interests 
* secured to the owners and occupiers of lands under 


_“ and by virtue of the Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, intituled, 
“ An Act to amend the Laws relating to Sewers.” 


And the Question being proposed, That those 
words be there added :—The said proposed Amend- 
ment was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Sir John Shelley do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Convict Pri. 
a Committee on the Convict Prisons (Jreland) Bill. oa (Ireland) 


(In the Committee.) 


Cuause, N° 4 (Lord Lieutenant to appoint Di- 
rectors of Prisons). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1.15: To leave out 
all the words down to “and,” in 1. 27, in order to 
insert the words “it shall and may be lawful for the 
Lord Lieutenant to appoint one fit and proper 
person to be Chief Director of Convict Prisons in 
Lreland, and such person so appointed, together 
with the Inspector of Convict Prisons, and such 
other person or persons as the Lord Lieutenant may 
from time to time appoint, shall have the manage- 
ment and control of all the said Convict Prisons, 
and of all prisoners confined therein: Provided 
always, That none of such Directors, except the 
Chief Director and the Inspector, shall receive 
any salaries as such Directors; and it shall and 
““ may be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant to remove 
“ any of such persons to be so appointed, and to 
“ appoint another or others in his or their stead.”’ 

Question proposed, That the words “ it shall and 
may be lawful for the Lord Lieutenant” stand part 
of the Clause. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 19: After 
the word “ approve,” to insert the words “together 
“ with such other persons without salaries, as he 
“ shall from time to time appoint.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted 
——put, and negatived. 

Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Ciausss, N° 5 to N° 7, amended, and agreed to. 

Ciauses, N° 8 to N° 13, agreed to. 

Crausg, N° 14 (None but certain persons to enter 
convict prisons). 

Amendment proposed, at the end of the Clause: 
To add the following words: “ Provided always, 
“ That nothing herein contained shall interfere with 
“ any authority or power now vested in the Court 
“ of Queen’s Bench to visit any such prison, nor 
“ with the right, power or authority of any coroner 
“ or justice of the peace to enter such prison, upon 
“ any occasion upon which he now lawfully might. 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 


Clause agreed to. 


Bill 207, 


“ 


“cc 


‘ 
“ 


“cc 


CLAUSE, 











Criminal 
Procedure Bill, 
Bill 208. 


Militia (No. 2) 


Bankruptcy. 
No. 368, 


Exports 
and Imports 
(France. ) 





18 VicTorRIz. 


Cuause, N° 15, agreed to. 

Crause, N°16 (Punishment of incorrigible con- 
victs). 

Amendment proposed, at the end of the Clause: 
To add the following words : “ Provided that no such 
“ rule or regulation authorizing the infliction of cor- 

ral punishment shall be valid, unless and until 
the same shall have been approved of and signed 
by three Judges of the Court of Queen’s Bench.” 

Question put, That those words be there added ; 
The Committee divided. 


“ 
« 
‘ 


n~ 


Tellers forthe {Mr. Isaac Butt, Tw 
Yeas, Mr. Grogan: : ne 
Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, : 
(139. 


Noes, UM. Grenville Berkeley : 
Clause disagreed to. 
Crauses, N° 17 to N° 30, agreed to. 
Schedule agreed to. 
Clause added. 
Preamble agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow ; and 
be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Criminal Procedure Bill; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Thursday next, at 
Twelve o'clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Commit- 
tee on the Militia (No. 2) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Bankruptcy, 
which was presented upon the 2d day of March last, 
be printed. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 28th day of February last, for Accounts of 
the Total Quantities and Declared Value of all the 
Exports from the United Kingdom to France, in the 
years 1852 and 1853, distinguishing British and 
frish Produce and Manufactures from Foreign and 
Colonial Merchandise; and further distinguishing 
the Quantity and Value of each Article so exported, 
of which the Declared Value shall have amounted, in 
any one year, to the sum of £.3,000 or upwards, 
with a Statement of the Rates of Duty payable, and 
of the Produce of the Duties received on each of the 
above Articles in France, during each year of the 
above period; adding thereto a Summary of the 
several Total Amounts of the Values and Duties for 
each year:—And, of the Total Quantities and the 
Declared or Official Value, as the case may be (as far 
as the same can be made out), of all the Imports 
from France into the United Kingdom in the years 
1852 and 1853, distinguishing the Quantity and 
Value of each Article imported, of which the Declared 
or Official Value, as the case may be, shall have 
amounted, in any one year, to the sum of £.3,000 or 


13° Juliz. 








391 


Return to an Order, dated the 28th day of June Poor 
last, for a Return of the Number of Jrish Poor re- Removals. 
moved from the Parish of Liverpool to Ireland, dis- 
tinguishing the Ports to which such Paupers were 
removed, in each month since the month of Janua 
1849; with a Statement of the Cost of such Removals 
in each year during that period. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Russell: Message from 
Mr Speaker, the Laem. 
The Lords have agreed to the Indemnity Bill, mdemnity 
without any Amendment: And also, Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Insurance on Lives Insurance on 
Abatement of Income Tax Continuance Bill, with- Lives Abate- 


ment of Income 
out any Amendment: And also, Tax Conti- 


nuance Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Poor Law Board Poor Law 
Continuance Bill, without any Amendment: And Board Conti- 
also, ¢ nuance Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Turnpike Acts Con- Turnpike Acts 
tinuance (Jre/and) Bill, without any Amendment : Continuance 
And also, ; acer eee 

The Lords have agreed to the Union Charges Union Charges 
Continuance Bill, without any Amendment: And ee 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Holyhead Harbours Holyhead 
Bill, without any Ameniiment: And also, Harbours Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Linen, &amp;c., Manu- Lanes, &amp;e. 

7“ : . - Manufactures 
— Bill, without any Amendment: ({reland) Bill 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Davies's 
by this House to Davies’s Estate Bill, without any =state Bill. 
Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made Landon’s 
by this House to Landon’s Estate Bill, without any Estate Bill. 
Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Great North of Great North 
Scotland Railway Bill, with Amendments ; to which o% —, 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of this ®*!4y Bill 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Methwold Drainage Methwold 
Bill, with an Amendment; to which Amendment Drainage Bill. 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 

And also, 

The Lerds have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Staveley’s 
to authorize the granting of Mining and Farming ©state Bill. 
Leases of Estates, subject to the Uses of the Will 
of Miles Staveley, eto to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Bradford 

to authorize the Sale or Exchange of the Glebe Glebe Lands 
Land of the Vicarage of the Parish of Bradford, in celle nan a 
the West Riding of the County of York, and of other Bill. 
Land in the said Parish of Bradford, held in trust 
for, and to be henceforth vested in, the Vicar of 
Bradford, and to authorize Leases of the said Lands 
respectively, and for other purposes; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords request, That this House will be pleased Kileoncouse 
to give leave to William Monsell, Esquire, John Crown Estate. 
Sadleir, Esquire, and James Wilson, Esquire, (Mem- 
bers of this House), to attend their Lordships to be 
sworn, in order to their being examined as Witnesses 
before the Select Committee appointed by their 
Lordships in the present Session of Parliament to 
inquire into the Management of the Crown Estate 
of Kilconcouse, in the King’s County, and into the 
circumstances attending the occupation of a portion 
thereof by the Reverend Francis M‘Mahon, P. P., 
of Kinnitty :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty's Com- Prisons 


upwards, with a Statement of the Rates of Duty }mand,—Copy of Thirty-second Report of the In- (reland.) 


payable, and of the Produce of the Duties received 
on each of the above Articles in the United Kingdom, 
during each year of the above period ; adding thereto 


spectors General on the General State of the Prisons 
of Ireland, 1853 ; with Appendices. 
Copy of the Report of the President of the Queen’s Queen’s Col- 


a Summary of the several Total Amounts of the | College, Belfast, for the Academic year of 1852-53. !¢8% Belfast. 


Values and Duties in each year (in continuation of 


Mr. Fitzroy also presented,—Return to an Ad- Prosecutions, 


Parliamentary Paper, No, 15, of Session 1852-53). | dress to Her Majesty, dated the 10th day of Fe- &amp;e. 
3D4 


VoL. 109, 





bruary 








392 13° Julie. A. 1854, 


bruary last, fora Return from the Clerk of Assize of| on which such Bonds were issued, the Amount re- 
each Circuit, from the Clerk of the Peace of each} ceived in Cash or otherwise, whether issued to 
County, Division of a County, City and Borough, | Parties who made Tenders in pursuance of public 
wherein are held Sessions of the Peace, of the fol-| advertisement, and the Periods at which the several 
lowing Particulars, from the 31st day of December | Instalments are to be paid. 

1852 to the 31st day of December 1853, in cases of 
Felony and indictable Misdemeanor : 





Gross 
Cost of 


Prose- 
| 


Of Expenses Of Fees 

in Justice's 
Certificate on | allowed to 
the Commit- 
cutions. | ment ofa with 
Prisoner. Briefs. 








State the Amount other Bills, in anticipation of the Public Revenue 
; —-4 ar .| (specifying whether payable out of the growing Re- 
Anewed to | Of cxwe | pore | Of other | Venue of the present or next Quarter), issued since 
Attorneys Allow- | °°) | Allowances | the Sth day of April and up to the 12th day of July; 
for | ae 7 ‘ees on | 284 —— | with the Dates of their Issues, Dates of their Re- 
Brief and | Order of | ‘,i41, ee | demption, and Amount outstanding on the 12th day 


Prosecution.| Court. | | Court Fees. : \ 
| of July; setting forth, also, the Rate per cent. of 


ordinarily 


Counsel 





| | 
| | | 

| Interest payable for the same, and the Aggregate 

| | Amount of Interest paid :—Of all Exchequer Bills 

| z= or other Government Securities purchased by the 











Briefs 
allowed to 
Counsel. 


| Governor and Company of the Bank of England 
| since the 5th day of April last, or on which any Sum 
———-— | has been lent or advanced for the Public Service ; 
ili | Indictments showing the Amount of such Bills paid off, and 
Pron | tettie/ | |when; the Rate per cent. per annum or per day of 
tions. For - P Sonn the | Interest payable ; the Amount paid for Interest; and 
—_—e, | the Amount of such Bills or Securities outstanding : 


State the Number of 





4 


Of Prosecutors. 


Trial. 
| _—And, of all Sales or Purchases of Stock, or Ex- 
_cheqguer or Deficiency Bills by the Commissioners 
| | for the Reduction of the National Debt, since the 











| 





mae, seEmuemita es | 5th day of April, either in respect of Savings Banks 


State the Number or the Sinking Fund; with the Dates of the Trans- 
= | actions and Rates of Purchase, and Rate of equi- 
Siete on valent Stock created as respects Savings fake: 

the Grand Jury. | the Petty Jury. | and Amount of Deficiency Bills, if any, now held 





Of Days 
the Assizes or 
Sessions lasted, 


Of Witnesses. | 





| by the said Commissioners. 
| 

| ! | 
| 





State the Scale of Allowance to Prosecutors and Witnesses for mileage and loss of time : | 


_end of the year, 5th July 1854; of the Amount re- 


State the Scale of Court Fees : | ceived from the 5th to the 12th day of July inclusive, 


Staveley’s 
Estate Bill. 


Bradford 
Glebe Lands 


and Vicarage 


‘Trust Estate 
Bill. 


Belfast and 


County Down 


Railway Bill. 


Downpatrick, 


Belfast and 
Dublin Rail- 
way Bill. 


Exchequer 
Bonds. 


| specifying whether from Revenue or from what other 


Sis et ee acgaaal ‘ sel ¢ a : , ; : 
And, Return of the Sums paid to Counsel and Soli Sources; of the Amount paid during the same time ; 


citors in_ respect of Prosecutions by the Mint and and of the Bulance in the Exchequer on the 12th 
Post Office for the same year. 


: , lay of 54 :— itions to and Reduc- 
_, Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the: tens of the Funded ne Unfunded Debt saqneitine, 
able. ‘from the 5th day of April to the 5th day of July 
1854; and of the Amount of the Funded and Un- 
‘funded Debt on those days respectively :—Of the 
Sums certified, after the expiration of the Quarter 
‘ending the 5th day of April last, by the Lords 


, . 'Commissioners of the Treasury to the Commissioners 
The Bradford Glebe Lands and Vicarage Trust | fy. the Reduction of the National Debt, in pur- 


| 
Estate Bill was read the first time. .. |suance of the Act 10 Geo. 4, c. 27, as being the 
Ordered, That the Bill’ be referred to the Exa-| actual Surplus Revenue beyond the actual Expendi- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. ture for the year preceding, with a Statement of the 
| Sums which the Commissioners for the Reduction 
Mr. Aglionby reported from the Sub-Committee | of the National Debt gave Notice in the Gazette 
on Group 13 of Railway and Canal Bills; That in| should be applied during the then next ensuing 
the case of the Belfast and County Down Railway | Quarter to the Reduction of the National Debt :— 
Bill, they had examined the allegations contained in And, of the Sums actually applied, in pursuance of 
the Preamble of the Bill, and amended the same, re- such Notice, towards the Reduction of the National 
lating to the Capital, in order more accurately to Debt during the last Quarter, and of the Sums 
describe the facts of the case ; and found the same, | applied out of such Surplus in paying Deficiency 
as amended, to be true ; and had gone through the | Bills. ‘ 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, ‘That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Staveley’s Estate Bill was read the first time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


raised by the Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers 
Mr. Aglionby reported from the Sub-Committee | under Act 16 &amp; 17 Vic. ¢. 125 :—Of the Amount that 
on Group 13 of Railway and Canal Bills; That in| has been raised, and in what manner it has been 
the case of the Downpatrick, Belfast and Dublin | raised :—Of the Amount of Interest payable thereon : 
Railway Bill, they had examined the allegations| —Of the Amount that has been expended, and the 
contained in the Preamble of the Bill, but the same | manner in which, and the precise Works upon which 
had not been proved to their satisfaction. ‘such Amount has been expended :—Of the Names 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; | of the Engineers and Surveyors under whose Autho- 
and be printed. rity and Superintendence the Works have been 
approved and carried out :—And, of the Surplus in 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a | hand. 
Statement of the Number and Amount of Exchequer 
Bonds issued in pursuance of the Act of the pre- 


sent Session, the ; 
will 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Deficien 
Statements of the Amount of all Deficiency Bills or Bills, Ke, d 


| Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Balance in the 
| Statements of the Balance in the Exchequer at the Exchequer, &amp;. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Metropolitan 
Returns of the Amount of Money authorized to be Sewers. 


Mr. Monseli presented, by Her Majesty's Com- Ordnance. 
ates of their Issues, the Terms | mand,—Supplementary Estimate ofthe Charge which No. 366. 








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18°—14° Juliz. 


will probably be incurred during the year ending | 
31 March 1855, for Ordnance Services. 

Ordered, That the said Estimate be referred to 
the Committee of Supply; and be printed. 


13 VicToRIZz. 393 
ExeEmPTION. 

Any Lease made in pursuance of the Trinity 
College (Dublin), Leasing and Perpetuity Act, 
1851. 

Conveyance of any kind or description what- ° 











Th 
soever, in England or Ireland, and Charter, Duties oo 
janilord and The House, according to Order, resolved itself Disposition or Contract, containing the first | a Lease or 
teat (Ite- jnto a Committee on the Landlord and Tenant ( Tre- — constitution of feu and ground | Tack for a 
ill ; ‘no P ; (Ireland) Bill annual rights in Scotland (not being a | term exceed- 
ba ing land) Bill; and the Leasing Powers (Jreland) Bill. Lease or Tack for years), in consideration {ing 100 years, 
val : of an annual sum payable in perpetuity or | #* 2 yearly 
Poe * (In the Committee.) for any indefinite patted, whet bar ihodeann | Fent-equal to 
Landlord and Tenant (Jreland) Bill — rent, feu duty, ground annual, or — annual 
: otherwise. t ew 
CravuseE, N° 1 (Glossary). . , 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. Any Lease or Tack for a life or lives not 
— exceeding three, or for a term of years determi- 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- | nable with a life or lives not exceeding three, 
verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- | by whomsoever granted. , : 
in the Landlord dT t CIreland) Bill a ny Grant in fee simple or in ey 
gress im tl Ce LARGRG Gas Sune ( reland) Bills’ made'in Ireland, in pursuance of the Renewable 
and that he was directed to move, That the Com- | Leasehold Conversion Act, or in pursuance of the 
mittee may have leave to sit again. Trinity College (Dublin) Leasing and Perpetuity 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday ' Act, 1851. , , . 
dd ’ fA t t ss canine, tesa teaiee | All which said Leases or Tacks and Grants 
the 3 oe ag oe, Cee Seer He ILO ' yespectively shall be chargeable with the Stamp 
the said Committee. | Duties to which the same were subject and liable 
: | before the passing of the Act 16 &amp; 17 Vie. c. 63. 
Bribery, &amp;c. The Order of the day being read, for the Com-' 


y 7 Vapy 7 » . , 
Bill. , &gt; . Ru. DupiicaTE or CouNTERPART AND PROGREs- 
mittee on the Bribery, &amp;c. Bill; qeon thane. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- | 





5 J é , Every such Lease or Tack, and every such 

solve itself into the said Committee. Conveyance, Charter, Disposition or Con- 

tract as aforesaid, hereby charged wita 

Customs. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Duty, and the duplicate or counterpart 

tee on the Customs Acts: thereof respectively, shall be chargeable 

mittee a. &lt;i ? —— with the respective Stamp Duties granted 

Resolved, That this ouse will, To-morrow, re- and made payable under the several heads 

solve itself into the said Committee. or titles of “ Duplicate or Counterpart” and 

** Progressive Duty,” in the Schedule an- 

Stamps, The House, according to Order, resolved itself into| , of Her Majestrs pa ~ ‘chalia au 

a Committee on the Stamp Acts. pe Aggy go : 

he 2. Resolved, That all Bills, Drafts or Notes (other 
i, (In the Committee.) | then Notes of the Bank of £ngland) which shall be 


1. Question again proposed, That, in lieu of exist- 
ing Stamp Duties, the following Duties be charged : 
Lease or Tack of any lands, tenements, hereditaments or 
heritable subjects, for any term of years exceeding 
Thirty-five, at a yearly rent, with or without any sum of 
money by way of fine, premium or grassuin paid for the 
same, the following Duties in respect of such yearly rent : 


issued by any Banker, or the Agent of any Banker, 
for the payment of money to the bearer on demand, 
and all Bills, Drafts or Notes so issued which shall 
entitle or be intended to entitle the bearer or holder 
thereof without indorsement, or without any further 
or other indorsement than may be thereon at the 


an 



































time of the issuing thereof, to the payment of any 














sum of money on demand, whether the same shall 
eUTsESG be so expressed or not, in whatever form and by 
whomsoever such Bills, Drafts or Notes shall be 
If the term | If the term ‘ , 
as ik dhe | aan drawn or made, shall be subject and liable to the 
exceed exceed © Stamp Duties and Composition for Stamp Duties 
100 years. | 100 years. |imposed by or payable under any Act or Acts in 
£. s. d.. £ s. a. | force upon or in respect of Promissory Notes for the 
Where the yearly rent shall not exceed £.5 -| - 3 -| - 6 — | payment of money to the bearer on demand. 
ae pen ome \ 2.5 and not exceed £10} - 6 - -12 - Resolutions to be reported. 
” ” 10 ” 15 ~. % «iG - - LP 
» o» » ” . - = =| e - | And the House having continued to sit til} after 
” 1-2 = - i7 , ee : Sues 
; ‘ ~ 50, 110 -| 3 - — | -Welve of the clock on Friday morning ; 
” ” 50 " 75| 25 -| 410 - | ‘ _ - ies 
: s ro = urs. =i Bo Veneris, 14° die Juliit, 1854: 
~ where the same shall exceed £.100, then | Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
ior every £.50, and also for any fractional ° _ 4 . 
patof£.50 = = = = =| 110 = | 3 - - |verie reported, That the Committee had come to 
several Resolutions. 
Amendment again proposed, to leave out th Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 





words “ if the term shall not exceed 100 years.” 
Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out, stand part of the proposed Resolution ; 
The Committee divided. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Stamp Duties 
mittee on the Stamp Duties Bill ; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 





Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, Yees itself into the said Committee. 
Yeas, Mr. Grenville Berheley: = (~~~ : ; 

Tellers for the f Mr. Hadfield, . . The House, according to Order, resolved itself abet ~ 
Noes, (Mr. Milner Gibson: s 38 | into a Committee on the Standard of Gold and Silver ver Wares Bill 


Wares Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie re- 
And where any such Lease or Tack as afore- orted, That the Committee had gone through the 
Tenge agen apf Bil 
yearly rent, such aan ik dele be Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
chargeable also in respect of such fine, pre- Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Original Question put, and agreed to. Bill 209. 


mium or grassum, with the ad valorem Stamp 
Duties granted under the head or title of 
““ Conveyance,” in the Schedule annexed to 
the Act passed in the 13th &amp; 14th years of 
Her Majesty’s reign, c. 97. 

Von. 109. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Incumbere: 
mittee on the Incumbered Estates ( West Indies) Bill ; — C West 
3 E Resolved, 88) Pu. 








Turnpike Acts 
Continuance, 
&amp;c.) Bill. 


Heritable 
Securities 
(Scotland) Bill. 


‘Turnpike 
Trusts Ar- 
rangements 
Bill. 


Highway 
Rates Bill. 


Poor Law 
Commission 
Continuance 


(Treland) Bill. 


Criminal 
Justice (Me- 
tropolis) Bill. 


Bills of 
Exchange 


(No. 2) Bill. 


394 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Turnpike Acts Continuance, 
&amp;e. Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

Ciavuses, N° 1 to N° 4, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 5, amended, and agreed to. 

Criauses, N° 6 and N° 7, agreed to. 

Clause (Provided always, That after the passing 
of this Act, the several provisions of section 51 of 
the Act of the third year of George the Fourth, 


chapter 126, and section 31 of the Act of the fourth | 


year of George the Fourth, chapter 95, respectively, 
shall extend and apply to the turnpike-road, called 
the Commercial-road, and the several branches 
leading from and out of the same, and to all persons 
who with respect to that turnpike-road, and the 
branches thereof respectively, shall from time to time 
be within those provisions) —-—brought up, and 
read 1°, 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause be read a second time :—Motion and Clause, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Preamble agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 


verie reported, That the Committee had gone through | 


the Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- | 


mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Heritable Securities (Scot- 
land} Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Turnpike Trusts Arrange- | 


ments Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 


Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouwverie re- | 


sorted, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself | 


into a Committee on the Highway Rates Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and directed 
him to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Poor Law Commission Continuance 
(Jreland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Criminal Justice (Metropolis) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Bills of Exchange (No. 2) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


13°—14° Juli. 


A. 1854, 
The Order of the da boing read, for the Com- 


mittee on the Common Law Procedure Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Common Law 
ure Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, ‘That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways ana 

mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 

itselt into the said Committee. 





The Parochial Schoolmasters (Scotland) Bill was, Parochial 
according to Order, read the third time; and Amend- Schoolmasters 
-ments were made to the Bill. (Scotland) Bil, 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Lord Advocate do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Highways 
reading of the Highways (Public Health Act) Bill; (Public Health 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Metrepolitan 
reading of the Metropolitan Sewers Bill ; Sewers Bill. 
| Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
| this day. 


The Youthful Offenders Bill was, according to Youthful 
| Order, read the third time. Offenders Bill. 
_ A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill (And 

whereas it is expedient to provide against attempts 

at religious proselytism, and to obviate inducements 

to hypocrisy; be it enacted, That clergymen shall 
| be allowed at certain seasonable times during the 
week, to be fixed by the Committee or Governing 

Body of such Reformatory School, to visit the 

| youthful offenders of their respective denominations, 

and also to assemble them on Sundays for the per- 
formance of Divine Service according to their forms) : 
—And the said Clause was brought up, and read 
the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a se- 
| cond time ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for —_ John O’ Connell, 
Yeas, Mr. Francis Scully : 

| Tellers for the) Mr. Hayter, 
| Noes, UMr. Grenville Berkeley : 
So it passed in the Negative. 
Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
| Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
| Title be, An Act for the better Care and Reformation 
of Youthful Offenders in Great Britain. 
| Ordered, That Mr. Fitzroy do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
| 





| The Borough Rates Bill was, according to Order, em” a 
|read a second time ; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for this day. 


| The Merchant Shipping Acts Repeal Bill was, —rneraea 
according to Order, read the third time ; and Amend- en] Bill. 

| ments were made to the Bill. 

| Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Cardwell do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


General Board 


The House, according to Order, of Health Bill 


into consideration the General 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. , ' : 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 


day. The 


roceeded to take 
Board of Health 











ff * 


is 





18 Vieroriz. 





Cinque Ports The Order of the ~~ 
Bill. reading of the —— 
Ordered, That t 

this day. 


orts Bill ; 


Militia (Scot- 


ind) Bill. Order, read a second time; and committed to a 


Committee of the whole House, for Tuesday next, at | 
| solve itself into a Committee, to consider the Acts &amp;e. 
| relating to the Sale of Beer, &amp;e. 


Twelve o'clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 


} *e 
13°—14° Juli. 
being read, for the second | Zre/and, and the Nature and Extent of the Instruc- 
_ tion given in such Schools ; and to report their Opi- 


re Bill be read a second time | nions thereon. 


| Her Majesty, by such Members of this 
The Militia (Scotland) Bill was, according to | of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


3Y5 


Ordered, That the said Address be —— to 
ouse as are 


Resolved, That this House will immediately re- Sale of Beer, 


(In the Committee.) 


ill be read a second time | Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
| th 


e House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


| for further regulating the Sale of Beer and other 





ceendivent reading of the ag egy Bill; 
Bill. Ordered, That the 
upon Monday next. 
Registration The Order of the day being read, for the third | Liquors on the Lord’s Day. 
of Births, &amp;e. yeading of the Registration of Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) o~ 
— Bill; 
B 


day. 


Royal Military The Royal Military Asylum Bill was, according | 


Asylum Bill. to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


Jamaica Loan 
Bill. read a second time ; and committed to a Committee 


of the whole House, for this day. 


letters Patent ©The Order of the day being read, for the second 

for Inventions reading of the Letters Patent for Inventions Bill ; 

mm Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Friendly 
Societies 
(No, 2) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Friendly Societies (No. 2) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


Real Estate The Order of the day being read, for the third 
Charges Bill. reading of the Real Estate Charges Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


upon Monday next. 


Registration The Order of the day being read, for the third 
of Bills of Sale reading of the Registration of Bills of Sale (Jreland) 
(Ireland) Bill. Bill a ° 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


Tenants’ The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 


(ivieed) Bar adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon 
’ the 12th day of June last, That the Tenants’ Com- 
pensation (Jreland) Bill be now read a second 
time ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Thursday the 3d day of August next. 
on The Order of the day being read, for the second 
lecaritiee Bae reading of the Russian Government Securities Bill ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 


Public Health 


The Order for reading a second time, this day, 
Act Amend- 


| 


| 


| 
} 





the Public Health Act Amendment Bill, was read, | 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Wilson 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this | reported, That the Committee had come to a Re- 


| solution. 
| 


Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Wilson accordingly reported a Resolution ; 
which was read, as followeth: 

Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move 
the House, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


The Jamaica Loan Bill was, according to Order, | for further regulating the Sale of Beer and other 


4iquors on the Lord’s Day:—And he moved the 
House accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill : 
And that Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. Henley and Mr. 
Sotheron do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Medical 
to extend the Rights enjoyed by the Graduates of Tete 4 
the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, in re- Scotland.) 
spect to the Practice of Physic, to the Graduates of 
the Universities of Ireland and Scotland: And that 
Colonel Dunne, Mr. Cowan and Colonel Blair do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Highways. 
to enlarge the Power contained in Section 67 and 68 
of the General Highway Act: And that Mr. Knight 
and Mr. Stanhope do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Public Income 
an Account of the Public Income and Expenditure #"4 Expendi- 
for the year ended the 5th day of July 1854, to- -: $e0 
gether with the Balances in the Exchequer at the “® %* 
commencement and at the termination of the year, 
and the Amount of Funded or Unfunded Debt 
created or redeemed in the said year. 

Mr. Wilson accordingly presented the said Ac- 
count. 

Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 
Table ; and he printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Navy, Army, 
Detailed Accounts of Receipts and Expenditure for &amp;¢- 
Navy, Army, Commissariat and Ordnance Services 
for the year, to the 31st day of March 1853. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, gugar, &amp;c. 
Returns of the Quantities of Unrefined Sugar im- 
ported and cleared for Consumption in each year 
ending the 5th day of July, from 1842 to 1854, both 
years inclusive; distinguishing the Produce of the 
t Indies; showing 


'a Total of the Produce of British Possessions, Fo- 


each year :—Of the same in every respect of Refined 


Unrefined and Refined Sugar and Melasses, con- 
verting Melasses into Sugar at the Rate of Three 


— wa discharged. | 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon | 
Tuesday next, at Twelve o’clock. | West Indies, Mauritius and 
se oe Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill| reign Countries, and the Aggregate of the whole for 
Metropolis, | 0 make further provision for the Burial of the Dead 
in England beyond the limits of the Metropolis : | Sugar :—Of the same in every respect of Melasses : 
And that Mr. Fitzroy and Viscount Palmerston do | —Of the same in every respect of the Aggregate of 
prepare, and bring it in. 
alowed Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | Pounds of Melasses to One Pound of Sugar :—Of 
(Ireland, to Her Majesty, praying that She will be graciously | the same of Rum:—Of the Amount of Duty re- 


pleased to issue a Commission, to inquire into the | ceived on Refined and Unrefined Sugar and on Me- 
Endowments, Funds, and actual condition of all | lasses, in each of the above years ; distinguishing the 
Schools endowed for the purposes of Education in | Ainounts paid on Foreign and on Colonial Produce, 


VoL. 109. 





and 


3E2+ 








Burials 
beyond the 
Metropolis 
Bill. 


Bill 210. 


Sale of Beer, 
&amp;c. Bill. 


Bill 211. 


Medical 
Graduates 
(Ireland and 
Scotland) Bill. 


Bill 212. 


Payment of 
Wages, &amp;c. 
Bills. 


Mitford's 
Estate Bill. 


Jenkins’ 
Estate Bill. 


Stirling’s 
Estate Bill. 


Woking 
Common 
Estate Bill. 


Fowler's 
Estate Bill. 


396 


and the Rates of Duty chargeable in each year :— 
Of the Amount of Duty received on Rum in each 
year, and the Rate at which it was charged :—And, 
of the Average Prices per cwt. of Muscovado Sugar, 
exclusive of Duty, from the London Gazette ; and 
the Average Prices per cwt. of Havannah Sugar 
(ordinary Yellow), exclusive of Duty, from the Lon- 
don Mercantile Prices Current, for each of the 
above years (in recapitulation and continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 984, of Session 1853). 


Mr. Fitzroy presented a Bill to make further pro- 
vision for the Burial of the Dead in England be- 
yond the Limits of the Metropolis: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be-read a 
second time upon Monday next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Wilson Patten presented a Bill for further 
regulating the Sale of Beer and other Liquors on 
the Lord’s Day: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Monday next; and to be printed. 


Colonel Dunne presented a Bill to extend the 
Rights enjoyed by the Graduates of the Universities 
of Oxford and Cambridge, in respect to the Practice 
of Physic, to the Graduates of the Universities of 
Treland and Scotland: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till Two of the clock on Friday morning, 


adjourned till this day. 


® 
Veneris, 14° die Julii ; 


Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 18 54. 





PRAYERS. 


QRDERED, That the Select Committee on 

the Payment of Wages, &amp;c. Bill, and the Pay- 
ment of Wages (Hosiery) Bill, have leave to sit this 
day till Five of the clock, during the sitting of the 
House. ° 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on 
Mitford’s Estate Bill; That they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and verbally amended the same; and found the 
same, as amended, to be true ; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported Jenkins’ Estate Bill, with 
Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on 
Stirling’s Estate Bill; That they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same verbally; and found the 
same, as amended, to be true ; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on 
Darby’s Estate Bill; That they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and verbally amended the same; and found the 
same, as amended, to be true ; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bourerie reported the Woking Common Es- 
tate Bill, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Bouverie reported Fowler’s Estate Bill, with- 
out Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


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A. 1854, 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Aberdeen Shoemakers’ Aberdeen 
Trade Estate Bill, without Amendment. Shoemakers’ 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time,  pit4* Sstate 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Metro- Metropolitan 
politan Bridges have Power to report their Obser- Bridges. 
vations thereupon, together with the Minutes of the No. 370, 
Evidence taken before them. 

Mr. Oliveira reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee ; That they had considered the matters to 
them referred, and directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House, together with the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken before them. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com- Standing 
mittee appointed to revise the Standing Orders ; Orders 
That they had considered the matters to them re- visio. 
ferred ; and had agreed to report the Standing Or- Ne. 371. 
ders, as revised by them, to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into considera- 
tion upon Wednesday next, at the time of Private 
business ; and be printed. 


Ordered, That Standing Orders 76, 175, 182, 186 Belfast ana 
and 207, be suspended in respect of the Belfast and County Down 
County Down Raitway Bill; and that the Bill, as Railway Bill. 
amended in the Committee, be considered on Mon- 
day next, provided amended Prints shall have been 
deposited with the Doorkeepers this day. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Newport 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Newport Dock Bill. 
Dock Bill; and the same were twice read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
_ agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Portsmouth 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Ports- Railway Bill 
mouth Railway Bill; and the same were twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The Londonderry and Coleraine Railway Bill was Londonderry 
read the third time. and Coleraine 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the ®*lvsy BM 
Title be, An Act to authorize the Londonderry and 
Coleraine Railway Company to construct a Branch 
to Magilligan, and for other purposes. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. 
Committee on Public Petitions ; That they had exa- 
mined the Petitions presented upon the 11th, 12th 
and 13th days of this instant July ; and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


(Fifty-fifth 
Report.) 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Stainforth’s 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Estate Bul 
That in the case of Stainforth’s Estate Bill, no 
Standing Orders are applicable. 


Ordered, That Stainforth’s Estate Bill be read a Stainforths 
second time. _— 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Peel's Estate 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, Bill. 
That in the case of Peel’s Estate Bill, no Standing 
Orders are applicable. 


Ordered, That Peel’s Estate Bill be read a se- _ Estate 


cond time. 


Mr. 








18 Vicroriz. 
Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 


one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of Park’s Estate Bill, no Standing 
Orders are applicable. 


park's Estate 
Bill. 


Park's Estate 
Bill 


Ordered, That Park’s Estate Bill be read a se- 


cond time. 


West Coast 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
of Africa. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Copies or Extracts of any Acts of Parliament, Or- 
ders in Council, Charters of Justice or Government, | 
and Local Ordinances, defining the existing Civil | 
and Judicial Constitutions of the British Settlements | 
on the West Coast of Africa. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to | 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are | 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. | 





General Board Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a | 
of Health Act Return of all Expenses incurred by the General 


— Board of Health in the Inquiry made by Mr. Raw- 
linson with reference to the application of the Public 
Health Act to the Parish of Stoke-upon- Trent, or 
to any part of the said Parish, from the commence- 
ment of the said Inquiry up to the present time. 

Acknowledg- Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 

mentsof Deeds Return of the Number of Certificates of Acknow- 

—" ledgments of Deeds by Married Women filed in 
the Court of Common Pleas in the year 1853; dis- 
tinguishing the Number of those cases in which 
Settlements have been required by the Women ac- 
knowledging the Deeds. 

Bishop of Mr. Peel presented,—Return to an Address to 

—— Her Majesty, dated the 12th day of this instant 

0, 372. 


July, for Copies of a Letter from the Secretary of 
State for the Colonial Department to the Bishop of 
New Zealand, on the subject of the withdrawal from 
the Parliamentary Estimate in 1853 of the Vote of 
£.600 for the Bishop’s Salary :—Of the Answer of 
the Bishop to such Letter :—And, of a Despatch 
from the Secretary of State to the Attorney General 
of New Zealand on the same subject. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 
Message from 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Russell : 


the Lords, Mr. Speaker, 

Ardrossan and The Lords have agreed to the Ardrossan and 
Glasgow and Glasgow and South Western Railways Bill, with- 
South Western 


Railways Bill, OUt any Amendment: And also, 


Oxford Uni- 


The Lords have agreed to the Oxford University 
versity Bill, A 


Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 


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Cruelty to The Lords have agreed to the Cruelty to Animals 

Animals Bill. Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

Tormoham The Lords do not insist upon the Amendment 

ae, , made by their Lordships to tie Tormoham and 

Gas Bill, Saint Mary Church Gas Bill; to which this House 
hath disagreed: And also, 

haps The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

Broke’. a, for vesting certain Estates in the County of Lincoin, 

Bill. entailed by an Act of Pa'liament of the twenty- 
seventh year of the reign of his Majesty King Henry 
the Eighth, in trust, upon trust to sell the same, and | 
to lay out the Monies thence arising in the purchase 
of other Estates, to be settled to the same uses as the 
Estates so sold; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House :—And then the Messenger 
withdrew. 

Po | Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Lords 

Bill 213 to the Oxford University Bill be taken into con- 


sideration upon Thursday next. 
Vou. 109. 





397 


Ordered, ‘That the Bill, as amended by the Lords, 
be printed. 


Lord Willoughby De Broke’s Estate Bill was read Lord Wil- 


the first time. ee Rotate 
Ordered, ‘That the Bill-be referred to the Exami- pin. 


ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Lords Cruelty to 
to the Cruelty to Animals Bill be taken into con- 42imals Bill. 
sideration upon Wednesday the 26th day of this Bill 214. 
instant July ; and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Exports and Exports 
Imports (France), which was presented upon the #4 Imports 


iat : ‘s (France.) 
13th day of this instant July, be printed. No. 373. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Re- Poor 
movals, which was presented upon the 13th day of Removals. 
this instant July, be printed. No. 374. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Church 
to Church Leaseholds, which was presented upon the Leaseholds. 
16th day of June last, be printed. No, 375. 


Petitions relating to Episcopal and Capitular Public 
Estates ; — Public-houses and Dienehiens--ith Petitions. 
of Exchange and Promissory Notes Bill ;—County yiae ritty- 
Rates (reland);— Metropolis Water Supply; — sixth Report. 
Mortmain Bill ;— Newspapers ;—Nuisances Removal 
and Diseases Prevention Acts Consolidation and 
Amendment Bill;—Ocean Penny Postage ;—and, 
Poland,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Metropolitan 

the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 5¢¥et*- 
the 13th day of this instant July, for Returns of the 
Amount of Money authorized to be raised by the 
Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers under Act 
16 &amp; 17 Vie. ec. 125:— Of the Amount that has 
been raised, and in what manner it has been raised : 
—Of the Amount of Interest payable thereon :-——Of 
the Amount that has been expended, and the man- 
ner in which, and the precise Works upon which such 
Amount has been expended :—Of the Names of the 
Engineers and Surveyors under whose authority and 
superintendence the Works have been approved and 
carried out :—And, of the Surplus in hand. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Bribery, &amp;c. 
into a Committee on the Bribery, &amp;c. Bill. Bill. 


(In the Committee. ) 


Crause, N° 17 (Appointment before nomination 
of Officer to be called *‘ Auditor of Election Ex- 
penses”’). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 7, 1. 22: To leave out 
the words “previous to,” in order to insert the 
word “ after.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to be 
left out stand part of the Clause. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 7, 1. 23: To 
leave out the words “ Returning Officer,” in order to 
insert the words “ Revising Barrister or Assistant 
“ Barrister in Jreland.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause——put, and agreed to. 

Amendments made. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill; 

The Committee divided. 

Sir FitzRoy Kelly, \ 
Mr. Hayter : | ae 
(Mr. Bentinck, 1 74 
1 Mr. Massey: | dicen 
Cause, 


Tellers for the Yeas,{ 


Tellers for the Noes,. 


3E3 


Supply. 


Customs. 


Stamps. 


398 


Crausez, N° 18, disagreed to. 

Crause, N° 19, amended, and agreed to. 

Curavuse, N° 20 (Bills, &amp;c., received within one 
month to be sent in to Election Officer). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 8,1. 28: To leave out 
the word “shall,” in order to insert the word “may.” 

Question proposed, That the word “ shall” stand 
part of the Clause. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


Cuause, N° 21 (No payments to be made except 
through Election Officer, and except personal and 
advertising expenses). 

Amendments made. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit 
again. 

Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Amendments made. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the {Sir Fitz Roy Kelly, 

Yeas, UMr. Hayter: 
Tellers for the ; Lord Robert Grosvenor, 
Noes, \Mr. Hildyard: 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


67. 


ras. 
i} 
J 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 15° die Juli, 1854: 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 


verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Customs Acts ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the 
Stamp Acts, several Resolutions ; which were read, 
as follow : 

1. Resolved, That, in lieu of existing Stamp Duties, 
the following Duties be charged : 


Lease or Tack of any lands, tenements, hereditaments or 
heritable subjects, for any term of yeers exceeding 
Thirty-five, at a yearly rent, with or without any sum of 
money by way of fine, premium or grassum paid for the 
saine, the following Duties in respect of such yearly rent: 


DUTIES. 


If the term 
shall 
exceed 
100 years. 


If the term 
shall not 
exceed 
100 years. 





£34) 4 ad 

Where the yearly rent shall not exceed £.5 - ‘ - 6 
And where the ane \ £.5 and not exceed £.10 ; 12 
10 15 ¢ 18 

15 20 4 

20 25 f 10 

25 50 ~ 

50 ’ 75 10 

- ” 75 os 100 &lt; - 
And where the same shall exceed £.100, then 
for every £.50, and also for any fractional 
part of £.50 - : ° ° © 


shall exceed 





14°—15° Juli. 








A. 1854, 


And where any such Lease or Tack as afore- 
said shall be granted in consideration of a 
fine, premium or grassum, and also of a 
yearly rent, such Lease or Tack shall be 
chargeable also in respect of such fine, pre- 
mium or grassum, with the ad valorem Stamp 
Duties granted under the head or title of 
* Conveyance,” in the Schedule annexed to 
the Act passed in the 13th and 14th years of 
Her Majesty’s reign, c. 97. 

EXEMPTION. 

Any Lease made in pursuance of the Trinity 
College (Dublin) Leasing and Perpetuity Act, 
1851. 

Conveyance of any kind or description what- ) 


ce of The same 
soever, in England or Ireland, and Charter, | 


Duties as on 
Disposition or Contract, containing the first | a Lease or 
original constitution of feu and ground Tack for a 
annual rights in Scotland (not being a | term exeeed- 
Lease or Tack for years), in consideration ing 100 years, 
of an annual sum payable in perpetuity or | 4 4 yearly 
for any indefinite period, whether fee-farm "et equal to 
or other rent, feu duty, ground annual, or | S8¢h annual 
otherwise. —_ 

EXEMPTIONS. 
Any Lease or Tack for a life or lives not 

exceeding three, or for a term of years determi- 

nable with a life or lives not exceeding three, 

by whomsoever granted. 

Any Grant in fee simple or in perpetuity, 

made in Jreland, in pursuance of the Renewable 

Leasehold Conversion Act, or in pursuance of the 

Trinity College (Dublin) Leasing and Perpetuity 

Act, 1851. 

All which said Leases or Tacks and Grants 
respectively shall be chargeable with the Stamp 

Duties to which the same were subject and liable 

before the passing of the Act 16 &amp; 17 Vic. c. 63. 


Dupiicatr or CouNTERPART AND ProgREs- 

sive Dury. 

Every such Lease or Tack, and every such 
Conveyance, Charter, Disposition or Con- 
tract as aforesaid, hereby charged with 
Duty, and the duplicate or counterpart 
thereof respectively, shall be chargeable 
with the respective Stamp Duties granted 
and made payable under the several heads 
or titles of “ Duplicate or Counterpart,” and 
“ Progressive Duty,” in the Schedule an- 
nexed to the Act of the 13th and 14th years 
of Her Majesty’s reign, c. 97. 


2. Resolved, That all Bills, Drafts or Notes (other 
than Notes of the Bank of England) which shall be 
issued by any Banker, or the Agent of any Banker, 
for the payment of money to the bearer on demand, 
and all Bills, Drafts or Notes so issued, which shall 
entitle or be intended to entitle the bearer or holder 
thereof, without indorsement, or without any further 
or other indorsement than may be thereon at the 
time of the issuing thereof, to the payment of any 
sum of money on demand, whether the same shall 
be so expressed or not, in whatever form and by 
whomsoever such Bills, Drafts or Notes shall be 
drawn or made, shall be subject and liable to the 
Stamp Duties and Composition for Stamp Duties 
imposed by or payable under any Act or Acts in 
force upon or in respect of Promissory Notes for the 
payment of money to the bearer on demand. 

The first Resolution, as far as 
£. d. 


8. 
‘“* Where the yearly rent shall not exceed £. 5 - 3 


being read a second time, was agreed to ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Resolution, by leaving out “8s.,’ and inserting 
“ 2s. 6d.” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That 3s. stand part 
of the Resolution :—It was resolved in the Afhr- 
mative. 

The remainder of the said Resolution, being read 
a second time, was agreed to. 

Then the last of the said Resolutions, being read 
a second time, was agreed to. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself ome Duties 
into a Committee on the Stamp Duties Bill; and, ™ 


after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker enero 
the 








Poor Law 
Commission 
Continuance 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Cinque Ports 
Bill. 


Metropolitan 
Sewers Bill. 


Royal Military 
Asylum Bill. 


Jamaica Loan 
Bill, 


Borough 
Rates Bill, 


Highway 
Rates Bill, 


Convict 
sons (Ire. 
land) Bill, 





18 Vicrortz. 


the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That the 
Committee had made Progress in the Bill; and that 
he was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, Thatthis House will, upon Monday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Poor Law Commission Continuance 
(Ireland) Bill ; 


And a Motion being made, and the Question being 


put, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Lett. 


Tellers for the pMr. Hayter, Von 
Yeas, | Mr. Grenville Berkeley: J ~~ 
Tellers for the Colonel Dunne, | “s 
Noes, (Mr. Macartney : | Sic 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee. 
(In the Committee.) 
Preamble postponed. 
Criause, N° 1 (Irish Poor Law Commission fur- 
ther continued). 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Chair- 
man do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the fColonel Dunne, 
Yeas, \|(Mr. Grogan: 
Tellers for thes Mr. Hayter, 
Noes, {M r. Grenville Berkeley: 
Clause agreed to. 
Preamble agreed to. 
Bill to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Cinque Ports Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Metropolitan Sewers Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time ; and committed toa Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Wednesday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Royal Military Asylum Bill; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Jamaica Loan Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Borough Rates Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


next, resolve itself. into the said Committee. 


The Highway Rates Bill was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Fizzroy do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Convict Prisons (Zreland) Bill, 
as amended in the Committee, 

VoL. 109. 


14°—15° Julie. 








399 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. , 


The Savings Banks Bill was, according to Order, savings Banks 
read the third time. Bill. 
A Clause (Where Savings Banks’ rules already 


‘enrolled, need not be enrolled under this Act) was 
| thrice read ; and added to the Bill. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to 


' the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Spirits 

| reading of the Spirits (Jreland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill. 
| Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

| upon Monday next. 


The Returning Officers Bill was, according to Returning 
Order, read a second time; aud committed to a Officers Bill. 
_Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 
The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Medical 
into consideration the Medical Graduates (University Graduates 
of London) Bill, as amended in the Committee. Condon) — 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


, ’ 
The House, according to Order, resolved itself Benefices 


into a Committee on the Benefices Augmentation Augmentation 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker — _ 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Baines reported, That “” 216. 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Prisoners’ 
mittee on the Prisoners’ Removal Bill; Removal Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Usury Laws 
reading of the Usury Laws Repeal Bill ; Repeal Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Joint Stock 

into a Committee on the Joint Stock Banks (Scot- pad) an 
land) Bill; and, after some time spent there, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Baines re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Turnpike Acts 
into consideration the Turnpike Acts Continuance, ua 
&amp;e. Bill, as amended in the Committee. : 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Thursday next. 


The Heritable Securities (Scotland) Bill was, ac- Heritable 
cording to Order, read the third time. \Sentland) - 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ° 
Ordered, That the Lord Advocate do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Turnpike Trusts Arrangements Bill was, ac- Turnpike 

cording to Order, read the third tine. tc 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Bul. 

Ordered, That Mr. Fitzroy do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House; according to Order, resolved itself into Criminal 
a Committee on the Criminal Justice (Metropolis) — yoo 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker epee) ng 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Baines reported, That Bill 216. 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next; and be printed. 


3E4 The 











General Board 
of Health Bill. 


Registration 
of Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Friendly 
Societies 
CNo. 2) Bill. 


Russian 
Government 
Securities Bill. 


400 14°— 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, ‘That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The General Board of Health Bill was, according 
to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to confirm Provisional Orders of 
the General Board of Health for the Districts of 
Plymouth, Hawarth, Aberdare, Bishop Auckland, 
Willenhall and Over Darwen. 

Ordered, That Sir William Molesworth do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Registration of Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

A Clause (Compensation where keepers of re- 
gisters deprived of office by operation of this Act) 
was thrice read; and added to the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Lord Elcho do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Friendly Societies (No. 2) Bill was, according 
to Order, read the third time. 

A Clause (Trustees of Friendly Societies not to 
invest funds in Savings Banks, &amp;c.) was thrice read ; 
and added to the Bill. 

Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, Vhat Mr. John Abel Smith do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Russian Government Securities Bill was, ac- 


cording to Order, read’ second time; aud com- | 


mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 


15° Juliz. 


A. 1854, 


presented during the last Session :—And, of the ‘ 
Cotal Number of Election Petitions which have 
been withdrawn during the last and during the 
present Session. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon Ren 


the 3d day of March last, that there be laid betore (Ireland) 


this House the following Returns, ordered last Ses- 
sion (but not made by the Registrars of the following 
Dioceses in Ireland; viz. Derry, Down, Connor, 
Dromore, Kilmore, Dublin, Kildare, Ossory, Ferns, 
Leighlin, Cashel, Emly, Waterford, Lismore, Clon- 
Jert, Kilmacduagh), be by them furnished :—Of all 
Rent-charges payable in Ireland, stating the Name 
of the Diocese, Parish and Amount of Annual 
Rent-charge, Date of Composition, Description of 
Corn named in Certificate, and Price thereof; also 
Notices served on any Registrar of the above-named 
Dioceses to vary existing Compositions, according 
to the following Tabular Form : 





| 

Description y _ Date of t 
and Average Price |’! tins, and in 
of Corn named A mount of : 
in the Certificate, | Composition (if 
any). 


Date and Term 
| of | 


| Composition. 





Name of Parish. 


, Price per 
Quality. | Barrel. 


Name of Diocese. 


Amount of 
Composition. 


Month. | Year. 








Bad 

















} 
| 








might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That a Return by the Registrar of the 
Diocese of Dromore, in pursuance of the said Order, 
be laid before this House forthwith. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Indian Ap- 
to provide for the mode of passing Letters Patent pointments, 
and other Acts of the Crown relating to India, and “* 


Monday next. 


Mortmain Bill. 


Adjournment. 


Election 
Petitions. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Mortmain Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the 
24th day of this instant July, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Alphabetical List of all Election Petitions presented 
during the present Session ; showing the Names of 
the Places, Names of Members petitioned against, 
the Dates of Presentation and Petitions to defend 
Returns ; and in what manner any of such Petitions 
may have been disposed of, whether by the Sureties 
to the Recognizances being reported as objection- 
able, or by beihg withdrawn; with the Dates of the 
Reports and such withdrawals or otherwise, toge- 
ther with the Names of the Agents :—Returns of all 
Reports, Special Reports and Determinations or 
Resolutions of any Election Committees reported to 
this House :—Of the Names of all Members who 
have been unseated, and for what Causes they have 
been so unseated :—Of the Names of all Places the 
Writs for whicibave been suspended, and to what 
Dates they? been so suspended, or further 
suspended ; Or,Jafter Suspension, have been granted 
afterwards :—Of the Total Number of Select Com- 
mittees which have sat on Election Petitions during 
the present Session; the Names of the Chairman 
and Members serving on each Election Committee ; 
and the Number of Days on which each Election 
Committee sat; the Names of the Members of the 
General Committee of Elections ; and the Names of 
the Members selected as the Chairmen’s Panel :— 
Of the Total Number of Select Committees which 
have sat on Election Petitions during the last Ses- 
sion :—Of the Total Number of Election Petitions 





for vesting certain Powers in the Governor General 
of India in Council: And that Sir Charles Wood and 
Mr. Lowe do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Army. 


a Return, showing all the instances in which a Major 
of the 72d Regiment of Highlanders has been pro- 
moted to the Rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the 
same Corps, from the year 1800 to the present time : 
—And, of the Lieutenant Colonels of the 72d Re- 
giment of Highlanders who have exchanged from 
Full Pay to Half Pay during the same Period; 
giving the Date of such Exchanges, the Names of 
the Officers who have exchanged, and distinguishing 
the instances in which the difference in value be- 
tween Full and Half Pay was given. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Mi 
for assimilating the ‘Taxation of the Mines in Jreland 
with that of England: And that Mr. John Fitz- 
gerald, Mr. Napier and Mr. Russell do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Willesden 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Cemetery: 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of any Correspondence which has 
passed between the Home Office and the Authorities 
of the Parish of Paddington, in reference to the Site 
of Land near Ki/burn Gate, in the Parish of Wil- 
lesden, being sanctioned by the Home Office for the 
purposes of a Cemetery for the Parish of Padding- 
ton; together with Copy of any Report from the 
Inspector appointed to examine and report to the 
Home Office upon the same ; also, Copy of a Report 
from Dr. John Sutherland, dated the 18th day of 
December 1852, to the Secretary of State, upon the 
Site proposed to be taken by the Extra-mural Ceme- 
tery Association in the same Parish of Willesden. 


Ordered, 














18 Vicrortz. 14° —15°—17° Juliz. 


Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 





Ordered, That the Committee of Selection have Merton College 
Power to appoint the Committee on the Merton Estate Will. 
College Estate Bill, for any day not earlier than 
seven clear days after the second reading of the Bill. 








Indian Ap- Sir Charles Wood presented a Bill to provide for 
iments, the mode of passing Letters Patent and other Acts; The House proceeded to take into consideration Great North 
-” of the Crown relating to India, and for vesting cer- | the Amendments made by the Lords to the Great ¢f Scotland 
Bill 217. tain Powers in the Governor General of India in| North of Scotland Railway Bill; and the same were 7 
Council: And the same was read the first time; | twice read, and agreed to. 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Tuesday! Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
next ; and to be printed. | to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
| hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
Metropolitan Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s | ships. 
Sewers. Command,—Copy of a Letter from the Chairman), ; ; ‘ 
No. 376. of the Metropolitan Sewers Commissioners, dated | The House proceeded to take into consideration aethweld 
10 July 1854, addressed to Her Majesty’s Principal | the Amendment made by the Lords to the Meth- Drunage Bi 
Secretary of State for the Home Department, upon | wold Drainage Bill; and the same was twice read, 
the subject of the Drainage Works proposed by the | and agreed to. , : 
Commissioners to be accomplished within the next | Ordered, That Mr. Br otherton do carry the Bill 
Twelve Months, if they were allowed to raise a| to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
further Sum of £.300,000. | hath agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the| ships. 
Table; and be printed. | The House proceeded to take into consideration South Devon 
And then the House, having continued to sit | the Amendments made by the Lords to the South and Tevistok 
till a quarter of an hour after Two of the: Devon and Tuvistock Railway Bill; and the same ““™* *™ 
clock on Saturday morning, adjourned till | were twice read, agreed to. 
Monday next. Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 
| the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
denna eig OE nit ~ | agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 
Lune, 17° die Juli ; | The House proceeded to take into consideration Waste Estate 
© Victarie Reoin: 8, _ Ward's Estate Bill, as amended in the Committee. Bill. 
anata iets inion | Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
PRAYERS. | 
—_- RDERED, That the Select Committee on; The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Belfast and 
Bile _— the Payment of Wages, &amp;c. Bill, and the Payment | into consideration the Be/fust and County Down ae oy 
of Wages (Hosiery) Bill, have leave to sit this day , Railway Bill, as amended in the Committee. ee 
till Five of the clock, during the sitting of the| Ordered, That Standing Orders 175 and 210 be 
House. suspended ; and that the Bill be read the third time 
Lord Wil- Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from | a 
— it one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills,| The Earl of Eglinton’s Estate Bill was read a Earl of 
Bill. That in the case of Lord Willoughby De Brohke’s Es- | second time; and committed. a. 
tate Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. | Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
Lord Wil- Ordered, That Lord Willoughby De Broke’s Es- | muenihtienanen 
-ov 2 te tate Bill be read a second time. | Stainforth’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; Stainforth’s 
Bill. and committed. Eatate BIR. 
Farl of Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from| Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
Harrington's one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, | mittee of Selection. 
Enate Bill. "That in the case of the Earl of Harrington's Estate | : . ‘ R 
Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. | Ordered, That the Sclect Committee on Crown Crown Forests. . 
? aad | Forests have Power to report their Observations No. 377. 
Earl of Ordered, That the Earl of Harrington’s Estate | thereupon, together with the Minutes of the Evidence 
yy Bill be read a second time. | taken before them. 
_ Mr. /)rummond reported from the said Select 
Hornyold’s Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from | Committee ; That they had considered the matters 
Estate Bill. one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, | to them referred ; and directed him to make a Re- 
That in the case of Hornyold’s Estate Bill, no | port thereof to the House; together with the Mi- 
Standing Orders are applicable. | nutes of the Evidence taken belore them. 
; Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
Hornyold’s Ordered, That Hornyold’s Estate ; Bill be read | and be printed. 
state Bill. 4 second time. ;' , 
Btaveley’s Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from oo yr ca a ye va foo me — hay 
state Bill. One of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, alll we steal : &gt;) Wick Railway 
— . ; Berwick Railway (Construction of Docks, &amp;c.) Bill ¢ ' 
Chat in the case of Staveley’s Estate Bill, no Stand- | }6 Jaid before this House. pe 
ing Orders are applicable. Bll 
, , : Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Tenement 
yl ee That Staveley’s Estate Bill be read a Return showing in each Poor Law Union in Jreland Valuation 
CHHeES Cane. in which the Tenement Valuation is in force, the sumeees 
rer Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Name of each Union, the Date when the Tenement 
aad Vicarste one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, | Valuation first came into force in each such Union, 
Trust Estate That in the case of the Bradford Glebe Lands and the Number of Revisions under the 29th and 30th 
Bill Vicarage Trust Estate Bill, the Standing Orders Sections of the Act 15 &amp; 16 Vic. c. 63, which have 
have been complied with. been made in each Union, the Date of each such 
Rena Revision, the Cost of each such Revision of the 
Glebe Top as .,.U7dered, That the Bradford Glebe Lands and | Union or County, and whether the same has been 
id Vicarage Vicarage Trust Estate Bill be read a second time. _| paid by or charged against the Union or the County 
i = Estate in which it is situated :—And, similar Details as to any 
4 Vou. 109. 3 F Corporate 





Thames 
Marshes. 


No, 378. 


Surgeons, &amp;c. 
(Baltic and 
Black Sea.) 


Special Jurors 
(Westminster 
and London.) 


Godavery 
River. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Vide Fifty- 
sixth Report. 


Paupers, &amp;c. 


Rajah of 
Berar. 


402 


Corporate Town, or Town under the Act 9 Geo. 4, 
in which the Tenement Valuation is in force. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Thames 
Marshes have Power to report their Observations 
thereupon, together with the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before them. 

Mr. M‘Gregor reported from the said Select 
Committee; That they had considered the matters 
to them referred; and directed him to make a Re- 
port thereof to the House; together with the Mi- 
nutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That there -be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Ships and Vessels in Her 


17° Julti. 


A. 1854, 


East India Company’s Territories ; and of all the 
Despatches from and Correspondence with Lord 
Dathousie relative to that annexation :—And, Es- 
timate of the Amount of Revenue of, and Expendi- 
ture for, the last year that can be made up, of the 
Berar Territory so annexed to the British ‘f erritory. 


of several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon 
the Table by the Clerk of the House,—Resolutions 
of the Court of Directors of the East India Com- 
pany, being the Warrants or Instruments granting 
any Salary or Gratuity. 

Resolutions of the Court of Directors of the East 
India Company, being the Warrants or Instruments 
granting any Pension. 


The following Papers, pursuant to the directions East India, 





_ Ordered, That the Return relative to Metropolitan Metropolitan 
Sewers, which was presented upon the 14th day of Sewers. 
this instant July, be printed. No. 379, 


Majesty's Service, employed in the Baltic and Black 
Sea, deficient of the Number of Surgeons and As-| 
sistant Surgeons according to Regulations ; also the 
Number required in each to complete the War com- | 


plement of these Officers. A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Blunt: Message from 


Mr. Speaker, the Lords, 
Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | The Lords have agreed to the Blackburn Im- Blackburn 

to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | provement, &amp;c. (No. 2) Bill, without any Amend- Improvement 

to give directions, that there be laid before this House, | ment : And also, ma ee 

‘ at - * ice t . aft 4 | ryy ’ . . 

- Ke turn from the _— e . oe me - London and | The Lords have agreed to the Caledonian Rail- Caledonian 

Middlesex, of the Special Jurors for the year 1853, | way (General Terminus, &amp;c.) Bill, without any Railway 

liable to serve in Westminster, in alphabetical order ; | Amendment: And als (General Ter- 

; . “ ; : And also, minus, &amp;¢,) 
and of the Number summoned, also in alphabetical | Bill 
order : — And, like Return from the Secondary’s | 


. The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Darlin 
Office in London. : s arlington 


va ‘ by this House to the Amendments made by their Local Board 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to| Lordships to the Darlington Local Board of Health of Health Bale 


Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are | Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. | ‘The Lords have agreed to the Dublin Carriage Dublin Care 


: , Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the riage Bill. 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a| Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 


Copy of Selections from the Records of the Madras | ales 
‘ . 4 esc 
Goverument (published at Madras by authority) *| The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Bleaching, &amp;. 
No. 1. Navigation of the Godavery, with Maps ap- | to regulate the Employment of Females, Young Per- Works Bill. 
pended thereto. ‘sons and Children, in Bleaching, Finishing and 
| Dyeing Works; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House: And also, 
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Sewell’s 

for vesting in Trustees for Sale, under the authority Estate Bill. 
of the Court of Chancery, an Estate in the County 

of Surrey, acquired by partition under the Decree 

of that Court, in lieu of those undivided Shares of 


Petitions relating to Intoxicating Liquors ;—Pub- 
lic-houses and Beer-shops;—Paper, Newspaper 
Stamps, Foreign Books, &amp;c.;—Bleach Works and 
Dye Works ;— Magistrates’ Clerks ;—-Mortmain Bill; 
—Nuisances Removal and Diseases Prevention Acts 
Consolidation and Amendment Bill ; — Poland; — 
Public-houses and Beer-shops ; — and, Vaccination 


Act,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 19th day of August, in the last Session of 
Parliament, for Returns of the Number, in the last 
Week of September 1852, and in the last Week of 
January 1853, in each Workhouse in England and 


| Freehold Property devised by the Will of Thomas 
Bailey Heath Sewell, Esquire, deceased, Trusts of 
which are declared by that Will for the benefit of 
| the Testator’s Son, and his Issue therein described, 

and for investing the Monies to arise from such Sales 
for the benefit of the Parties beneficially interested 
in the same Estate; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House:—And then the Mes- 
| senger withdrew. 


Wales, of the Paupers of each Religious Denomine- | 


tion; distinguishing the Adults from the Children, 
and the Male from the Female; specifying also in 
each Workhouse, and for each Religious 


Denomi-| 
nation, the Religious Accommodation, the Number of | 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Supply. 


into the Committee of Supply. 
(In the Committee.) 


Services in each Week, the Names of the Chaplains,| | Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventeen Secretary of 
the Salary of each Chaplain, and the Provision made , thousand three hundred pounds, be granted to Her State for War. 
for the Religious Instruction of the Children within | Majesty, to pay the Salaries and other Expenses in 

the Workhouse :—And, of the Number of Children | the Department of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State 

placed or farmed out in any Establishment, Private | for War, from the 12th day of June 1854 to the 

or Public, external to each Workhouse, and in each | 31st day of March 1855. 

such case the Name and Place of such Establish-| Resolution to be reported. 

ment, the Number of Children of each Religious | 
enomination in each Establishment, and the Pro-| Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bouverie 
vision made in each for the Religious Education of | reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 





the Children of each Religious Denomination. 
Return to an Order, dated the 27th day of June 
last, for Copies of the Treaty between the Honour- 
able East India Company and his Highness Maha 
Rajah Ragojee Bhonsia, his Heirs and Successors, 
concluded in the year 1826:—Of all Reports upon 
the failure of Heirs of the late Rajah of Berar, and 
upon the annexation of the Berar Territory to the 


| Jution. 
| Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow, 
| at Twelve o'clock. 

Mr. Bouverie also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 





next, again resolve itself into the sai Comin, 
le 

















18 Vicroriz. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee on the Bribery, &amp;c. Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 





Cuause, N° 22, amended, and agreed to. 

Cxiavuses, N* 23 to N° 25, agreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 26 (No person to pay Expenses of 
Elections, except to Candidate or Election Officer). 

An Amendment made. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bin’ 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the {Mr. Hayter, } , 

Yeas, (Sir Fitz Roy Kelly: 
Tellers for the | Mr. Liddell, 1 
Noes, Mr. Newdegate : j 

Cuause, N° 27, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuiause, N* 28, agreed to. 

Criause, N° 29 (Election Officer to publish Ab- 
stract of such Accounts). 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 11, l. 16: 
After the word “correct,” to insert the words “ or 
“ disallowed.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed: At the end of the 


1 


5. 


tN 


6. 


Clause, to add the following words, “the expenses 
“ of such publication to be defrayed out of the 
“ county rate or borough rate, and where neither a 
“ cial rate, to be denominated an Election Rate, to 
“ be levied over the electoral district.” 
Question proposed, That those words be there 
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 
Motion made, and Question puts That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill ; 
Tellers for the Yeas, oe ae } 78. 
Tellers for the Noes, [Mie. Steyard, 
Cravses, N° 30 and N° 31, amended, and agreed 
to. 
Criausg, N° 32 (Candidate to declare to Election 
An Amendment made. 
Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the 
Clause : To add the words, “and no person being a 
who shall have made the declaration required by 
this Act, and shall in all things have well and truly 
conformed thereto, and shall not have been guilt 
civilly or criminally, nor shall his Election be 
ontied by reason of any illegal act done by any 
other person than his agent or agents named and 
provisions of this Act, unless such illegal act shall 
be proved to have been done by or with his 
authority or sanction: Provided always, That 
the jurisdiction of a Select Committee of the 
House of Commons over any Election which 
shall be shown to have been obtained by bribery 
Question put, That those words be there added ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the { Lord Ado/phus Vane Tempest, \ 
Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, 7 
Noes, Mr. Headlam: f 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 


“ county rate or borough rate exist, then by a spe- 
added. 
The Committee divided. 
(Mr. Massey : } ia 

Officer the name of his Agent or Agents). 

“- candidate at any Election, or having been elected, 
of any contravention of this Act, shall be liable 
notified to the Election Officer, according to the 
nothing herein contained shall be deemed to affect 
or any other illegal act or acts or practices.” 

Yeas, Mr. Bentinck : : as 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


143. 





VoL. 109. 


17°—18° Juliz. 






And the House — continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 18° die Julii, 1854: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bouverie 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, at Twelve o'clock, again resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Stamp Duties 
a Committee on the Stamp Duties Bill. Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Postponed Clause, N° 9, agreed to. 

Clauses added. 

Clause (Whereas it is expedient to reduce the 
Stamp Duty now payable on Deeds of Submissicn 
and Award in cases of arbitration; be it enacted, 
That the Stamp Duty of Thirty-five shillings now 
payable on Deeds of Submission and Award in cases 
of arbitration, shal] be reduced to the sum of Twenty 
shillings) brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
be read a second time; 

The Committee divided. 


Bill 218. 





Tellers for the f Mr. Vance, 1 “2 
Yeas, (Mr. Grogan: Sun 
Tellers for the; Mr. Hayter, li0s 
Noes, The Earl of Mulgrave : | hee 


Preamble agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Thursday 
next ; and be printed. 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself Standard of 
into a Committee on the Standard of Gold and Geld and Sil- 
Silver Wares Bill; and, after some time spent “™ wens 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 

Bouverie reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and directed him to report the 
same, without Amendment. 

Notice being taken, That Clause 4, being to re- 
peal the Provisions of a Private Act, had been by 
mistake inserted in the Bill in Committee on Thurs- 
day last ; 

The Clause was struck out. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Wreck and 
reading of the Wreck and Salvage Bill; Salvage Bill 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Convict 
reading of the Convict Prisons (Zreland) Bill ; Prisons (Ire- 
Ordered, ‘Vhat the Bill be read the third time "4 Bil. 


upon Thursday next. 


The Joint Stock Banks (Scotland) Bill was, ac- Joint Stock 

cording to Order, read the third time. —~ 
Resolved, ‘That the Bill do pass. maey 
Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Poor Law 
reading of the Poor Law Commission Continuance Commission 


(Ireland) Bill ; : (ireland) Bill 


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17°—18° Juliz. 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read the third 
time :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Isaac Butt, 

Yeas, (Colonel Dunne : 
Tellers for the ; Mr. Hayter, 71 
Noes, |The Earl of Mulgrave: J 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
Bill be now read the third time ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That this House do now adjourn ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Vansittart, 

Yeas, Mr. Evelyn: 

Tellers for the; Mr. Hayter, 

Noes, (The Earl of Mulgrave : 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read the third time. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in p. 2, 1. 14: By leaving out the words “One 
“ thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine,” and in- 
serting the words “ One thousand eight hundred and 
“ fifty-six,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out, stand part of the Bill; 

‘The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, 

Yeas, \The Earl of Mulgrave : 

Tellers for the (Colonel Dunne, 

Noes, Mr. Vance: 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir John Rens do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


83. 


21. 


97 


1 
J 
1 
J 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Incumbered Estates (West Indies) 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Cinque Ports Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


Incumbered 
Estates (West 
Indies) Bill. 


Cinque Ports 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Customs Acts ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Customs. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Jamaica Loan Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and directed 
him to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day, at Twelve o'clock. 


Jamaica Loan 
Bill. 


Noyal Military ‘The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
Asylum Bill. take into consideration the Royal Military Asylum 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read the third time this 
day, at Twelve o'clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Spirits (Ireland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 


Spirits (Ire. 
land) Bill. 





A. 1854, 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Legislatj 
reading of the Legislative Council (Canada) Bill; — Council 4 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon (Canada) Bi, 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Nuisan 
. re ¢ ces 
reading of the Nuisances Removal and Diseases Removal ang 
Prevention Acts Consolidation and Amendment Diseases Pre. 
Bill Contolidatin 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon “ 


and Amend. 
Monday next. ment Bill, 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Usury Laws 
reading of the Usury Laws Repeal Bill ; Repeal Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Highways 
reading of the Highways (Public Health Act) Bill; (Public Health 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon Act) Bill 

Thursday next. 


The Chancery Amendment Bill was, according to Chancery 
Order, read a second time ; and committed to a Com- Amendment 
mittee of the whole House, for Friday next. — 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Real Estate 
reading of the Real Estate Charges Bill; Charges Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day, at Twelve o’clock. 


The Burials beyond the a Bill was, ac- Burials beyond 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- the Metropolis 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for ~*” 
Thursday next. 


The Court of Chancery (County Palatine of Zan- Court of Chan- 
caster) Bill was, according to Order, read a second ¢ry (County 
time; and committed to a Committee of the whole cool 
House, for Thursday next. Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Borough Rates 
mittee on the Borough Rates Bill ; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Criminal 
into consideration the Criminal Justice (Metropolis) Justice (Me- 
Bill, as amended in the Committee; and Amend- ge) 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day, at Twelve o'clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Medical 
reading of the Medical Graduates (Zreland and Scot- Graduates 
land) Bill; erm 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 


day. 


The Registration of Bills of Sale (Zreland) Bill Registration 
was, according to Order, read the third time; and Ce ae 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Grogan do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

The Order of the day being read, for the third Medical 
reading of the Medical Graduates (University of University of 
London) Bill ; London) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


Russian 
Government 
Securities 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Russian caiumnans Securities Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Literary and 
into consideration the Comey and Scientific Insti- Sclentife —* 
tutions Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Wednesday next. ne 
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feclesiastical 
" Jurisdiction. 


» Stock in Trade 


Exemption. 


4 Militia 
(trend. 


- Marriage Acts 


&gt; Amendment. 


- Reclesiastical 
5 ii a 
Bill 220, 




















Brenption 
4 Bill 221. 






























































“Yetters Patent : ; 
Gelaventions reading of the Letters Patent for Inventions Bill; 


“Inclosure, &amp;c. 


‘Block in Trade 


18 Vicroriz. 


The Sale of Beer, &amp;c. Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Returning Officers Bill; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 


Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill to 
amend and extend the Acts for the Inclosure, Ex- 
change and Improvement of Land: And that Mr. 
Fitzroy and Viscount Palmerston do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for further continuing certain temporary Provisions 
concerning Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction in England: 
And that Mr. Fitzroy and Viscount Palmerston do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
continue the Exemption of Inhabitants from liability 
to be rated as such in respect of Stock in Trade or 
other Property to the Relief of the Poor: And that 
Mr. Fitzroy and Viscount Palmerston do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Resolved, That after Wednesday next, Government 
Orders of the day have precedence of other Orders 
at the Twelve o’clock sittings of the House, except 
on Wednesdays. - 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the Laws re'ating to the Militia, and raising 
a Volunteer Force in Zreland: And that Sir John 
Young and Mr. Secretary-at-War do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
facilitate the Purchase of Common, Commonable 
and other Rights by the principal Officers of Her 
Majesty's Ordnance: And that Mr. Monsel/ and Mr. 
Solicitor General do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Provisions of the Marriage Acts re- 
lating to Dissenters: And that Mr. Cheetham and 
Mr. Pellatt do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented a Bill for further continuing 
certain temporary Provisions concerning Ecclesias- 
tical Jurisdiction in England: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Thursday next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented a Bill to continue the 
Exemption of Inhabitants from liability to be rated 
as such in respect of Stock in Trade or other Pro- 
perty to the Kelief of the Poor: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented a Bill to amend and extend 
the Acts for the Inclosure, Exchange and Improve- 
ment of Land: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Thursday next; and to be printed. 


Sir John Young presented a Bill to amend the 
Laws relating to the Militia, and raising a Volunteer 
Force in Ireland: And the same was read the first 
VoL, 169. 





17°—18° Juli. 









405 


time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Friday next ; and to be printed. 





Mr. Monsell presented a Bill to facilitate the Pur- Common, &amp;e. 


chase of Common, Commonable and other Rights, Rights 
nance) Bill. 


by the principal Officers of Her Majesty’s Ord- 
nance: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Thursday 
next ; and to be printed. 


(Ord- 


Bill 224. 


Mr. John Fitzgerald presented a Bill for assimi- Mines Taxation 


lating the Taxation of the Mines in Jreland with “ 


that of England: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Monday the 31st day of this instant July; and to 
be printed. 


reland) Bill. 
Bill 225. 


Mr. Wilson presented,—Return to an Order, dated West India 


the 7th day of this instant July, for an Account of 
all Sums advanced on Loan by the Exchequer Bill 
Commissioners to Proprietors or other Persons in 
the West Indies; distinguishing the Loans ig each 
Island or Colony, stating the Names of Parties and 
Estates on which the Loans were made, the original 
Amount of Loan, Amount since paid on account of 
Principal and Interest, and Amount now outstanding 
and unpaid in each case. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


No. 380. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Deserted 


a Return showing the Name, Age and Sex of all 
Deserted Children under the care of the Metropolitan 
Police Force, Dublin, during the years ending the 
30th day of June 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853 and 1854 
respectively ; the Street or Place where each Child 
was found deserted, the Date of the Application 
made by the Police to the Overseers of the Parish 
to provide for the care of such Child, and the Sums 
paid or agreed to be paid for the nursing and main- 
tenance of such Child; the Total Yearly Expense 
incurred in respect of Deserted Children, and the 
Authority by virtue of which such Expenses were 
incurred by the Police; the Names of such of the 
Children as shall have been baptized when under 
the care of the Police, the Religious Denomination 
of the Minister by whom, and the Place where such 
Child shall have been baptized, and a Copy of the 
Order or Instructions given for the Baptism of such 
Child. 


Children 
(Dublin. ) 


The Bleaching, &amp;c. Works Bill was read the first Bleaching, &amp;¢ 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon Works Bill. 


Thursday next ; and to be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after Two of the 
clock on Tuesday morning, adjourned till this 
day. 





Martis, 18° die Julii ; 


Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1854. 
PRAYERS. 


O 


Fowler’s Estate Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Bill 226. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 


Fowler’s 
Estate Bill. 


The Woking Common Estate Bill was read the woking 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, Tnat Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 

3F3 The 


Common 
Estate Bill. 





Se RT, Ge ne mane a 


18° Judiz. 


Belfast and The Belfast and County Down Railway Bill was, 
County Down according to Order, read the third time. 
ey a Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Darby's | The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Estate Bill Darby’s Estate Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Jenkins’ 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Estate Bill. 


Jenkins’ Estate Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. ,.. 


The Bradford Glebe Lands and Vicarage Trust 
pom | el Estate Bill was read a second time ; and committed. 
Trust Estate Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
Bill. mittee of Selection. 

Ordered, That the Committee of Selection have 
Power to appoint the Committee on the said Bill, 
for any day not earlier than seven clear days after 
the second reading of the Bill. 


Bradford 
Glebe Lands 


Karlof ~The Earl of Harrington’s Estate Bill was read a 

wwe § second time; and committed. 

™ , Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Hornyold’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Hornyold’s 
Estate Bill. 


Park's Estate Park’s Estate Bill was read a second time; and 
Bill. committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Sewell'sEstate Sewell’s Estate Bill was read the first time. 
Bill. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exami- 
ners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ventilation Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 

and Lighting to request that their Lordships will be pleased to 

. — communicate to this House, a Copy of the Report 
from the Select Committee appointed by their Lord- 
ships, in the present Session of Parliament, to in- 
quire into the possibility of improving the Ventilation 
and the Lighting of the House, and the contiguous 
Chambers, Galleries, and Passages: And that Mr. 
Cayley do carry the said Message. 


Paupers, &amp;c. Ordered, That the Return relative to Paupers, &amp;c. 
No. 381. which was presented upon the 17th day of this in- 
stant July, be printed. 


York, New- The following Paper, pursuant to Order, was laid 
castle — Bet- upon the Table by the Clerk of the House,—Mi- 
Seeumeaste nutes of the Evidence taken before the Committee 
of Docks, &amp;c.) on the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway (Con- 
Bill. struction of Docks, &amp;c.) Bill. 
Mr. O’Calla- The following Paper was also laid upon the Table 
ghan. by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 30th day of June last, for Copies of the 
Memorial from several Protestants of Dublin, dated 
the 4th day of April 1854, presented to the Lord 
Lieutenant ; and of his Excellency’s Reply thereto. 
The following Paper, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—A Statement of 
the Amount of Constabulary Force employed in each 
County, County of a City, and County of a Town 
in Lreland, on the 1st day of January 1854. 


Constabulary 
(Ireland. ) 


Convict Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty's Com- 

Prisons. mand,— Copy of Reports of the Directors of Convict 
Prisons, on the Discipline and Management of 
Pentonville, Parkhurst and Milbank Prisons, and 
of Portland, Portsmouth, Dartmoor and Brizton 
Prisons, and the Hulks, for the year 1853. 

Leicester Copy of Report of the Commissioners appointed 

Coucty Gaol. to inquire into the Condition and Treatment of the 





A. 1854. 


Prisoners confined in Leicester County Gaol and 
House of Correction; together with Minutes of 
Evidence. 

Copy of Report of the Commissioners appointed 
to inquire into the Condition and Treatment of the 
Prisoners confined in Birmingham Borough Prison, 
and the conduct, management and discipline of 
the said Prison ; together with the Minutes of Evi- 
dence. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Birmingham | 
Borough 
Prison, 


Petitions relating to Episcopal and Capitular Es- Public 
tates Bill’;—Established Church (England) ;--In- Petitions, 
toxicating Liquors ;—Public-houses and Beer-shops; Vide Rim, 
—Bleach Works and Dye Works ;—County Courts sixth Report, 


Act ;—Decimal Coinage ;—Education (Ireland) ;— 

Factories ; General Board of Health Bill ;—Nui- 

sances Removal and Diseases Prevention Acts Con- 

solidation and Amendment Bill ;—and, Poland,— 

— presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Vaccination 
mittee on the Vaccination Act Amendment Bill; Act Amend. 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being — 


proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day three months, re- 
“ solve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out, stand part of the Question :— 
/t was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

Ciause, N° 1 (Vaccination Stations to be ap- 
pointed). 

Amendment proposed: At the end of the Clause, 
to add the words “and such Guardians and Over- 
“ seers are hereby empowered to pay the necessary 

expenses incurred in providing such Stations and 

places for the performance of Vaccination and sub- 
sequent inspection thereof as aforesaid, in like 
manner as they are authorized to pay the fees 
and expenses incurred in execution of the pro- 
visions of the said recited Act by the several Acts 
now in force concerning Vaccination.” 

Question, That those words be there added—— 

put, and negatived. 

Question proposed, That the Clause stand part of 
the Bill, 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question proposed, 
That the Chairman do now leave the Chair. 

Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Original’ octen put, and negatived. 

Crausg, N° 2, agreed to. 

Crausss, N° 3 to N° 6, disagreed to. 

Preamble amended, and agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Episcopal and Capitular Es- 
tates Management Bill; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Bouverie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 

ess in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 


‘hat the Committee may have leave to sit again. 
olved, 


Epi and © 
Capit &gt; 
Estates Ma- 
nagement DU 

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18 Vicroriz. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 





(fo.2) The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Militia (No. 2) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, at Twelve o’clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 












































The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Militia (Scotland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Public Health Act Amendment Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Tuesday next, at Twelve o'clock. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee of 
Supply, a Resolution; which was read, as followeth : 
ertary of - feesolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Seventeen 
‘Sie for War. thousand three hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to pay the Salaries and other Expenses in 

the Department of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State 
for War, from the 12th day of June 1854 to the 31st 
day of March 1855. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Jumaica The Jamaica Loan Bill was, according to Order, 
lm Bil. ~~ yead the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Peel do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Royal Military The Royal Military Asylum Bill was, according 
Asylum Bill. t) Order, read the third time; and an Amendment 
was made to the Bill. ’ 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bouverie do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Rel Estate © The Order of the day being read, for the third 
Charges Bill. yeading of the Real Estate Charges Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


Criminal Jus- The Criminal Justice (Metropolis) Bill was, ac- 
aha cording to Order, read the third time. 
- Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Stuart Wortley do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Caledonian Mr. Divett reported from the Sub-Committee on 
pratbteh Group 10 of Railway and Canal Bills ; That in the 
Tailvay Com. case of the Caledonian and Edinburgh and Glasgow 
|" Muies Bill, Railway Companies Bill, they had examined the 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
but the same had not been proved to their satis- 
faction. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 






j onl Sir William Molesworth presented a Bill for the 
Mice By, XChange of the Office in Somerset House, of the 
Bill 29 Duchy of Cornwall, for an Office to be erected in 
. ' Pimlico, on the hereditary possessions of the Crown : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 


to be read a second time upon Friday next; and to 
be printed. 


; ha: A gs from the Lords, by Mr. Blunt: 

; r. Speaker, 

sical The Lords have agreed to the Royal Conical Flour 

ay Bill, cn Company Bill, without any Amendment: And 
so, 


VoL. 109. 


Go 


18° Julie. 407 


The Lords have agreed to the New Forest Bill, New Forest 

with Amendments; to which Amendments the Bill 

Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 

also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Tees Conservancy Tees Conser- 

Bill, with an Amendment; to which Amendment ancy Bill. 

the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 

And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Potteries, Biddulph Potteries, 

and Congleton Railway Bill, with Amendments; eee and 
. ; ongleton 

to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- Railway Bill 

rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Bankrupts 

for regulating Appointments to Offices in the Court Bill 

of Bankruptcy, and for amending the Laws relating 

to Bankrupts; to which the Lords desire the concur- 

rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Bourne's 
for the Partition of the Mowbrick otherwise Mow- — 
breck Estate, in the County of Lancaster ; to which Searog~ 9 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : 

And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Worsley’s 
for authorizing the granting of Building, Improving =tate Bill. 
and Mining Leases of Estates in the Parish of Roch- 
dale, in the County of Lancaster, comprised, as to 
certain undivided Shares, in the Marriage Settle- 
ment of Marcus Worsley and Harriet his Wife, and 
devised, as to the other undivided Shares, by the 
Will of Sarah Hamer, deceased ; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Caton’s 
to dissolve the Marriage of Richard Redmond Caton, Divorce Bill. 
Esquire, with Anna Maria his now Wife, and to 
enable him to marry again, and for other purposes ; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords communicate to this House, a Copy of Ventilation 
the Report from the Select Committee appointed by — oe 
their Lordships, in the present Session of Parliament, Sr Lords. 
to inquire into the possibility of improving the Ven- 
tilation and the Lighting of the House, and the con- 
tiguous Chambers, Galleries and Passages :—And 
then the Messenger withdrew. 


Bourne's (Mowbrick Partition) Estate Bill was Bourne’s 
read the first time. —- 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- jetate Bill. 


miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Worsley’s Estate Bill was read the first time. Worsley’s 
Ordered, ‘That the Bill be referred to the Exa- Estate Bill. 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Caton’s Divorce Bill was read the first time ; and Caton’s 
ordered to be read a second time. Divorce Bill. 


Mr. Cheetham presented a Bill to amend the Pro- Marriage Acts 
visions of the Marriage Acts relating to Dissenters ;: Amendment 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered = 
to be read a second time upon Monday next; and 
to be printed. 


Bill 228. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Customs 
Return of the Quantity consumed, and the Net Duties. 
Amount of Duty received at the Customs in the 
United Kingdom on each of the Articles entered in 
the Schedule to the Customs Acts, and proposed to 
be altered ; stating the Rates of Duty charged in 
1853-54, and the Rates proposed for 1854-55. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a gaycation 


| Copy of a Despatch to the Government of Zndia on (India). 


the subject of General Education in Jndia. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a pyblic Works 
Copy of a Despatch to the Government of Jndia, on (India.) 


the subject of the execution of important Public 
Works. 





3r4 Mr. 



















Dr. Reid. 


William 
Sturgeon. 


Ship “ Thetis.” 


Sloop “ Star.” 


408 18° Julit. A. 1854, 


Mr. Secretary-at-War presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,—Supplemental Estimate of the Charge 
which will probably be incurred in carrying into 
effect the Recommendation of the Commission on 
Promotion in the Army, dated 17th June 1854. 

Mr. Secretary-at-War also presented, pursuant to 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—An Account 
of the Amount due by the Public to Depositors in 
Military Savings Banks on the 31st March 1852; 
and of the Receipts, Interest and Disbursements in 
the said Military Savings Banks during the year 
then next ensuing, ending on the 31st March 1853, 
together with the Number of Depositors therein 
on the said 31st March 1853 :—Also, an Account 
of the Sums paid over, or now about to be paid 
over, by the Secretary-at-War to the Commissioners 
for the Reduction of the National Debt, for Invest- 
ment in Bank Annuities on account of the Fund 
for Military Savings Banks; and of the Dividends 
reported to the Secretary-at-War by the said Com- 
missioners to have been received thereon, and in- 
vested in further aid of the Fund for Mhlitary 
Savings Banks. 

Ordered, 'That the Estimate relative to the Army 
be referred to the Committee of Supply; and be 
printed ; and that the Account relative to Military 
Savings Banks do lie upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That there be laid before this House, Copies of all 
Correspondence, Documents and Communications 
between the Board of Works and Dr. Reid, from 
the 1st day of June 1852 to the 10th day of Febru- 
ary 1853 :—And, of the Evidence taken last year at 
the Arbitration between the Government and Dr. 
Reid :—It passed in the Negative. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire 
into the Claims of Mr. Edwardes (as representative 
of William Sturgeon), on the Funds allotted by the 
French Government at the Peace, to compensate for 
confiscation of the Property of British Subjects ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Bowyer, 

Yeas, Captain Scobell : 

Tellers for the Mr. Hayter, 

Noes, |The Earl of Mulgrave: 


So it passed in the Negative. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That a Select Committee be appointed to inquire 
into the Claims of Captain Diechinson, R.N., on 
behalf of himself, the Officers and Crews of Her 
Majesty’s Vessels employed on the subject of Sal- 
vage, &amp;c. connected with the recovery of Treasure 


in the Wreck of Her Majesty’s Ship “ Thetis,” off 


Cape Frio, on the Coast of Brazil; 
he House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the { Admiral Wa’cott, 
Yeas, \Sir George Tyler : 

Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, 
Noes, (The Earl of Mulgrave : 

So it passed in the Negative. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Number of Petty Officers, Seamen and 
Marines, respectively, who were flogged on board 
Her Majesty's Sloop “ Star,” while under the com- 
mand of Commander F. P. Warren; stating the 
alleged Offence, the Number of Lashes inflicted on 
each, the Number who were flogged more than once, 
and the Number of Lashes inflicted in each flogging ; 
also, the Number of Petty Officers disrated, and of 





able Seamen reduced to Ordinaries :—And the said 
Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn, 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Printin 
Thut a Select Committee be appointed to consider (Houses of 
the cheapest, most expeditious and most efficient gatliament, 
mode of providing for the Printing required for the ™ 
Houses of Parliament and the Public Service ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Lett. 

Tellers for the { Mr. John Greene, 

Yeas, UMr. John Fitzgerald : 

Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, 

Noes, \ The Earl of Mu'grave : 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Loan Fung 
to inquire into the Management of the Loan Fund Societies 
Societies in Jreland. (Ireland. ) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a General 
Return, stating the Date of the First Commission of Anson. 
the Honourable Lieutenant General George Anson, 
in Her Majesty’s Service, and the Dates of his Pro- 
motion to the several subsequent Commissions ; dis- 
tinguishing the time of his Regimental Duty in each 
Rank :—And, Abstract of the Number of Officers 
superseded in Her Majesty’s and the East India 
Company’s Service by Colonel Anson’s Appointment 
to be Major General; and also, of the Number of 
Major Generals of each Service superseded on his 
Appointment as Lieutenant General. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Mites Sweeny. 
Copies of Correspondence that has taken place be- 
tween the Zrish Government and the Magistrates of 
the County of Donegal, relative to the Liberation or 
Ticket of Leave of Miles Sweeny, a man convicted 
m 1851. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Customs 
Returns showing the Date and Rank of the first Department 
Appointment of Mr. William Pugh Gardner in the Cr 
Public Service ; the various Offices to which he has 
been appointed or promoted from his first admission 
into the Customs Department up to the present Date, 
specifying the Annual Amount of Salary attached 
to each Office, and the additional Emoluments re- 
ceived, inclusive of Light Dues, Fines, Fees, &amp;c. ; 
the Length of Time he has been absent from the 
various Ports to which he has been attached since 
the beginning of 1841, distinguishing each year, and 
the cause of such Absence, and whether on Special 
Service or otherwise ; if on Special Service, speci- 
fying the Ports or Places at which that Duty was 
performed, and the Amount allowed him in each case 
for Extra Pay, Travelling Expenses and Mileage ; 
accompanied by a Statement of the Services ren- 
dered by Mr. Gardner to the Public, in the respec- 
tive Offices he has held since his first admission ; 
stating also the circumstances under which he has 
been selected by the Board of Customs for employ- 
ment, confidential or otherwise, at Ports or Places 
other than those to which he belonged, with a detail 
of the Seizures, Convictions, Penalties, &amp;c. which 
resulted from such Employment ; and further, whe- 
ther the special employment ef a Collector, Con- 
troller or other Officer of the Customs, on Service 
away from his own Port is unusual, or a practice 
absolutely necessary for the benefit of the Service : 
—Of the Names of any Persons who during the last 
Five years have held employment in the Customs at 
Liverpool, inclusive of Glut Weighers, under False 
Names, and what False Names they were subse- 
quently allowed to drop, assuming their real ones, 
and continuing to receive Pay from the Department ; 
and stating the circumstances under which such 


Persons were driven to the necessity of ss 
their 











Indian . 
Appointments, 
ge Bill 


jrits (Ire- 
Mod) Bill 


Medical 
Graduates 
(Ireland and 
Scotland) Bill. 


Committees. 


Milbank 
(Thorvhill’s) 
Estate Bill. 


Wilkinson’s 
Estate Bill. 


Public 
Petitions 
(Fifty-sixth 
Report.) 


Park’s Estate 
Bill. 


Caton’s 
Divorce Bill, 


Aberdeen 
Shoemakers’ 


Trade Estate 
Bill 


Mitford’s 
Estate Bill 


Peel's Estate 
Bill, 


Staveley’s 
¢ Bill, 


18 Vicroriz. 


their Real Names, when seeking for employment at 
Liverpool :—And, of all Sums of Money supplied 
to and disbursed by the Solicitor of Customs in each 
of the last Ten years, stating who were Solicitors 
and Assistant Solicitors during each of those years ; 
that the Return do also state the Salary and Emolu- 
ments of the respective Solicitors, together with the 
Total Amount of Salaries paid to the Officers of the 
Solicitors’ Department during the same Period, dis- 
tinguishing the Five years prior to 1849, from the 
subsequent Period. 


The ZJndian Appointments, &amp;c. Bill was, according 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


The Spirits (Jreland) Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


The Medical Graduates (Jreland and Scotland) 


18°—19° Juliz. 


409 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Ordered, That the + relative to the Ventilation Ventilation 
and Lighting of the House of Lords, which was pe sg 
communicated from the Lords upon the 18th day Cr Tord. 


of this instant July, be printed. No. 384. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Paper relative Constabulary 
to Constabulary (Jreland), which was presented upon (Ireland.) 
the 18th day of this instant July, be printed. No. 385. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence relative York, New- 
to the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway (Con- SS 
struction of Docks, &amp;c.) Bill, which were presented (Camntnnation 


upon the 18th day of this instant July, be printed. - Docks, &amp;e, 
dal, 
No. 386, 
Ordered, That the Account relative to Military Military 


Savings Banks, which was presented upon the 18t Savings Banks. 
day of this instant July, be printed. No. 387. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table General 





Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; | 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House | 
for To-morrow. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Mercurii, 19° die Juliz; 
Anno 18° Victoriz Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 
RDERED, That all Committees have leave 


to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Bouverie reported Milbank (Thornhill’s) Es- 
tate Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported Wilkinson’s Estate Bill, 
without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Duncan reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented upon the 14th, 17th and 18th 
days of this instant July, and had directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Committee of Selection have 
Power to appoint the Committee on Park’s Estate 
Bill, for any day not earlier than seven clear days 
after the second reading of the Bill. 


Ordered, That in the case of Caton’s Divorce 
Bill, Standing Order 172 be suspended; and that 
the Bill be read a second time To-morrow, 


The Aberdeen Shoemakers’ Trade Estate Bill was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Mitford’s Estate Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Peel's Estate Bill was read a second time; and 
committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Staveley’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed. 


by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, Advertiser 
dated the 24th day of May last, for a Return of the nang 
Amount of Monies paid for Advertisements to the 
“General Advertiser” of Dublin by the Boards of 

Public Works, Poor Laws, and all other Public 

Boards in Ireland, for the last Seven years ; speci- 

fying the Amount paid yearly by each Board. 

Return to an Order, dated the 15th day of June Vessels and 
last, for a Return showing the Number of Vessels Tonnage, &amp;c. 
and of Tonnage entered Inwards and cleared Out- 
wards at each of the Twelve principal Ports of the 
United Kingdom respectively ; also, the Official and 
Declared Value of the Exports and Official Value of 
the Imports for each of the said Ports, during the 
years 1851, 1852, and 1853 (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 656, of Session 1851). 

Return to an Order, dated the 16th day of June Central Africa 
last, for a Return of all Sums expended by the Expeditions. 
Treasury for the purposes of the Expeditions into 
Central Africa, under Messrs. Richardson, Barth, 

Overweg and Vogel, from the year 1849 to the pre- 
sent time. 

Return to an Order, dated the 11th day of this Russian- 
instant July, for an Account of the Amounts paid Dutch Loan. 
for Principal and for Interest in each year for the 
Russian- Dutch Loan, since the Treaty of Vienna; 
and stating the Amount of the Principal Sum of such 
Loan now due and payable by Great Britain, under 
the Act 2 &amp; 3 Will. 4, c. 81:—The above Return 
to be made up in Pounds Sterling for each year, as 
well as in Florins. 

Return to an Order, dated the 18th day of this Miles Sweeny. 
instant July, for Copies of Correspondence that has 
taken place between the Jrish Government and the 
Magistrates of the County of Donegal relative to the 
Liberation or Ticket-of-leave of Miles Sweeny, a man 
convicted in 1851. 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of Civil List 
an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table Pensions. 
by the Clerk of the House,—A List of all Pensions 
granted between the 20th day of June 1853 and the 
— day of June 1854, and charged upon the Civil 

ist. 


Petitions relating to Gaols ;— Intoxicating Li- Public 
guors ; — Oaths Bill ;— Public-houses and Beer- Petitions. 
shops ;—Bleaching, &amp;c. Works ;—Bleach Works yiae Finty- 
and Dye Works ;—Coloured British Seamen ;-— seventh Re- 
Medical Officers (Navy) ;—Mortmain Bill ;—and, Pot: 

Poor Law (Jreland),—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Lords Dublin Car- 
to the Dublin Carriage Bill be taken into conside- "ge Bill. 
ration To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Lords New Forest 
to the New Forest Bill be taken into consideration Bill 
To-morrow. 





Vou. 109. 


The 


3G 





Oxford 
University 
Bill. 


Standing 

Orders 

Revision. 
No. 388. 


Committee of 
Selection. 


General Com- 
mittee on 
Railway and 
Canal Bills. 


Committee 
of Seleciion 
may discharge 
Members, and 
add others. 


General 

Committee 
to appoint 
Chairman, 


Committees on 
Railway and 
Canal Bills. 


Private Bills 
divided into 
Two Classes. 


Ist Class. 


410 


The Order for taking into consideration, To-mor- 
row, the Amendments made by the Lords to the 
Oxford University Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration upon Thursday the 27th day of 
this instant July. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Report from the Select Com- 
mittee appointed for Revision of the Standing Orders ; 
and the same was again read. 


Standing Order 3, was read, and repealed. 

3. Resolved, There shall be a Committee, to be 
designated ‘‘ The Committee of Selection,” to con- 
sist of the Chairman of the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders, who shall be ex-officio Chairman 
thereof, and Fire other Members, who shall be no- 
minated at the commencement of every Session, of 
which Committee 7hree shall be a Quorum. 


Standing Order 4, was read, and repealed. 
4. Resolved, There shall be a Committee, to be | 
designated “ The General Committee on Railway | 
aT a ” 4 4 | 
and Canal Bills,” which shall be nominated at the 
commencement of every Session by the Committee of 
Selection; and Five shall be the Quorum of such 
Committee. 


Standing Order 5, was read, and repealed. 

5. Resolved, The Committee of Selection may, 
from time to time, discharge Members from further 
attendance on such General Committee, and add 
other Members in their room, and shall appoint the 
Chairman of such Committee. 


Standing Order 6, was read, and repealed. 

6. Resolved, The General Committee on Railway 
and Canal Bills shall appoint from among themselves 
the Chairman of each Committee on a Railway or 
Canal Bill, or on a Group of such Bills, and may 
change the Chairman so appointed from time to 
time. 


Standing Orders 7 and 8, were read, and repealed. 


19° Juliz. 





Standing Order 9, was read, and repealed. 


9. Resolved, The Committee on every Railway and | 
Canal Bill, or Group of Railway and Canal Bills, | 
shall be composed of Five Members not locally or | 
otherwise interested in the Bill or Bills in progress ; 
the Chairman to be appointed by the General Com- | 
mittee on Railway and Canal Bills, and Four other | 
Members by the Committee of Selection. 


Standing Order 14, was read and repealed. 


14. Resolved, For the purposes of the Standing 
Orders of this House, all Private Bills to which the 
Standing Orders are applicable shall be divided into 
the Two following Classes, according to the subjects | 
to which they respectively relate :— 


Ist Crass : 

Burial Ground, making, maintaining or altering. 

Charters and Corporations, enlarging or altering powers of. 

Church or Chapel, building, enlarging, repairing or main- 
taining. 

City or Town, paving, lighting, watching, cleansing or 
improving. 

Company, incorporating or giving powers to. 

County Rate. 

County or Shire-hall, Court-house. 

Crown, Church or Corporation Property, or Property 
held in trust for public or charitable purposes. 

Ferry. 

Fishery, making, maintaining or improving. 

Gaol or House of Correction. 

Land, inclosing, draining or improving. 

Letters Patent, confirming, prolonging or transferring the 
Term of. 

Local Court, constituting. 

Market or Market-place, erecting, improving, repairing, 
maintaining or regulating. 

Police. 

Poor, maintaining or employing. 

Poor Rate. 

Powers to sue and be sued, conferring. 





A. 1854, 


Stipendiary Magistrate or any Public Officer, Payment 
of :—And, i 

Continuing or amending an Act passed for any of the pur- 
poses included in this or the Second Class, where no 
further work than such as was authorized by a former 
Act is proposed to be made, 


2d Crass: 
Making, maintaining, varying, 
an 


. . 2d Class, 
extending or enlarging 


y 

Aqueduct. 

Archway. 

Bridge. 

Canal. 

Cut. 

Dock. 

Drainage — making and 
maintaining any cut for 
drainage, being a new 
Work, where it is not 
provided in the Bill that 
the same shall not be 
more than Eleven feet 
width at the bottom. 

Embankment for reclaim- 
ing land from the sea or 
any tidal river. 


Ferry, where any work 
is to be executed, 

Harbour. 

Navigation. 

Pier. 

Port. 

Railway. 

Reservoir. 

Sewer. 

Street. 

Tunnel. 

Turnpike or other pub- 
lic carriage road, 

Waterwork., 


Standing Order 17 a, was read, and repealed. 

17a. Resolved, In cases of Bills respecting any Notices to 
Burial Ground, Cemetery or Gas Works, the Notices SPecify limits 
shall set forth and specify the limits within which hn. A 
such Burial Ground, Cemetery or Gas Works are Works, 
intended to be erected or made. 


Standing Order 25, was read, and repealed. 

25. Resolved, Before the deposit of a Petition for Crown, &amp;e. 
leave to bring in a Bill relating to Crown, Church Property. 
or Corporation Property, or Property held in Trust Notice to 
for Public or Charitable Purposes, or before the First Owners, &amp;. 
Reading of any such Bill brought from the House 
of Lords, Notice in writing of such Application to 
Parliament shall be served upon the Owners or re- 
puted Owners of such Property, and the Lessees or 
reputed Lessees of such Property, holding Leases 
granted for a life or lives, or for any term of Twenty- 
one Years or upwards. 


Standing Order 26, was read, and repealed. 

26. Resolved, On or before the Fifteenth day of Burial Grounds 
December immediately preceding the Application for #4 Gas Works. 
any Bill for making a Burial Ground or Cemetery, or yotice to 
the erection of Works for the manufacture of Gas, Owners and 
Notice shall be served upon the Owner and Occupier ccupiers of 
of every Dwelling-house situated within 300 Yards of “°™ 
the limits within which the proposed Burial Ground, 
Cemetery or Gas Works are intended to be erected 
or made. 


Standing Order 27, was read, and repealed. 

27. Resolved, Previously to the deposit of a Pe- Relinguish- 
tition for leave to bring in a Bill whereby any part of ment of Works. 
a Work authorized by any former Act is intended to Notice to 
be relinquished, Notices in writing of such Bill shall Owners, — 
be served upon the Owners or reputed Owners, Les- pag o 
sees or reputed Lessees, and Occupiers of the Lands any Public 
in which the part of the said Work intended to be Work. 
thereby relinquished is situate; and such Notices 
shall be served, and the service thereof proved, in 
the same manner as Applications under Standing 
Orders, Nos. 22 and 23. 


Standing Order 29, was read, and repealed. 


29. Resolved, In cases of Bills of the Second Plans ooh 
Class, a Plan and also a Duplicate thereof, together ee 
with a Book of Reference thereto, and a Section and gections, with 
also a Duplicate thereof, as hereinafter described ; Clerk of the 
and in cases of Bills of the First Class by which any Peace. 
Lands or Houses are intended to be taken, a Plan and 
Duplicate thereof, together with a Book of Reference, 
shall be deposited for public inspection at the office 
of the Clerk of the Peace for every County, Riding 
or Division in England or Ireland, or in the Office of 
the Principal Sheriff Clerk of every County in Scot- 
land, and where any county in Scotland is divided 
into districts or divisions, then in the office of the 

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18 Vicrortiz. 


Principal Sheriff Clerk in or for each district or divi- 
sion in or through which the Work is proposed to be 
made, maintained, varied, extended or enlarged, or 
in which such Lands or Houses are situate, on or 
before the 30th day of November immediately pre- 
ceding the Application for the Bill. 


Standing Order 32, was read, and repealed. 
Railways. 32. Resolved, In the case of Railway Bills, a pub- 
—___ lished Map, to a scale of not Jess than half an inch to 
in a mile, or in Jre/and, to a scale not less than a quarter 
with Clerk of of an inch to a mile, with the line of Railway de- 
Peace, &amp;¢. = jineated thereon, so as to show its general course and 


direction, shall, on or before the 30th day of Novem- | 
ber, be deposited at the Office of the Clerk of the | 


Peace, or Sheriff Clerk, together with the Plans, 
Sections and Book of Reference. 


Standing Order 33, was read, and repealed. 
Pans, &amp;c.at _ 33. Resolved, In the case of Railway Bills, a 
the Office of Copy of all Plans, Sections and Books of Reference 
the Board of required by the Orders of the House to be deposited 
— in the Office of any Clerk of the Peace or Sheriff 
Clerk, on or before the 30th day of November im- 
mediately preceding the application for the Bill, toge- 
ther with the said published Map, with the Line of 
Railway delineated thereon, so as to show its general 
course and direction, shall on or before the same day 
be deposited in the Office of the Board of Trade. 


Standing Order 35, was read, and repealed. 
Parish Plan, 35. Resolved, On or before the 30th day of No- 
Section and ~~ vember, a copy of so much of the said Plans and 


Book of Refer- . ie: 
ence, with sections as relates to each Parish in or through 


Parish Clerk, which the Work is intended to be made, maintained, | 


&amp;e. varied, extended or enlarged, or in which any Lands 
or Houses intended to be taken are situate (see Fig. 
5.), together with a copy of so much of the Book of 


Reference as relates to such Parish, shall he deposited | 


with the Parish Clerk of each such Parish in Eng- 


land, or, in the case of any Extra-parochial Place, | 


with the Parish Clerk of some Parish immediately 
adjoining thereto, with the Schoolmaster of each 
such Parish in Scotland, or if there be no School- 
master of any such Parish, then with the Session 
Clerk, or in Royal Burghs with the Town Clerk, and 
with the Clerk of the Union within which such Pa- 
rish is included in Jreland. (See Appendix, Act 
1 Vie. ec. 83.) 


Standing Order 37, was read, and repealed. 
Petition for 37. Resolved, Every Petition for a Private Bill, 
_ aw te headed by a short Title, descriptive of the Undertak- 
Private Bill ing or Bill, corresponding with that at the head of the 
Office. Advertisement, with a Declaration, signed by the 


Agent, and a printed copy of the Bill annexed, shall | 


be deposited in the Private Bill Ottice on or before 
the 31st day of December ; and such Petition, Bill 
and Declaration shall be open to the inspection of all 
parties ; and printed copies of the Bill shall also be 
delivered therewith for the use of any Member of 
the House or Agent who may apply for the same. 


Standing Order 44, was read, and repealed. 

44. Resolved, Every Plan required to be deposited 
shall be drawn to a scale of not less than Four inches 
to a Mile, and in the case of Bills of the First Class, 
shall describe the Lands intended to be taken; and 
in the case of Bills of the Second Class, shall describe 
the line or situation of the whole of the Work (no 
alternative Line or Work being in any case permitted), 
and the lands in or through which it is to be made, 
maintained, varied, extended or enlarged, or through 
which every communication to or from the Work 
pends within shall be made ; and where it is the intention of the 
Beran Parties to apply for powers to make any lateral 

deviation from the line of the proposed Work, the 

limits of such deviation shall be defined upon the 

Plan, and all Lands included within such limits shall 

b marked thereon; and unless the whole of such 
VoL. 109. 


Description 
of Plans. 





19° Juliz. 411 


| Plan shall be upon a scale of not less than a quarter Buildings, &amp;c. 
of an inch to every 100 feet, an enlarged Plan shall Soon 
| be added of any Building, Yard, Court-yard or Land” 
within the curtilage of any Building, or of any 
| Ground cultivated as a Garden, either in the line of 
the proposed Work, or included within the limits of 
_the said deviation, upon a scale of not less than a 
quarter of an inch to every 100 feet. (See Fig. 3.) 


Standing Order 87, was read, and repealed. 


87. Resolved, The Committee of Selection may, if Committee of 
they think fit, form into Groups all Private Bills, panes: + and 
Fa ’ eneral Com- 
not being Railway or Canal Bills, and the General mittee to group 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills may form Private Bills. 
into Groups all Railway and Canal Bills, which, in 
their opinion, it may be expedient to submit to the 
same Committee, and shall report the same to the 
House. 


Standing Orders 88 and 89, were read, and re- 
pealed. 


Standing Order 91, was read, and repealed. 


91. Resolved, The Committee of Selection shall Committee of 
name the Bill or Bills which shall be taken into Selection and 
a : : General Com- 
consideration on the first day of the meeting of the mittee to name 
Committee, on any Group of Bills not being Railway Bill or Bills to 
or Canal Bills; and the General Committee on pm — 
Railway and Canal Bills shall name the Bill or Bills gay. 
which shall be taken into consideration on the first 
day of the meeting of each Committee on any Group 


of such Bills. 


Standing Order 101, was read, and repealed. 

101. Resolved, Each Member of a Committee on Declaration 
Railway and Canal Bills, and each of the Five Mem- °* a 
bers, not locally or otherwise interested, of a Com- poem 
mittee on an opposed Private Bill, or Group of such 
Bills, shall, before he be entitled to attend and vote 
on such Committee, sign the following Declaration : 


I do hereby declare, That my constituents have 
no local interest, and that I have no personal 

interest, in such Bill; and that I will never vote 
| on any question which may arise without having 
duly heard and attended to the Evidence rela- 
ting thereto. 


And no such Committee shall proceed to business 
| until the said Declaration shall have been so signed 
| by each of such Members. 
| Standing Order 104, was read, and repealed. 
| 104. Resolved, No Member of a Committee on Members 
| Railway and Canal Bills, nor any of the Five Mem- tthe nag 
bers. not locally or otherwise interested, of the 
Committee on any other Private Bill, shall absent 
himself from his duties thereon, except in the case 
of sickness, or by order of the House. 


Standing Order 105, was read, and repealed. 
105. Resolved, The Committee on each Group of Committee om 
Bills shall take the Bill or Bills first into consideration &amp;T¥P to con- 
P na - sider that Bill 
which shall have been named by the Committee of first which 
Selection, or by the General Committee on Railway Committee of 
and Canal Bills (see No. 91); and the Committee Selection or 
. , - ‘ - , General Com- 
shall, from time to time, appoint the day on which mittee shall 
they will enter upon the consideration of each of the have named, 
remaining Bills, and on which they will require the = a 
parties severally promoting or opposing the same to sideration of 
enter appearances ; and Two clear Days’ notice, at remaining — 
the least, of such appointment, shall be sent by the Bills, of which 
a a ; ‘ “1... . Clerk of Com- 
Clerk attending the Committee to the Clerks in the mittee to give: 
Private Bill Office ; and in case the Committee shall Notice. 
postpone the consideration of any Bill, the like no- 


tice shall be given of such postponement. 


1104. Resolved, Every Committee on an opposed Cases of 
Private Bill shall report specially to the House the Adjournment 
. : to be specially 
cause of any Adjournment other than from day to reported. 
day, unless such Adjournment shall be over Saturday, 
Sunday, Good Friday, or Christmas-day. 


3G2 


Standing 






| 
| 


Municipal 
Authorities 
and Inha- 
bitants of 
Towns, &amp;c. 


When opposed 


Bills may be 
treated as 
unopposed. 


Committee 
may admit 
affidavits in 
proof of com 
pliance with 
Standing 
Orders. 


Instruction to 
Committees on 
Railway Bills. 


Clause to be 
inserted, 
suspending 
Payment of 
Dividend until 
Line be opened, 


Clause respect- 
ing Bond to be 
entered into 
for completion 
of Line. 


412 19° Juliz. A. 1854, 


Standing Order 116, was read, and repealed. 

116. Resolved, It shall be competent to the Com- 
mittee on any Railway or Canal Bill to admit Peti- 
tioners, being the Municipal Authorities of any Town, 
or the Inhabitants of any Town or District alleged 
to be injuriously affected by a Bill, to be heard 
against such Bill, if they shall think fit. 

Standing Order 117, was read, and repealed. 


117. Resolved, In all cases of opposed Private Bills, 
in which no parties shall have appeared on the Peti- 
tions against such Bills, or having appeared shall have 
withdrawn their opposition before the evidence of the 
Promoters shall have been commenced, the Com- 
mittees on such Bills shall forthwith refer them back, 
with a statement of the facts, if not Railway or Canal 
Bills, to the Committee of Selection, and if Railway 
and Canal Bills, to the General Committee on Rail- 
way and Canal Bills, who shall deal with them as 
unopposed Bills. 

Standing Order 122, was read, and repealed. 

122. Resolved, The Committee on any Private Bill 
may admit affidavits in proof of the compliance with 
such Standing Orders of the House as are directed 
to be proved before them, unless in any case they shall 
require further evidence ; and such affidavits shall be 
sworn, if in England, before a Justice of the Peace ; 
if in Scotland, before any Sheriff-depute or his substi- 
tute; and if in /reland, before any Judge or Assistant 
Barrister of that part of the United Kingdom. 


Standing Order 138, was read, and repealed. 
138. Resolved, it shall be an Instruction to the 
Committee on every Railway Bill providing for the 


of time for the completion of any Railway, in case 
they shall find the Preamble thereof to be proved, to 
insert in the Bill one or other of the provisions 
following, that is to say :— 

In every Railway Bill promoted by an existing 
Railway Company, being possessed of a Railway 
already opened for public traffic, whereby the con- 
struction of any new line of Railway is authorized, 
or the time for completing any line already autho- 
rized is extended, a Clause providing that after the 
expiration of a period to be limited by such Bill, 
not exceeding Five Years from the passing of the 
Act, in the case of a new line, and Three Years in 
case of the extension of time for completing any 
line, the payment of any dividend on the ordinary 
and unguaranteed capital of such Company shall be 
suspended until such line shall have been completed 
and opened for public traffic. 

In every Railway Bill promoted by an existing 
Railway Company, not being possessed of a Rail- 
way already opened for public traftic, or by persons 
not already incorporated, whereby the construction 
of any new line of Railway is authorized, a Clause 
to the following effect, viz. :— 

Whereas, pursuant to the Standing Orders of both 
Houses of Parliament, and to an Act of the ninth 
and tenth years of Her present Majesty, c. 20, a sum 
of £. , being one-tenth part 
of the amount required to be subscribed in respect 
of the Railway authorized by this Act, has been 
deposited with the Court of Chancery in England 


[or with the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, as | 


the case may be], [or Exchequer Bills, Stocks or 
Funds to the amount of £. ; 
have been deposited or transferred pursuant to the 
said Act, as the case may be], in respect of the ap- 
plication to Parliament for this Act; Be it enacted, 
That, notwithstanding anything contained in the 
said recited Act, the said sum of £. 

for the said Exchequer Bills or other Funds, 
as the case may be] so deposited [or transferred] as 
aforesaid, in respect of the application for this Act, 
or the interest or dividends of such sum of money 
[Exchequer Bills, Stocks or Funds], shall not, ex- 
cept upon the execution and deposit of such bond 








as hereinafter-mentioned, be paid or transferred to or 
on the application of the person or persons, or the 
majority of the persons named in the warrant or 
order issued in pursuance of the said Act, or the 
survivors or survivor of them, unless the said Com- 
pany shall, previously to the expiration of the pe- 
riod limited by this Act for completion of the Rail- 
way hereby authorized to be made, either open the 
said Railway for the public conveyance of passen- 
gers, or prove to the satisfaction of the Lords of the 
Committee of Her Majesty’s Privy Council for 
Trade and Foreign Plantations that the said Com- 
pany have paid up one-half of the amount of the 
capital by this Act authorized to be raised by means 
of shares, and have expended for the purposes of 
this Act a sum equal in amount to such one-half of 
the said capital; and if the said period shall expire 
befure the said Company shall either have opened 
the said Kailway for the public conveyance of pas- 
sengers, or have given such proof as aforesaid to the 
satisfaction of the Lords of the said Committee, the 
said sum of money [Exchequer Bills, Stocks or 
Funds], deposited [or transferred] as aforesaid, and 
the interest and dividends thereof, shall immediately, 
from and after the expiration of the said period, be 
forfeited to Her Majesty, and be paid and trans- 
ferred by the officer or person in whose name they 
shall then be deposited or invested, to the account of 
Her Majesty's Retna, and when so paid and 


| transferred, shall be carried to and form part of the 


Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland: Provided, That at any time 
after the passing of this Act, if a bond in twice the 


/amount of the said sum of £. shall 
construction of any new Railway, or for the extension | 


have been executed by the said Company, with one 
or more sureties (such bond to be prepared to the 
satisfaction of, and such surety or sureties to be ap- 
proved by, the Solicitor to the Lords Commissioners 
of Her Majesty’s Treasury), conditioned for payment 
to Her Majesty, Her heirs or successors, of the said 
sum of £. , if the said Company 
shall not, within the time limited for the completion 
of the said Railway, either open the said Railway 
for the public conveyance of passengers, or prove to 
the satisfaction of the Lords of the said Committee 
that the said Company have paid up one-half of the 
amount of the said capital by this Act authorized to 
be raised by means of shares, and have expended for 
the purposes of this Act a sum equal in amount to 
such one-half of the said capital; and if such bond 
shall have been deposited with the said Solicitor to 
the said Lords Commissioners, then such sum of 
money [Exchequer Bills, Stocks or Funds], and the 
interest or diidente thereof, shall be paid [or trans- 
ferred] to or on the application of the person or 
persons, or the majority of the persons, named in 
such warrant or order as be Bene or the survivors 
or survivor of them, and it shall not be necessary to 
produce any certificate of this Act having passed, 
anything in the said recited Act to the contrary not- 
withstanding ; and the monies to be recovered upon 
such bond shall be dealt with in like manner as the 
said sum of money [Exchequer Bills, Stocks or 
Funds], and the interest or dividends thereof, would 
have been dealt with under this Act if such bond 
had not been executed and deposited as aforesaid. 
And the certificate of the said Solicitor to the said 
Lords Commissioners that such bond has been ex- 
ecuted and deposited as aforesaid, and the certificate 
of the Lords of the said Committee that such proof 
has been given to their satisfaction as aforesaid, shall 
respectively be sufficient evidence of the facts so 
certified. 


Standing Order 143, was read, and repealed. 


143. Resolved, No powers of purchase, sale, lease No og 
or amalgamation shall be given to any Railway PY iven, 


Company, with reference to any other undertaking except 
already authorized by any Act or Acts, nor to any —- 
other incorporated Company, with reference to any et Board 


Railway, of Trade, &amp;c. 





——— 











18 Vicrortz. 


Railway, unless, previously to the application to Par- 
liament for such purpose, the several Companies who 
may be parties to such purchase, sale, lease or amal- 
gamation shall have proved, to the satisfaction of the 
Board of Trade, that they have respectively paid up 
One-half of the capital authorized to be raised by any 
previous Act or Acts by means of Shares, and have 
expended for the purposes of such Act or Acts a sum 
equal thereto; and in case such powers shall be applied 
for in respect of Works intended to be authorized by 
any Bill or Bills of the same Session, it shall be 
proved to the satisfaction of the Board of Trade 
that such Companies have respectively paid up One- 
half the amount of their capital, and that the Com- 
pany proposed to be empowered to construct such 
Works have included in such amount the capital 
proposed to be authorized by such Bill or Bills; and 
that no such powers shall be given in respect of 
Works intended to be authorized by any Act or Acts 
for which it is intended to apply in any subsequent 
Session. 


158 a. Resolved, That in every Bill for making a 


Clause for , . 
defining limits Burial Ground or Cemetery, or the erection of Works 


of Burial 
Ground, Ceme- 
tery or Gas 
Works. 


for the manufacture of Gas, there shall be a Clause 
defining the limits within which such Burial Ground, 
Cemetery or Gas Works shall be erected or made. 


Standing Order 164, was read, and repealed. 


Bill, when to _ 164. Resolved, No Private Bill shall be read a First 
bepresented. Time unless it be presented not later than Three clear 

Days after the presentation of the Petition for leave 

to Solon in the same; or where the Petition has 
been referred to the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders, then not later than Three clear Days after 
the House shall have given leave to the Parties to 
proceed with the Bill. 


Standing Order 173, was read, and repealed. 


Petition re- 173. Resolved, Every Petition in favour of or 
lating to Bills against any Private Bill before the House, or other- 
tobe presented © : : Petiti “a 4 
toHouse by Wise relating thereto (not being a Petition for addi 
being deposited tional Provision), shall be presented to this House, 
Milome. wt¢, by depositing the same in the Private Bill Office, and 

ill Office, and . ar 
Name of Bill there shall be indorsed thereon the name or short 
tobe indorsed Title by which such Bill is entered in the Votes, and 
— a Statement that such Petition is in favour of, or 
; against the Bill, or otherwise, as the case may be, 
together with the name of the Member, Party or 


Agent depositing the same. 


Standing Order 181, was read, and repealed. 


Report to lie 
on Table with 
Bill, or Bill to 
be ordered to 
be read a 
Third time. 


181. Resolved, The Report upon every Private Bill 
shall lie upon the Table ; and the Bill, if not amended 
in Committee, and not a Railway Bill, shall be or- 
dered to be read a Third time; and every other Bill | 


shall be ordered to lie upon the Table. | 


Pusuic Bustness. 


The Standing Order of the House, That at a quar- | 
ter before Six o’clock on Wednesday, the Debate on 
any business then under discussion shall stand ad- 
journed to the next day on which the House shall 
sit, was read, and repealed. 

Resolved, That at a quarter before Six o’clock on 
Wednesday, the Debate on any business then under 
discussion shall stand adjourned to the next day on | 
which the House shall sit; after which no opposed 
business shall be proceeded with. 


The Standing Order of the House, That whenever 
the House shall sit, for despatch of business, at 
Twelve o'clock on any day, except Wednesday and 
Saturday, or at any later hour, unless the House 
shall otherwise order, if such business be disposed of 
not later than Three o’clock, the House will resume 
Its sitting at Five o’clock; and if such business be 
disposed of after Three o’clock and before Four 
o'clock, the House will resume its sitting at Six 
o'clock, was read, and repealed. 

Resolved, That whenever the House shall meet for 
~—— of business before Two o'clock, except 

OL. 109. 








19° Julie. 


| adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon the 





413 


Wednesday ard Saturday, unless the House shall 
otherwise order, the House will resume its sitting at 
Six o’clock ; and when business has not been disposed 
of at Ten minutes before Four o'clock, unless the 
House shall otherwise order, Mr. Speaker shall ad- 
journ the Debate on any business then under discus- 
sion, or the Chairman shall report Progress, as the 
case may be, and no opposed business shall then be 
proceeded with. 


The Standing Order of the House, ‘That when such 
business has not been disposed of at Four o'clock, 
unless the House shall otherwise order, Mr. Speaker 
(or the Chairman, in case the House shall be in 
Committee) do leave the Chair, and the House will 
resume its sitting at Six o’clock, when the Orders of 
the Day not disposed of at the morning sitting, and 
any Motion which was under discussion at Four 
o'clock, shall be set down in the Order Book after 
the other Orders of the Day, was read, and repealed. 

Resolved, That when such business has not been 
disposed of at Four o’clock, unless the House shall 
otherwise order, Mr. Speaker (or the Chairman, in case 
the House shall be in Committee) do leave the Chair, 
and the House will resume its sitting at Six o’clock, 
when the Orders of the Day not disposed of at the 
morning sitting, and any Motion which was under 
discussion at Ten minutes to Four o’clock, shall be 
set down in the Order Book after the other Orders 
of the Day. 

Ordered, That the Resolutions of the House of the 
5th day of May and the Ist day of June last, rela- 
tive to Public Sates, be Standing Orders of this 
House. 


STRANGERS AND Divisions. 


The Resolution of the House of the 28th day of 
July 1853, relative to Strangers and Divisions, was 
read, and repealed. 

Resolved, That, except when Mr. Speaker or the 
Chairman of a Committee of the whole House shall 
otherwise direct, his order for the withdrawal of 
Strangers during a Division, shall be understood to 
apply to Strangers occupying seats below the Bar and 
in the Front Gallery, and shall be enforced by the 
Serjeant-at-Arms accordingly. 

Resolved, That so soon as the voices have been 
taken, the Clerk shall turn a two-minute sand-glass, 
to be kept on the Table for that purpose, and the 
doors shall not be closed until after the lapse of two 
minutes, as indicated by such sand-glass. 

Resolved, Vhat the doors shall be closed so soon 
after the lapse of two minutes as the Speaker or the 


| Chairman of the Committee of the whole House shall 


think proper to direct. 

Ordered, That the said Resolutions be Standing 
Orders of this House. 

Ordered, That the Standing Orders of this House 
be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Church Tem. 
poralities, &amp;c. 
13th day of June last, That leave be given to bring ‘™#"") 
in a Bill to alter and amend the Laws relating to the 
Temporalities of the Church in Jreland, and to in- 
crease the means of Religious Instruction and Church 
Accommodation for Her Majesty’s Lrish Subjects ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And the Question being put ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the { Mr. Serjeant Shee, Ve 
Yeas, \Mr. Pollard-Urquhart: J °~ 
Tellers for the {The Earl of Mulgrave, Ya37 
Noes, (Mr. Grenville Berkeley: J °° 


So it passed in the Negative. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself intcyRehemetery 

a Committee on the Reformatory Schools (Scotland) Schools (Scot- 
: +» land) Bill 
3aG3 + Bill; 




















Jury Trial 
(Scotland) Bill, 










Absconding 
Debtors 
(Ireland) Bill. 











Bills of Ex- 
change and 
Promissory 
Notes Bill. 









Metropolitan 
Sewers Bill. 






Supply. 








Ways and 
Means. 







Russian 
Government 
Securities Bill. 










Literary and 
Scientific 
Institutions 
Bill. 








Vaccination 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 










Medical 
Fraduates 
(Ireland and 
Scotland ) Bill. 










National 
Gallery, &amp;c. 
( Dublin.) 










Friendly 
Societies Acts 
Continuance. 





414, 


Bill ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, 
That the Committee had made Progress in the Bill ; 
and that he was directed to move, That the Com- 
mittee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Jury Trial (Scotland) Bill ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
directed him to report the same, without Amend- 
ment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Absconding Debtors (Jre/and) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Bills of Exchange and Promissory 
Notes Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Metropolitan Sewers Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, ‘Yhat this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Russian Government Securities Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Literary and Scientific Institutions 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Vaccination Act Amend- 
ment Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Medical Graduates (Jreland and Scot- 
land) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
provide for the Establishment of a National Gallery 
of Painting, Sculpture and the Fine Arts, and for 
the care of a Public Library, in Dublin: And that 
Sir John Young and Mr. Solicitor General for Zre- 
land do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
continue the Acts now in force relating to Friendly 
Societies: And that Mr. Sotheron, Mr. Adderley and 
Mr. Bonham Carter do prepare, and bring it in. 


19°—20° Julie. 





A. 1854, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Westminster 
Copy of a Plan of the Bridge which it is proposed Bridge, 
to erect at Westminster, instead of the present one. 


sa 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a stamps on 
Return of the Number of Stamps on Patent Medi- Patent 
cines issued during the Periods 1830-1840, 1840- Medicines. 
1850, and in the years 1850, 1851, 1852 and 
1853, namely, 1}d., 3d., 6d., 1s., and any at higher 
Prices. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Admiralty 
appoint Persons to administer Oaths, and to substi- Court. ” 
tute Stamps in lieu of Fees, and for other purposes, in 
the High Court of Admiralty of England: And that 
Sir James Graham, Admiral Berkeley and Mr. Os- 
borne do prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir John Young presented a Bill to provide for National 
the Establishment of a National Gallery of Painting, Gallery, &amp;e. 
Sculpture and the Fine Arts, and for the care of a (Publin) Bil, 
Public Library, in Dublin: And the same was read bill 231. 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
To-morrow ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Sotheron presented a Bill to continue the Friendly 
Acts now in force relating to Friendly Societies : Svcieties Acts 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered pa" 
to be read a second time To-morrow; and to be Bill 230 


printed. 


Sir James Graham presented a Bill to appoint Admiralty 
Persons to administer Oaths, and to substitute Court Bill 
Stamps in lieu of Fees, and for other purposes, in Bill 229. 
the High Court of Admiralty of England: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
a second time To-morrow ; and to be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 20° die Julii; 
Anno 18° Victoriz Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Ordered, That in the case of Caton’s Divorce Bill, Caton’s ” 
Standing Orders 179 and 203 be suspended. Diveses 5 


Ward’s Estate Bill was read the third time. Ward's 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendment, do Estate Bill 
ass. 
. Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with an Amendment ; to 
which Amendment this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


Caton’s Divorce Bill was, according to Order, read Caton's - 
a second time ; and committed to the Select Com- Divoree Bil: 
mittee on Divorce Bills. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, That they do hear Counsel and examine 
Witnesses for the said Bill; and also that they do 
hear Counsel and examine Witnesses against the 
Bill, if the Parties concerned think fit to be heard by 
Counsel or to produce Witnesses. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to 
request that their Levddlies will be pleased to 
communicate to this House, a Copy of the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before their Leste in the 
case of the said Bill:—And that Mr. Brotherton do 
carry the said Message.. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Criminal | 
mittee on the Criminal Sena Pam Bill ; Procedure Bt 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 











‘The 

















18 Vicroriz. 


pivery, &amp;- The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Bill into a Committee on the Bribery, &amp;c. Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Cravuse, N° 33 (Declaration of Member). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 12, 1. 15: To leave out 
from the word “ Declaration” to the word “ And” in 
1. 22, in order to insert the words “ I, [A. B.] do 
“ solemnly and sincerely declare, without any equi- 
“ vocation or mental reservation whatever, that I have 








20° Julte. 415 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Civil List Civil List 


Pensions, which was presented upon the 19th day of Pensions. 
this instant July, be printed. No. 391. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Russian- Russian- 


Dutch Loan, which was presented upon the 19th day Dutch Loan. 
of this instant July, be printed. No. 392. 


Mr. Lowe presented,—Return to an Order, dated Education 


the 18th day of this instant July, for Copy of a (India.) 


“ not knowingly made, authorized or sanctioned, | Despatch to the Government of Jndia, on the sub- No, 393. 
“ and that I will not at any time hereafter knowingly ject of General Education in India. 


“ make, authorize or sanction any payment on ac- | 
“ count of my Election, otherwise than through the , 
, “ Election Officer, save as excepted and allowed by | 
“ the ‘ Corrupt Practices Prevention Act, 1854.’” | 
Question, That the words “I, [A.B.] do so-| 
“ Jemnly and sincerely declare” stand part of the | 
Clause put, and agreed to. | 
Amendments made. 
7 Another Amendment proposed, in p. 12, 1.19: 
After the word “ account” to insert the words “ of | 
“ the expenses.” 
Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 12, |. 21: 
After “ 1854” to insert the words “ and have not_ 
“ knowingly given nor will give any office, place or | 
“ employment to any voter or any other person in| 
“ consideration of such voter having voted or re- | 
“ frained from voting at any Election.” 

Question put, That those words be there inserted; 

The Committee divided. 





} 


e _j Mr. Hildyard, — 
Tellers for the Yeas, Colonel Vyse: j120. | 
Tellers for the Noes,{ Mr- Hayter, lies. | 


Sir Fitz Roy Kelly:  § 
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 12, 1. 21: | 
After “1854” to insert the words “ nor have know- | 
“ ingly done, nor will hereafter do any act contrary | 
“ to the provisions contained in sections 2 and 4 of | 
“ the said Act.” 
Question, That those words be there inserted—-— | 
put, and agreed to. | 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, | 
as amended, stand part of the Bill ; 
The Committee divided. 


, fSir Fitz Roy Kelly, 
Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Hayter : 


. ' Mr. Labouchere, 1 
Tellers for the N oes, Mr aww } 


| 


138 | 


119. 


} 
| 
} 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


| 
! 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou-| 
verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- | 
gress in the Bill ; and that he was directed to move, | 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again re- 


solve itself into the said Committee. | ing the Caledonian Canal. 


— = The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
wee" mittee on the Common Law Procedure Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, at Twelve o’clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Bills of Ex- The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
-_ (No.2) mittee on the Bills of Exchange (No. 2) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Spitits (Navy.) Ordered, That the Return relative to Spirits (Navy), 
No.389, which was presented upon the 31st day of January | 
last, be printed. 


' 


Vowels and Ordered, That the Return relative to Vessels and | 
* 8 &amp;. Tonnage, &amp;e., which was presented upon the 19th | 
day of this instant July, be printed. 

VoL. 109. 


No, 390. 





puis ST. 5 al i 


Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 


Table ; and be printed. 


The Bankruptcy Bill was read the first time; and Bankruptcy 
ordered to be read a second time upon Tuesday next ; Bill. 
and to be printed. Bill 232. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, pungarvan 
a Copy of the Short-hand Writer’s Notes of the De- Election. 
cision of the Select Committee on the Dungarvan 
Election Petition pronounced by the Chairman ; with 
a further Statement of Reasons subsequently added, 
on the Parties being made acquainted by the Chair- 
man with the sixth Resolution. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty's Com- Metropolitan 
mand,—Copy of a Letter addressed to the Secretary Sewers. 
of State by the Metropolitan Sewers Commissioners, 
relative to the proposed application by them of the 
Sum of £.500,000, for the borrowing of which, 
Powers are inserted in the new Sewers Bill. 

Copy of Report of the President of the Queen’s Queen’s College 
College, Galway, for the Academic year of 1852-53, (Galway.) 


Tables showing the Number of Persons com- Criminal 
mitted or held to Bail for Trial at the Assizes and Offenders 
apa , . 4 ; (Ireland.) 
Sessions in each County in the year 1853, and the 
result of the Proceedings, with other Particulars. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by Godavery 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated River. 
the 17th day of this instant July, for Copy of Selec- 
tions from the Records of the Madras Government 
(published at Madras by authority): No.1. Naviga- 
tion of the Godavery, with Maps appended thereto. 

Return to an Order, dated the 20th day of this Dungarvan 
instant July, for a Copy of the Short-hand Writer’s Election. 
Notes of the Decision of the Select Committee on No. 162. 
the Dungarvan Election Petition pronounced by the 
Chairman ; with a further Statement of Reasons sub- 
sequently added, on the Parties being made ac- 
quainted by the Chairman with the sixth Resolution. 

The following Papers, pursuant to the directions of Caledonian 
several Acts of Parliament, were also laid upon the Canal. 
Table by the Clerk of the House,—Forty-ninth Re- 
port of the Commissioners for making and maintain- 


An Account of the Receipt and Application of all Margate Pier 
Monies which have been received by the Directors #24 Harbour. 
of the Margate Pier and Harbour Company, from 
the 6th day of April 1853 to the 5th day of April 
1854, both days inclusive. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Dungarvan 
Election be printed. 


Mr. Brotherton reported to the House, That he Caton’s 


‘had carried to the Lords the Message of this House Divorce Bill. 


of this day, requesting that their Lordships would be 
pleased to communicate to this House, a Copy of the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before their Lord- 
ships in the case of Caton’s Divorce Bill; and that 
their Lordships had communicated a Copy of the 
said Minutes of Evidence : And he delivered the same 
in at the Table. 
Ordered, That the said Minutes of Evidence be 
referred to the Select Committee on Divorce Bills. 
364 Ordered, 





Theological 
Professors 
(Belfast), &amp;c. 
















































London 
University. 


















Croydon 
Drainage, &amp;c. 





416 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns from the 31st day of March 1853 to the 31st 
day of March 1854, of the Names of the Thirteen 
Theological and other Professors and Pensioners at 
Belfast receiving Money from Parliamentary Grants ; 
and of the Number and Names of Students attending 
all the Professors, and how many attend each Pro- 
fessor, distinguishing such as attend the non-sub- 
scribing Professors; and also distinguishing those 
that attended all the Session from those that attended 
part of it only, and of the Time that such Session 
continued for actual and exclusive Service and In- 
struction ; also of the Number of Hours per Week 
given by each Professor to his Class, and of the Days 
in each Week so given; also the Amount of Salary 
received from the Government by each Professor or 
Pensioner from his Professorship or Pension; to- 
gether with the Amount which he receives from the 
Regium Donum, his Congregational Income and Pen- 
sion, whether from the Sum of £.2,600 granted in 
1853, or otherwise, and what Amount he receives for 
distributing the Regium Donum or other Services, 
and on what Scale of Remuneration; also whether 
any and which of the said Professors and Pensioners 
receive any and what other Pension from any Source, 
and whether the Congregational Income or Salary of 
any of the said Professors be appropriated to any 
other purpose than his or their own private use be- 
cause of any Professional or other Income received 
from Government :—Of the Congregational Income 
of the Ministers of the General Assembly of the 
Presbyterian Church in Jreland, and any Class or 
Denomination of Non-conformists in Jreland, who 
received portions of the Parliamentary Grant of 1853, 
with the Number of Families belonging to each 
Congregation; particularising in each case, the Con- 
gregation, Minister's Name, Date of Ordination or 
Installation, Number of Families, Stipend paid by 
each Congregation, Aid from Home Mission, Value 
of Glebe, Chaplaincies, Poor Law, Gaol or Military, 
Bequests, Donations, &amp;c.; and Total :—Of the se- 
veral Sums received by or paid to the Ministers 
before-mentioned or referred to, or by or to the 
several Funds for the benefit of Widows of Ministers, 
from the Parliamentary or Government Grant of 
1853, amounting to (about) £.37,000; and of the 
Particulars of the Sum of (about) £.790, for the 
Expenses of distributing the said Sum, or any part 
thereof, and to whom paid, and the Amount of each 
Payment, and for what Services, and on what Scale ; 
and also the Amount paid to Clerks of Synod, and 
whether for any and what Services, or for Pensions 
or Grants :—And, of what Sects or Denominations 
of Protestant Non-conformists in Jreland, whether 
they are of any class of Presbyterians, or of the Sect 
or Denomination usually called Congregational, Wes- 
leyan, Baptist or otherwise, which do not receive any 
Grant of Money for their Professors, Ministers, the 
Widows of Ministers, or otherwise howsoever. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of all Communications 
respecting the organization of the University of Zon- 
don, since the 21st day of April 1852, between the 
Home Office, the Senate of the University, any of the 
affiliated Colleges and the Committee of Graduates 
respectively ; and of such of the Minutes of the 
Senate of the University, and of Committees ap- 
pointed by the Senate, as relate to the Admission 
of Graduates to form an integral portion of the 
Corporate Body of the University (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 546, of Session 1852). 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 


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to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of Report of Thomas Wicksteed, Civil 
Engineer, on the state of the Works of Drainage 
and Sewerage in the Town of Croydon, and on the 
measures proposed to remedy its defects. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this a as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Petitions relating to Public-houses and Beer- Public 
shops ;—Bills of Exchange (No. 2) Bill ;—Bleach Petitions, 
Works and Dye Works ;— Thomas Dunn ;—Medi- viae Fn, 
cal Graduates (Ireland and Scotland) Bill ;—National seventh ie. 
Gallery ;—Newspapers ;—Nuisances Removal and PT 
Diseases Prevention Acts Consolidation and Amend- 
ment Bill ;—and, Ocean Penny Postage,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- supply, 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, after the Order of 
the day relative to the Bribery, &amp;c. Bill, resolve itself 


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into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Ecclesiastical 
reading of the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Bill ; Jurisdiction 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
after the Order of the day relative to the Bribery, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Highways 
reading of the Highways (Public Health Act) Bill ; oot) BL 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
after the Order of the day relative to the Bribery, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Stock in Trade 
reading of the Stock in Trade Exemption Bill ; Exemption 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
after the Order of the day relative to the Bribery, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Inclosure, &amp;. 
reading of the Inclosure, &amp;c. of Land Bill ; of Land Bil, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
after the Order of the day relative to the Bribery, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second —, 
reading of the Common, &amp;c. Rights (Ordnance) cam Bill. 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
after the Order of the day relative to the Bribery, &amp;c. 

Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Admiralty 

reading of the Admiralty Court Bill ; Court B 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

after the Order of the day relative to the Bribery, &amp;c. 


Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second National 
reading of the National Gallery, &amp;c. (Dublin) Bill ; Galley al 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
after the Order of the day relative to the Bribery, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


Burials beyond! 
the Metropolls 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Burials beyond the Metropolis Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, after the Order of 
the day relative to the Bribery, &amp;c. Bill, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 
Indian Ap- 


intments, 
Ke. Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Jndian Appointments, &amp;c. Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, after the Order of 
the day relative to the Bribery, &amp;c. Bill, resolve itself 


into the said Committee. 
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The Order of the day ber * read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Spirits (Jreland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, after the Order of 
the day relative to the Bribery, &amp;c. Bill, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


Metropolitan The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
sewers Bill. mittee on the Metropolitan Sewers Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, after the Order of 
the day relative to the Bribery, &amp;c. Bill, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, after the Order of 
the day relative to the Bribery, &amp;c. Bill, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


Ways and 
Means. 


stamp Duties The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
Bill consideration the Stamp Duties Bill, as amended in 
the Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
ge Order of the day relative to the Bribery, 
&amp;e. Bill. 


Convict The Order of the day being read, for the third 

Prisons (Ire- reading of the Convict Prisons (Zreland) Bill ; 

kad) Bil Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
rag? the Order of the day relative to the Bribery, 
&amp;e. Bill. 


Episcopal The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
and Capitular mittee on the Episcopal and Capitular Estates Ma- 
ont pill, agement Bill ; 
esolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


TumpikeActs The Order of the day being read, for the third 
—_— reading of the Turnpike Acts Continuance, &amp;c. Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time after 
the Order of the day relative to the Bribery, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


Benefices The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
xr e"tion mittee on the Benefices Augmentation Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, after the Order of 
the day relative to the Bribery, &amp;c. Bill, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


Prison ers’ 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Removal Bill. 


mittee on the Prisoners’ Removal Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, after the Order of 
the day relative to the Bribery, &amp;c. Bill, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 

Borough Rates The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Bil. mittee on the Borough Rates Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, after the Order of 
the day relative to the Bribery, &amp;c. Bill, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 

UnryLaws The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Usury Laws Repeal Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


after the Order of the day relative to the Bribery, 
&amp;c. Bill. 


fiatee Ports The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Cinque Ports Bill; 
Ordered, Yhat the Bill be read a second time 
on fon Order of the day relative to the Bribery, 
ce. Bill. 


CourtofChane The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Pamseounty mittee on the Court of c ~ 
meer) 


hancery (County Palatine 
of Lancaster) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, after the Order of 
the day relative to the Bribery, &amp;e. Bill, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 

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The Order of the day being read, for the second Friendly 
reading of the Friendly Societies Acts Continuance Societies Acts 
Bill; Gan nuance 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
after the Order of the day relative to the Bribery, 

&amp;e. Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Jury Trial_ 
reading of the Jury Trial (Scotland) Bill ; (Scotland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
—_- Order of the day relative to the Bribery, 
&amp;c. Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Vaccination 
reading of the Vaccination Act Amendment Bill ; a 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time after : 

the Order of the day relative to the Bribery, &amp;c. Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Russian 
mittee on the Russian Government Securities Bill ; ———. 
Resolved, That this House will, after the Order of 
the day relative to the Bribery, &amp;c. Bill, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Literary and 
reading of the Literary and Scientific Institutions Scientific A 
Bill ; stitutions B 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time after 
the Order of the day relative to the Bribery, &amp;c. Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Absconding 
mittee on the Absconding Debtors (Zreland) Bill ; a 
Resolved, That this House will, after the Order ™” ) 
of the day relative to the Bribery, &amp;c. Bill, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Sale of Beer, 

mittee on the Sale of Beer, &amp;c. Bill; &amp;e. Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, after the Order of 

the day relative tg the Bribery, &amp;c. Bill, resolve itself 

into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Returning 
mittee on the Returning Officers Bill ; Officers Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, after the Order 
of the day relative to the Bribery, &amp;c. Bill, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Bleaching, &amp;c. 
reading of the Bleaching, &amp;c. Works Bill ; Works Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time after 
the Order of the day relative to the Bribery, &amp;c. Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Real Estate 
reading of the Real Estate meee Bill ; Charges Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time after 
the Order of the day relative to the Bribery, &amp;c. Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for oe into Dublin Car- 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords ™®° Bill 
to the Dublin Carriage Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken into 


consideration after the Order of the day relative to 
the Bribery, &amp;c. Bill. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take New Forest 
into consideration the Amendments made by the Bill. 
Lords to the New Forest Bill; and the same were 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Reformatory 
mittee on the Reformatory Schools (Scotland) Bill; fand) Bal 
Resolved, That this House will, after the Order 
of the day relative to the Bribery, &amp;c. Bill, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 
3 


The 





Medical 


Graduates 
(University of 
London) Bill. 


Medical 
Graduates 


(Ireland and 
Scotland) Bill. 


Bri » &amp;e. 
Bi 


Bill 233. 


418 


The Order of the day bei 
reading of the Medical G 
London) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time after 
the Order of the day relative to the Bribery, &amp;c. Bill. 


read, for the third 
uates (University of 


The Order of the da 
mittee on the Medical 
land) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, after the Order 
of the day relative to the Bribery, &amp;c. Bill, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


being read, for the Com- 
duates (Ireland and Scot- 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Bribery, &amp;c. Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Crause, N° 34 (Election Officer how paid). 

Amendment proposed, at the end of the Clause : 
To add the words “and the reasonable expenses 
incurred by the Election Officer in the business of 
the Election and the performance of his duties, pur- | 
suant to this Act, shall form part of the Election | 
Expenses, and shall be paid rateably and propor- | 
tionably by the Candidates respectively). | 

Question put, That those words be there added ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the Yeas, se pe i 88. 

s Mr. Bentinck, 56 

(Mr. Newdegate : } — 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the Yeas, Cuz» 


Mr. Bentinck, 
Tellers for the Noes, { Viscount Galway : 


Cxiavuse, N° 35, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 36, amended, and agreed to. 
ScHEDuLE A. agreed to. 

ScuepDue B. amended, and agreed to. 


Clause — person who shall advance, or pay, 
or cause to paid, any money for the purpose of de- 
fraying the expenses of the conveyance of any voter 


to or from the poll, or for the refreshment of any 
voters on the day of nomination, or between that 
who shall sue for the same, together with full costs 
of suit) brought up, and read 1°. 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the | Lord Robert Grosvenor, 
Noes, Mr. Headlam : }190. 
Clause (Provided always, That upon the consent 
after a poll has been demanded, it shall and may be 
lawful for the Election Officer to issue tickets or 
the amount or value of Two shillings each ticket or | 
order, to be delivered to such persons as shall apply 
cer, to each voter, on his having voted or polled 
at such Election, and the amount of the tickets 
ch 
willing so to pay or discharge the same, and such 
person or persons shall send or deliver such tickets 
shall pay or discharge such tickets or orders, and 
charge the same in his accounts, in the same manner 





Tellers for the Noes, 


103. 


47. 


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1 
J 


day and the day after the declaration of the poll, 
shall forfeit the sum of Fifty pounds to any person 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
be read a second time; 
Yeas, UMr. Cobden : } 86. 
Tellers for the Sir John Walsh, 
and application in writing of all such persons as shall 
be Candidates at any contested County Election, 
orders in such form as he may think fit for refresh- 
ments to voters on the day of porting, not exceeding 
by the gr tage ca or some other persons to be 
appointed for that — by the Election Offi- 
or orders so given shall be paid or discharged in 
money or refreshments by any person who may be 
or orders to the Election Officer within one month 
after the day of Election, and the Election Officer 


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A. 1854. 


and subject to the same provisions as are herein 
contained regarding the — of the Election, to 
be provided for and paid by such Election Officer : 
Provided also, That the Candidates shall pay to the 
Election Officer the amount of such tickets or orders 
in equal proportions, or in such other proportions as 
they shall agree upon) brought up, and read 1°, 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
be read a second time ; 

The Committee — ia 

Tellers for thef Mr. Stan ‘ 

Yeas, {Me Edward Egerton: } 126. 
Tellers for the; Mr. Hayter, — 
Noes, \Mr. Grenville Berkeley : } 42. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit 
again. 

Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 
Preamble agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Veneris, 21° die Julii, 1854: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day; and 
be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Bill was, according Ecclesiastical 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a J" 
Committee of the whole House, for this day, at One 
o'clock. 


The Highways (Public Health Act) Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time ; and committed 
to a Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


Highwa 
( Public Health 
Act) Bill 


Stock in Trade 
Exemption 


The Stock in Trade Exemption Bill was, according 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for this day, at One 
o'clock. 


Inclosure, &amp;e. 


The Inclosure, &amp;e. of Land Bill was, according rey 


to Order, read a second time ; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for this day, at One 
o’clock. 


The Common, &amp;c. Rights (Ordnance) Bill was, Common, 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for this 
day, at One o’clock. 


The Admiralty Court Bill was, according to Or- re | 
der, read a second time ; and committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for this day, at One 
o'clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second my 
reading of the National Gallery, &amp;c. (Dublin) Bill; (pybiin) Bil 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 

The House, according to Order, resolved itself Burials ee 
into a Committee on the Burials beyond the Metro- 9:1) 
polis Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. pill 234. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie re- 
_ That the Committee had gone through the 

ill. 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day ; and be 





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The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Jndian Appointments, &amp;c. 
Bill ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
directed him to report the same, without Amend- 
ment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day, at One o'clock. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Spirits (Jreland) Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

CuiavusE, N° 1, agreed to. 

Cuause, N° 2, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuause, N° 3 (Penalty on persons selling spirits, 
&amp;c. without license). 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment a 6a in p. 2, 1. 46: To 
leave out the words “ or had been illegally consumed 
“ on such premises, at any time within two months 
“ preceding such alleged offence.” 

Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out, stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, lees 

Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave: f°°~* 

Tellers for the (Sir Robert Ferguson, 15 

Noes, \Mr. Macartney: } : 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cxiauses, N°4 and N° 5, amended, and agreed to. 

Crausz, N° 6, disagreed to. 

Cuause, N° 7, amended, and agreed to. 

Crausez, N° 8, agreed to. 

Ciavsez, N° 9, amended, and agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 10 and N° 11, agreed to. 

Causes, N° 12 to N° 15, amended, and agreed 
to. 
Cuausz, N° 16, agreed to. 

Ciausz, N° 17, amended, and agreed to. 
Preamble agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day, at One 
o'clock. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Metropolitan Sewers Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Stamp Duties Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill (All 
matriculations, degrees and certificates of degrees 
granted by the University of Dubiin,, shall be and 
the same are hereby exempted from all Stamp Duty) : 
—And the said Clause was brought up, and read the 
first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question bei 
proposed, That the said Clause be now read a secon 
time :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 


"Wee. 109. 


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419 


The Convict Prisons (Jreland) Bill was, according 
to Order, read the third time ; and an Amendment 
was made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir John Young do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Turnpike Acts Continuance, &amp;c. Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(That from and after the 31st day of December next 
(or if all or any of the tolls upon any turnpike road 
have been demised or leased at the time of the pass- 
ing of this Act, then after the expiration of the said 
lease), no toll shall be taken for passing through any 
toll-gate, toll-bar or chain, erected or to be erected, 
or continued, on any turnpike road, or on the sides 
thereof, in England or North Wales, for any horses, 
beast, cattle or other animal or thing liable to toll 
or duty, within the distance of two miles by the 
nearest turnpike road from the previous toll-gate, 
toll-bar or chain, under the control and management 
of the same Turnpike Trust at which toll has been 
paid for the same horses, beast, cattle or other 
animal or thing, upon a ticket omen such payment 
being produced: Provided always, That any Turn- 
pike Trusts which have been united under the pro- 
visions of an Act passed in the twelfth and thirteenth 
years of the reign of Her present Majesty, intituled, 
“ An Act to facilitate the Union of Turnpike Trusts,” 
shall for the purposes of the said enactment be con- 
sidered as separate Trusts, as if the same had not 
been united: Provided also, that no person or per- 
sons shall be authorized or empowered to ae 
exemption from the payment of toll under the autho- 
rity of this Act, at any toll-gate, toll-bar or chain, 
within five miles of the General Post Office in the 
City of London, or within three miles of the principal 
Post Office in any city, borough or market town 
having more than four thousand inhabitants, or at 
any toll-gate, toll-bar or chain, — upon or by 
the sides of any road under the charge of the Com- 
missioners of the Metropolis Turnpike Roads North 
of the Thames) :--And the said Clause was brought 
up, and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time :—It passed in the Negative. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Fitzroy do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into. a Committee on the Benefices Augmentation 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Baines reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and di- 
rected him to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Prisoners’ Removal Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself ta Rates. 







Convict. 


Prisons (Ire- 


land) Bill. 


Turnpike Acts. 
Continuance, 


&amp;c. Bill. 


Benefices 


Augmentation: 


Bill. 


Prisoners’ 
Removal Bilk 


into a Committee on the Borough Rates Bill; and, ® 


after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Baines reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day, at One 
o'clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 


reading of the Usury Laws Repeal Bill ; 
i Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
ay. 


The 


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Usury Laws: 
Repeal Bill. 








Jury Trial 


Vaccination 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Russian 
Government 


Literary and 
' Scientific In- 
i stitutions Bill. 


Absconding 
Debtors -_ 
land) Bill. 


Sale of Beer, 
&amp;c. Bill. 


Returning 
Officers Bill. 


















Bleaching, &amp;c. 
Works Bill. 


Real Estate 
Charges Bill. 


Securities Bill. 





Cinque Ports | The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Bill. reading of the Cinque Ports Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 
CourtofChan- The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
cery (County mittee on the Court of Chancery (County Palatine 
Palatine of F 
Lancaster) Of Lancaster) Bill; 
Bill. Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Friendly The Friendly Societies Acts Continuance Bill was, 
Societies Acts according to Order, read a second time ; and com- 
eee mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for this 


day, at One o'clock. 


The Jury Trial (Scotland) Bill was, according to 


(Scotland) Bill. Order, read the third time. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Craufurd do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 

reading of the Vaccination Act Amendment Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Russian Government Securities Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Literary and Scientific Institutions Bill was, 
according to Order, read the third time ; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Milner Gibson do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Absconding Debtors (Jreland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee on the Sale of Beer, &amp;c. Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Baines reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day, at One 
o'clock. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee on the Returning Officers Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mf r. Speaker resumed 
the Chair ; and Mr. Baines reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bit, and directed him 
to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day, at One o'clock. 


The Order of the day pig, Ne for the second 
reading of the Bleaching, &amp;c. Works Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Real Estate Charges Bill ; 

Anda Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read the third time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ this day.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 

“ now” stand part of the Question :—The said pro- 
posed Amendments were, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


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Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read the third time. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, by leaving out Clause 2. 

And the Question being put, That Clause 2 stand 
part of the Bill ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the Yeas,{ iar sea my } 69. 

Tellers for the Noes, 34 oo P } 22. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That this House do now adjourn:—It passed in 
the Negative. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Locke King do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Dublin Car. 
into consideration the Amendments made by the Tage Bill. 
Lords to the Dublin Carriage Bill. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time 
(and it appearing that the said Amendments were 
rendered necessary, because the time fixed by the 
Commons for the commencement of the Act had 
elapsed before the Bill had passed the House of 
Lords), were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Sir John Young do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. ‘ 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Reformatory 
into a Committee on the Reformatory Schools (Scot- er 
land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. ) 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Baines re- 

i That the Committee had gone through the 

ill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
— be taken into consideration this day, at One 
o'clock. 


The Medical Graduates (University of Zondon) Medical 
Bill was, according to Order, read the third time ; (University of 
and Amendments were made to the Bill. London) Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bell do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Medical 
into a Committee on the Medical Graduates (Zreland a 
and Scotland) Bill; and, after some time spent gcotland) Bill 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 

Baines reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 


mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Incumberet oe 
Committee, this day, on the Incumbered Estates Indies) CL 
(West Indies) Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order for reading a second time, this day, the Legislative 
Legislative Council (Canada) Bill, was read, and (Canada) Bill 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 


Thursday next. 


Resolved, That this House will immediately re- Aiuto | 


solve itself into a Committee to consider of imposing Stamps.) 
a Stamp Duty on the 3 ee of Commissioners 
to administer Oaths in the High Court of Admiralty 
of England, and of — the Collection of Fees 
in the said Court by means of Stamps. " 
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The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That the Fiat or Document by which 
any Commissioner shall be appointed to administer 
Oaths in the High Court of Admiralty of England, 
shall bear a Stamp Duty of £.1. 

2. Resolved, That it is expedient to authorize the 
Collection of Fees in the said Court by means of 
Stamps. 

Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Wilson 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day, at 
One o'clock. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns showing the Expense for the Census 
of Great Britain in 1851, incurred at the Central 
Office (exclusive of Postage), and of the Sums paid 
to the several classes of Local Officers, and the 
Numbers of each class employed in enumerating the 
Population in England and Wales :—Of the Expense 
incurred at the Central Office (exclusive of Postage), 
and of the Sums paid to the Local Officers, in taking 
the Census of 1841:—Of the Number of Persons 
enumerated, the Heads of Information comprised in 
the inquiry, and the Cost per 1,000 of the Population 
for the Expenses incurred at the Central Office, and 
in payment of the Local Officers in England and 
Wales, in 1851 and 1841 respectively :—And, similar 
Return showing the Expenditure for the Census in 
Freland in 1851; and a Comparison with the Ex- 
penditure for the Census in 1841. J 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Census (1841 
and 1851.) 


Frederick Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 

Beverly Dixon, Copies of the several Memorials addressed by Frede- 

Esq rick Beverly Dixon, Esquire, of Castlewood, in the 
Queen’s County, to his Excellency the Lord Lieu- 
tenant, complaining of the course pursued by certain 
Magistrates of the Queen’s County, and especially 
complaining of the conduct of Mr. D. B. Franks, 
the resident Magistrate, and praying an investigation 
into the conduct of the said D. B. Franks ; and also 
praying to be relieved from the burthen of certain 
extra Police placed on the Property of said f. B. 
Dixon :—And, of his Excellency’s Replies to such 
Memorials. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till Three of the clock on Friday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 





Veneris, 21° die Julii ; 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1854. 





PRAYERs. 
Committees. RDERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 
Rarl of Mr. Bouverie reported the Earl of Eglinton’s 
d — Estate Bill, with Amendments. 





Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 








Earl of Fife Mr. Bouverie reported the Earl of Fife (Trustees) 
~~ Estate Bill, without Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 
Vou. 109. 





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Mr. Bouverie reported the Merton College Estate Merton College 
Bill, without Amendment. ™ Estate Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Bouverie reported Stainforth’s Estate Bill, Stainforth’s 
without Amendment. Estate Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Sewell’s 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, ©st#te Bill. 
That in the case of Sewell’s Estate Bill, no Stand- 
ing Orders are applicable. 


Ordered, That Sewell's Estate Bill be read a se- Sewell’s 
cond time. Estate Bill. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from Bourne's 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, eS 
That in the case of Bourne’s (Mowbrick Partition) ancien 
Estate Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 


Ordered, That Bourne's (Mowbrick Partition) Bourne's 
Estate Bill be read a second time. (Mowbric:: 
Partition) 
Estate Bill. 

A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Serjeant Message from 

Manning : si =v q the Lads, 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Ecclesiastical Courts Ecclesiastical 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Courts Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Commons’ Inclo- Commons’ 

sure (No. 2) Bill, without any Amendment: And Inclosure. 
also, (No. 2) Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Selkirk and Giala- Selkirk ana 
shiels Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which Galashiels 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of ®4#!¥ay Bill. 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the London and North London and 
Western Railway Bill, with Amendments ; to which North Western 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of ®#!!way Bill. 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Electric Telegraph riectric 
Company (No. 2) Bill, with Amendments ; to which Telegraph 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of No.2) Bill 
this House: And also, ‘ 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act BaronDeL'Isle 
for enabling the granting of Leases for Mining and a 
other purposes, and the making of Sales and Ex- ‘ 
changes of certain Parts of the states devised by 
the Will and Codicils of Sir William Foulis, Ba- 
ronet, deceased ; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act for Lord Petre’s 

authorizing the granting of Building Leases and Leases Estate Bill. 
for working Brick Earth, of settled Estates in the 
County of Essex, of the Right honourable William 
Bernard Lord Petre, Baron of Writtle, in the 
County of Essex ; and of which Act the short Title 
is, “The Petre Estate Act, 1854;” to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House :—And 
also, 
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Finchley Road 
to enable Sir Thomas Maryon Wilson, Baronet, and "state Bill. 
other Persons successively entitled under the Will 
and Codicils of the late Sir Thomas Maryon Wilson, 
Baronet, to grant Building Leases of his Finchley 
Road Estate, in the County of Middlesex, Part of 
the Estates devised by the said Will and Codicils, 
and for other purposes relating thereto; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :— 
And then the Messenger withdrew. 


Baron De L’Isle and Dudley's Estate Bill was Baron De L’Isle 
read the first time. and Oeliey's 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- Estate BU, 


miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 







Lord Petre’s Estate Bill was read the first time. Lord Petre’s 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- = Bill. 





miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 
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Road The Finchley Road Estate Bill was read the first 
Estate Bil. time. 


Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- 
miners of Petitions for Private Bill. 







Potteries, The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Biddulph and the Amendments made by the Lords to the Potteries, 
Congleton Biddulph and Congleton Railway Bill; and the 
Railway Bill. : 
same were twice read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the ‘Ameninnants made by their 


Lordships. 


‘Tees Conser- The House proceeded to take into consideration 
vancy Bill. the Amendment made by the Lords to the Tees 
Conservancy Bill; and the same was twice read, and 








































to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their 


Lordships. 
Darby's Darby's Estate Bill was read the third time. 
Estate Bill Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


Jenkins’ Jenkins’ Estate Bill was read the third time. 
Estate Bill. Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments ; to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


Stirling's The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Estate Bill. Stirling’s Estate Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Lord Willough- Lord Willoughby De Broke’s Estate Bill was 

by De Broke’s yead a second time ; and committed. 

Eetate BU. Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


Indian Ap- The Jndian Appointments, &amp;c. Bill was, according 
ee to Order, read the third time; and Amendments 
, were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Sir Charles Wood do carry the 


Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Returning The Returning Officers Bill was, according to 
Officers Bill. Order, read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Fitzroy do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


a 


Spirits (Ire- The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
land) Bill. —_ take into consideration the Spirits (Ireland) Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow. 


Borough Rates The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
Bul. take into consideration the Borough Rates Bill, as 

amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow. 







Sale of Beer, The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
&amp;c. Bill. take into consideration the Sale of Beer, &amp;c. Bill, 
t as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow. 
















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The House, according to Order, proceeded to Reforma 
take into consideration the Reformatory Schools Ian (Sete 
(Scotland) Bill, as amended in the Committee; and wend) 
Amendments were made to the Bill. Bill 237, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow ; and be printed. 


The Orders of the day being read, for the Com- Ecclesiastical 
mittees on the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Bill ; Jurisdiction 
the Stock in Trade Exemption Bill; the Inclosure, Ty Stock in 
&amp;c. of Land Bill; and, the Common, &amp;c. Rights emption Bill; 


(Ordnance) Bill ; Inclosure, &amp;e, 
Ordered, That the said Bills be committed to the poly Bal; 
same Committee. &amp;c. Rights * 


Then the House resolved itself into the Committee ; (Ordnance) 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bills, and 
directed him to report the same, without Amend- 
ment. 
Ordered, That the Bills be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on Ad- Admiralty 
miralty Court (Stamps), several Resolutions ; which _ 
were read, as follow: (Stamps. 

1. Resolved, That the Fiat or Document by which 
any Commissioner shall be appointed to admi- 
nister Oaths in the High Court of Admiralty of 
England, shall bear a Stamp Duty of £.1. 

2. Resolved, That it is expedient to authorize the 
Collection of Fees in the said Court by means of 
Stamps. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The Orders of the day being read, for the Com- Admiralty 
mittees on the Admiralty Court Bill; and, the Court Bill; 


Friendly Societies Acts Continuance Bill ; rae my 
Ordered, That the said Bills be committed to the Continuance 
same Committee. Bill. 


Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Admiralty Court Bill. . 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 

Mr. Bouverie also reported, That the Committee 
had gone through the Friendly Societies Acts Con- 
tinuance Bill, and directed him to report the same, 
without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Land Revenues 
provide for the Application of certain Stock pur- oid) 
chased with Monies which arose from the Sale of ( . 
Part of the Land Revenues of the Crown in Jreland: 

And that Mr. Wilson and Sir William Molesworth 
do prepare, and bring it in, 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Land, hsm 
for the better securing the collecting and accounting Tivo. 
for the Land Tax, Assessed Taxes and Income Tax, 
&amp;e.: And that Mr. Wilson and Mr. Chancellor of 


the Exchequer do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented a Bill to provide for the Lead, eae 
Application of certain Stock purchased with Monies (ireland) Bill. 
whch arose from the Sale of Part of the Land Re- Bill 235. 
venues of the Crown in Jreland: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 


time this day ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Fitzroy, by Order, presented a Bill, for the Land, Assessed 


better securing the collecting and ey for the and Bl. 
Land Tax, Assessed Taxes and Income Tax, &amp;c.: Bill 236. 
And the same was read the first time; “ a 

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Slave Vessels 
Captured. 


Duties, 


Saint Cathe- 
Tine’s Parish 


ie 
1 and 
Chari 


S ity 
Estates Bill, 


Public Health 
Act ( Barton- 


' Upon-Irwell, ) 


18 Vicroriz. 


dered to be read.a second time this.day ; and to be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Metropo- 
litan Sewers, which was presented upon the 20th 
day of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Caledo- 
nian Canal, which was presented upon the 20th day 
of this instant July, be printed. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 9th day of June last, for an Abstract of the Net 
Produce of the Revenue of Jreland paid into the 
Exchequer, in the year ended the 5th day of January 
1854 :—Accounts of the Net Public Income and 
Expenditure of Jreland, for the year ended the 5th 
day of January 1854, and showing the whole of the 
Ways and Means provided within the same Period, 
together with the Application thereof:— Of the 
Amount of Duties of Excise in each Revenue Dis- 
trict of Ireland, in the year ended the 5th day of 
January 1854 :—Of the Amount of Duties of Cus- 
toms of the Revenue Districts of Jreland, in the 
year ended the 5th day of January 1854:—Of the 
Amount of Stamp Duties collected in Dublin, and 
in each Stamp District of Jreland, in the year ended 
the 5th day of January 1854 :—And, of the Amount 
of Postage collected in each County of Jre/and, in 
the year ended the 5th day of January 1854 :— 
Statements showing the Quantities of the following 
Articles retained for Home Consumption in [reland, 
in the year ended the 5th day of January 1854, viz., 
Wine, Spirits, Foreign and Home-made, Tobacco, 
Tea, Coffee, Sugar, Flax Seed, Cotton Yarn, Cotton 
Wool, Woollen and Worsted Yarn, Silk, Raw and 
Thrown, Iron unwrought, Timber, Deals and Coals : 
—And, showing the Quantities of the following 
Articles exported from Jreland, in the year ended 
the 5th day of January 1854, distinguishing the 
Exports to Great Britain from those to Foreign 
Countries, viz., Oxen, Sheep, Swine, Horses, Bacon 
and Hams, Beef and Pork, Butter, Wheat.and Wheat 
Flour, Oats and Oatmeal, Jrish Spirits, Linen Ma- 
nufactures, Linen Yarn and Cotton Manufactures 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 949, 
of Session 1853). 

Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of this in- 
stant July, for a Return, in detail, of the Items com- 
posing the Sum of £.4,991. 6s. 7d. for Expenses 
incurred relative to Slave Vessels captured by Her 
Majesty’s Ships, and included in Vote 14, Class V. 
for £.20,000 in Civil Service Estimates to March 
1855. 

Return to an Order, dated the 18th day of this 
instant July, for a Return of the Quantity con- 
sumed, and the Net Amount of Duty received at 
the Customs in the United Kingdom on each of the 
Articles entered in the Schedule to the Customs 
Acts, and proposed to be altered ; stating the Rates 
of Duty charged in 1853-54, and the Rates pro- 
posed for 1854-55. 


Mr. Brotherton reported from the Committee on 
Saint Catherine’s Parish (Dublin) School and Cha- 
rity Estates Bill; That they had examined the alle- 
gations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, and 
amended the same, by introducing recitals to the 
effect that the major part of the Governors of the 
Parochial School had consented to the proposed 
arrangement for a permanent Board of Management, 
and that the objects thereof could not be effected 
without the authority of Parliament; and found the 
same, as amended, to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 

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423 


Copies of all Correspondence, Memorials, and Re- 
ports, in reference to the Application of the Public 
Health Act to the Township of Barton-upon-Irweil. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Bills of Ex- 
Return, in a Tabular Form, of the Gross Produce of change and 
the Revenue arising from the Sale of Stamps for notes, 
Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes in England 
and Wales, in Scotland and in Ireland respectively ; 
stating the same for each Official Quarter, during 
each of the years 1830 to 1854, both inclusive, so far 
as a Quarterly Statement may be possible, and where 
such a Quarterly Statement is not possible, then 
stating the Gross Produce, as for the whole year; 
distinguishing throughout the entire Return the 
Amount of Revenue arising under each denomination 
of Stamp. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, District Lu- 
Copies or Extracts containing the Substance of the (Slig — 
Contract for erecting a District Lunatic Asylum at ” 
Sligo, with the Name of the Contractor, and his 
Securities ; the Amount already expended ; the Sum 
estimated to be necessary to complete the same; and 
Period at which the Contractor is bound to finish 
the Works. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to Finchley Road 
request that their Lordships will be pleased to com- ®*t* _ 
municate to this House, a Copy of the Finchley Road 
Estate Bill, as signed by the Judges to whom such 
Bill was referred by their Lordships’ House :—And, 

Copy of the Report of the said Judges upon such 
Bill: And that Mr. Aglionby do carry the said 
Message. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Poor Re- Poor Removal. 
moval have Power to report their Observations there- No. 396. 
upon, together with the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before them. 

Mr. Baines reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee; That they had considered the matters to 
them referred, and directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House, together with the Minutes of the 
Evidence taken before them. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Serjeant Message from 
Mannin 9: the Lords. 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have 
gwenlly Waterworks Bill, without any Amendment : 
And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Birkenhead Docks Birkenhead 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Docks Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Rhymney Railway Rhymney 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Railway Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Great Western Great Western 
Railway (Berks and Flants, &amp;e.) Bill, with Amend- (Hetke’s ‘ 
ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the iota, ke.) 


concurrence of this House: And also, Bill 


The Lords have agreed to the Stockport, Disley Stockport, 
and Whaley Bridge Railway Bill, with Amendments ; nae we - 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- Railway Bi 
rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the North Metropo- North Metro- 
litan Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which Posy Rail 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of : 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the British Guarantee British 
Association (No. 2) Bill, with Amendments; to Qvarantee 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence (No, 2) Bill. 
of this House :—And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Westminster Ter- 
minus Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which 

3u4 Amendments 


agreed to the Newport and Pill- Pilea 
—e 


Westminster 
Terminus 
Railway Bill, 
































424 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 
West London The Lords have agreed to the West London Rail- 
Railway Bill. way Bill, with Amendments; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 
Ambergate, The Lords have agreed to the Ambergate, Notting- 
Nottingham iam and Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway 
= a. (Working Arrangements with Great Northern Rail- 
Junction Rail- way) Bill, with Amendments; to which Amend- 
way (Working ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 


with — House: And also, 

Northern 

Railway) Bill. 

Paisley The Lords have agreed to the Paisley Waterworks 


Waterworks (No, 2) Bill, with Amendments; to which Amend- 
(No. 2) Bil nents the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to authorize Conveyances in Fee or Demises for 
long terms of years, under reserved Rents, of cer- 
tain Parts of the settled Estates of Charles Richard 
Banastre Legh, Esquire ; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House :—And then the Mes- 
senger withdrew. 


Legh’s Estate 
Bill. 


Russia (Vote 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer a the 
ot Credit.) 


House, That he had a Message from Her Majesty 
to this House, signed by Her Majesty :—And he pre- 
sented the same to the House, and it was read by 
Mr. Speaker (all the Members of the House being 
uncovered) ; and is as followeth : 


VICTORIA R. 


Her Majesty, deeming it expedient to provide for 
any additional expense which may arise in conse- 
quence of the War in which Her Majesty is now 
engaged against the Emperor of Russia, and relying 
on the experienced zeal and affection of Her faithful 
Commons, trusts they will make provision accord- 


ingly. V.R. 


Ordered, That Her Majesty’s said most gracious 
Message be referred to the Committee of Supply. 
Ocean Postage. Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Names of the Colonies and British 
Dependencies that have adopted the Uniform Rate 
of Ocean Postage ; also, the Names of the Colonies 
and British Dependencies in which it has not been 
adopted. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Consecration 
of Churches, 
&amp;e. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return, in detail, of the Fees charged and received 
under the Church Building Acts for the Consecration 
of Churches, Burial-grounds, Divisions and Subdivi- 
sions of Parishes, and other Ecclesiastical Offices. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Clergy (City” 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
of London. ) 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Sums of Money raised and 
paid by Parishes within the City of Zondon, under 
the Act 44 Geo. 3, c. 89 (Local and Personal), “ for 
the Relief of certain Incumbents of Livings in the 
City of London,” since the passing of the said Act. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


21° Julti. 








A. 1854. 


Petitions relating to Public-houses and_Beer- pyyy;, 
shops ;—Bills of Exchange (No. 2) Bill;—Bleach- Petitions, 
ing, &amp;c. Works Bill;—Bleach Works and Dye vei 
Works ;—Burials beyond the Metropolis Bill ;—Civil cighth Report 
Bills, &amp;c. (Ireland) Act ;—Decimal Coinage ;—Fac- 
tories ;—and, Nuisances Removal and Diseases Pre- 
vention Acts Consolidation and Amendment Bill, 

—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Bribery, &amp;, 
take into consideration the Bribery, &amp;c. Bill, as Bill. 
amended in the Committee. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill (If 
any person shall, either during any Election of a 
Member to serve in Parliament, or within six calen- 
dar months previous to such Election, or within 
fourteen days after it shall have been completed, be 
employed at such Election as counsel, agent, attorney, 
poll-clerk, flagman, or in any other capacity, for the 
purposes of such Election, and shall at any time, 
either before, during or after such Election, accept 
or take from any such candidate or candidates, or 
from any person whatsoever, for or in Consideration 
of or with reference to such employment, any sum 
or sums of money, retaining fee, office, place or em- 
ployment, or any promise or security for any sum or 
sums of money, retaining fee, office, place or em- 
ployment, such person shall be deemed incapable of 
voting at such Election, and his vote, if os shall 
be utterly void and of none effect, and shall render 
him liable to forfeit the sum of Fifty pounds to an 
person who shall sue for the same, together wi 
full costs of suit) :— And the said Clause was brought 
up, and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time 




















A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Serjeant Message from 
Manning : the Lords. 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Savings Banks Bill, Savings Banks 
without any Amendment :—And then the Messenger Bill. 
withdrew. 





And the Question being again proposed, That the Bribery, &amp;. 
said Clause be now read a second time :—The said Bill. 
Motion and Clause were severally, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House:—The House ac- 
cordingly resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

Crauses, N° 1 to N° 9, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 10 (No candidate before, during or 
after any Election shall, in regard to such Election, 
by himself or agent, directly or indirectly give or 
“ee to or for any person having a vote at such 

ilection, or to or for any inhabitant of the county, 

city, borough or place for which such Election is 
had, any cockade, ribbon or other mark of distinc- 
tion; and every person so giving or providing shall 
for every such offence forfeit the sum of Two pounds 
to such person as shall sue for the same, together 
with the full costs of suit). 

Amendment proposed, at the end of the Clause: 
To add the words, “ and ail payments made for or on 
“ account of any chairing, or any bands of music, or 
“ flags or banners, shall be deemed illegal payments 
“ within this Act.” 

Question put, That those words be there added ; 
The Committee divided. 


























Tellers for the Yeas,{ Mr. Hayter: Kelly, fos. 
Tellers for the Noes,{ 4" Hildyod? } 57. 

, : f 
Clause, as amended, agreed to. 





CLAUSE, 








18 Vicroriz. 





Cuavusz, N° 11, agreed to. 
Cuavusg, Ne 12, amended, and agreed to. 
Ciavsz, N° 13, agreed to. 


Crause, N° 14 (Returning Officer to give no- 
tice of Election). ’ 

Amendment proposed, at the end of the Clause: 
To add the following words, “and after the passing 
“ of this Act, no Returning Officer, or whom he 
may appoint, shall permit, after a poll is once 
opened, any Candidate or other person on his 
behalf, under any pretence or in any capacity 
whatsoever, to be present within or about the 
hustings or booth where such poll is proceeding, 
any law, custom or practice to the contrary not- 
withstanding.” 

Question, That those words be there added 
put, and negatived. 

Clause agreed to. 

Cravseg, N° 15, agreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 16, disagreed to, 

Crause, N° 17, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 18, amended, and agreed to. 

Cxiavuses, N° 19 to N° 23, agreed to. 

Cuause, N* 24 (No person to pay expenses of 
Elections, except to Candidate or Election Officer). 

Amendment proposed, at the end of the Clause: 
To add the following words, “and in either case, the 
“ party recovering such penalty shall have full costs 
“ of suit.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

An Amendment made. 

Amendment proposed, at the end of the last 
Amendment: To add the following words, “ Pro- 
“ vided also, That no expenses of or relating to the 
“ registration of Electors, and no subscriptions or 
“ contributions bond fide made to or for any public 
“ or private or charitable purpose, shall be deemed 
“ Election expenses within the meaning of this 
“ Act.” 

Amendment proposed to the proposed Amend- 
ment: To leave out the words “ or private.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the proposed Amendment——put, and 
negatived. 

Oriyinal Question put, That those words be there 
added ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for thef Sir FitzRoy Kelly, 

Yeas, Mr. Hayter : 
Tellers for thes Mr. John Fitzgerald, 
Noes, UMr. Craufurd: 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 25, agreed to. 

Curause, N° 26, disagreed to. 

Ciauses, N° 27 to N°’ 29, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 31 (Declaration of Member). 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
stand part of the Bill; 

The Committee divided. 

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{Sir FitzRoy Kelly, 
Tellers for the Yeas, \Mr. Hayter : 


Tellers for the Noes, {Mr — 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 22° die Julii, 1854: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Wilson 
Patten reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
ae in the Bill; and that he was direeted to move, 

hat the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That this House will, this day, at Twelve 


o'clock, again resolve itself into the said Committee ; 


21°—22° Juliz. 


425 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ will” to 
the end of the Question, in order to insert the words 
“at the rising of the House this day, adjourn till 
“ Monday next,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out, stand part of the Question : 
—The said pro Amendment was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Question, by leaving out the words “ this day, at 
“ Twelve o’clock,” and inserting the words “ Mon- 
“ day next,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
a ag to be left out, stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the {rh Hayter, 

Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave: 

Tellers for the f Viscount Galway, 

Noes, {Mr Spooner : 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question being put ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the {Mr. Hayter, Adee 

Yeas, (The Earl of Mulgrave: 1° 

Tellers for the (Mr. Newdegate, } P 

Noes, \Mr. Spooner: ba 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, at 
Twelve o’clock, again resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


tan aed 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Supply. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Customs. 
into a Committee on the Customs Acts; and, after 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. Wilson Patten reported, That the 
Committee had made Progress in the matter to them 
referred ; and that he was directed to move, That the 
Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, at Twelve o'clock, again resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Stamp Dutics 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed Bill. 

upon the 20th day of this instant July, for reading 

a second time the Clause proposed to be added on 
consideration of the Stamp Duties Bill, as amended 

in the Committee; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 

till Monday next. 


The Militia (Zreland) Bill was, according to Order, Militia (Tre- 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee lagd)-Bill. 
of the whole House, for Tuesday next, at Twelve 

o'clock. . 
The Duchy of Cornwall Office Bill was, according Duchy of 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a Cornwall 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. Office Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Metropolitan 
into a Committee on the Metropolitan Sewers Bill ; Sewers Bill. 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Wilson Patten re 

Bill. 


Bill 238. 
rted, 





Vor. 109. 





That the Committee had ‘aia through the 
3 


Ordered, 








retina 








496” 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Usury Laws Repeal Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Usury Laws 
Repeal Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Cinque Ports Bull; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Cinque Ports 
Bi 


Highways The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Public Health ; + Ci 

yer Bil. into a Committee on the Highways (Public Health 
; Act) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 


Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Wilson Patten 


reported, That the Committee had gone through the | 


Bill, and had amended the Title thereof; which Title 
is as followeth : 

A Bill to indemnify Local Boards of Health as 
regards rating for the Repair of Highways, under 
the Public Health Act, 1848. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Burials beyond the Metropolis Bill, as amended 
in the Committee ; and Amendments were made to 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


Burials beyond 
the Metropolis 
Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Chancery Amendment Bill ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Wilson Patten re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


Chancery 
Amendment 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Russian Government Securities Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day three months, re- 
“ solve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out me part of the Question :— 
And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Mon- 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Bleaching, &amp;e. Works Bill . 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Russian 
Government 
Securities Bill. 


Bleaching, &amp;c. 
Works Bill. 


Medical The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
Graduates take into consideration the Medical Graduates (Jre- 
Gotland) BULL land and Scotland) Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
tais day. 
Land Revenues The Land Revenues of the Crown (Jreland) Bill 
of the Crown 


was, according to Order, read a second time; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
this day. 


(Ireland) Bill. 


The Land, Assessed and Income Taxes Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for this 
day. 


Land, Assessed 
and Income 
Taxes Bill. 


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. 


A. 1854, 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Public 
Committee on Public Petitions ; That they had ex- Petitions 
amined the Petitions presented upon the 19th and (Fifty-seventh 
20th days of this instant July, and had directed him “?™™ 
to make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Court of 

to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Chancery, 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of all Causes (distinguished from Claims, 
Motions, Short Causes and Petitions, and Causes on 
further directions) inserted in the Paper of each day 
before the Master of the Rolls and each Vice-Chan- 
cellor, since the 1st day of Easter Term 1854; spe- 
cifying the Number of Days on which each such 
Cause appeared in the daily Paper of Causes of each 
Judge, before the day on which each such Cause 
was finally disposed of. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her wade Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Unions 

a Return, in a Tabular Form, of the particulars (Ireland) 
hereunder specified, for each Union in Jreland, 

for the year ending the 29th day of September 
1853, distinguishing, in a separate Return, those 
Unions in which not more than 1,000 Paupers were 
relieved in the Workhouse during that Period :— 
Union; Population in 1851; Net Annual Value; 
Number in Workhouse at close of first week in 
January 1853; Number in Workhouse at close of 

first week in June 1853; Total Number relieved in 
Workhouse during year ending 29th September 
1853; Total Number relieved out of the Workhouse 
during year ending 29th September 1853 ; Cost of 
In-maintenance ; Cost of Out-relief; Cost of Salaries 

of Workhouse Officers; Cost of Salaries of all other 
Officers; Amount of all other Expenses chargeable 

to Poor Rates, including Dispensary Relief; Total 
Expenses chargeable to the Poor Rates. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Monies in the 
an Account of Monies in the Exchequer, or remain- Exchequer. 
ing to be raised on the 5th day of July 1854, to No.397. 
complete the Aids granted by Paden for the 
Service of the years 1852 and 1853. 

Mr. Wilson accordingly presented the said Ac- 
count. 

Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Mr. Wilson presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Civil Services 
mand,— Estimates, &amp;c. Civil Services, 1854-55: No, 398. 
Class 8. 

Ordered, That the said Estimates be referred to 
the Committee of Supply ; and be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after Two of the 
clock on Saturday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 











Sabbati, 22° die Julii; 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 
EG H’s Estate Bill was read the first time. —_Legh’s Estate 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Exa- Bill. 
miners of Petitions for Private Bills. 


Payment of 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Pay- 
Wages Bill; 


ment of W: Bill; and, the Payment of W and~ Payment 
(Hosiery) Bill, have Power to make a Special Re- o¢ Wages 
rt, and to report the Minutes of the Evidence taken (Hosiery) Bill. 
fore them. a No, 382. 
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Ct ee 























Churches. 
No, 399. 


Revenue 
(Ireland.) 
No, 400. 


Slave Vessels 
No, 401, 
Customs 
Duties. 
No, 402, 


Public 
Petitions. 

Vide Fifty- 
eighth Report. 


Rates Bill, 


18 Vicroriz. 


Mr. Charles Forster reported from the said Se- 
lect Committee, That they had agreed to the following 
Report thereupon : 

Your Committee have gone through the several 
Clauses of the Payment of Wages Bill, and have 
heard evidence at considerable length with regard to 
the payment of wages in the districts of Stafford- 
shire and South Wales, and they have heard some 
evidence from Scotland. 

They have received evidence from the various 
classes interested ; viz., workmen, a 
truck-paying masters, and retail shopkeepers. They 
have also heard the evidence of lawyers and magis- 
trates, and of a Government Inspector of Mines. 

Your Committee have determined that Clauses 2, 
3 and 5 ought not to stand part of the Bill. 

Owing to the advanced period of the Session, and 
the length to which the examination of witnesses has 
proceeded, Your Committee have been unable to close 
the inquiry, and they therefore refrain from making 
any observations on the remaining Clauses of the Bill. 

The same causes have precluded Your Committee 
from entering on the consideration of the Clauses of 
the Payment of Wages (Hosiery) Bill. 

Your Committee would recommend that this in- 
quiry be resumed in the next Session for the purpose 
of rn ary | the evidence. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and, together with the Minutes of Evidence, be 
printed. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 12th day of this instant July, for an Account of 
all Sums charged or received by the Church Build- 
ing Commissioners, or their Solicitor, or other Per- 
son, for Legal Expenses of perusal of Title, Convey- 
ances, and all other matters, against Persons who 
have erected Churches, wholly or partially, by Volun- 
tary Subscriptions or Donations, since the 1st day 
of January 1850 to the 1st day of July 1854. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Churches, 
which was presented upon the 3d day of this instant 
July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Revenue 
(Ireland), which was presented upon the 21st day of 
this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Slave Vessels 
¢aptured, which was presented upon the 21st day 
of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Customs 
Duties, which was presented upon the 21st day of 
this instant July, be printed. 


Petitions relating to Intoxicating Liquors ;—Pub- 
lic-houses and Beer-shops ;—and, Medical Graduates 
(Ireland and Scotland) Bill,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Borough Rates Bill was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Fitzroy do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Sale of Beer, &amp;c. Bill was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson Patten do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Reformatory Schools (Scotland) Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to render Reformatory and Indus- 
trial Schools in Scotland more available for the 
Benefit of Vagrant Children. 

Vou. 109. 





22° Juli. 








427 


Ordered, That Mr. Dunlop do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, ‘and desire their concurrence. 


The Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Bill was, accord- Ecclesiastical 
ing to Order, read the third time. Jurisdiction 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. sane 

Ordered, That Mr. Fitzroy do carry the Bill to Stock in Trade 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. ae 


The Stock in Trade Exemption Bill was, according 
to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Fitzroy do carry the Bill to Inclosure, &amp;e. 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. of Land Bill. 


The Inclosure, &amp;c. of Land Bill was, according to 
Order, read the third time; and Amendments were 
made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Fitzroy do carry the Bill to Common, &amp;c. 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. aa = 
The Common, &amp;c. Rights (Ordnance) Bill was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Fitzroy do carry the Bill to Friendly 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. Societies Acts 
nee 
The Friendly Societies Acts Continuance Bill 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 
Resolved, ‘Vhat the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Sotheron do carry the Bill to Spirits (Ire- 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. land) Bill. 


The Spirits (Zreland) Bill was, according to Order, 
read the third time ; and Amendments were made to 
the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir John Young do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Medical 
reading of the Medical Graduates (Jreland and “ieee a 
Scotland) Bill ; Scotland) Bilh 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read the third 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question :—And a Debate 
arising thereupon ; 

And a Motion bein 
put, That the Debate &amp; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, } 90 

Yeas, (The Earl of Mulgrave : ‘ 

Tellers for the (Colonel Dunne, 43 

Noes, Mr. William Lockhart: } . 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Wed- 
nesday next. 


made, and the Question being 
e now adjourned ; 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Burials beyond 
reading of the Burials beyond the Metropolis Bill ; the Metropolis. 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, ‘That the Bill be now read the third 
time ; 
The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon Monday next.” 


And the Question being put, That the word 


“ now” stand of the estion:—It was re- 
solved in the Affirmative. 
312 Ordered, 





Bribery, &amp;c. 
Bill 
Bil] 239. 





428 22° Julti. A. 1854. 


Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, ‘That Mr. Fitzroy do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Bribery, &amp;c. Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Cravuses, N° 32 and N° 33, agreed to. 


Cuause, N° 34 (Interpretation Clause). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 12, |. 28: To leave 
out “word” in order to insert “ words.” 

Question proposed, That “word” stand part of 
the Clause. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 

Schedules agreed to. 

Clause (And whereas doubts have arisen as to 
whether the payment of the expenses of conveying 
voters to and from the poll, as also the giving of re- 
freshment to voters on the day of nomination or day 
of polling, be or be not according to law, and it is 
expedient that such doubts should be removed, and 
that the law should be settled in these particulars ; 
be it declared and enacted, That from and after the 
passing of this Act, it shall be lawful for any candi- 
date or other person, subject always to the provisions 
of this Act as to the payment of Election expenses, 
to pay or cause to be paid the actual and reasonable 
expense of bringing any voters to the poll)——- 
brought up, and read 1°; 2°. 

Amendment proposed, inl. 2: To leave out from 
the word “ poll” to the word “ be,” in 1. 3. 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out, 
stand part of the Clause——put, and negatived. 

Another Amendment proposed, in 1. 6: After the 
word “ shall” to insert the word “ not.” 

Question put, That the word “not” be there in- 
serted ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the (Mr. Craufurd, } - 

Yeas, (Sir Joshua Walmsley : wh 

Tellers for the { Mr. Hayter, 110 

Noes, (Mr. Henley: - shies 

Another Amendment proposed, in 1. 8: To leave 
out the word “ reasonable,” in order to insert the word 
* necessary.” 

Question proposed, That the word “ reasonable ’ 
stand part of the Clause. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the 
Clause : To add the words “ Provided always, that in 
“ the case of boroughs no travelling expenses shall 
“ be deemed reasonable, except the expense of 
“ bringing up to the poll from their residences within 
the borough, or with respect to freemen from their 
residences within seven miles from the borough, 
* aged or infirm voters.” 

Question put, That those words be there added ; 

The Committee divided. 





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Tellers for the ve Headlam, qt 51 
Yeas, Viscount Monck : et gs 
Tellers for the f Mr. Walpole, a 95 
Noes, UMr. Chichester Fortescue: J : 


Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bin ; 
The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the ( Mr. Hayter, i 88 
Yeas, (Mr. Walpole : | Pray: 
Tellers for the; Mr. Craufurd, } 4a? 
Noes, \Sir Joshua Walmsley : ’ 


Clause (The giving or causing to be given to any 
voter on the day of nomination or day of polling, on 
account of such voter having polled, or being &gt; er 
to poll, any meat, drink or entertainment by way of 


voter to obtain refreshment, shall be held and be 
taken to amount to bribery or treating, as the case 
may be, within the meaning of this Act) ——brought 
up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
read a second time. 

Motion and Clause, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause added. 

Clause (In case of any indictment or information 
by a private prosecutor for any offence against the 
provisions of this Act, if judgment shall be given for 
the defendant, he shall be entitled to recover from the 
prosecutor the costs sustained by the defendant by 
reason of such indictment or information, such costs 
to be taxed by the proper officer of the Court in 
which such judgment shall be given) —— brought up, 
and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause be read a second time. 

Motion and Clause, by leave, withdrawn, 

Preamble agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Wilson 
Patten reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next, at One o’clock ; and be printed. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Admiralty 
take into consideration the Admiralty Gourt Bill, as Court Bill, 
amended in the Committee; and an Amendment 
was made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next, at One o'clock. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Land Revenues 
into a Committee on the Land Revenues of the taken a 
Crown (Zreland) Bill; and, after some time spent ‘ ) 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 

Wilson Patten reported, That the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and directed him to report 
the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next, at One o’clock. 


The Orders of the day being read, for the Com- Land, Assessed 
mittees on the Land, Assessed and Income Taxes = —_ 
Bill; and, the Duchy of Cornwall Office Bill ; and, Duchy of 

Ordered, That the said Bills be committed to the Cornwall 
same Committee. Office Bill. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Committee ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Wilson Patten reported, 

That the Committee had gone through the Bills, 
and directed him to report the same, without Amend- 
ment. 


Ordered, That the Bills be read the third time 
upon Monday next, at One o’clock. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Highways 
into consideration the Highways (Public Health ie Bl 
Act) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next, at One o'clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Chancery 
consideration the Chancery Amendment Bill, as — 
amended in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 


upon Monday next. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday 
next. 





refreshment, or any money or ticket to enable such 


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Luna, 24° die Julii ; 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


Committees. O# DERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


DeL'Isle Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
snd Dudley’® one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 


fuste Bil Phat in the case of Baron De L’Isle and Dudley's 
Estate Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable. 

pun DeL'Isle Ordered, That Baron De L’Is/e and Dudley's 

ad Dudley's Estate Bill be read a second time. 

Batate Bill. 

Worsley’s Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 

bite Bill one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of Worsley’s Estate Bill, no Stand- 
ing Orders are applicable. 

Worsley’s Ordered, That Worsley’s Estate Bill be read a 

Beate Bill. second time. 

Ambergate, The House proceeded to take into consideration 

Nottingham =the Amendments made by the Lords to the Amber- 

oon gate, Nottingham and Boston, and Eastern Junction 


Junction Rail- Railway (Working Arrangements with Great North- 
my (Working ern Railway) Bill; and the same were twice read, 


Arrangements - 14 agreed to. 

Tortern Rail Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 

my) Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 

Blectric The House proceeded to take into consideration 

Telegraph the Amendments made by the Lords to the Electric 

aw) Bill Telegraph Company (No. 2) Bill ; and the same were 


twice read, and, with Amendments to several of them, 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships, with Amendments; to which Amendments 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their Lord- 
ships. 


Great Western The House proceeded to take into consideration 


ee the Amendments made by the Lords to the Great 
ke.) Ba Western Railway (Berks and Hants, &amp;c.) Bill; and 


the same were twice read, and, with Amendments to 
several of them, agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships, with Amendments ; to which Amendments 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their Lord- 
ships. 


London and The House proceeded to take into consideration 

a the Amendments made by the Lords to the London 
and North Western Railway Bill; and the same 
were twice read, and, with an Amendment to one of 
them, agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships, with an Amendment; to which Amendment 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their Lord- 
ships. 


Gat Shick The House proceeded to take into consideration 
an 
puprorements 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the North 
Shields Quays’and Improvements Bill. 

The said Amendments being read a second time 
(and it appearing that the Amendment to Clause 20 
was to carry out the intention of this House), were 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 


hips, 
“Vou. 109. 


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429 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Selkirk and 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Selkirk + ng 
and Galashiels Railway Bill; and the same were 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Stockport, 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Stockport, a —_ 4 
Disley and Whaley Bridge Railway Bill; and the Railway Bil 
same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 


agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


The Merton College Estate Bill was read the third Merton College 
time. Estate Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr, Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Mitford's Estate Bill was read the third time. —_Mitford’s 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do Estate Bill. 
ass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments ; to which 
Amendments this House doth desire the concurrence 
of their Lordships. 


Wilkinson’s Estate Bill was read the third time. Wilkinson's 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Estate Bill. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Milbank 
Milbank ( Thornhill’s) Estate Bill, as amended in the (Thornhill’s) 
Committee. eames 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Bourne's (Mowbrich Partition) Estate Bill was Bourne’s 
read a second time; and committed. es 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- heir 
mittee of Selection. 


Seweil’s Estate Bill was read a second time; and Sewell’s 
Ordered, Vhat the Bill be referred to the Commit- 
tee of Selection. 


The Admiralty Court Bill was, according to Order, Admiralty 
read the third time; and Amendments were made to Court Bill. 
the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir James Graham do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Land Revenues of the Crown (Jre/and) Bill Land Revenues 
was, according to Order, read the third time. of the Crown 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. Cae 
Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third rand, Assessed 
reading of the Land, Assessed and Income Taxes Bill; and Income 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being Taxes Bill. 
proposed, That the Bill be now read the third time : 
—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till To- 


morrow, at Twelve o'clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Duchy of 
reading of the Duchy of Cornwall Office Bill ; ps 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being“ “"* 
proposed, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Thursday next ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ Thursday oy 
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Highways 
Act) Bill. 


Bribery, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


Royal Assent. 


Gaming- 
houses Sill 
Indemnity 
Bill. 


Insurance on 
Lives Abate- 
ment of Income 
Tax Conti- 
nuance Bill. 


Poor Law 
Board Conti- 
nuance Bill. 
Turnpike Acts 
Continuance 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Union Charges 
Continuance 
Bill. 





(Public Health cording to Order, read the third time. 





430 


and inserting the words “this day three months,” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ Thursday next” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the {The Earl of Mulgrave, 


Lie 
Yeas, \Mr. Grenville Berkeley: J = 
Tellers for thes Mr. Divett, 1 18 
Noes, Mr. William Williams: {~~ 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Thursday next. 


The Highways (Public Health Act) Bill was, ac- 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Wilsun do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


24° Julai. 






A. 1854, 


An Act for regulating and maintaining the Har- yo) 
bours of Holyhead, and for vesting them in the Ad- Betton a 
miralty : 
An Act to continue certain Acts relating to Linen, Linen, &amp; 
Man 


Hempen and other Manufactures in Lreland : a tufactutes 
re 
An Act to alter and improve the mode of taking ecleeanall 


Evidence in the Ecclesiastical Courts of England and 
Wales : 

An Act to authorize the Inclosure of certain Lands, Commony 
in pursuance of a Special Report of the Inclosure Inclosure 
Commissioners for England and Wales: (No, 2) Bil 


An Act to amend the Dublin Carriage Act, 1853 : Dublin Cap. 
riage Bill. 
An Act for the Settlement of Claims upon and over New Forest 
the New Forest : Bill. 
An Act to continue an Act of the twelfth year of Savings Banks 
Her present Majesty, for amending the Laws relating Bill 
to Savings Banks in Jreland, and to authorize 
Friendly Societies to invest the whole of their Funds 


Courts Bill, 





The House, according to Order, proceeded to take | ) ion an 
into consideration the Bribery, &amp;c. Bill, as amended | tenance of County Industrial Schools in Middlesex : ee 


in the Committee. 
A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill (And 
whereas doubts have also arisen as to whether the | 
giving of refreshment to voters on the day of nomi- 
nation or day of polling be or be not according to 
law, it is expedient that such doubts should be re- 
moved ; be it declared and enacted, That the giving, | 
or causing to be given, to any voter on the day of | 
nomination or day of polling, on account of such | 
voter having polled, or being about to poll, any 
meat, drink or entertainment by way of refresh- 
ment, or any money or ticket to enable such voter 
to obtain refreshment, shall be held and be taken to 
amount to bribery or treating, as the case may be, | 
within the meaning of this Act):—And the said 
Clause was brought up, and read the first time. 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time 





A Message by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of 

the Black Rod : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission, for declaring Her Royal Assent to se- 
veral Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire 
the immediate attendance of this Honourable House 
in the House of Peers, to hear the Commission read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :—And, being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 
desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Commission, had been at the House of Peers, 
where a Commission under the Great Seal was read, 
giving, declaring and notifying the Royal Assent to 
the several Acts therein mentioned ; and that the 
Lords, thereby authorized, had declared the Royal 
Assent to the said Acts, as follow : 

An Act for the Suppression of Gaming-houses : 





An Act to indemnify such Persons in the United 
Kingdom as have omitted to qualify themselves for 
Offices and Employments, and to extend the Time 
limited for those purposes respectively : 

An Act to continue an Act of the last Session of 
Parliament, for extending for a limited time the Pro- 
vision for Abatement of Income Tax in respect of 
Insurance on Lives : 


An Act to continue the Poor Law Board : 


An Act to continue certain Acts for regulating 
Turnpike Roads in Ireland: 


An Act to continue an Act of the seventeenth year 
of Her present Majesty, for charging the Maintenance 
of certain Poor Persons in Unions in England and 
Wales upon the Common Fund : 








in Savings Banks: 
An Act for the Provision, Regulation and Main- Middlesex 


Bill. 
An Act for the Embankment, Reclamation and Bannow Re. 
Drainage of Lands in the Bay of Bannovw, in the ‘lamation Bay, 

County of Werford: 

An Act for making a Turnpike Road from Garth Traethbach 
Penbryn to Adwyddu, in the County of Merioneth, Bridge and 
with a Bridge over the Estuary of Zraethbach, in the 
said County : 

An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Amber- Ambergate, 
gate, Nottingham and Boston, and Eastern Junction Nottingham 
Railway Company ; and to authorize the Reduction Sha Beaten 
and Regulation of, and certain Arrangements as to Junction Rail- 
the Capital of the said Company; and for other Way (Amend. 


purposes : &amp;c.) a 


An Act for more effectually draining certain Fen Hilgay Great 
Lands and Wet Grounds called “ The Great West = et Fen 
Fen,” in the Parish of Hilgay, in the County of rang ee 
Norfolk : 

An Act for more effectually repairing the Road stourbridge 
from Stourbridge, in the County of Porente, to and Bridgnorth 
Bridgnorth, in the County of Salop : ake 

An Act to enable the Shrewsbury and Hereford shrewsbury 
Railway Company to lease their Undertaking : mie 
( Leasing) Bill. 

An Act to enable the Dublin and Wicklow and Dublinand _, 
the Dublin and Kingstown Railway Companies to Wicklow and 
alter certain existing Contracts therein mentioned, Kingstown 
and for other purposes : Railways Bill 


An Act for making a Railway from the Town of meee 
Inverness to the Town of Nairn : Railway Bill 

An Act to consolidate the several Acts relating to Londonderry 
the Port and Harbour of Londonderry, for the Im- Pe" Bi 
provement of the Navigation of the Lough and River 
of Lough Foyle, and to authorize the Construction of 
a uniform Line of Quays, Docks and other Works: 

An Act for the more effectual Drainage and Im- Ouse and 
provement of certain Lands in the Wapentake of Ouse Pernice Bill 
and Derwent in the East Riding of the County of 
York, and for other purposes : , 

An Act to reduce the Capital and define the ro 
Undertaking of the Shropshire Union Railways and pet a 
Canal Company : Canal Bill. 


An Act for making a Railway from the Town of bee a 


Wells, to join the Norfolk Railway at Fakenham, to paiiway Bill. 
be called “ The Wells and Fakenham Railway :” 
An Act for vesting the Ardrossan Railway in the om 

vy *!] o , gow 
Glasgow and South Western Railway Company, and g,y¢); westem 
for other purposes : Railways Bill. 


P Tormoham 
An Act to incorporate a Company for the purpose snd Salat 


of lighting with Gas the Parishes of Zormoham and ff1,y church 
Saint Mary Church, in the County of Devon: Gas Bill. 


An Act to enable the Local Board of Health for peg - 
the Township of Darlington to supply Gas and (yeah Bill 
Water within their District, and to purchase 


Works 


the Ardrossan and 


Best 


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Se 2222 


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palway 
Ter- 
Cre) 
Bil 
Bill 


Portsmouth 
failway Bill. 


Great North 
Railway Bill. 


Methwold 
Drainage Bill. 


South Devon 


18 VicToriz. 


Works of the Darlington Gas and Water Company ; 
to establish and regulate Markets and Slaughter- 
houses, and a Public Park; to construct Sewage 
Works, and raise Money, and for other purposes : 

An Act for transferring to the Mayor, Aldermen 
and Burgesses of the Borough of Blackburn all the 
Powers and Property now vested in “ The Blackburn 
Improvement Commissioners,” and certain Powers 
and Property by the Private Act of the fourth and 
fifth years of the reign of Her present Majesty, 
chapter forty-six, vested in the Overseers of the 
Poor of the Township of Blackburn, authorizing the 
Corporation to purchase the Property of the B/ack- 
burn Waterworks Company, and conferring on them 
further Powers for tne Improvement and Kegulation 
of the Borough, and for other purposes : 

An Act for vesting in the Caledonian Railway 
Company certain portions of the Undertaking of the 
General Terminus: and Glasgow Harbour Railway 
Company : 


An Act to enable the Newport Dock Company to 
construct a New Dock, and other Works, and for 
other purposes : 

An Act to enable the Portsmouth Railway Com- 
pany to make certain Alterations in the Line and 
Levels of their Railway, and to extend their said 
Line from Godalming to Shalford, and for other 
purposes : 

An Act to authorize the Great North of Scotland 
Railway Company to divert their Railway, to make 
a short Branch to the Victoria Docks at Aberdeen, 
to enter into Arrangements with the Aberdeen Har- 
bour Commissioners and the Aberdeen Railway Com- 

any, with respect to a Tramway to connect the two 
ailways, and for other purposes : 

An Act for the more effectual Drainage and Im- 
provement of certain Lands in the Parish of Methwold, 
in the County of Norfolk, and for other purposes : 

An Act for making a Railway from the South 


and Tavistock Devon Railway near P/ymouth to Tavistock, with a 


Railway Bill. 


Royal Conical 
flour Mill 


Company Bill. 


Newport and 


Wi 
Bill 


Birkenhead 
Docks Bill. 


Branch, to be called “ The South Devon and Ta- 
vistoch Railway,” and for other purposes : 

An Act for incorporating and regulating a Com- 
pany, to be called “ The Royal Conical Flour Mill 
Company,” and to enable the said Company to pur- 
chase, work and use certain Letters Patent, and for 
other purposes : 

An Act to enable the Newport and Pillqwenlly 
Waterworks Company to increase and extend their 
Supply of Water, and to construct New Works, and 
for other purposes : 

An Act for authorizing Arrangements with respect 
to the South Reserve at Birkenhead, and for other 
purposes; and of which the short Title is “ The 
Birkenhead Dock Trustees Act, 1854 :” 

An Act for making a Railway from Rhymney to 
a point of Junction with the Newport, Abergavenny 
and Hereford Railway near Bedllewyn, with a Branch 
“p the Bargoed Rumney Valley, to be called “ The 

hymney Railway,” and for other purposes : 

An Act to enable the North Staffordshire Railway 
Company to make a Railway from Stoke-upon- Trent 
to Congleton, with Branches therefrom : 


An Act to repeal, alter, amend and extend some 
of the Powers and Provisions of “ The Tees Con- 
servancy and Stockton Dock Act, 1852,” and for other 
purposes relating to the Conservancy of the Tees : 

An Act to enable certain Persons to grant Leases 
for Building and Mining purposes of the Estates in 
the Parishes of Penderryn and Ystradfellte, in the 
County of Brecon, devised by the Will of the Re- 
verend Reynold Davies, Clerk, deceased : 

An Act for enabling Sales to be made of Estates 
at Manningham, in the Parish of Bradford, and at 
Idle, in the Parish of Calverley, both in the West 
Riding of the County of York, devised by the Will 
of William Snell, and for other purposes : 

An Act for authorizing the Sale of Estates devised 


by the Will of John Fowler, deceased, and for other 
VoL, 109, 








24° Julie. 





431 

as and of which the short Title is “ Fowler’s 

state Act, 1854 :” 

An Act for the Distribution of the Compensation Woking 

= under the London Necropolis and National Common 
ausoleum Act, 1852, for the Extinction of the Eutate Ba. 

Commonable or other Rights over and in Woking 

Common ; and whereof the short Title is “‘ Woking 

Commoners Act, 1854 :” 

An Act to incorporate the Craft of Shoemakers of Aberdeen 

the Burgh of Aberdeen, to confirm the Titles and Shoemakers’ 

Conveyances, and to regulate the Administration of a asseaas 

the Estates and Affairs of the said Craft, and for 

other purposes relating to the Society: 

An Act for enabling Leases, Sales and Exchanges Ward’s _ 

to be made of Lands subject to the Will of George Estate Bill. 

Ward, deceased, and for other purposes; and of 

which the short Title is “ Ward’s Estate Act, 1854:” 

An Act for the better Division and Management 

of certain Estates in the County of Lancaster, the 

Property of Abraham and (the late) Alfred Darby, 

Esquires : 

An Act for authorizing the granting of Leases of Jenkins’ 
Mines in Estates in the County of Glamorgan, de- ©s*#te Bill. 
vised by the Will of the Reverend Reynold Davies, 
deceased, and for other purposes; and of which the 
short Title is “ Jenkins’ Estate Act, 1854.” 


Darby’s 
Estate Bill. 





And the Question being again proposed, That the Bribery, &amp;c. 
said Clause be now read a second time :—And a Bil 
Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till To- 
morrow, at Twelve o'clock. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Beverley 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out anew Writ Writ. 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Beverley, in the room 
of Francis Charles Lawley, Esquire, commonly called 
the Honourable Francis Charles Lawley, who, since 
his Election for the said Borough, hath accepted the 
Office of Steward of Her Majesty’s Manor of North- 
stead. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Customs. 
mittee on the Customs Acts ; 

Resolved, ‘that this House will, upon Thursday 
next, at Twelve o’clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The following Papers were laid on the Table by Acknowledg- 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated ow gg 
the 14th day of this instant July, for a Return of ° 
the Number of Certificates of Acknowledgments of 
Deeds by Married Women filed in the Court of 
Common Pleas in the year 1853 ; distinguishing the 
Number of those Cases in which Settlements have 
been required by the Women acknowledging the 
Deeds. 

Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of this in- Spirits and 
stant July, for a Return of the Consumption of Malt. 
British, Tonign and Colonial Spirits in the United 
Kingdom, in each year from 1800 to 1853, both 
inclusive :-——Account, showing the Number of Bushels 
of Malt charged with Duty, and the Average Price 
of Barley per Bushel, from 1826 to 1853 (in conti- 
nuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 3, of Session 
1847) :—Returns of the Quantity of Spirits made 
from Malt only, and Amount of Malt Drawback paid 
in England, Scotland and Ireland, in each year trom 
1846 to 1853, both inclusive :—Of the Quantity of 
Malt Spirits consumed in England, Scotland and 
Ireland in the above Period :—Of the Amount of 
Malt Drawback repaid in Scotland on Malt Spirits 
exported in the same Period :—And, of the Amount 
repaid in England and Ireland on Malt Spirits im- 
ported from Scotland in the same Period. 

Return to an Order, dated the 11th day of this Promissory 
instant July, for a Return of the Monthly Average Notes. 
Aggregate Amount of Promissory Notes payable to 
Bearer on Demand, in Circulation in the United 








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432 


Kingdom; distinguishing those circulated by the 
Banks of England and Julend, and by Private and 
Joint Stock Banks in England, Scot/and and Ireland; 
together with the Bullion in the Bank of England; 
from the 4th day of December 1847 to the latest 
period to which the same can be made up (in con- 
tinuation of Appendix 2, page 3, Report of Com- 
mittee on Commercial Distress, Parliamentary Pa- 
pers, Nos. 395 and 584, of Session 1848). 





Committals Sir John Young presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
(Ireland.) = mand,—Tables showing the Number of Persons | 
committed or held to Bail for Trial at the Assizes 

and Sessions in each County in Jreland in the year 

° 1853, and the result of the Proceedings, with other 
Particulars. | 

ee Sir John Young also presented, — Return to an) 


) Order, dated the 3d day of this instant July, for 
Returns showing in the Counties in Ireland in which | 
the Townland Valuation has been completed, under | 
the Act 6 &amp; 7 Will. 4, c.84, the Name of each} 
County, the Acreable Contents, the Annual Value, | 
the Cost of the Valuation by the Acre, the Cost by 
the £.100 of the Valuation, and the Date when it, 
first came into force in each County :—Of similar | 
Details as to each County of which the Tenement 
Valuation has been completed, under the Act 9 &amp; 10 | 
Vic. c.110, and 15 &amp; 16 Vic. c.63:—And, State- 
ment of the progress and prospect of Completion of | 
the General Valuation of Jreland, with the Average 
Cost bythe Acre, and by the £.100 of the Valuation, | 
comparing the Townland Valuation with the Tene- | 
ment. 


Assaults on Return to an Order, dated the 5th day of this 
ne instant July, for a Return of the. Number of Men | 
(Dublin. ) charged at or summoned to the different Police | 


Metropolitan 
Parks, &amp;c. 


Factories. 


Killed - 
Amputations = - 
Fractures - - 


Injuries to Head | 
and Face -j 


Other Injuries - 


Offices in Dublin during the past year, for Assaults 
on Women and Children ; stating how many have | 
been sent for Trial, and how many have been sum- | 
marily convicted. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 8th day of March last, for 
Returns of all Parks or Grounds formed or added 
to at the Public Expense within the Metropolitan 
District, since the year 1830 to the present time, 
showing the Extent, Cost and Date of such forma- 
tion or addition, and the Fund out of which the Cost 
was defrayed :—Of the Annual Expense of main- 
taining such Parks or Public Grounds, and the Fund: 
out of which such Expense is defrayed :— And, 
Copies of all Memorials to and Correspondence with 
Her Majesty’s Government, relative to the formation 
of a Public Park in the Northern portion of the 
Metropolis, from the year 1848 to the present time. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
29th day of May last, for Returns of the Numbers 
reported by the Inspectors in the Factory Districts 
to have been killed or injured in those Districts 
during the years from the 30th day of April 1845 to 


the 30th day of May 1854, in the following form, for | 


each year, with a general Summary :— 


By Macuinery. 





Children. 


Young Persons. Torat. 





| 


Females 
Males 
Feinales. 
Males 
Females 
Tora 


AS ae 
siel 3 




















Toran - - | | 














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&lt;4, 1854, 


—Of Accidents not by Machinery, in the same form: 
—Of the Number of Prosecutions in each year, 
stating the Number of Convictions or Acquittals, of 
Persons accused for Breaches of the several Facto 
Laws, stating the Number of Persons prosecuted for 
similar Offences under those Acts, in the following 
form, with a general Summary :— 




















| Prosecutions. | Convictions, | Acquittals, 
ie. 
Unfenced Machinery - - - | 
Employing Children over hours - | 
Other offences, specified in detail, as in i | 
the Inspector’s Reports - ° | | 
ae = ee 


-—And, of the Amount of Fines paid and remitted, 
specifying each Amount in each of the above years. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Me 
1st day of June last, for an Abstract Return of the Water. 
Average Number of Gallons of Water supplied daily 
by each of the several Metropolitan Water Compa- 
nies, during the Twelve months ending the 31st y a 
of December 1853, and stating whether the Supply 
can be increased, or is in course of being increased : 

—And, Statement of the Number of Houses, Manu- 
factories and Public Establishments supplied with 
Water by each Company. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Consecration 
21st day of this instant July, for a Return, in detail, of Churches, 
of the Fons charged and received under the Church ** 
Building Acts for the Consecration of Churches, 
Burial-grounds, Divisions and Subdivisions of Pa- 
rishes, and other Ecclesiastical Offices. 

Mr. Fitzroy also presented, pursuant to the direc- Nuisances 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—-Nuisances Removal Removal and 
and Diseases Prevention Act (Ireland): Copy of an erry 
Order of the Commissioners for the Relief of the (ireland) 
Poor in Jreland, under the 14 &amp; 15 Vic. c. 68. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir George Message from 


Rose: the Lords, 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made Ward's 
by this House to Ward’s Estate Bill, without any Estate Bill 
Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Darby's 
by this House to Darby's Estate Bill, without any Estate Bill 
Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Jenkins’ 
by this House to Jenkins’ Estate Bill, without any Estate Bill 
Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Portland, &amp;c. Cha- Portland, &amp;. 
pels Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments Chapels Bill 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Court of 
to make further Provision for the more speedy and Chancery 
efficient despatch of Business in the High Court of 
Chancery ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


Mr. Brotherton reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had ex- (rifty-cighth 
amined the Petitions presented upon the 21st and jreport.) 
22d days of this instant July, and had directed him 
to make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


Mr. Cayley 
on the Ventilation of the House ; 
made further Progress in the matters to them re- 
ferred; and directed him to make a Report thereof 
to the House, together with the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before them. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. “ 

e 


reported from the Select Committee Ventilation of 


No. 403. 








That they had pte 





en 
















f 
gat iy 
Bill 240. 


tions 
(gland) 


Criminal 
Prosecutions 
(Scotland. ) 


Russian Loan. 


Pablic 
Petitions. 
Vide Fifty- 
uinth Report. 


Education 
(Ireland. ) 


+ Ship 


4 


18 Victoriz. 


The Court of Chancery Bill was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time To-mor- 
row, at Twelve o'clock ; and to be printed. 


The Order made upon the 2d day of June last, 
for presenting to Her Majesty an humble Address, 
that She would be graciously pleased to give di- 
rections, that there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn showing the Amount paid for Expenses of Cri- 
minal Prosecutions in each County, City and Burgh 
in Scotland, at each Assizes and Sessions, in each 
year since 1846; stating, also, the Fund from which 
the Expenses were paid, and distinguishing cases of 
Felony from cases of Misdemeanor (according to the 
form of Parliamentary Paper, No. 253, Session 1854, 
Criminal Prosecutions in England, Wales and Jre- 
land), was read, and discharged. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return showing the Amount paid for Expenses of 
Criminal Prosecutions in each County, City and 
Burgh in Scotland, at each High and Circuit Court 
of Justiciary, Sheriffs, Justices and Burgh Courts, 
ineach year since 1846; stating, also, the Fund from 
which the Expenses were paid, and distinguishing 
high Crimes from minor Offences (according to the 
form of Parliamentary Paper, No. 253, Session 
1854, Criminal Prosecutions in England, Wales and 
Treland). 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Lord John Russell presented, — Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 11th day of this 
instant July, for Copy of any Circular addressed by 
Her Majesty’s Chargé d’Affaires and Consul Ge- 
neral to the Hanse Towns, as to any British Subject 
contributing to the Foreign Loan whieh the Russian 
Government proposes to contract. 

: Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
able. 


Petitions relating to British Museum and National 
Gallery ;— Intoxicating Liquors; — Public-houses 
and Beer-shops ;—Nuisances Removal and Diseases 
Prevention Acts Consolidation and Amendment Bill ; 
—Public-houses ( Scotland) Act ;—and, Testamentary 
Jurisdiction Bill,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to request that their Lentihige will be pleased to 
communicate to this House, a Copy of the Report 
ef the Select Committee on National Education 
(Ireland), -with the Minutes of Evidence, Appendix 
and Index thereto: And that Mr. Hamilton do 
carry the said Message. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Copies of, or Extracts from, any Correspondence 
between the Officers in Charge of the Emigration 
Depot at Birkenhead, and other Persons, and the 
Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners, in 
relation to the recent Outbreak of Cholera on board 
the Emigrant Ship “ Dirigo.” 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this Sess as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of all legally-established Friendly Socie- 
ties “ stating the Name of each Society, where held, 

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433 


when Rules were enrolled or certified, if known to 
be dissolved, and when. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Hugh and 
Copies of the Memorial presented to the Lord Lieu- John Murphy. 
tenant of Ireland by 1,374 Inhabitants of the 
County of Armagh, relative to the Trial of Hugh 
and John Murphy at the Lent Assizes; the Reply 
thereto, and the subsequent Correspondence between 
Mr. Edward Atkinson and the Under Secretary :— 

And, of the Informations returned to the Assizes in 
the case of the Prosecution referred to in the Me- 
morial. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Churches, churches. 
which was presented upon the 22d day of this in- No, 399, 
stant July, be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Bleaching, &amp;c. 
reading of the Bleaching, &amp;c. Works Bill; Works Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- supply ; 
mittee of Supply ; 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the Account of Monies in the Ex- Account of 
chequer, or remaining to be raised on the 5th day of Monies in the 
July 1854, to complete the Aids granted by Parlia- on 
ment for the Service of the years 1852 and 1853, : 
which was presented upon the 21st day of this in- 
stant July, be referred to the Committee :—Then the 
House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Queen’s Message, July 21, read. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Russia (Vote 
Sum, not exceeding Three millions, be ted to of Credit.) 
Her Majesty, to enable Her Majesty to provide for 
any additional Expense which may arise in conse- 
quence of the War in which Her Majesty is now 
engaged against the Emperor of all the Russias ; 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question proposed, 

That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask 
leave to sit again. 

Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 


Resolution to be reported. 





And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 25° die Julii, 1854: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to 
a Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day, at 
Six o’clock, before the Notices of Motions. 

Mr. Bouverie also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Standard of Gold and Silver Wares Bill was, Standard of 
according to Order, read the third time. — and Sil- 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. seater: 
Ordered, That Mr. Cardwell do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Stamp Duties 
adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon the Bill 
20th day of this instant J us for reading a second 
time the Clause offered to be added on consideration of 
the Stamp Duties Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Marriage Acts 
reading of the Marriage Acts Amendment Bill; Amendment 
3K Ordered, 










Court of Chan- 
cery (County 
Palatine of 
Lancaster) 
Bill. 


Prisoners’ 
Removal Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Usury Laws 
Repeal Bill. 


Cinque Ports 
Bill, 


Metropolitan 
Sewers Bill. 


Nuisances 
Removal and 
Diseases Pre- 
vention Acts 
Consolidation 
and Amend. 
ment Bill. 


Chancery The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
—— take into consideration the Chancery Amendment 
; Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 
Mortmain The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Bill. mittee on the Mortmain Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Russian The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
ee adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, upon 
‘the 2ist day of this instant July, was proposed to 
be made to the Question, That Mr. Speaker do now 
leave the Chair (for Committee on the Russian Go- 
vernment Securities Bill) ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till this day. 
Printing The Select Committee on Printing (Houses of 
Housesof Parliament, &amp;c.) was nominated of Mr. Geach, 
Sec.) Mr. Hadfield, Mr. Leicester Vernon, Mr. Hamilton, 





434. 24°95 


Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Court of Chancery (County Palatine 
of Lancaster) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Prisoners’ Removal Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Usury Laws Repeal Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Cinque Ports Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Metropolitan Sewers Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Nuisances Removal and Diseases 
Prevention Acts Consolidation and Amendment 
Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question :—It passed in 
the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“* upon this day three months” be added at the end 
of the Question: —It was resolved in the Affir- 
mative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day three months. 


Mr. Digby Seymour, Mr. Craufurd, Mr. Greene, 





° Suliz. A. 1854, 


Lord Seymour, Mr. Vernon Smith, Mr. Gregson, 
Mr. Wilkinson, Mr. Crossley, Mr. Wilson, Mr. 
Thornely and Mr. Walter; with Power to send for 
persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 







Ordered, That the Select Committee on Portu- Portuguese 


guese Claims have Power to report their Observa- Claims, 


tions thereupon, together with the Minutes of the No. 404, 
Evidence taken before them. 

Mr. Thomas Chambers reported from the said Se- 

lect Committee; That they had considered the 





matters to them referred, and directed him to make ; 
a Report thereof to the House, together with the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; vi 
and be printed. a 
And then the House, having continued to sit till 
half an hour after One of the clock on Tues- M 
day morning, adjourned till this day. Pr 
i Fi 
Martis, 25° die Julii ; 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1854. . 
PRAYERS. 
O RDERED, That all Committees have leave Committees, 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 
' C 
The House proceeded to take into consideration West London 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the West Railway Bill, 
London Railway Bill; and the same were twice read, 
and agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do ~~ the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House , 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- B 


ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Westminster 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the West- Terminus 
minster Terminus Railway Bill; and the same were ®#!vay Bill 
twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


ame org Estate Bill was read the third time. Stainforth’s 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ean: 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 

to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 

hath agreed to the same, without Amendment 


Stirling’s Estate Bill was read the third time. Stirling’s 
Resolved, That the Bill, with Amendments, do ®st# Bill 


ss. 
oie That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 

The House proceeded to take into consideration Saint — 
the Saint Catherine's Parish (Dublin) School and (Dublin) Schoo 
Charity Estates Bill, as amended in the Committee. and Charity 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. Estates Bill 


Worsley’s 


Worsley’s Estate Bill was read a second time; and beens, 6% 


committed. 


Ordered, That the Bill be: referred to the Com- 
mittee of Selection. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Bills of Bx 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated i 


the 7th day of this instant July, for a Return of the Notes. 
Amount of Stamp Duties on Protests of Bills of 
Exchange and Promissory Notes, collected in each 
year from 1830 down to the present time in England, 











Scotland 








-_ and 


No. 405. 


Promissory 
Notes. 
No. 406. 


Valuation 

(Ireland. j 

’ No, 407. 

Metropolitan 

‘Parks, &amp;c. 
No. 408. 

Factories. 
No. 409. 


Russian Loan. 
No, 410. 


Canada. 


Bribery, &amp;c. 
Bill. 
Bill 241. 


18 Vicroriz. 


Scotland and Ireland respectively, distinguishing the 
several Amounts collected in respect of Bills or Notes 
not amounting to £.20; amounting to £.20, and not 
amounting to £.100 ; amounting to £.100, and not 
amounting to £.500; amounting to £.500 and up- 
wards. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Spirits and 
Malt, which was presented upon the 24th day of this 
instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Promissory 
Notes, which was presented upon the 24th day of 
this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Valuation 
(Ireland), which was presented upon the 24th day of 
this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Metropolitan 
Parks, &amp;c., which was presented upon the 24th day 
of this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Factories, 
which was ae upon the 24th day of this in- 
stant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Russian 
Loan, which was presented upon the 24th day of 
this instant July, be printed. 


Mr. Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
— Papers relative to Legislative Proceedings in 
Canada. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon the 
24th day of tnis instant July, That the Clause (And 
whereas doubts have also arisen as to whether the 
giving of refreshment to voters on the day of nomi- 
nation or day of polling be or be not according 
to law, it is expedient that such doubts should be 
removed; be it declared and enacted, That the 
giving, or causing to be given, to any voter on the 
day of nomination or day of polling, on account of 
such voter having polled, or being about to poll, any 
meat, drink or entertainment by way of refreshment, 
or any money or ticket to enable such voter to 
obtain refreshment, shall be held and be taken to 
amount to bribery or treating, as the case may be, 
within the meaning of this Act), proposed to be added 
on consideration of the Bribery, &amp;c. Bill, as amended 
in the Committee, be now read a second time ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And the Question being put ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, 

Yeas, \Mr. Grenville Berkeley : 

Tellers for thefMr. Stanhope, 

Noes, (Mr. Hildyard : 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

The Clause was accordingly read a second time. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Clause, in |. 2, by inserting, after the word “ polling,” 
the words “ or the day of declaration.” 

And the Question being proposed, That those 
words be there inserted :—The said proposed Amend- 
ment was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Clause, in 1. 7, by inserting, after the word “ re- 
“ freshment,” the words “not being refreshment 


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. 


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wy) 


reasonably incidental to the travelling expenses of 
such voter.” 
And the Question being put, That those words 
be there inserted ; 
The House divided. 
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435 


The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the f Mr. Bankes, 1 
f 61. 


Yeas, \ Mr. Hildyard: 
Tellers for the Mr. Hayter, 113 
Noes, {Mr Grenville Berkeley : } ' 


So it passed in the Negative. 

Then the Amendments following were made to the 
Clause ; viz. by inserting after the word “ law” the 
word “ and ;” and by leaving out the words “ shall 
“ be held and be taken to amount to bribery or 
treating, as the case may be, within the meaning 
of this Act,” and inserting the words “shall be 
deemed an illegal act, and the person so offending 
shall forfeit the sum of Forty shillings for each 
offence, to any person who shall sue for the same, 
together with full costs of suit,” instead thereof :— 
And the said Clause, so amended, was agreed to, 
and made part of the Bill. 

A Clause (In cases of private prosecutions, if 
judgment be given for the defendant, he shall re- 
cover costs from the prosecutor), was twice read ; 
and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Prosecutor not to be entitled to 
costs unless he shall have entered into a recogni- 
zance to conduct prosecution and pay costs), was 
twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Refreshments to voters on the 
days of nomination or polling declared illegal), was 
twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Payments before day of Elec- 
tion), was twice read; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Appointment and notification of 
agents), was twice read ; and made part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Nomination of absent candidates 
expenses), was twice read; and made part of the 
Bill. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in p.7, 1. 15: By inserting after the word “ bo- 
“ rough” the words “and shall also, at the time of 
such appointment, require such Election Auditor to 
give solvent security for the due performance of 
his duties in the sum of One hundred pounds.” 

And the Question being proposed, That those 
words be there inserted :—The said proposed Amend- 
ment was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p. 9, 1. 42: By inserting, after the word 
“* newspapers ” the words “ or by placards or hand- 
“ bills.” 

And the Question being proposed, That those 
words be there inserted :--The said proposed Amend- 
ment was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p. 12, 1. 39: By inserting after the word 
“ that” the words “ since the passing of the Corrupt 
“ Practices Prevention Act, 1854.” 

And the Question being proposed, That those 
words be there inserted :—The said proposed Amend- 
ment was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Friday next; and be printed. 


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The Order of the day being read, for the Com- La (No. 2) 


mittee on the Militia (No. 2) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day bein 
mittee on the Militia (Scotland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, at Twelve o’clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being 
mittee on‘the Militia (Ireland) Bill; 


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Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Land, Assessed The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
= ae adjourned Debate on the Question Sy ay upon 
wise the 24th day of this instant July, That the Land, 
Assessed and Income Taxes Bill be now read the 

third time ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And the Question being put :—It was resolved in 
the Affirmative:—The Bill was accordingly read 
the third time; and Amendments were made to the 
Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Public Health Act Amendment Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next, at Twelve o'clock. 


Public Health 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Court of The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Chancery Bill. reading of the Court of Chancery Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next, at Twelve o'clock. 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—-Report from 
one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of Legh’s Estate Bill, no Standing 
Orders are applicable. 


Legh’s Estate 
Bill. 


Legh’s Estate Ordered, That Legh’s Estate Bi!l be read a second 


Bil. time. 

Lord Petre’s § Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 

Estate Bill one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of Lord Petre’s Estate Bill, no 
Standing Orders are applicable. 

Lord Petre’s Ordered, That Lord Petre’s Estate Bill be read 

Estate Bill. 


a second time. 


Finchley Road 


Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Report from 
Estate Bill. 


one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, 
That in the case of the Finchley Road Estate Bill, 
no Standing Orders are applicable. 


Finchley Road Ordered, That the Finchley Road Estate Bill be 


Estate Bil. ead a second time. 
Lagheiative The Order for reading a second time, upon Thurs- 
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(Canada) Bill day next, the Legislative Council (Canada) Bill, was 
’ read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 2d day of August next. 


Episcopal The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
and Capitular Committee, upon Thursday next, on the Episcopal 
Estates Ma- - : . ’ . } 
nagement Bill. and Capitular Estates Management Bill, was read, 
and discharged. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
the 3d day of August next, at Twelve o'clock, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Common Law The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Procedure Bill. Committee, upon Thursday next, on the Common 
“aw Procedure Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Messagefrom A Message from the Lords, by Sir George 


the Lords. Rose : 

“—'s Speaker, 
Highwa e Lords have agreed to the Highway Rates 
Rates Bill Bill, without any Amendment: And i, P 





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The Lords have agreed to the Turnpike Trusts Turnpike 
Arrangements Bill, without any Amendment; And Trusts ar. 
also, ie 

The Lords have agreed to the General Board of General Bosra 
Health Bill, without any Amendment: And also, ° Health Bil, 

The Lords have agreed to the York, Newcastle York, New. 
and Berwick, York and North Midland, and Leeds castle and Ber. 
Northern Railway Companies Amalgamation Bill, Nore ant and 
with Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords and Leeds 


desire the concurrence of this House: And also, —_ Northern Raj. 
way Companies 
Amalgamation 

The Lords have agreed to the Cork and Water- Cork ang 
ford Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which Watertord 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of ®4ilway Bill, 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the West London and West London 
Crystal Palace Railway (Bromley and Farnborough) #4 Crystal 
Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the by A 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And and Pare 
also, borough) Bill, 

The Lords have agreed to the Stockport Rectory Stockport 
Division Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amend- Rectory 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this House ; ‘Yi Bill. 
And also, ‘ 

The Lords have agreed to the Portsmouth and Portsmouth 
Direct London and Portsmouth Railways Bill, with 2"4 Direct 
an Amendment; to which Amendment the Lords eee 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, Railways Bill, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Marriages 
to render valid certam Marriages of British Subjects (Mexico) Bill 
in Mexico; to which the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Acknowledg- 
to remove doubts concerning the due Acknowledg- peng heb 
ment of Deeds by Married Women in certain cases ; Women Bill. 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this : 
House: And also, . 

The Lords communicate to this House, a Copy of Finchley Road 
the Finchley Road Estate Bill, as signed by the Estate Bill 
Judges to whom the Bill was referred; and also a 
Copy of the Report of the said Judges upon the Bill 
(as desired by this House): And also, 

The Lords request, that this House will be pleased Public-houses, 

to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of the * 
Report from the Select Committee appointed by this 
House in the present Session of Parliament, to ex- 
amine into the system under which Public-houses, 
Hotels, Beer-shops, Dancing Saloons, Coffee-houses, 
Theatres, Temperance Hotels, and places of Public 
Entertainment, by whatever name they may be called, 
are sanctioned, and are now regulated; together 
with the Proceedings of the Committee :—And then 
the Messenger withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House will send an Answer 
to the last part of the said Message, by Messengers 
of their own. 

And the Messenger was again called in, and Mr. 

Speaker acquainted him therewith:—And then he 
again withdrew. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Convey- Conveyance 
ance of Mails by Railway have Power to report the ._— by 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. Ne. aut 

Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the said Select “® **” 
Committee; That thev fad considered the matters 
to them referred, and directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House, together with the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken before them. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed, 


Mr. Freshfield reported Caton’s Divorce Bill, with- 
out Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Caton's 
Divorce Bill, 


The Acknowledgment of Deeds by Married Wo- Acknowiedg, 
men Bill was read the first time; and ordered to be ee 
read a second time upon Thursday next; and to be Women Bill 
printed. Bill 242. 





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The Marriages (Mexico) Bill was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Thursday next ; and to be printed. 





Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Portland, &amp;c. Chapels Bill be taken 


into consideration To-morrow. 


Petitions relating to Public-houses and Beer- 
shops ;—Newfoundland (Responsible Government) ; 
—Bills of Exchange (No. 2) Bill ;—Newspapers ;— 


Scotland) Bill; — Mortmain Bill ;—Nuisances Re- 
moval and Diseases Prevention Acts Consolidation 
and Amendment Bill;—Police Bill;—Poor Law 
Board ;—and, Public Health Act Amendment Bill, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions relating to the Friendly Societies Bill,— 
were also presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
that part of the Message from the Lords, of this day, 
wherein their Lordships request, that this House will | 
be pleased to communicate to. their Lordships, a 
Copy of the Report from the Select Committee ap- 
pointed by this House in the present Session of Par- 
liament, to examine into the system under which 





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Ordered, That the said Resolution be now read a 
second time :—The said Resolution was accordingly 
read a second time, and agreed to. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Richard 
posed, That there be laid before this House, a Copy Williams. 
of the Minutes of the Inquiry held by order of the 
Inspector-general of Constabulary in Jreland, into 
the circumstances which caused the Death of Richard 
Williams, a Wesleyan Missionary, at Milltown, in the 
County of Kerry, in the month of May last :—And 
said Motion was, with leave of the Setes, with- 

rawn. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 


Mercurii, 26° die Julii, 1854: 


The Bankruptcy Bill was, according to Order, read Bankruptcy 
a second time; and committed to a Committee of Bill. 
the whole House, for Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Stamp Duties 
adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon Bill 
the 21st day of this instant July, for reading a second 
time the Clause proposed to be added on considera- 
tion of the Stamp Duticn Bill, as amended in the 
Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till this day. 





Public-houses, Hotels, Beer-shops, Dancing Saloons, 
Coffee-houses, Theatres, Temperance Hotels and | 
places of Public Entertainment, by whatever name | 
they may be called, are sanctioned, and are now re- | 
gulated ; together with the Proceedings of the Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That a printed Copy of the said Report | 
be communicated to the Lords, as desired by their | 
Lordships: And that Mr. Brotherton do deliver the 
same. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of a Letter from the Local Commissioners of 
the River Tyne to the Right honourable Sir James 
Graham, dated the 20th day of July 1854. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee of 
Supply, a Resolution; which was read, as followeth : 

p salle) That a Sum, not exceeding Three mil- 
lions, be granted to Her Majesty, to enable Her 
Majesty to provide for any additional Expense which 
may arise in consequence of the War in which Her 
Majesty is now engaged against the Emperor of All 
the Russias. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the said Resolution be now read a 
second time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, 
“ to return Her Majesty the thanks of this House 
“ for Her most gracious Message, and to assure Her 

Majesty, that i Majesty deeming it expedient to 
“ provide for any additional Expense which may 
“ arise in consequence of the War in which Her 
““ Majesty is now engaged against the Emperor of 
“ Russia, may fully rely on the cheerful zeal and 
“ constant affection of Her faithful Commons, and 
“ to assure Her Majesty, that they most readily do 

make provision according to Her Majesty’s wishes, 
and humbly to pray, that Her Majesty will be 
graciously pleased not to prorogue Her Parliament 
until She shall have been enabled to afford to this 
House more full information with respect both to 
Her Majesty’s relations with Foreign Powers, and 
to Her views and prospects in the contest in which 
“ Her Majesty is engaged,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 


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The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Prisoners’ 
mittee on the Prisoners’ Removal Bill ; Removal Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Cinque Ports Bill was, according to Order, Cinque Ports 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee Bill 
of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Russian 
adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, upon + rene 
the 21st day of this instant July, was proposed to — 
be made to the Question, That Mr. Speaker do now 
leave the Chair (for Committee on the Russian 
Government Securities Bill) ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned till 
this day. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Drainage 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Metropolis. ) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of a Letter, dated the 21st day of 
July, from Mr. Morewood, to Her Majesty's Secre- 
tary of State for the Home Department, in reference 
to two Tunnel Sewers for the Arterial Drainage of 
the Metropolis. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Poor Law 
Return showing, 1. The Amount of Poor Rate col- (Iteland.) 
lected in the several Unions in Jre/and, for the years 
ending the 29th day of September 1851, 1852 and 
1853, respectively :—2. The Amount expended in 
Payments for the Rate in Aid and Consolidated 
Annuities:—3. Net Balance of Receipts to the credit 
of each Union, in each of said years:—4. The 
Amount expended for In-Maintenance, Out-Relief, 
and Clothing of the Paupers:—5. The Amount 
expended for Drugs, eae Apparatus, Vacci- 
nation, Medical Officers’ Salaries, and all Dispensa 
Charges :—6. The Amount expended for Establish- 
ment Charges, including Salaries and Rations of all 
Officers (except Medical Officers), in each of the 
said years :—7. The Average Weekly Cost for Main- 
tenance and Clothing of Paupers :--8. The Average 
Weekly Cost for Drugs, &amp;c. &amp;c., as in No.5:—9. The 
Average Weekly Cost of Establishment Charges ; 

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less than 1,000. 


Year ending 29th day of September 1851: 


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Mr. Cardwell presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Reports of the Inspecting Officers 
of the Railway Department to the Lords of the Com- 
mittee of Privy Council for Trade, upon certain 
Accidents which have occurred on Railways during 
the Months of April and May 1854, 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
a quarter of an hour after Twelve of the 
clock on Wednesday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 


Accidents on 
Railways. 





Mercurii, 26° die Julii ; 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Committees. 


The Earl of Fife (Trustees) Estate Bill was read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Earl of Fife 
( Trustees) 
Estate Bill. 


Baron De L’Jsle and Dudley's Estate Bill was 
read a second time; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Commit- 
tee of Selection. 


Baron De L'Isle 
and Dudley’s 
Estate Bill. 


Ordered, That the Finchley Road Estate Bill be 


Finchley Road a 
read a second time To-morrow. 


Estate Bill. 


Lord Petre’s Lord Petre’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; 
Estate Bill. and committed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Commit- 
tee of Selection. 
Public Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select 
Fetitions , Committee on Public Petitions; That they had ex- 
"yy amined the Petitions presented — the 24th and 
25th days of this instant July, and had directed him 
to make a Report thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
Friendly Ordered, That the Select Committee on the 
Societies Bill. Friendly Societies Bill have Power to report their 
Bill 244. Observations thereupon, together with the Minutes 
No. 412. of the Evidence taken before them. 


Mr. Sotheron accordingly reported from the said 
Select Committee ; That they had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments therein, and had 
to a Report; and that they had amended the Bill 
referred to them, and now report it to the House, 
together with the Minutes of the Evidence taken be- 
fore them. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 





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Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table, 
and, together with the Minutes of Evidence, be 
printed. 






Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Private Bills introduced 
and brought from the House of Lords, and of Acts 
passed in the present Session, classed according to 
the following subjects:— Railways; Roads and 
Bridges ; Waterworks ; Ports; Piers; Harbours and 
Docks; Canals and Navigations ; Churches, Chapels, 
and Burying Grounds; Paving, Lighting, and Im- 
proving; Gaols, and other County Buildings; In- 
closures; Small Debts Courts; and all other Bills 
and Acts:—Of all the Private Bills which, in the 
present Session, have been treated as Opposed Bills ; 
specifying those which have been classified in Groups 
by the Committee of Selection, or by the General 
Committee on Railway and Canal Bills; together 
with the Names of the Selected Members who served 
on each Committee ; the First and also the Last Day 
of the sitting of each Committee; the Number of 
| Days on which each Committee sat ; the Number of 
| Days on which each Selected Member has served; 
| the Bills the Preambles of which were reported to 
have been proved ; the Bills the Preambles of which 
were reported to have been not proved; the Bills 
referred back to the Committee of Selection, as 
having become unopposed; and the Bills with- 
drawn, or not proceeded with by the Parties :—And, 
of all Private Bills which, in the present Session, 
have been referred by the Committee of Selection to 
the Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means; 
together with the Names of the Members who served 
on each Committee ; the Number of Days on which 
each Committee sat; and the Number of Days on 
which each Member attended. 


Private Billa 





Petitions relating to Mines ;—Bleaching,&amp;c. Works Public 
Bill ;—Health of Towns Act ;—Newspapers ;—and, Petitions. 
Vaccination Act,—were presented, and read; and Vide Sixtieth 
ordered to lie upon the Table. Report. 


Ea. 


Sir John Young presented, pursuant to the direc- Fines and 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—Abstract of Ac- Penalties 
counts of Fines and Penalties imposed and levied in “**!@"4) 
the several Counties, Cities and Burghs in Jreland, 
as audited in part by the Second Remembrancer of 
Her Majesty’s Court of Exchequer and by the Chief 
Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant, for the years 1849, 

1850, 1851, 1852, and up to the 31st March 1853. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


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The following Papers were laid upon the Table by Exchequer 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated Bo™4* 
the 13th day of this instant July, for a Statement of 
the Number and Amount of Exchequer Bonds issued 
in pursuance of the Act of the present Session, the 
Dates of their Issues, the Terms on which such Bonds 
were issued, the Amount received in Cash or other- 
wise, whether issued to Parties who made Tenders in 
pursuance of Public Advertisement, and the Periods 
at which the several Instalments are to be paid. 

Return to an Order, dated the 13th day of this De _ 
instant July, for Statements of the Amount of al] Bills 
Deficiency Bills, or other Bills, in anticipation of the 
Public Revenue (specifying whether payable out of 
the Growing Revenue of the present or next Quar- 
ter), issued since the 5th day of April, and up to the 
12th day of July; with the Dates of their Issues, 

Dates of their Redemption, and Amount outstanding 
on the 12th day of July; setting forth, also, the Rate 
per cent. of Interest payable for the same, and the 
A te Amount of. Interest paid :—Of all Exche- 
quer Bills, or other Government Securities, purchased 
by the Governor and a of the Bank of Eng- 
land since the 5th day of ord last, or on which any 
Sum has been lent or advanced for the Public Ser- 
vice ; 


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vice; showing the Amount of such Bills paid off, | 
and when ; the Rate per cent. per annum, or per day, | 
of Interest payable ; the Amount paid for Interest ; | 
and the Amount of such Bills or Securities outstand- 
ing :—And, of all Sales or Purchases of Stock, or 
Exchequer or Deficiency Bills, by the Commis- 
sioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, since | 
the 5th day of April, either in respect of Savings | 
Banks or the Sinking Fund; with the Dates of the | 
Transactions and Rates of Purchase, and Rate o | 
equivalent Stock created as respects Savings Banks ; | 
and Amount of Deficiency Bills, if any, now held by | 
the said Commissioners. 
Return to an Order, dated the 13th day of this 
instant July, for Statements of the Balance in the 
Exchequer at the end of the year, 5th July 1854; of 
the Amount received from the 5th to the 12th day 
of July inclusive, specifying whether from Revenue | 
or from what other sources; of the Amount paid | 
during the same time; and of the Balance in the 
Exchequer on the 12th day of July 1854 :—Of all 
Additions to and Reductions of the Funded and Un- 
funded Debt respectively, from the 5th day of April 
to the 5th day of July 1854; and of the Amount of 
the Funded and Unfunded Debt on those days re- 
spectively :—Of the Sums certified, after the expi- 
ration of the Quarter ending the 5th day of April 
last, by the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury 
to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the Na- 
tional Debt, in pursuance of the Act 10 Geo. 4, c. 
27, as being the actual Surplus Revenue beyond the 
Actual Expenditure for the year preceding, with a 
Statement of the Sums which the 7s te for 
the Reduction of the National Debt gave Notice in 
the Gazette should be applied during the then next 
ensuing Quarter to the Reduction of the National 
Debt :—And, of the Sums actually applied, in pur- 
suance of such Notice, towards the Reduction of the 
National Debt, during the last Quarter, and of the 
Sums applied out of such Surplus in paying Defici- 
ency Bills. 





The Order of the day being read, for the second 

reading of the Agricultural Averages (Jreland) Bill; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 

reading of the Tithe Rent-charge (Jreland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Bill. the Amendments made by the Lords to the Cruelty 


to Animals Bill; and the same were twice read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Sotheron do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Commit- 
tee on the Absconding Debtors (Jreland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendments which, 
upon the 22d day of this instant July, were pro- 
posed to be made to the Question, That the Medical 
Graduates (Ireland and Scotland) Bill be now read 
the third time ; 

_ Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, after the other 
Orders of the day, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 

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439 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways ana 


mittee of Ways and Means; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 


solve itself into the said Committee. 


Means. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Metropolitan 


mittee on the Metropolitan Sewers Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Sewers Bill 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Mortmain Bill. 


mittee on the Mortmain Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon this day three 
months, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Portland, &amp;c. 
take into consideration the Amendments made by Chapels Bill. 


the Lords to the Portland, &amp;c. Chapels Bill; and 
the same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Kmashnaate made by their 
Lordships. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Stamp Duties 


the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 
upon the 20th day of this instant July, for reading a 
second time the Clause offered to be added on “con- 
sideration of the Stamp Duties Bill, as amended in 
the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till after the other Orders of the day. 


Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Russian 


the adjourned Debate on the Amendment which, 
upon the 21st day of this instant July, was proposed 
to be made to the Question, That Mr. Speaker do 
now leave the Chair (for Committee on the Russian 
Government Securities Bill); and which Amend- 
ment was, to leave out from the word “ That” to the 
end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day three months, re- 
“ solve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof ; 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out, stand part of the 
Question :—The House resumed the said adjourned 
Debate. 

And the Question being put ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the tan Dudley Stuart, Lag 
Yeas, Sir John Shelley : 2 ar 
Tellers for the; Mr. Wilson, . 
Noes, Mr. William Brown: : ao 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself int 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

Cuiavse, N° 1 (Prohibiting the dealing in Russian 
Debentures, Loans, Stock, Scrip or Securities). 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Chair- 
man do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again ; 

The Committee divided. 


Tellers for the Yeas, Engl a sag! aring 2 32. 
Tellers for the Noes, { 


Lord Dudley Stuart, ) 78 
An Amendment made. 


Sir John Shelley: f 
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2,1. 5: To 
leave out from the word “ misdemeanor ” to the end 
of the Clause. 
Question pro , That the words proposed to 
be left out, stand part of the Clause. 


Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That the 








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Government 
Securities Bill, 













440 


Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit 
again put, and negatived. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 








Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
ress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
hat the Committee may have leave to sit again. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Supply. The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
the Committee of Supply. 
(In the Committee.) 
Registrar of 1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- 


the High Court fiye thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
of Admiralty. + enable the Registrar of the High Court of Admi- 
ralty to discharge Legal Claims upon the Suitors’ 
Fund of the said Court, in the year ending the 31st 
day of March 1855. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Forty- 
five thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
for the settlement of Pecuniary Claims arising out 
of the Arrangements with regard to the future Go- 
vernifient of the Orange River Territory, to the 31st 
day of March 1855. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 
Sum, not exceeding Two thousand pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, in the year ending the 31st day of 
March 1855, in aid of the Subscriptions raised for 
the Erection of a Building at Nottingham, in which 
to deposit the valuable Astronomical, &amp;c. Instru- 
ments presented to the Country by Mr. Lawson :— 
Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

3. Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 
Sum, not exceeding One hundred and forty thousand 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for the Purchase 
of Burlington House and Grounds, Piccadilly, in the 
year ending the 31st day of March 1855. 


And it being a quarter before Six of the clock, 
the Chairman left the Chair. 


Orange River 
Territory. 


Lawson’s 
Astronomical 
Instruments. 


Burlington 
House and 
Grounds, 

Piccadilly. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the matter to them referred ; and that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed 
upon the 20th day of this instant July, for reading 
a second time a Clause offered to be added on con- 
sideration of the Stamp Duties Bill, as amended in 
the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till To-morrow. 


Stamp Duties 
Bill. 


Incumbered The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
nee — Committee, To-morrow, on the Incumbered Estates 
‘“"" (West Indies) Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Judgment Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
Execution, &amp;¢. solve itself into a Committee on the Judgment Exe- 
cution, &amp;c. Bill. 


Bills of Ex- Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
= and solve itself into a Committee on the Bills of Ex- 
Notes Bil) © Change and Promissory Notes Bill. 

nite, &amp;c. Ordered, That the Bleaching, &amp;c. Works Bill be 


read a second time To-morrow. 





26° Juliz. 


Ordered, That leave be ~ to bring in a Bill to Midland Grog 





A. 1854. 


settle the Contribution to be made by certain Baro- Western Rajj. 
nies in Roscommon and Galway, and the County of (Be of Ireland 
the Town of Galway, to the Midland Great Western Contributions 
Railway of Jreland Company: And that Mr. Wilson , 
and Mr. Chancellor of the xchequer do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Earl of Harrington’s Baxi of 
Estate Bill, without Amendment. Harrington's 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time,  Batate Bi 


‘ 
Mr. Bouverie reported Lord Willoughby 
Broke’s Estate Bill, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Bouverie reported Hornyold’s Estate Bill, Hornyold's 
with Amendments. Estate Bill, 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported Staveley’s Estate Bill, with Staveley's 
Amendments. Entate Bl 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on Park's Estate 
Park’s Estate Bill; That they had examined the Bill 
allegations contained in the Preamble of the Bill, 
and amended the same, by striking out in the Prayer, 
the words “ Bishop of Moray and Ross,” therein 
used as a title to the Reverend Robert Eden, in 
order that the said Robert Eden might be correctly 
described in the same; and found the same, as 
amended, to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported Peel’s Estate Bill, with Peel's Estate 
Amendments. -_ 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to settle the Contri- Midland Great 
bution to be made by certain Baronies in Roscom- a ae 
mon and Galway, and the County of the Town of (Baronies’ 
Galway, to the Midland Great Western Railway Contributions) 
of Ireland Company: And the same was read the“). 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time Bil! 24%. 


To-morrow ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Post-office. 
Copy of Report of Committee of Inquiry into the 
Establishment of the Post-office. 

Mr. Wilson accordingly presented the said Paper. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Richmond Richmond 
Park, which was presented upon the 12th day of N qe 
this instant July, be printed. ~ rs 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Metropolis Metropolis 
Water, which was presented upon the 24th day of ~ 3S 
this instant July, be printed. 0. 415. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Rajah of Rajah of Berar. 
Berar, which was presented upon the 17th day of No. 416, 
this instant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Miles Sweeny, Miles Sweeny- 
which was presented upon the 19th day of this in- No. 417. 
stant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Nizam’s a 
Territory, which was presented upon the 1st day of No ae. 
June last, be printed. , 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


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Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1854. 





PRAYERS. 


4 : RDERED, That all Committees have leave 
ittees. ’ 
ss O to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


british Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
gurantee Lords to the British Guarantee Association (No. 2) 
Association = Bill be taken into consideration To-morrow. 
; (No. 2) Bill. 
Wor- The House proceeded to take into consideration 
esterand the Amendments made by the Lords to the Ozford, 
ce Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway (Stratford- 
7 “y upon-Avon and Stourbridge Branches) Bill; and the 
| yon-Avon same were read. 


and Stour Ordered, That the further Proceeding on the con- 
ie) Bill. sideration of the said Amendments be adjourned till 


To-morrow, 


Milbank (Thornhill’s) Estate Bill was read the 
(Thorahill’s) third time. 
Bstate Bill Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do 
ass. 
. Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


| Finchley Road The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Estate Bil. reading of the Finchley Road Estate Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. ‘To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being put, That the.word “now” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the {Sir Frederic Thesiger, 1 43 

Yeas, Mr. Brotherton : | wat 

Tellers for the { Lord Robert Grosvenor, 97 

Noes, UMr. Thomas Duncombe : } ’ 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ upon this day three months” be added at the end 
of the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day three months. 


Pablic Petitions relating to British Museum and Na- 
Petitions. tional Gallery ;—Public-houses and Beer-shops ;— 
Vide Sixtieth Bills of Exchange (No. 2) Bill ;—Anatomy Act ;-— 
Report, Bleaching, &amp;c. Works Bill ;—Burials (Metropolis) 
Act ;—Common Law Procedure Bill :—Hampstead 
Heath ;—Medical Graduates (Jreland and Scotland) 
Bill ;—Mortmain Bill ;— Nuisances Removal and 
Diseases Prevention Acts Consolidation and Amend- 
ment Bill ;— Poland ; — Prisoners’ Removal Bill ;— 
and, Queen’s Bench Prison,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


q * (No.2) The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
3 a Committee on the Militia (No. 2) Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 
Crausz, N° 1, agreed to. 
Crausz, N* 2 (Place for Militia storehouse to be 
provided). 
Amendments made. 
Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 22: 


27° Juliz. 






ye the words “ guard room” to insert the word 
“ cells.” 

Question proposed, That the word “ cells” be 
there inserted. 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, 1. 20: To 
leave out from the words ‘“ Militia stores” to the 
end of the Clause. 

Question put, That the words “ Provided always’ 
stand part of the Clause ; 


The Committee divided. 


&gt; 


Tellers for thes Mr. Hayter, 1 94 
Yeas, Mr. Grenville Berkeley: J ~™ 

Tellers for thef Mr. Sotheron, l 65 
Noes, UMr. Deedes : | da 

Another Amendment proposed, in p. 2, |. 22: 


After the words “ guard room” to insert the word 
“ cells.” 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, 
‘that the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this ieee will, To-morrow, at 
Twelve o'clock, again resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Militia (Scot- 
mittee on the Militia (Scotland) Bill ; land) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, at 

Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said Com- 

mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for thé Com- Militia (Ire- 
mittee on the Militia (Ireland) Bill; land) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, at 

Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said Com- 

mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Bills of Ex- 
mittee on the Bills of Exchange (No. 2) Bill ; change (No. 2) 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday next," 

at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said Com- 

mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Customs. 
mittee on the Customs Acts ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by Navy, Army, 
the Clerk of the House,— Return to an Order, dated &amp;c. 
the 13th day of this instant July, for Detailed Ac- No. 419. 
counts of Receipts and Expenditure for Navy, Army, 
Commissariat and Ordnance Services, for the year to 
the 31st day of March 1853. 

Return to an Order, dated the 18th day of this Public Works 
instant July, for Copy of a Despatch to the Govern- (dia. ) 
ment of India, on the subject of the execution of 
important Public Works. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to the Navy, 

Army, &amp;c., be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Customary Customary 
Payments (Saint Andrew, Holborn, &amp;c.), which was Payments 
presented upon the 1st day of May last, be printed. ng 

&amp;e.) 
No, 420. 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to Fines and Fines and 
Penalties (Jreland), which was presented upon the Penalties 


26th day of this instant July, be printed. "sae 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Exchequer Exchequer 
Bonds, which was presented upon the 26th day of Bonds. 
this instant July, be printed. No, 422, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Deficiency Deficiency 
Bills, &amp;c., which was presented upon the 26th day of Bills, &amp;c. 
this instant July, be printed. No. 423, 





Vou. 109. 





3L Ordered, 





















































442 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Balance in 
the Exchequer, &amp;c. which was presented upon the 
26th day of this instant July, be printed. 


Balance in the 
Exchequer, 
&amp;e. 


No. 424, 


Post-office. The Order made upon the 26th day of this instant 
July, for printing the Return relative to the Post- 
office, was read, and discharged. 

Cholera. Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Cholera: Copy of a Letter, dated 20th day 
of July, from Dr. Hector Gavin to Her Majesty's 
Secretary of State for the Home Department, with 
a Table illustrating the results of the Medical House 
to House Visitation, as carried on in the ‘Towns of 
Newcastle, Dundee and Glasgow. 

Copy of Tenth Report of the Commissioners on 
the Fine Arts; with Appendix. 

Mr. Fitzroy also presented,—Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 5th day of May 
last, for Returns of the Names of Persons convicted 
of stealing Coal, during the Two years ending re- 
spectively the 1st day of May 1853 and 1844, at the 
Courts of Assize hes of Quarter Sessions in Worth- 
umberland, Durham, Lancashire, the West —— of 
Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Monmouthshire 
and Glamorganshire, and before Recorders of Towns 
in the said Counties and Riding, specifying the Age 
and Sex of the Offenders, the Number of those ad- 
mitted to Bail, the length of Imprisonment before 
Trial of those not admitted to Bail, the Sentences 
imposed, and the Cost of the Prosecutions in each 
County :--And, of the Names of Persons convicted 
of the same Offence during the same years, under 
the “Juvenile Offenders’ Acts,” specifying the Age 
and Sex of the Offenders, and the Sentences imposed 
upon them. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
29th day of May last, for a Return of the Names and 
Places of Meeting of all Friendly Societies the Rules 
of which were enrolled with Clerks of the Peace 
under any Act previous to the Act 10 Geo. 4, c. 56. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
15th day of June last, for a Return of all Church 
Rates made or refused in the respective Parishes of 
the Thirty-six Registration Districts of London com- 
prised within the Bills of Mortality, during the years 
1851, 1852 and 1853; distinguishing Church Rates 
or Church Building Rates made by Public Vestries 
or Trustees, and specifying Rates, first, refused by 
a Public Vestry ; second, not asked for by reason of 
the existence of Church Funds ; third, not asked for 
by reason of the known indisposition of the Parish to 
grant such Rate. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
20th day of June last, for Copies of Correspondence 
between the Post-oftice and Treasury, and Pro- 
prietors of Stamped Publications, not being News- 

apers, in reference to the free transmission of such 
ublications through the Post :—And, of the Trea- 
sury Orders relative thereto. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
25th day of this instant July, for Copy of a Letter, 
dated the 21st day of July, from Mr. Morewood to 
Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Home De- 
partment, in reference to Two Tunnel Sewers for the 
Arterial Drainage of the Metropolis. 


Fine Arts. 


Coal-stealing 
(Northumber- 
land, &amp;c.) 


Friendly 
Societies. 


Church Rates 
(London. ) 


Stamped 
Publications. 


Drainage 
(Metropolis. ) 


Municipal _ Mr. Fitzroy also presented, pursuant to the direc- 
es tions of an Act of Parliament,—Retuin of the Ac- 
nd Wales.) counts of Boroughs in England and Wales, for One 
vear, from ist September 1852 to 31st August 
1854. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 
Message from A Message from the Lords, by Sir George Rose : 
the Lords. Mr. Speaker, 
Registration 


- rn Lords have Re to the Registration of Bills 
of Bi Ss . . ; : 
(ireland) Bill. a oe — ill, without any Amendment : 


97° Sulit. 





A. 1854, 


The Lords have agreed to the Jamaica Loan Bill, Jamaicg . ‘ 
without any Amendment: And also, ” Bill, ion 
The Lords have agreed to the Sheriff and Sheriff sherir 
Clerk of Chancery (Scotland) Bill, without any 
Amendment: And also, of Chan 
(Scotland) 


The Lords have agreed to the Joint Stock Banks Joint stock 
(Scotland) Bill, without any Amendment: And Banks (Soot. 
also, land) Bill, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made 
by this House to = Amendments made by their Nort Wa 
Lordships to the Zondon and North Western Railway ®#way Bin, 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Great Western 
by this House to the Amendments made by their Railway 
Lordships to the Great Western Railway (Berks and (Berks and 
Hants, &amp;c.) Bill, without any Amendment: And Bil” “7 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Flectric 
by this House to the Amendments made by their Telegraph 
Lordships to the Electric Telegraph Company (No. 2) ey 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, ® 8) Bil, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Mitfora’s 
by this House to Attford’s Estate Bill, without any Estate Bill 
Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Eastern Counties g 
Railway (Purchase “of Railways, &amp;c.) Bill, with tee Railway” 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords ‘3 in chase of 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, ga" ®*) 


The Lords have agreed to the Carmarthen and Carmarthen 
Cardigan Railway and Cardigan Harbour Bill, with and Cardigan 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords ee and 


desire the concurrence of this House: And also, Sakae Bill. 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Crime ana 
to continue an Act of the eleventh year of Her pre- Outrage 
sent Majesty, for the better Prevention of Crime (land) Bill 
and Outrage in certain parts of Jreland; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Stocker’s _ 
to dissolve the Marriage of Henry Stocker, School- Divorce Bill 
master, with Sarah Stocker his now Wife, and to 
enable him to marry again, and for other purposes ; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 






Sheriff Cloke 












The Crime and Outrage (Zreland) Bill was read Crime and 


the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time Quttage __. 
: (Ireland) Bill 
upon Monday next; and to be printed. Bill 246 


Stocker’s Divorce Bill was read the first time ; Stocker’s | 
and ordered to be read a second time. Divorce Bill. 


Mr. Peel presented,—Return to an Address to Bermudas. 
Her Majesty, dated the 3d day of this instant July, 
for a Return of the Names of the several Persons who 
have been sworn in for the Administration of the 
Government of the Bermudas during the Absence of 
the Governor, since the 1st day of January 1853, 
with the Dates of their several Successions to the 
same, and the Rank held by each such person in the 
Military Service :—And, Copy of any Order or Re- 
gulation providing for the Temporary Administra- 
tion of the Government of the Bermudas by the 
Officer in Command of the Troops, instead of the 
President of the Council of that Colony. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented o— a 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased ‘ 

to give directions, that there be laid before this 

House, Copies of or Extracts from the Correspond- 

ence between Her Majesty's Government, Her Mi- 

nister at Madrid, and the Spanish Government, re- 

specting Slavery and the Slave Trade in Cuba, since 

August 1853, and not yet laid before this House :— 

re | Copies of, or Extracts from, all Despatches 

from Mr. Crawford, the British Consul at Havanna, 

















and any British Officers, respecting Slavery = 
e 














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18 Vicroriz. 


the Slave Trade in Cuba, since August 1853, not 
already laid before this House. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, by such Members of this House 
as are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy 
Council. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Amendments made by 
the Lords to the Oxford University Bill. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time ; 
several were agreed to; one other was disagreed to, 
but words re-instated, and amended. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That this House doth agree with the Lords in the 
Amendment in p. 2, Is. 36 and 87, which Amend- 
ment was to leave out the words “to be elected from 


“ among themselves by such heads of Colleges or 


“ Halls; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, jn 5 
Yeas, Mr. Grenville Berkeley : F 
Tellers for the ¢Sir William Jolliffe, 62 
Noes, | Viscount Mandeville: \ ‘ 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Then several other Amendments were agreed to ; 
and one other was amended, and agreed to. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That this House doth agree with the Lords in the 
Amendment in p. 10, Is. 23, 24 and 25, which 
Amendment was, after the word “and” to insert 
the words “in cases where it is‘proposed by such 
“ Regulation or Ordinance to abolish any right of 
“ preference in Elections to any emolument other 
“ than a Fellowship or Studentship ;” 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, : }n 0 
Yeas, (Mr. Grenville Berkeley: . 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Roundell Palmer, 60 
Noes, Sir William Heathcote : } ’ 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then several other Amendments were agreed to. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being 
put, That this House doth disagree with the Lords 
in the Amendment in p. 14, ls. 7 and 8, which 
Amendment was, after the word “ congregation ” to 
insert the words “and respecting private Halls ;” 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the fo Hayter, 

Yeas, Mr. Grenville Berkeley : 

Tellers for the (Mar Newdegate, 


\ 
p20. 

Noes, Mr. Spooner : } _ 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Then several other Amendments were agreed to ; 
and one other was amended, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw 
up Reasons to be assigned to the Lords for disagree- 
ing to the Amendments to which this House hath 
disagreed :—And a Committee was appointed of 
Lord John Russell, Viscount Palmerston, Mr. Chan- 
cellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Walpole, Sir John 
Pakington, Mr. Henley, Sir James Graham, Mr. 
Solicitor General, Sir William Heathcote, Mr. Goul- 
burn, Mr. Wigram, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Roundell 
Palmer, Mr. it wood and Mr. Brotherton :—And 
— to withdraw immediately. 

dered, That Three be the Quorum. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 


iw | proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
r; 


97° —98° Juliz. 


443 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, To-morrow, resolve itself into a Bishop of 
“ Committee to consider of presenting an humble New Zealand. 
“ Address to Her Majesty, praying that She may 
“ be graciously sleet to give directions, that the 
Salary of £.600 heretofore voted annually to the 
Lord Bishop of New Zealand shall be paid for 
the years 1853 and 1854; and assuring Her Ma- 
jesty that this House will make good the same,” 
instead thereof. 
And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question :—It 
was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


3. Question put, That a Sum, not exceeding One Burlington 
hundred and forty thousand pounds, be granted to — and 
Her Majesty, for the purchase of Burlington House Piccadilly 
and Grounds, Piccadilly, in the year ending the 31st 
day of March 1855; 


he Committee divided. 


“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 


Tellers for thef Mr. Hayter, iF 43 
Yeas, Mr. Grenville Berkeley: J°*°° 
Tellers for the f Mr. Spooner, iv 
Noes, (Mr. William Williams: jf ~°" 


4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ten Consular 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, towards — &amp;e. 
. . es onstanti- 
defraying the Expense of erecting New Consular popie. 
Offices, a British Seamen’s Hospital, and a Prison 


at Constantinople, to the 31st day of March 1855. 
Resolutions to be reported. 





And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Veneris, 28° die Julii, 1854: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to 
several Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Bouverie also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 


resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Stamp Duties 
adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon Bil 
the 20th day of this instant July, That the Clause 
(All matriculations, degrees and certificates of degrees 
granted by the University of Dublin shall be and 
the same are hereby exempted from all Stamp Duty) 

roposed to be added on consideration of the Stamp 
Duties Bill, as amended in the Committee, be now 
read a second time ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate :—And 
the said Motion and Clause were severally, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Duchy of 
reading of the Duchy of Cornwall Office Bill ; pe ve I 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


The Chancery Amendment Bill was, according to Chancery 
Order, read the third time. rs 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Fitzroy do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Metropolitan 





Vou. 109. 


mittee on the Metropolitan Sewers Bill ; Sewers Bill. 
3L2 And 























































And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair : 
—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Debate be now adjourned :—And 
the said Motion and original Question were seve- 
rally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee on the Cinque Ports Bill; and, after 


Cinque Ports 
Bill. 


Bill 247. some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for this day. 
Usury Laws § The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Repeal Bill. reading of the Usury Laws Repeal Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 
Acknowledg- § The Acknowledgment of Deeds by Married Women 
—— Bill was, according to Order, read a second time ; 
Women Bill, and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for this day. 
Marriages The Marriages (Mexico) Bill was, according to 
(Mexico) Bill. Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 
Benefices _ The Benefices Augmentation Bill was, according 
to Order, read the third time; and an Amendment 
; was made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do 
ass. 
. Ordered, That Mr. Wigram do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments this House doth desire the concurrence 
of their Lordships. 
Absconding The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
ireland) pil], Mittee on the Absconding Debtors (Jreland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Commit- 
seane. tee of Ways and Means ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 
Medical The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
(ident end the adjourned Debate on the Amendments which, 
Scotland) Bill. upon the 22d day of this instant July, were proposed 
to be made to the Question, That the Medical 
Graduates (Jreland and Scotland) Bill be now read 
the third time; 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till this day. 
Russian The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
——— into a Committee on the Russian Government Secu- 
rities Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie re- 
ported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That the 
Committee may have leave to sit again. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Judgment The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


— &amp;c. mittee on the Judgment xecution, &amp;c. Bill; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
poe That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 
Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn:—And the 


97°—28° Juli. 





A. 1854, 


said Motion and original Question were severally 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. . 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


mittee on the Bills of Exchange and Promissory change and 
Notes Bill ; 7 Prom 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Notes Bill, 


The Order of the day being read, for the second leaching 
reading of the Shade, kee Works Bill; Works nae 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
pan That the Bull be read a second time upon 
| Wednesday next ; 
| An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ Wednesday 
'“ next,” and inserting the words “ this day three 
“ months” instead thereof. 
| And the Question being proposed, That the 
'words “ Wednesday next” stand part of the Ques- 
| tion:—The said proposed Amendment and Motion 
were severally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 
, Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
ay. 





| 





The Midland Great Western Railway of Jreland Midland Grea 
| (Baronies’ Contributions) Bill was, according to Or- Western Rail. 
der, read a second time; and committed to a Com- pee 
| mittee of the whole House, for this day. Contributions) 


| 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Landlord 
| Committee, upon Thursday next, on the Landlord and and Tenant 
Tenant(Zreland) Bill; and, the Leasing Powers (Jre- Cee 
| land) Bill, was read, and discharged. else 
| Resolved, That this House will, upon this day six (Ireland) Bill. 
,months, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


_ The Order for resuming, upon Thursday next, the Tenants’ 

adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon Compensation 

the 12th day of June last, That the Tenants’ Com- (“ln4) Bill 
pensation (/reland) Bill be now read a second time, 

was read, and discharged. 

| Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned till 


this day six months. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till Three of the clock on Friday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 





Veneris, 28° die Julii ; 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


QRDERED, That all Committees have leave committees. 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Ordered, That in the case of Stocker’s Divorce stocker's 
Bill, Standing Order 172 be suspended; and that Divorce Bill. 
the Bill be read a second time upon cay tg es 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to 
request that their Lordships will be pleased to com- 
municate to this House, a Copy of the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken before their Lordships in the 
case of the said Bill: And that Mr. Freshfield do 
carry the said Message. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Cork and 
the Amendments made b 
and Waterford Railway 
twice read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath to the Amendments made by their 


Lordships. 
_— The 


ill; and the same were 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Bins of py. 4 


the Lords to the Cork yer il 4 
































ford, Wore 
and 
failway 












ch) Bill. 



































portsmouth 
soi Direct 
Yoodon and 





Stockport 
wil Bill. 


West — 
and 
oral 


Palace le 
ey 


bo- 
rough) Bill 


York, New- 
castle and 


Berwick, York 


i British 

Guarantee 
Association 
(No.2) Bill, 


_ Wolverhamp- 


ton Railway 
(Stratford. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Oxford, 
Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway (Chipping 
Norton Branch) Bill; and the same were twice 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Ports- 
mouth and Direct London and Portsmouth Railways 


eeway® Bill Bill; and the same was twice read, and agreed to. 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Stock- 
port Rectory Division Bill ; and the same were twice 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 


ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the West 
London and Crystal Palace Railway (Bromley and 
Farnborough) Bill; and the same were twice read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the York, 
Newcastle and Berwick, York and North Midland 
and Leeds Northern Railway Companies Amalga- 
mation Bill; and the same were twice read, and 
agreed to, 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The Order of the day being read, for —s into 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords 
to the British Guarantee Association (No. 2) Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration upon Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the further Proceeding on consideration of the 
Amendments made by the Lords to the Oxford, 
Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway (Stratford- 


. ths and ynon-Avon and Stourbridge Branches) Bill:—The 


ge 
Branches) Bill. 


"Saint Cathe- 
-tine’s Parish 


&amp; 
‘Schoo and 
Cha 


es Bill, 





ouse resumed the said further Proceeding ; and the 
said Amendments were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
_ agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Caton’s Divorce Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Freshfield do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The Saint Catherine's Parish (Dublin) School 
and Charity Estates Bill was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


do pass. 

Srdered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
— agreed to the same, with Amendments ; to 

OL. 109. 


18 Vicroriz. 98° Juliz. 445 









which Amendments this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


h bs House proceeded to take into consideration Earl of 
the Earl of Eglinton’s Estate Bill, as amended in Eslinton’s 
the Committee. wate See 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Legh's Estate Bill was read a second time; and Legh’s Estate 
eommitted. Bal 
Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Com- 


mittee of Selection. 


The following Paper was laid upon tlte Table by sugar, &amp;c. 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 13th day of this instant July, for Returns of the 
Quantities of Unrefined Sugar imported and cleared 
for Consumption in each year ending the 5th day of 
July, from 1842 to 1854, both years inclusive ; dis- 
tinguishing the Produce of the West Indies, Mauri- 
tius and East Indies; showing a Total of the Pro- 
duce of British Possessions, Foreign Countries, and 
the Aggregate of the whole for each year :—Of the 
same in every respect of Refined Sugar:—Of the 
same in every respect of Melasses:—Of the same 
in every respect of the Aggregate of Unrefined and 
Refined Sugar and Melasses, converting Melasses 
into Sugar at the Rate of Three pounds of Melasses 
to One pound of Sugar:—Of the same of Rum :— 
Of the Amount of Duty received on Refined and 
Unrefined Sugar and on Melasses, in each of the 
above years; distinguishing the Amounts paid on 
Foreign and on Colonial Produce, and the Rates of 
Duty chargeable in each year :—Of the Amount of 
Duty received on Rum in each year, and the Rate 
at which it was charged :—And, of the Average 
Prices per cwt. of Muscovado Sugar, exclusive of 
Duty, from the London Gazette; and the Average 
Prices per cwt. of Havannah Sugar (ordinary Yel- 
low), exclusive of Duty, from the London Mercantile 
Prices Current, for each of the above years (in 
recapitulation and continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 984, of Session 1853). 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Public Public Works 
Works (Zndiu), which was presented upon the 27th (dia.) 
day of this instant July, be printed. No. 413. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Church Church Rates 
Rates (London), which was presented upon the 27th London.) 
day of this instant July, be printed. No. 425. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Stamped Stamped 
Publications, which was presented upon the 27th Pubilentions. 
day of this instant July, be printed. No. 426, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Drainage Drainage 
(Metropolis), which was presented upon the 27th (Metropolis. 
day of this instant July, be printed. No. 427. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Bermudas, Bermudas. 
which was presented upon the 27th day of this in- No. 428, 
stant July, be printed. : 

















The House, ape wy, Order, resolved itself Militia _ 
into a Committee on the Militia (No, 2) Bill, (No. 2) Bill. 


Bill 248. 
(In the Committee.) ; 


CuiauseE, N° 2 (Place for Militia storehouse to be 
provided). 

Amendment again proposed, in p. 2, 1. 22: After 
the words “ guard room ” to insert the word “ cells.” 

Question proposed, That the word “cells” be 
there inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the 
Clause, to add the words “and these buildings, 
“ while so used, shall not be liable to any rates or 
“ taxes.” : 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn, 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

3L3 CLAUSE, 


446 


Crausz, N° 3 (Sale of place which is not re- 
quired). 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the 
Clause, to add the words “ Provided also, That no- 
“ thing in this Act expressed or implied shall in any 
“ way prejudice or affect any lease or agreement, or 
the rent thereby reserved, or the covenants, con- 
ditions or agreements therein contained, or any 
rights, powers or remedies incident thereto.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
added :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cravsg,"N° 4 (Expense of store-house how to be 
provided for). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 3, |. 20: To insert, at 
the beginning of the Clause, the words “ one-half 
ii of.’ 

Question put, That those words be there inserted ; 

The Committee divided. 


“ 
“c 
“ 


Tellers for thef Mr. Robert Palmer, 1 56 
Yeas, Viscount Mandeville : _— 
Tellers for the; Mr. Hayter, 7 60 
Noes, Mr. Grenville Berkeley: J’ 


An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in p.3, 1.23: After 
the word “ fuel” to insert the words “ for keeping 
“ the same dry.” 

Question proposed, That those words be there 
inserted :—Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cxavuse, N° 5, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuavsss, N° 6 to N° 8, agreed to. 

Cxauses, N° 9 and N° 10, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuauses, N° 11 to N° 14, agreed to. 

Curauseg, N° 15, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuavuses, N° 16 to N* 20, agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 21 and N° 22, amended, and agreed 
to. 

Crausss, N° 23 to N° 26, agreed to. 

Ciause, N° 27, amended, and agreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 28, agreed to. 

Criavuse, N° 29 (Non-commissioned Officers, &amp;c. 
offending in certain cases, how to be dealt with). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 10, |. 34: To leave out 
the words “ Non-commissioned Officers.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out, 
stand part of the Clause——put, and agreed to. 

Amendments made. 

Clause, as amended, agreed to. 

Cuavses, N° 30 to N° 34, agreed to. 

Crauseg, N° 35, amended, and agreed to. 

Cravszs, N° 36 to N° 50, agreed to. 

Cause, N° 51, amended, and agreed to. 

Schedules agreed to. 

Clauses added. 

Clause (Adjutants of Militia Regiments who have 
been Captains in the Army or in the East India | 
Company’s Service, shall take rank in the Militia 
according to the date of their Commissions in the 
Army or East India Company's Service, and all 
other Adjutants of Militia Regiments shall rank as 
the junior Captains of their Regiments) ——brought 
up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
read a second time——put, and negatived. 

Preamble agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported, 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next, at Twelve o’clock ; and be punta. 


28° Jul. 









A. 1854, 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Militig 
into a Committee on the Militia (Scotland) Bil} ; (Scotland) 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next, at Twelve o'clock. 
















The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Mititia 
mittee on the Militia (Jreland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill, 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 








The Order of the day being read, for the second Public Hea, 
reading of the Public Health Act Amendment Bill; Act Amend. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ™¢* Bill 

upon Monday next, at Twelve o’clock. 










The Court of Chancery Bill was, according to Court of 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Chancery Bill 
Committee of the whole House for Wednesday 
next. 


deep 
‘Parks, &amp;c 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Public 
Committee on Public Petitions ; That they had ex- Petitions 
amined the Petitions presented upon the 26th and — 
27th days of this instant July, and had directed him 
to make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


eport.) 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir George Rose: Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 
The Lords have agreed to the Returning Officers Returning 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Officers Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Turnpike Acts Turnpike Acts 
Continuance, &amp;c. Bill, without any Amendment: Fog 
And also, ; 

The Lords have agreed to the Jury Trials (Scot- Jury Trials 
land) Bill, without any Amendment: And also, (Scotland) Bile 
The Lords have agreed to the Friendly Societies Friendly 
(No. 2) Bill, without any Amendment: And also, No.2) Bill 

The Lords have agreed to the Royal Military Royal Military 
Asylum Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Asylum Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Poor Law Com- Poor Law 

mission Continuance (Jreland) Bill, without any Commission 


Y Continuance 
Amendment: And also, (Ireland) Bill 


The Lords have agreed to the Heritable Securities Hlevitable 
j i : Securities 
= Bill, without any Amendment: And (Scotland) Bill, 
? 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Stirling's 
by this House to Stirling's Estate Bill, without Este Bil 
any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to Amendments made by pmo 
this House to Milbank (Thornhill’s) Estate Bill, (Thomni®) 
without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Registration of yee 
Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill, with Amendments; to (Scotland) Bill 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Oxford Poor 
Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Usury la 
to repeal the Laws relating to Usury, and to the a me —— 
~s. se of Annuities ; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House :—And then the Mes- 
senger withdrew. 





Rate Oxford Poor 
Rate Bill. 










Laws 


Usur e 
al (No.2) 


The Usury Laws Repeal (No. 2) Bill was read the hep 


first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday next; and to be printed. 







Bill 249. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Usury Laws 
reading of the Usury Laws Repeal Bill ; Repeal Bill 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 













Mr. 
























dia, &amp;¢.) 












































Smoke Con- 
- sumption. 


| (Scotland. ) 


Registration 
-4f Blectors, 












18 VictorizZ. 


Mr. Bouverie reported Bourne’s (Mowbrick Par- 
tition) Estate Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported Sewell’s Estate Bill, with- 
out Amendment. , 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Bouverie reported the Bradford Glebe Lands 
and Vicarage Trust Estate Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of Correspondence between the Government, 
the Post-office and the Court of Directors, as to 
Postage between England and India :—And, of the 
Orders of the Governments of Ceylon aud Hong 
Kong, for the Reduction of the Postage between 
England and those Places to Sixpence. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return in detail, of the Expenditure of the Sums of 
£.14,213. 1s. 6d. and £.1,482. 14s. 10d. voted in 
Civil Service Estimates, Class I. Vote 2, for main- 
taining and keeping in Repair Saint James’s, Green 
and Hyde Parks, for the year ending the 31st day 
of March 1854 :—Similar Return, as to the Sum of 
£. 2,336. 3s. 8d. in the same Vote, for maintaining 
and keeping in Repair Kensington Gardens :—Similar 
Return, as to the ae of £. 7,289. 5s. 1d. in the same 
Vote, for maintaining and keeping in Repair Regent's 
Park :—Similar Return, as to the Sum of £. 2,167. 
18s. 8d. in the same Vote, for maintaining and 
keeping in Repair Victoria Park :—Similar Return, 
as to the Sums of £.1,222. 8. and £.452, in the 
same Vote, for maintaining and keeping in Repair 
Greenwich Park:— And, a Return showing the 
Amount and Appropriation of any Profit or Income 
derived from the said Parks or Gardens. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty's Com- 
mand,—Copy of a Letter addressed to Her Majesty’s 
Secretary of State for the Home Department by the 
General Board of Health, dated 20th July 1854; 
with a Digest of the Information obtained with re- 
gard to the Operation of Inventions for the Con- 
sumption of Smoke. 

Mr. Fitzroy also presented,—Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 13th day of Fe- 
bruary last, for a Return, from the Parochial Boards 
of Scotland, of the Number of Pauper Lunatics 
maintained by them for three years past; the Cost 
of the same ; the Medical Treatment and Places of 
Detention ; distinguishing such as have been born 
in England and Ireland respectively, and have ac- 
quired no Settlement in Scotland. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
2d day of June last, for Returns of the Amount 
paid out of the Poor Rates in the year 1853, by the 
Overseers of the several Parishes, for Registration 
of Electors in England and Wales (by the Certifi- 
cate of the Revising Barrister) :—Of the Amount 
= out of the County Rate to the Clerks of the 

eace, for the Expenses of Registration, in the year 
1853 :—And, of the Amount paid by the Treasury 
for the Services of the Revising Barristers in Eng- 
land and Wales, for the year 1853. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 


i.) 30th day of June last, for a Return from every Me- 


tropolitan Parish within the Bills of Mortality, having 
any Local Act or Acts, with the Date thereof, aac 
specifically or containing provisions for the Repair 
and Support of their respective Churches, since the 
year 1815; of the Monies authorized to be borrowed 
under any such Act or Acts ; of all Monies actually 
borrowed ; of the Rate of Annuity or Interest upon 
which such Monies have been borrowed; of the 
Total Amount which has been paid in Annuity or 
Interest; of the Average Amount of Rate in the 
Pound levied upon the Rental of the Parish for the 
Vou. 109. 


98° Juliz. 





447 


— of such Act or Acts; the Total Amount of 
oney (if any) which has been repaid in liquidation 
of Monies borrowed, and the Total Amount of such 
borrowed Monies remaining unpaid to the 31st day 
of December 1853 ; the above particulars to be set 
forth in separate Columns of the Return. 

— , That the said Papers do lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions relating to Intoxicating Liquors ; — Public 
Public-houses and Beer-shops ; —Jndia ; — Excise Petitions. 


Licenses ;—Bleaching, &amp;c. Works Bill ;—NMilitia y 
(Scotland) Bill;—Mortmain Bill ;—Sale of Beer 4 
Bill;—and, Testamentary Jurisdiction Bill,—were 
—— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


The Bribery, &amp;c. Bill was, 
read the third time. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(Every Candidate, immediately after he shall have 
become such, and before he shall pay or agree to pay 
any part of the Election expenses, shall, by writing 
under his hand, appoint some person to be his agent 
for the payment of such expenses, and such Candi- 
date may at any time by writing under his hand dis- 
miss such agent, and appoint another in his place ; 
and it shall be the duty of such Candidate immedi- 
ately after such appointment to give notice thereof 
in writing to the Returning Officer, and in.such 
notice to state the name, description, and residence 
of the agent, and within one week after every such 
appointment to cause such notice to be inserted in 
some Newspaper circulating in the place where the 
Election is held ; and no other than the agent so ap- 
pointed shall have authority to pay or expend any 
money for or in respect of the Election expenses) :— 
And the said Clause was brought up, and read the 
first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a se- 
cond time ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for ther Mr. John Fitz Gerald, 

Yeas, Mr. Tatton Egerton: 

Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, 

Noes, \Mr. Grenville Berkeley: 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (Every Candidate, or in his absence, the persons 
proposing and seconding such person, shall, before 
or at the nomination, or as soon after as conveniently 
may be, make and subscribe before the Returning 
Officer the following Declaration :— 

I, A. B. [or we, the proposer and seconder of 
A. B.] do solemnly and sincerely declare, that I [or 
we] have given a true and faithful return of every 
agent or agents authorized or sanctioned by me [or 
us] to make any payments of money or monies, pre-- 
vious to or at my [or his] Election, and that no other 
than such agent or agents so named have had, nor 
shall in future have, authority or sanction by me [or 
us] to expend any money or monies, or incur any 
expenses of or relating to the Election aforesaid ; 
and that I [or we] have faithfully adhered to the 
requirements contained in Clause 32 of this Act. 

No person being a Candidate at any Election, or 
who shall hereafter be elected, who shall have made 
the Declaration required by section of this Act, 
and have conformed thereto, and who shall not have 
appointed or given any authority to any agent or 
agents save according to the provisions of section 

of this Act, and who shall in all things have 

well and truly conformed to the provisions herein 
contained against bribery and all other corrupt and 
unlawful practices, shall be personally liable, civilly 
or criminally, nor shall his Election be avoided, by 
reason of any illegal acts done by any other person 
3L4 than 


} 51. 


} 89. 


rst Report. 


according to Order, &amp;c. 


than himself or his agent or agents, named in writing 
and notified to the Election Officer, according to the 
rovisions of this Act, unless such illegal act shall 
be proved to have been done by his authority or 
sanction: Provided always, that nothing herein con- 
tained shall be deemed to make valid any Election 
which shall be proved to have been obtained or 
effected by means of bribery, or any other corrupt or 
illegal practices) :—And the said Clause was brought 
up, and read the first time. 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
ut, That the said Clause be now read a second time ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the { Lord Adolphus Vane Tempest, | 79 
Yeas, Sir Fitz Roy Kelly : eas 
Tellers for the; Mr. Hayter, lia 
Noes, (Mr. Grenville Berkeley: Jf” 
So it passed in the Negative. 
A Clause (Payments before passing of Act), was 
thrice read; and added to the Bill 


Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (If any Candidate shall be declared by any 
Election Committee guilty, by himself or his agents, 
of bribery, treating, or undue influence at any Elec- 
tion, such Candidate shall be incapable of being 
elected, sitting or voting as a Member of the House 
of Commons for the Parliament then in existence) : 
—And the said Clause was brought up, and read a 
first and second time. 

_ An Amendment. was proposed to be made to the 
Clause, by inserting after the word “agents” the 
words “with /his cognizance.” 

- And the Question being put, That those words be 
there inserted :—It ‘saved in the Negative. 

‘ Then an Amendment was made to the Clause, by 
leaving out the words “ elected, sitting or voting as 
“a Member of the House of Commons for,” and 
inserting the words “ re-elected for the place for 
“ which his Election shall have been declared void 
“ during,” instead thereof:—And the said Clause, 
so amended, was read the third time, and added to 
the Bill. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (On the trial of any action for recovery of an 
pecuniary penalty under this Act, the parties to eich 
action, and the husbands and wives of such parties 
respectively, shall be competent and compellable to 
a evidence in the same manner as parties, and their 

usbands and wives, are competent and compeliable 
to give evidence in actions and suits under the Act 
of the fourteenth and fifteenth Victoria, chapter 
ninety-nine, and “The Evidence Amendment Act, 
1853,” but subject to and with the exceptions con- 
tained in such several Acts: Provided always, That 
any such evidence shall not thereafter be used in an 
indictment or criminal p' ing under this Act 
against the giving it): —And the said Clause was 
brought up, and read the first, second and third time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the said Clause be added to the Bill; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the Yeas, m7 Mullings, hus. 


. Tellers for the Noes {yr ———— ae é }or. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in p. 3, 1. 37, by inserting after the words “and 
“ of none effect” the words “ Provided always, That 
“ such treating shall have taken place within a pe- 
“ riod of six months, either previous or subsequent 
“ to an Election.” 

And the Question being put, That those words 
be'there inserted ; 

The House divided. 


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The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the{ Mr. Bentinck, 


Yeas, Mr. Hastie: 
Tellers for thes Mr. Hayter, BY 
Noes, LMr. Grenville Berkeley : 758. 


So it passed in the Negative. 
Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 29° die Julii, 1854: 


Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p. 7, ls. 25 and 26, by leaving out the words 
“ the Returning Officer of every,” and inserting 
the words “ in England the County Court Judge, or 
“ if more than one, the senior County Court J udge 
“ in order of appointment; in Zreland, the Assistant 
“ Barrister ; san in Scotland, the Sheriff’s Substitute, 
“ having jurisdiction for or in any,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out, stand part of the Bill :—It 
was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p. 7, 1. 32, by inserting, after the word 
“ Borough,” the words “ and shall also, at the time 
“ of such appointment, require such Election Auditor 
“ to give security for the due performance of his 
“ duties in the sum of One hundred pounds.” 

And the Question being proposed, That those 
words be there inserted :—The said proposed Amend- 
ment was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p. 10, 1. 19, by inserting after the word 
“ newspapers” the words “ or by placards or hand- 
“ bills, and the expenses of letters or parcels.” 

And the Question being proposed, That those 
words be there inserted: —The said proposed Amend- 
ment was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Then another Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p.10, 1. 33, by inserting after the word 
“ shall” the word “ not.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “ not” 
be there inserted ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the {Lord Robert Grosvenor, 

Yeas, Mr. Vincent Scully : f 

Tellers for the j Mr. Hayter, Via? 

Noes, Sir FitzRoy Kelly: 
’ So it passed in the Negative. 
Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 


68. 


Y | the Bill, in p. 10, 1. 36, by inserting after the word 


“ poll” the words “ Provided always, That unless 
“ the distance of the voter’s residence to the nearest 
 polling-booth exceed One mile and a half, the con- 
“ yeyance of a voter to the poll shall not be a reason- 
“ able and legal expense within the meaning of this 
“Act.” 
And the Question being put, That those words 
be there inserted :—It passed in the Negative. 
Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in p- 14, 1. 14, by leaving out from the 
word “ ” to the word “ shall” in 1. 24, and 
inserting the words “and the persons proposing 
“ and seconding any person in * peennat instead 
thereof. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
sed to be left out, stand part of the Bill :—It 
was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p. 14, |. 29, by leaving out from the word 
“ Candidates” to the words 


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Admiralty. 


| Orange River 
Territory. 
Burlington 
House and 


Grounds, 
Piccadilly. 


Offices, &amp;c. 
(Constanti- 
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Metropolit 
Sewers Bill. 


Duties 


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18 Vicroriz. 


And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out, stand part of the Bill ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 





Mr. Hayter, 
Tellers for the Yeas,) 9: 7:4, Roy Kelly: \ 86. 
Tellers for the Noes, aq Gane d: }r28. 


So it passed in the Negative. 

Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the Bill do pass ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 


(Mr. Hayter, 
Tellers for the Yeas,) sir FitzRoy Kelly: 


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Tellers for theNoes 4 = Cink a }100. 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bouverie do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, ‘and desire their concurrence. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of the 
House this ‘day, adjourn till Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Wilson reported from the Committee of 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
five thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majnete, 0 
enable the Registrar of the High Court of Admiralty 
to discharge Legal Claims upon the Suitors’ Fund of 
the said Court, in the year ending the 31st day of 
March 1855. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceedin Forty- 
five thousand pounds, be granted to Her Mojesty, 
for the settlement of Pecuniary Claims arising out 
of the Arrangements with regard to the future Go- 
vernment of the Orange River Territory, to the 31st 
day of March 1855. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One hun- 
dred and forty thousand pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, for the purchase of Burlington House and 
Grounds, Piccadit/y, in the year ending the 31st day 
of March 1855. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ten thou- 
sand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, towards 
defraying the Expense of erecting New Consular 
Offices, a British Seamen’s Hospital, and a Prison 
at Constantinop le, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee on the Metropolitan Sewers Bill; and, 
after some time s Lay therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair ; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next, at Twelve o'clock. ° 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
we of the Stamp Duties Bill; 
ered, That the Pil ™ read the third time upon 


Mondan next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee on the Marr arriages (Mexico) Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone thro the Bill. 

Ordered, ‘I'hat the i as amended in the Com- 
Vou. 109. 


28°—29° Julie. 





mittee, be taken into consideration 7“ Monday 
next. 


The Order of the da 9 ws being read, for the Com- Customs’: 


mittee on the Customs 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Coramittee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved. itself Ciague Frs 


into a Committee on the Cinque Ports,Bill;&lt;and, ® 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That thé Gom- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and directed him 
to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next, at Twelve o "clock. 


The House, according to Order,&gt;resolved itself Acknowledg- 
into a Committee on the Acknowledgment of Deeds i Motta 
by Married Women Bill ; and, after some timé-spent Women Bill 


therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ;,and:-Mr.: 
Bouverie re yo ted, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and directed him to report the same, 
without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon’ 
Monday next, at Twelve o'clock. 


The Order of the day, being read, for the Commit- pei and 


tee of Ways and Means ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon. Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- pee i 


mittee on the Bankruptcy Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- . 


mittee on the Prisoners’ Removal Bill: 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, résolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according po Order, resolved itself i into Midland Great 


a Committee on the Midland Great Westem-Rail- 
way of Leland (Baronies’ Contributions) Bill; and, 


after some time. spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed Contributions) 
the Chair ; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That the Com- Bill. 


mittee had gone through the ill, and directed him 
to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next, at Twelve ° clock. 


The Order of the day being wand, for. the third Duchy of. . 
reading of the Duchy of Cornwall’ Office Bill; &lt;3 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third-time upon &gt; 
Monday next. ‘ 


The Order of the day Seles read, for resuming the Medical 


adjourned Debate on the Amendments which, upon 7 


the 22d day,of this .instant July, were proposed to: be Creland a Bill. 


made to the Question, That the Medical Graduates 
(Ireland and Scotland) Bill be now read the. third 
time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further -sdjaarped 
till Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Judgment 


mittee on the J udgment Execution, Ke. Bill; 


And a Motion being made, and the Question being Bill, 


put, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the: Right ; 
The Noes to the Le 


‘Tellers for the’ Yeas,{ Mr —_ se ! } 4. 


Mr. Macartney; 
So it passed in the Negative. 
' Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
slewts resolve itself into the said Committee. . tn, 
3M e 


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450 


Bills of Ex- The Order of the aes read, for the Com- 
——— mittee on the Bills of Exchange and Promissory 
Notes Bill. Notes Bill; 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Bleaching, &amp;. The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Works Bill ae | of the Bleaching, &amp;c. Works Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 

oe That the Bill be read a second time upon 


ednesday next ; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ Wednesday 
“ next,” and inserting the words “ this day three 
“ months,” instead thereof. 
And the Question being proposed, That the words 
“ Wednesday next” stand part of the Question :— 
The said proposed Amendment and Motion were 
severally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 
Ordered, That the Order of the day for the second 
reading of the said Bill be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be laid aside. 
Militin The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
(Ireland) Bill. into a Committee on the Militia (Ireland) Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next, at Twelve o’clock. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill to 
suspend the making of Lists and the Ballots and 
Enrolments for the Militia of the United Kingdom : 
And that Mr. Secretary-at-War and Viscount Pal- 
merston do prepare, and bring it in. 


Militia Ballots 
Suspension. 


Gold and 
Silver Coin 
and Bullion. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return, in a Tabular Form, of all Gold and Silver 
Coin and Bullion (distinguishing Gold from Silver) 
imported into and exported from the United King- 
dom, for the years 1848 to 1854, both inclusive ; 
stating the same for each Month of each year, and 
distinguishing the Countries from and to which the 
on ge wine and Exportations have taken place; 
and also distinguishing, as far as possible, British 
Gold and Silver Coin (the Return being in con- 
tinuation of the Account contained in Appendix 15, 
Lords’ Report of 1848). 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That there be laid before this House, a Return 
of the Number of Stamps at One penny each, issued 
to each Newspaper published in the Cities of London, 
Dublin and inburgh respectively, for the second 
quarter of the year 1854, specifymg the Name of 
each Newspaper, and the Number of Stamps issued 
to each (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 238, of the present Session): —And the said 
Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Newspaper 
Stamps. 


Oxford Uni- 


ord Ui Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported from 
versity Bill. 


the Committee appointed to draw up Reasons to be 
assigned to the Lords, for disagreeing to certain of 
the Amendments made by their Lordships to the 
Oxford University Bill; That they had : wel up 
Reasons accordingly, which they had directed him 
to report to the eae; and the same were read, as 
follow : 
The Commons disagree to the Amendment in p- 2, 
1. 27, being to leave out from “ Four” to “a” in 
1. 29, but propose to amend the words reinstated by 
such dis ment by leaving out “ be transferred 
“ to,” and inserting “ cease, and upon the Fifteenth 
“ day of the said Michaelmas Term, One thousand 
“ eight hundred and Fifty-four,” instead thereof, for 
the following Reason : 
Because, by the Lords’ Amendment, the effect 
of the Clause would have been to require the 


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31° Julit. A. 1854, 


election of the hebdomadal council on the 
Fourteenth day of Michaelmas Term, One 
thousand eight hundred and Fifty-four, 
whereas by Clause seventeen the congrega- 
tion which is to elect does not receive its } 
composition until the Fifteenth day of the 
said Term. 

The Commons propose to amend the Amendment 
in p. 7, 1. 36, by ~m out from “ consolidation” 
to the end of the Amendment, and inserting “ divi- 
“ sion or conversion of emoluments, includi 
“ therein the conversion of Fellowships attached to 
“ schools, into scholarships or exhibitions so at- 
“ tached, and of fellowships otherwise limited into 
“ scholarships or exhibitions, either subject or not 
“ to any similar or modified limitation,” instead 
thereof. 

The Commons disagree to the Amendment in p. 12, 
1, 11, for the following Reason : . 

Because the object of the Clause, so far as it 
touches provisions of the Act, is to convey 
power for altering only such of them as relate 
to matters of regulation and detail, but not 
such as relate to important principles or de- 
cide upon the establishment of certain main 
institutions of the University; but as to Pri- 
vate Halls, this object is already provided for 
by a former Clause, which places the regula- 
tion of Private Halls entirely in the hands of 
the University itself, and the words inserted 
by the Lords would have the effect of allow- 
ing the existence of Private Halls to be put an 
end to without any reference to the Legisla- 
ture, which the Commons conceive to be 
contrary to the intentions of Parliament. 

The Commons propose to amend Clause (F.) by 
leaving out “‘ kept Two Terms, or,” in folio 2, 1. 10. 

The Commons agree to the other Amendments in 
the Bill. 

The said Reasons, being read a second time, were 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to 
communicate the said Reasons (with the Bill and 
Amendments): And that Mr. Wilson do carry the 


same. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
Three of the clock on Saturday morning, 
adjourned till Monday next. 










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Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Tnuigrs 


Ordered, That in the case of Stocker’s Divorce stocker's 
Bill, Standing Orders 179 and 203 be suspended. —_ Divorce Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Carmarthen 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Carmar- Fae 
then and Cardigan Railway and Cardigan Harbour o,raigan 
Bill; and the same were twice read, and agreed to. Harbour Bill 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 


ships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Eastern Coun 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Eastern tes — oy 
Counties Railway (Purchase of Railways, &amp;c.) Bill ; Cailways, &amp;&gt;) 
and the same were twice read, and agreed to. _ Bill. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 4 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 


dies. 
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18 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the North Metropolitan Railway Bill be 
taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The Earl of Harrington’s Estate Bill was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Lord Willoughby De Broke’s Estate Bill was read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Hornyolds Estate Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Park’s Estate Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Peel's Estate Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
Staveley’s Estate Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Stocker’s Divorce Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time ; and committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be referred to the Select 
Committee on Divorce Bills. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, That they do hear Counsel, and examine 
Witnesses for the Bill; and also that they do hear 
Counsel and examine Witnesses against the Bill, if the 
Parties concerned think fit to be heard by Counsel 
or produce Witnesses. 


Petitions relating to Excise Licenses ;—Acknow- 
ledgment of Deeds by Married Women Bill ;— 
Bleaching, &amp;c. Works Bill ;—Burials (Metropolis) 
Act ;—and, Metropolitan Bridges (Battersea),— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


The Order made upon the 11th day of this instant 
July, for presenting to Her Majesty an humble Ad- 
dress, that She would be graciously pleased to give 
directions, that there be laid before this House, Re- 
turns of the Names of all Persons in the Service or 
Pay of Her Majesty’s Commissioners for Colonial 
Land and Emigration, on the 1st day of July 1854, 
with the Amount of their Salaries, the Date of their 
pe yo and the Hours of Attendance each Day: 
—Of the Name and Tonnage of all Vessels or Ships 
chartered by the Commissioners, the Owners’ Names, 
the Price paid or agreed to be paid for the Convey- 
ance and Victualling each Statute Adult, and the 
Number of Statute Adults taken by each Ship for 
the last Two years :—And, of all Monies received 
by the Commissioners under Acts or Votes of Par- 
liament, or from the Sale of Colonial Lands, or from 
any other Source, for the purpose of Emigration, and 
how the same have from time to time been disbursed 
for the last two years, was read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Registration of Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) 
Bill be taken into consideration To-morrow, at 
Twelve o’clock. 


Ordered, That the Militia (Ireland) Bill, as 
amended, be printed. 
VoL. 109. 


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451 


Mr. Cardwell presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Trade and 
mand,—Accounts relating to Trade and Navigation, N@vigation. 
for the Month ended 5th July 1854, and Six Months No. 57-VI. 
ended 5th July 1854. 

Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to S , &amp;e., Sugar, &amp;c. 
which was presented upon the 28th day of this in- No. 429. 
stant July, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Pau 
natics (Scotland), which was presented upon t 
day of this instant July, be printed. 


r Lu- Pauper 
Lunatics 
e 28th (Scotland. ) 


No. 430. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Registration 
to Registration of Electors, which was presented of Electors. 
upon the 28th day of this instant July, be printed. No. 431. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Churches Churches 
(Metropolis), which was presented upon the 28th (Metropolis.) 
day of this instant July, be printed. No. 432, 


Mr. Fitzroy presented, — Return to an Address Friendly 
to Her Majesty, dated the 19th day of August, in the Societies. 
last Session of Parliament, for a Return of the Names 
of every Friendly Society, certified under the Act 
13 &amp; 14 Vic. c. 115, stating where the Meetings are 
held, the Object of such Society, and the highest 
Amount allowed weekly in Sickness, and paid at 
Death. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Willesden 
14th day of this instant July, for Copy of any Cor- Cemetery. 
respondence which has passed between the Home 
Office and the Authorities of the Parish of Padding- 
ton, in reference to the Site of Land near Kilburn 
Gate, in the Parish of Willesden, being sanctioned 
by the Home Office for the purposes of a Cemetery 
for the Parish of Paddington; together with Copy 
of any Report from the Inspector appointed to ex- 
amine and report to the Home Office upon the same ; 
also, Copy of a Report from Dr. John Sutherland, 
dated the 18th day of December 1852, to the Se- 
cretary of State, upon the Site proposed to be taken 
by the Extra-mural Cemetery Association in the 
same Parish of Willesden. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Public Health 
reading of the Public Health Act Amendment Bill ; Act J 
And a Motion being made, and the Question ™™’ ~” 

being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 
The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 
And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, 


L es 

Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave: J °° 
Tellers for the (Lord Seymour, 7 

Noes, {si Dealenta Hall: js ™* 


So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
“ upon this day three months” be added at the end 
of the Question:—It was resolved in the Affir- 
mative. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day three months. 


The Order of the day being read, for into Militia 
consideration the Militea (Now 2) Bill, as amended (N°- 2) Bill. 
in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
this day. 

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Militia (Scot. © The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
land) Bil. consideration the Militia (Scotland) Bill, as amended 
in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 


this day. 
Militia (Ire- | The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
land) Bill = eonsideration the Militia (Jreland) Bill, as amended 
in the Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
this day. 
Metropolitan The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
Sewers Bill take into consideration the Metropolitan Sewers 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow, at Twelve o’clock. 
Cinque Ports © The Cinque Ports Bill was, according to Order, 
Bill. read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Acknowledg» = TheAcknowledgment of Deeds by Married Women 
aged — Bill was, according to Order, read the third time. 
Wy Married Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


MidlandGreat The Order of the day being read, for the third 
Western Rail- reading of the Midland Great Western Railway of 
a Ireland (Baronies’ Contributions) Bill ; 

jontributions) Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
Bill. To-morrow, at Twelve o'clock. 


Royal Assent. A Message by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of the 
Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission, for declaring Her Royal Assent to se- 
veral Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire the 
immediate attendance of this Honourable House in 
the House of Peers, to hear the Commission read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :—And being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 
desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Commission, had been at the House of Peers, 
where a Commission under the Great Seal was read, 
giving, declaring and notifying the Royal Assent to 
the several Acts therein-mentioned; and that the 
Lords, thereby authorized, had declared the Royal 
Assent to the said Acts, as follow: 

An Act to continue an Act for authorizing the 
— of Highway Rates to Turnpike-roads : 

n Act to confirm certain Provisional Orders 
made under an Act of the fifteenth year of Her pre- 
sent Majesty, to facilitate Arrangements for the 
Relief of Turnpike Trusts, and to make certain Pro- 
visions respecting Exemptions from Tolls : 

General Board An Act to confirm Provisional Orders of the 

of Health Bill! General Board of Health for the Districts of Ply- 
mouth, Haworth, Aberdare, Bishop Auckland, Wil 
lenhall and Over Darwen: 


Highway 
Rates Bill. 
Turnpike 
‘Trusts Ar- 
rangements 
Bill. 


Registration | An Act for the Registration of Bills of Sale in 
of Bills of Sale JieJand : 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Jamaica Loar An Act to guarantee the Liquidation of a Loan 
Bill or Loans for the Service of the Colony of Jamaica: 


Sheriff and An Act to provide for Payment of the Salaries of 
sr hemt the Sheriff and Sheriff Clerk of Chancery in Scot- 
(Scotland) Bill. and : 

Joint Stock An Act to amend the Acts for the Regulation of 
=) Joint Stock Banks in Scotland : 

Cruelty to An Act to amend an Act of the twelfth and thir- 
Animals Bill. teenth —_ of Her present Majesty, for the more 

effectual Prevention of Cruelty to Animals : 


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An Act to enable the Trustees of Portland Cha- p, 
pel Oxford oy and Welbeck Chapel, in the Chapels Bin, 
arish of Saint Marylebone, to augment the Sala- 
ries of the Ministers of the said Chapels : 


pointment of Returning Officers in certain cases : 


Great Britain, and to make further Provisions con- Continuance, 
cerning Turnpike-roads in England: &amp;e. Bill, 

An Act to allow Verdicts on Trials by Jury in Jury Trg) 
Civil Causes in Scotland to be returned, although (Scotland) Bu 
the Jury may not be unanimous: 

An Act to make further Provisions in relation to Friendly 


certain Friendly Societies : ory 
0. 
An Act to authorize the Application of a Sum of Royal ij; 


Money out of the forfeited and unclaimed Army Asylum Bil, 
Prize Fund in enlarging and improving the Royal 


Military Asylum: 
An Ret to continue the Poor Law Commission Poor Lay 
for Ireland : Commission 
Continuance 
(Ireland) Bill 


An Act to extend the Benefits of two Acts of Her Heritable 
Majesty relating to the Constitution, Transmission Securities 
and Extinction of Heritable Securities in Scotland; (Sctland)Bill 

An Act to amend the Law concernir the making Borough Rates 
of Borough Rates in Boroughs not within the Mu- Bill 
nicipal Corporation Acts : 

An Act for further continuing certain Temporary Ecclesiastical 
Provisions concerning Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction in Jurisdiction 
England : ars 

An Act to continue the Exemption of Inhabitants stock in Trade 
from Liability to be rated as such in respect of Exemption 
oa in Trade or other Property to the Relief of the BH. 

oor : 

An Act to facilitate the Purchase of Common, Common, &amp;. 
Commonable and other — by the principal Rights (Ord- 
Officers of Her Majesty’s Ordnance : none) 

An Act to provide for the Application of certain Land Reve- 
Stock purchased with Monies which arose from the 2ues of the 
Sale of part of the Land Revenues of the Crown in fend) Bal 
Ireland : 

An Act to indemnify Local Boards of Health as Highways 
regards rating for the Repair of Highways, under aa 
the Public Health Act, 1848 : . 

An Act to amend an Act of the last Session for Public Libra- 
extending the Public Libraries Act, 1850, to Jredand ties Bill. 
and Scotland : 

An Act to authorize Working Arrangements be- Ambergate, 
tween the Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston, and er 
Eastern Junction Railway Company, and the Great aa ieee 
Northern Railway Company, or Lease or Sale to the Junction Rail- 
last-named Company : Feeble 
with Great Northern Railway) Bill 
An Act for transferring to a Company the Powers North —_ 
vested in the Commissioners under “ The North eerounaal 
Shields Quay Act, 1851 :” Bill. 


An Act for making a Railway from the Town and praces} y 
Royal Burgh of Selkirk to the Hawick Branch of Railway Bill 
the North British Railway, about a mile Southwards 
from the Galashiels Station of the said Branch, and 
for other purposes : 
An Act for making a Railway from the London Stockport, 
and North Western Railway, near Stockport, to Disle bh 
Disley and Whaley Bridge, all in the County of pridge Rail- 
Chester, and for other purposes : way 

An Act for authorizing the Transfer to the London London ot 
and North Western Railway Company of the Hay- Now ay Bill. 
don-square Branch of the London and Blackwall 
Railway, and for other purposes; and of which the 
short Title is “ The fi pai oe and North Western 
Railway Act, 1854 :” 
An Act for enabling the Great Western Railway Great Westerm 
Company to make a Branch Railway to connect the Reliey 
Berks and Hants Railway with the Main Line of jrants, &amp;.) 
the Great Western Railway, near Reading ; for ex- Bill 
tending the Time for Completion of Parts of the 
Wilts, Somerset and We uth Railway, and for 


reviving the Powers for Purchase of Land for, and 4 





for ‘ 


ortland, &amp;e, 


An Act to amend the Law relating to the Ap- Returnin | 
Officers Bill, 


An Act to continue certain Turnpike Acts in Turnpite Ao — 





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for completing other Portions of, that Railway, and 
for other purposes : 

An Act for limiting the Liability of the Share- 
holders in the Electric Telegraph Company, and for 
granting additional Powers to such Company : 


An Act for determining the existing Lease of the 
West London Railway to the London and North 
Western Railway Company, and for enabling the 
last-mentioned Company and the West London Rail- 
way Company to enter into fresh Arrangements for 
the Sale or Lease of the Undertaking of the West 
London Railway Company to the London and North 
Western Railway Company, and for the Settlement 
of all Disputes between the said Companies, and for 
other purposes : 

An Act for making a Railway from the Parish of 


Sees. Saint John-the- Evangelist, in the City and Liberty 
huilvay Bill. of Westminster, to Clapham, in the County of Surrey, 
with a Branch from such Railway to join the autho- 
rized Line of the West End of London and Crystal 
Palace Railway at Long Hedge Farm, in the Parish 
of Saint Mary, Battersea, in the County of Surrey : 
cork and An Act to extend the Powers of the Cork and 
Waerford Waterford Railway Company, and to enable them 
hilway Bil. t4 abandon Part of their Pal to Waterford, 
and the Branch to 7ramore, and for other purposes : 
Qrord, Wore . An Act to alter the Lines and Levels of the Sérat- 
ewerand = ford-upon-Avon and Stourbridge Branches of the 
a Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway ; to 


construct certain Branch Railways and Works con- 

ypon-Avonand nected therewith ; to amend the Acts relating to the 

cen Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway 
= Company, and for other purposes : 

Orford, Wore An Act for enabling the Oxford, Worcester and 

caterand §=Wolverhampton Railway ge to construct a 


ee Branch Line of Railway to the Town of Chipping 
(Chipping Norton, in the County of Oxford, and for regulating 
o- Branch) the working and use of the same by such Com- 
any : 
Portsmouth . An Act to authorize Agreements between the 
and Direct Direct London and Portsmouth Railway Company, 
—_- and the Portsmouth Railway Company, and for 
huilways Bill. winding-up the Affairs of the Direct London and 
Portsmouth Railway Company : 
WestLondon ~==An Act to enable the West End of London and 
ba Crystal Palace Railway Company to make a Rail- 
my (Bromley Way from Norwood to Bromley and Farnborough, 
ind Furnbo- nes for other purposes : 
Tough) Bill. 
York, New- An Act to dissolve the York and North Midland 
fae and Leeds Northern Railway Companies, and to 
sad Korth vest their Undertakings in the York, Newcastle and 
Midland, and Berwick Railway Company, to be thenceforth called 
hg “ The North Eastern Railway Company,” and to 
ay age 
Companies alter the Constitution of that Company, and to 
Amalgama- authorize Working Arrangements with the Malton 
ton Bill ~~ and Driffield Junction Railway Company, and the 
Amalgamation of that Company with such united 
Company, and for other purposes : 
Harder Coun- An Act for making a Railway from the New- 
eee castle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle Railway, at or near 
Hexham, in the County of Northumberland, to or 
near The Belling, in the Parish of Falstone, in the 
same County, to be called “The Border Counties 
Railway (North Tyne Section) ,” and for other pur- 
ses : 
tet Ges ae Act for relieving the Ratcliff Gas-Light and 
Relig Ry, | Coke Company and their Servants and Agents from 
certain Penalties and Penal Actions: 
| —, An Act to ascertain the Periods when the Division 
. Video Ba” under the Church —' Acts of the Parish of 
3 Stockport, in the County Palatine of Chester, into 


the two distinct and separate Parishes of Saint 
Mary in Stockport, and Saint Thomas in Stockport, 
shall take complete effect, and the exercise of the 
Rights of Presentation to the Rectories or Churches 
of the same Parishes respectively, shall commence, 
and for other purposes : 

An Act to empower the Warden and Scholars of 


Bil. the House or College of Scholars of Merton, in the 


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University of Oxford, to sell certain Lands situate 

in the Parish of Holywell, otherwise Saint Cress, 

in the City of Oxford, and to sell certain other 

Lands situate in the same Parish, and to lay out the 

Monies to arise from such Sales in the Purchase of 

other Hereditaments : 

An Act to enable the Trustees of the Will of Wilkinson’s 
Anthony Wilkinson, Esquire, deceased, to gr ut Estate Bill. 
Leases : 

An Act to authorize the Sale of certain Messuages, mitfora’s 
Lands and Hereditaments in the East Riding of the Estate Bill. 
——- of York, part of the Estates devised and 
settled by the Will of Bertram Osbaldeston Mitford, 

Esquire, deceased, and for laying out the Money 
— by such Sale in the Purchase of other 
astates : 

An Act to enable the Trustees of the Right ho- Earl of Fife 
nourable James Earl of Fife, deceased, to complete oe 
the Sale of the outlying Estate of Blervie, in the ” ™ 
County of Moray, and to re-invest the Sale Monies 
in the Purchase of more convenient Estates, to be ~ 
settled upon the same Trusts, and for other purposes : 

An Act for vesting in Trustees for Sale the settled stainforth’s 
and devised Estates of Richard Terrick Stainforth, ®state Bili. 
Esquire, deceased, and for other purposes : 

An Act to extend the Time during which the Stirling’s 
Trustees of the late Sir Gilbert Stirling, of Mans- Estate Bill. 
field, Baronet, were authorized to purchase Lands 
to be entailed in the Terms declared by certain 
Trust Deeds executed by him ; to enable the Trustees 
to purchase within any part of Scotland ; to regulate 
the Powers of borrowing conferred by the said 
Deeds, and for other purposes relating thereto : 

An Act to enable the Trustees of a Settlement Milbank 
executed prior to the Marriage of Thomas Thornhill, (Thorahit's) 
late of Fixby, in the County of York, Esquire, de- — 
ceased, with Honoria Forester, Spinster; to grant 
Building and other Leases of the Estates, subject to 
the Trusts of the said Settlement, and to sell and 
exchange the same, and for other purposes : 

An Act for incorporating the Trustees of the Saint Cathe- 
School and Charity Estates and Property belongin a . 
to the Parish of Saint Catherine, in the County a. = — 
County of the City of Dublin, for the better Ma- Estates Bill. 
nagement of such Bstates and Property, and for the 
due and careful Application of the Income of the 
same : 

An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Richard Red-Caton’s _ 
mond Caton, Esquire, with Anna Maria his now Divorce Bill. 
Wife, and to enable him to marry again, and for 
other purposes. 


The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of Chamber of 
several Acts of Parliament, was laid upon the Table London. 
by the Clerk of the House,—Annual Accounts from 
the Chamber of London. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Tinney: Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 
The Lurds have agreed to the Borough Rates Bill, Borough Rates 
without any Amendment: And also, _ Bill 
The Lords have agreed to the Ecclesiastical Ju- Ecclesiastical 
risdiction Bill, without any Amendment: And also, ae 


The Lords have agreed to the Stock in Trade Ex- Stock in Trade 
emption Bill, without any Amendment: And also, — 


The Lords have agreed to the Common, &amp;c. Rights Common, &amp;c. 
(Ordnance) Bill, without any Amendment: And aoe — 
also, _ 

The Lords have agreed to the Land Revenues of Land Reve- 
the Crown (Ireland) Bill, without any Amendment : 2¥¢8 of the 


Cc Ire- 
And also, tand) Billy 


The Lords have agreed to the Highways (Public Highways 
Health Act) Bill, without any Amendment: And OO aL 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Public Libraries Public Libra- 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, ries Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Border Counties Border 
Railway Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Counties 





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Ratcliff Gas The Lords have agreed to the Ratcliff Gas Com- 
er pany Relief Bill, without any Amendment: And 
Saint Cathe | The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
rine’s Parish by this House to the Saint Catherine's Parish 
Le pega (Dublin) School and Charity Estates Bill, without 
y 
Estates Bill any Amendment: And also, 
Merchant The Lords have agreed to the Merchant Shipping 


Shipping Bill. Bil], with Amendments; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 


Sale of Beer, | The Lords have agreed to the Sale of Beer, &amp;c. 
&amp;c. Bill. Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 
Salisbury and The Lords have agreed tothe Salisbury and Yeovil 
a Railway Bill, with Amendments; to which Amend- 
rn ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 
Reformatory | The Lords have agreed to the Reformatory Schools 
oy pee (Scotland) Bill, with an Amendment; to which 
one Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 
National The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
7 _ to provide for the establishment of a National Gal- 
tNo. 2) gi. ery of Paintings, Sculpture, and the Fine Arts, and 
for the care of a Public Library in Dublin ; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 
Stocker's— The Lords communicate to this House, a Copy of 
Divorce Bill. the Minutes of the Evidence taken upon the second 
reading of Stocker’s Divorce Bill, as desired by this 
House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 
Stocker’s Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence rela- 


Divorce Bill. ting to Stocker’s Divorce Bill, which were com- 
municated from the Lords this day, be referred to 
the Select Committee on Divorce Bills. 


Public Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to in- 
a and spect the Journals of the House of Lords with rela- 
onsolidated |! , ; 
Fund Charges tlon to any proceedings upon the Public Revenue 
Bill. and Consolidated Fund Charges Bill, and to make 
Report thereof to the House. 
And a Committee was appointed of Mr. Chan- 
cellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Bouverie, 
Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. Hayter, 
and Mr. Cowper :—And they are to withdraw imme- 
diately. 
Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 
Incumbered The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


— (West mittee on the Incumbered Estates 
ndies) Bill. Bill ; 
&gt; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


(West Indies) 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Great West- 
ern, Shrews- 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Tinney: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Great Western, 
~ Shrewsbury and Birmingham, and Shrewsbury and 
seein ont Chester Railway Companies Amalgamation Bill, with 
Shrewsbury Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 


Railven Com- desire the concurrence of this House :—And then 
panies Amal- the Messenger withdrew. 

gamation Bill. 

Tea. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 


Return of the Ports in the United Kingdom into 
vhich Tea is permitted to be imported ; of the Ports 
and Places approved by the Lords Commissioners of 
the Treasury for the purpose of warehousing Tea in 
Bond; of the Quantity of Tea warehoused therein 
respectively ; together with the Amount of Duty 
received thereon, at each of the said Ports and Places, 
for the year ending the 5th day of April 1854. 


Excise Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
‘etablishmnent.) Return of the Total Cost of the Chemical Establish- 


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ment of the Excise Department, from the 5th day 
of January 1844 to the 5th day of January 1854; 
giving the Number, the Names and Salaries of such 
Officers as have been specially selected for Chemical 
Education at University College ; and including all 
Monies paid to independent Chemists employed by 
the Excise during the said period. 










The National Gallery, &amp;c. Dublin (No. 2) Bill National 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a Gallery, &amp;, 






second time upon Wednesday next; and to be (a a an 
printed. Bill 251 





if 





Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Merchant 
Lords to the Merchant Shipping Bill be taken into Shipping Buy, 
consideration upon Thursday next; and be printed. _ Bill 259, 





= 


Ordered, That the Amendment made by the Lords Reform 
to the Reformatory Schools (Scotland) Bill be taken Schools (Scot. 


into consideration To-morrow, at Twelve o’clock ; #4) Bill 
and be printed. Bill 253, 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Sale of 
Lords to the Sale of Beer, &amp;c. Bill be taken into &amp;c. Bill, 
consideration To-morrow, at Twelve o’clock ; and be _ Bill 254, 
printed. 


&gt; 


Mr. Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, Australis 
—Further Papers relative to the Alterations in the 
Constitutions of the Australian Colonies (in con- 
tinuation of Papers presented 14th March 1853). 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Supply. 
the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Chapel at the 
thousand and fifty-five pounds, be granted to Her Pmbassy,Con- 
Majesty, for reinstating the Chapel at the Embassy, ““"“"* 
Constantinople, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One British 
thousand four hundred pounds, be granted to Her Penererm: 
Majesty, to defray, in the year ending the 31st day yfadria, 
of March 1855, the Expense of erecting an Inclo- 
sure Wall and Entrance Gateway, and the necessary 
Buildings for a British Protestant Cemetery at 
Madrid. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Royal 
thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her serie 
Majesty, for the Repair of the Royal Monuments in gphey, 
Westminster Abbey, in the year ending the 31st day 
of March 1855. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Statue of King 

thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for — the 

restoring the Pedestal and repairing the Statue of ~~" 

King Charles the First at Charing Cross, in the year 

ending the 31st day of March 1855. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirteen Agricultural 

thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to Staustics 

defray the Cost of collecting Agricultural Statistics 

in the United Kingdom, to the 31st day of March 

1855. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six thou- Spurn Point. 

sand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, in the year 

ending the 31st day of March 1855, to complete the 

Repair of the Breach made by the Sea in Spurn 

Point, River Humber. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirteen Kingstown 

thousand three hundred and _sevent sas  Saeanet 
nted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 

Works and Repairs at Kingstown Harbour, and to 

provide for the Harbour Establishment, to the 31st 

day of March 1855. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixteen Dedy ¢ 

thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine pounds, be Ogice, 

granted to Her Majesty, for the purpose of carrying 


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into effect, in the year ending the 31st day of March 
1855, an arrangement for the Exchange of the Office 
in Somerset House of the Duchy of Cornwall, for 
an Office to be erected at Pimlico, on the Hereditary 
Possessions of the Crown. 


jonof 9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two 


thousand two hundred and seventy-three pounds, be 

ranted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries and 
Repenees of the Office for the ene of Joint 
Stock Companies at the Board of Trade, to the 31st 
day of March 1855. 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
Expenses to be incurred for the Management of 
the British Department of the Universal Exhibition 
at Paris, in the year ending the 31st day of March 


1855. 
11. Motion made, and Question proposed, That 


' a Sum, not exceeding One hundred thousand pounds, 


be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Civil Contingencies, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That a 
Sum, not exceeding Ninety-nine thousand six hun- 
dred and twenty-nine pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of Civil Contingencies, 
to the 3ilst day of March 1855——put, and ne- 

tived. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight 
hundred and twelve thousand eight hundred and 
twenty-six pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of the Post-office Packet Service 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1855. 

13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Nine hun- 
dred and ninety-eight thousand pounds, e granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Em- 
bodied and Disembodied Militia of Great Britain 
and Ireland, which will come in course of payment 
from the 1st day of April 1854 to the 31st day of 
March 1855, inclusive. - 

14, Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Ten 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of Retired Full Pay, to the 31st 
day of March 1855. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 1° die Augusti, 1854: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to se- 
veral Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Bouverie also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


_ The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Customs Acts. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Motion made, and Question proposed, That from 
and after the 1st day of August 1854, the Duties of 
Customs chargeable on the goods, wares and mer- 
chandize hereafter mentioned, imported into the 
United Kingdom, shall cease and determine ; viz. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That the 
Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit 
again :—Motion by leave, withdrawn. 

Original Question put, and agreed to. 

Buttons and Studs of metal. 

” ” other sorts. 


Glass—Plate Glass, cast or rolled, of whatever thickness, 
whether silvered, polished or rough ; and silvered Glass, 
not otherwise enumerated. 

Yarn— Woollen, 

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2. Resolved, That, from and after the 1st day of 
August 1854, in lieu of the present ad valorem rates 
of Duties of Customs charged upon the Importation 
into the United Kingdom of the under-mentioned 
articles, as not being enumerated in the Tariff, the 
following Duties of Customsshall be charged thereon ; 
viz.: 


&amp;. &amp; d, 
Gongs - © oe « « thecwt.} 1 - + 
Opera Glasses ; viz. 
Single - - - -+- «= -each} - 1 - 
Double, and all Marine and Race Glasses, 
not being Telescopes - - -each}| - 2 6 


3. Resolved, That, from and after the 1st day of 
August 1854, in lieu of the Duties of Customs now 
chargeable on the articles under-mentioned, imported 
into the United Kingdom, the following Duties of 
Customs shall be charged ; viz.: 





Rate 


GOODS. of Duty. 





mR 


Baskets- - - - = the cubic foot 
Boxes, viz. Brass - - - - the ewt. 
Not otherwise charged with Duty, 
for every 1007. value 
Cherries, dried - - - - the lb. 
Comfits, dry - - - - - as 
Confectionery a ee ee . 
Eggs, the cubic foot of the package, internal 
measurement - - - - - - 
Of and from British Possessions, the cubic 
foot of the package, internal measure- 
ment - - - - - - - 
Embroidery on Silk, or Silk mixed with other 
materials, not being Silk Net, 
for every 1007. value 
Of and from British Possessions, 
for every 1007. value 
Ginger - - - - the ewt. 
Japanned or Lacquered Ware - a be 
Iron, manufactures of, coated with Brass or Cop- 
per by any galvanic process- - the cwt. 
Lucifers, of wood, the cubic foot of the external 
package, measured internally - 
Marmalad 
Musical Instruments ; viz. 
Harmoniums and Seraphines - - each 
Concertinas, all sorts - - the 100 notes 
Oil Cloth - - - — -the square yard 
~— : i. “ 
rinted, Painted or Stained Paper-hangings, 
or Flock Paper AP he “th . “the Ib, 
Platting ; viz. 
Of Chip, not being of greater value than 
Sixpence per piece of 60 yards - the lb. 
Willow Squares - - - «= the ewt. 
Plus, preserved in Sugar - -_ the/lb. 
Silks; véz. 
Corahs, Choppas, Bandannas, Tussore Cloth, 
Romals and Taffeties ; viz. 
In pieces not exceeding 6} yards in length, 
the piece 
Exceeding 6} yards, and not exceeding 
7} yards in in h - the piece 
Exceeding 7} yards, and not exceeding 
12 yards in length - the — 
China Crape Shawls, Scarfs, Handkerchiefs 
and Pieces, plain and damask - the Ib. 
Embroidered - - ee, =e 
Manufactures of Silk, or of Silk mixed with 
metal or any other material, the produce of 
Europe ; viz. 
Ribbons of Velvet, or Plush wholly of 
Silk or of Silk mixed with Cotton, not 
exceeding nine inches in width, 
Plain or embossed by depression, 
_ without satin or fancy edge, the lb. 
Figured, brocaded, striped or spotted 
or with satin or fancy edge, an 
Silk Ribbons in anyway mixed or 
ornamented with Velvet or Plush, 
the Ib. 
Manufactures of Silk, or of Silk 
mixed with any other materials, 
called Plush, not being a 
e lb. 


the Ib. 

Spirits ; viz. 
Not being sweetened or mixed with any arti- 
cle, so that the degree of strength thereof 
cannot be ascertained by Sykes's hydro- 


eo web) 


15 


m1 Or 


the Ib. 


e = oo - - 


| el 
or or 


a 


tel 


10 


Articles thereof - 








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456 31° Julii.—1° Augustz. q 
The Order of the day being read, for the third Stamp Detin | 





Rate 
GOODS. of Doty. 





Spirits—continued. £. 8. d. 
meter, for every gallon of the strength of 
proof by seek hpdonanober, and so in pro- 
portion for any greater or less strength than 
the strength of proof, and for any greater 
or less quantity than agallon - the gallon | - 15 - 

Of and from a British Possession in America, 
or the Island of Mauritius, and Rum of and 
from any British Possession within the limits 
of the East India Company’s Charter, in 
regard to which the conditions of the Act 
4 Vic. c. 8, have or shall have been fulfilled, 


if imported into England - -thegallon| - 8 2 
into Scotland oi SE im 
into Ireland - - - 44 


” - 
And further, if imported into Scotland, as im- 
posed by the Act 17 &amp; 18 Vice. ce. 29, 

the gallon | - - 4 

Being sweetened or mixed, so that the degree 

of strength cannot be ascertained as afore- 

said - - = = «=the gallon | 1 *,- 

Of and from a British Possession in Ame- 

rica, or the Island of Mauritius, or a 

British Possession within the limits of 

the East India Company's Charter, 
qualified as aforesaid, if imported 


into England - thegallon| - 8 2 
Scotland . a Oe ee 
Ireland - - - 44 


And further, if imported into Scotland, as im- 
posed by the Act 17 &amp; 18 Vic. c.29, 


the gallon | - - 4 
Stays or Corsets of Linen, or of cotton, or of 
linen and cotton mixed - thedoz.pairs| - 2 - 


Succades, including all Fruits and Vegetables 
preserved in Sugar, not otherwise enumerated, 





thelb | - = 2 
Vinegar - - = «= «=thegallon| - = 4} 
Yarn ; viz. 
Worsted for fancy purposes, of two or more 
threads, not being fit for embroidery, the lb. - - 3 


4. Resolved, That a Drawback be allowed on all 
Roasted Coffee exported as yt od stores, equal in 
amount to the Import Duty chargeable on Raw 


Coftee. 


And on Tobacco manufactured in the United | £. s. d. 
Kingdom, made into Cut, Shag, Roll or Carrot 
Tobacco, or Cigars, such Cigars, when ex- 
ported as merchandize, being packed in cases 
containing not less than One hundred pounds 
net weight, a drawback shall be allowed on 
exportation or shipment as stores - thelb.| - 2 7} 

and 5 percent, 
thereon, 





5. Resolved, That in lieu of the Duties of Customs 
now chargeable on the articles under-mentioned, im- 
ported into the Isle of Man, the following Duties of 
Customs shall be charged ; viz. : 


Spirits ; riz. £. &amp; d. 
Rum Shrub, of the British Possessions, 
the gallon! - 3 8 

Rum and other Spirits of the British Posses- 
sions, not being sweetened or mixed Spirits, 

or liqueurs, cordials or perfumed Spirits, for 
every gallon of the strength of proof by 
Sykes's hydrometer, and so on in proportion 

to any greater or less strength than the 
strength of proof, or for any greater or less 








quantity thanagallon - -thegallon| - 3 8 

Liqueurs, Cordials, mixed, sweetened and per- 
umed Spirit - - - -thegallon| -10 - 
of the British Possessions, the gallon | - 5 - 


Resolutions to be reported. 


Mr, Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to se- 
veral Resolutions. 4 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day, at 
Twelve o'clock. 

Mr. Bouverie also reported, That the Committee 
had made Progress in the matter to them referred ; 
and that he was directed to move, That the Com- 
mittee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, at Twelve o'clock, again resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 





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A. 1854, 


reading of the Stamp Duties Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That this House do now adjourn :—It passed in 
the Negative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read the third time. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill (And 
whereas doubts have arisen whether, under the pro- 
visions of the said Act of the 13th &amp; 14th years of Her 
present Majesty, chapter 97, leases, whereby there 
is reserved a peppercorn or other nominal rent, are 
subject to the on Duty of Sixpence by the said 
Act imposed on leases where the rent shall not ex- 
ceed Five pounds, or to a Stamp of some other and 
greater amount, and it is expedient that the said 
doubts should be set at rest; be it enacted, That 
where, by any lease or tack of any lands, tenements 
hereditaments or heritable subjects, for any term of 
years, there shall be reserved the rent of a pepper- 
corn, or any other nominal rent, such lease or tack 
shall, in respect of such nominal rent, only be subject 
to the said Stamp Duty of Sixpence, and no more): 
—And the said Clause was brought up, and read the 
first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time :—It passed in the Negative. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (That where any conveyance of any lands, tene- 
ments, hereditaments or heritable subjects shall be 
made without consideration money, other than a no- 
minal consideration not exceeding £.25, such con- 
veyance shall, in my ee of such consideration, be 
subject toa Stamp Duty of 2s. 6d., and no more): 
—And the said Clause was brought up, and read the 
first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the said Clause be now read ‘a second 
time :—It passed in the Negative. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (The Stamp Duties now payable on Matricula- 
tions, Degrees and Certificates of Degrees in each 
and every University in the United Kingdom, shall 
be abolished so soon as provision shall have been 
made, to the satisfaction of the Lords Commissioners 
of Her Majesty’s Treasury, in lieu of any Monies 
heretofore voted annua!ly by Parliament for any of 
the said Universities):—And the said Clause was 
brought up, and read the first time. 

Anda Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time :—It passed in the Negative. 

A Clause (Relief to persons who have made du- 
plicates of Conveyances described in 16 &amp; 17 Vice. 
c. 63), was thrice read ; and added to the Bill. 

Another Clause (Leases for a period less than a 
year to be chargeable with Stamp Duty on the rent 
reserved), was thrice read ; and added to the Bill. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill (And whereas doubts have arisen whether the 
Stamp Duties made payable on “Conveyances,” in 
the Act of last Session, chapter sixty-three, attach 
to renewals of leases made pursuant to covenants or 
to grants in fee-farm, under the Renewable Lease- 
hold Conversion Act, 1849; be it declared and en- 
acted, That the Stamp Duties granted by the said 
Act of last Session, chapter sixty-three, under the 
head of “Conveyances,” shall not be deemed to 
apply to any renewal of a lease made pursuant to a 
covenant, or to any grant in fee-farm, made in pur- 
suance of the Renewable Leasehold Conversion Act, 
1849) :—And the said Clause was brought up, and 
read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the said Clause be now read a secon 
time :—It passed in the Negative. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 


the Bill, by leaving out the second column in page 13, 
under 






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Usury | 


Mines ' 
tion (Ir 
Bill 


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Usury Laws 


18 VicroriZ. 


under the title “ Duties,” beginning at the words “ if 
“ the term shall exceed 100 years,’ and ending with 
the figures “£.3. 0. 0.” 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out, stand part of the Bill ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for thej Mr. Hayter, 


} 
Yeas, (The Earl of Mulgrave : jf ™ 
Tellers for thef Mr. Hadfield, - 
Noes, \ Mr. Pellatt: | is 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


31° Julit.—1° Augusti. 





Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second | 


- reading of the Crime and Outrage (Jreland) Bill ; 


And a Motion being made, and the Questi®n 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, 


Yeas, |The Earl of Mulgrave; 
Tellers for the (Mr. Richard Foz, lu 
Noes, Mr. Maguire : a 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time : 
—The Bill was accordingly read a second time; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
this day, at Twelve o'clock. . 


The Usury Laws Repeal (No. 2) Bill was, accord- 


ppeal (No.2) ing to Order, read a second time ; and committed 


Mines Taxa- 
tion (Ireland) 
Bill 


f 


to a Committee of the whole House, for this day, 
at Twelve o'clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Mines Taxation (Jre/and) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day six months. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Court of Chancery (County 
Palatine of Lancaster) Bill; and, after some time 
spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and 
Mr. Fitzroy reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
—_ be taken into consideration this day, at Twelve 
o'clock. 


_ The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Marriages (Mezico) Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day, at Twelve o’clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Bankruptcy Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


__ The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
a a Committee on the Prisoners’ Removal Bill ; 
OL. 109. 








457 


and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Fitzroy reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day, at Twelve 
o'clock. 


The Duchy of Cornwall Office Bill was, according Duchy of 
to Order, read the third time; and an Amendment Cornwall 
was made to the Bill. Cee Se. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Medical 
adjourned Debate on the Amendments which, upon Graduates 
the 22d day of this instant July, were proposed to Cyotlend) Bill. 
be made to the Question, That the Medical Graduates 
(Ireland and Scotland) Bill be now read the third 
time ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Militia _ 
take into consideration the Militia (No. 2) Bill, as (No 2) Bill 
amended in the Committee. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill (All 
persons possessing diplomas, certificates or qualifi- 
cations held to quality such persons to act as Sur- 
geons or Assistant Surgeons in the Army, shall be 
held to be duly qualified to serve as Surgeons or 
Assistant Surgeons in the Militia). 

And the said Clause was brought up, and read a 
first and second time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
ae That the said Clause be made part of the 

ill:—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
day, at Twelve o'clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Militia (Scot- 
consideration the Militia (Scotland) Bill, as amended !an4) Bill. 
in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
this day, at Twelve o'clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Militia (Ire- 
consideration the Militia (Jreland) Bill, as amended 124) Bill. 
in the Committee ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
this day, at Twelve o’clock. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Rates and 
Return of the Number and Rank of Officers who T*¢8(Army-) 
have been charged Rates and Taxes for the Quarters 
which they occupied in the Garrisons of Chatham 
and Portsmouth, or in any other Military Quarter in 
the United Kingdom. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to York, New-" 
request that their Lordships will be pleased to com- oe eh 
municate to this House, a Copy of the Minutes of the (Construction 
Evidence taken before the Committee appointed by of Docks, &amp;c.) 
their Lordships on the York, Newcastle and Berwick Bill 
Railway (Construction of Docks, &amp;c.) Bill: And that 
Mr. Lindsay do carry the said Message. 


Mr. Secretary-at-War presented a Bill to suspend Militia Ballots 
the making of Lists and the Ballots for the Militia a 

of the United Kingdom: And the same was read Bill 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time ; 
this day, at Twelve o’clock ; and to be printed. 


255. 


Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Majesty’s Military 
Command,—Copy of Report on the Discipline and Pti#™s- 
Management of the Military Prisons, 1853, by Lieu- 
tenant Colonel Jebd, c. B., Inspector General; with 
an Appendix. 


3.N Ordered, 






































458 31° Julit.— 


Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the | 


Table. 
Public Mr. Duncan reported from the Select Committee 
Petitions on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
eon) * — Petitions presented upon the 28th and 31st days of 
July last, and had directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
Public Mr. Wilson reported from the Committee appointed 


——— to inspect the Journals of the House of Lords, with 
Fund Charges relation to any proceedings upon the Public Revenue 
Bi and Consolidated Fund Charges Bill, and to make 
Report thereof to the House; That they had in- 
spected the said Journals accordingly, and had found 


the following entry : 
“ Die Veneris, 28° die Julii, 1854: 


Public “ The Order of the day being read, for the House 
Revenue and to be put into a Committee upon ‘The Public Re- 
ee el venue aud Consolidated Fund Charges Bill ;’ | 
Bill (on Re- “The House was accordingly put into a Com- 
commitment.) mittee upon the said Bill. 
“ The House being resumed, the Lord Redesdale 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made several Amendments thereto. 
“ Ordered, That the Report of the said Amend- 


ments be received on this day three months.” 





Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





Public The House was moved, That the Resolution which, 
Revenue and pon the 2d day of February last, was reported from | 
ey ome the Committee on Public Revenue and Consoli- 
(No. 2.) dated Fund Charges, might be read ; and the same | 


was read, as followeth: 

“ Resolved, That the Chairman be directed to move | 
the House, That leave be given to — in a Bill to| 
alter the mode of providing for certain paren now | 
charged upon certain Branches of the Public and | 
Hereditary Revenues, and upon the Consolidated 
Fund.” 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to alter the mode of providing for certain Expenses 
now charged upon certain Branches of the Public 
Revenues, and upon the Consolidated Fund: And | 
that Mr. Wilson and Mr. Chancellor of the Exche- | 


quer do prepare, and bring it in. 





Revenue. Mr. Wilson presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
No. 433. mand,—Supplemental Estimates for the year 1854, | 
ending 31st March 1855, for Services not connected 
with the management of the Revenue, which have ! 
been heretofore defrayed from Gross Revenues, or | 
charged upon the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom. 

Ordered, That the said Estimates be referred to 

the Committee of Supply ; and be printed. 


Public Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to alter the mode of 
en: Ny a for certain ry es now charged upon 
Fund Charges certain Branches of the Public Revenues, and upon 
(No. 2) Bill. the Consolidated Fund: And the same was read the 

Bill 256. first time ; and ordered to be read a second time this | 


day, at Twelve o'clock ; and to be printed. 


Prisons Sir John Young presented, by Her Majesty’s 
(Ireland.) § Command,—Copy of Annual Report of the in 
spector of Government Prisons in Jreland, for the 
year ended 31st December 1852, with Appendices. 
Malicious Sir John Young also presented,—Return to an 


(haiti. ) Order, dated the 30th day of June last, for a Return 
of the Presentments for Malicious Injuries in the 
County of Leitrim during the years 1852, 1853 and 
1854; the Names of the Applicants, the Nature of 
each Injury, and the Amount claimed ; the Names of 
the Magistrates end Cesspayers presenting, the 






1° Augusti. A. 1854. 


Amount granted, and the Judges fiating such Pre- 
sentments. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


And then the House having continued to sit 
till Three of the clock on Tuesday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 





Martis, 1° die Augusti ; 
Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


QRDER ED, That all Committees have leave Committess, 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Bouverie reported Legh’s Estate Bill, with an Legh’s Estate 
Amendment. Bill. 
Qrdered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported Worsley’s Estate Bill, with Worsleys 
an Amendment. Estate Bill, 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bouverie reported Lord Petre’s Estate Bill, Lord Petre’s 
without Amendment. Estate Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to North Metro. 
take into consideration the Amendments made by aos 
the Lords to the North Metropolitan Railway Bill. ““” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time 
(and it appearing that the Amendment to Clause 185 
was to make the same consistent with the provision 
thereof, That the Great Western Railway may ap- 
point the Directors therein-mentioned so long as it 
shall continue to hold the Shares in the Undertaking 
mentioned in the said Clause), were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into British 

consideration the Amendments made by the Lasts ype 

to the British Guarantee Association (No. 2) Bill; (No. 2) Bill. 
Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 


into consideration upon Thursday next. 


The Earl of Eglinton’s Estate Bill was read the Earl of 
third time. ora 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, — 

do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


Sewell’s Estate Bill was read the third time. Sewell 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. _— 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


| to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 


hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Bouras’s 
Bourne's (Mowbrick Partition) Estate Bill, as cet 
amended in the Committee. ‘ Estate 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Bredford 
the Bradford Glebe Lands and Vicarage Trust Es- par tee 
tate Bill, as amended in the Committee. Trust Estate 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. _ Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Common La" 
into a Committee on the Common Law Procedure pin, 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Bill 257. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie re- 





ported, 
















































foe 


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Efe ESpsze 








18 Vicroriz. 
a That the Committee had gone through the 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Thursday 
next, at Twelve o’clock; and be printed. 


gisof Ex- The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
change (No. 2) mittee on the Bills of Exchange (No. 2) Bill; 
Bul And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“this House will, upon this day three months, 
“ resolve itself into the said Committee,’ instead 
thereof. 
And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out, stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Lett. 
Tellers for thef The Earl of Mulgrave, 
Yeas, Mr. Grenville Berkeley: 
Tellers for they Mr. Geach, 
Noes, Mr. Spooner : 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair: 
—The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee. 


&gt; 


30. 


js 
\ 
J 


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed. 

Cravuse, N° 1 (Commencement of Act). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 1, l. 13: To leave out 
the words “ Fifty-four,” in order to insert the words 
“ Fifty-five.” 

Question proposed, That the words “ Fifty-four” 
stand part of the Clause :—Amendment, by leave, 
withdrawn. 

Clause disagreed to. “ 

Cuause, N° 2, agreed to. 

Cause, N° 3, amended, and agreed to. 

Ciavuse, N° 4 (Her Majesty may appoint a Re- 
gistrar of Protested Bills). 

To report, Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bouwverie 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
at Twelve o’clock, again resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


tration 
of Births, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) Bill. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into consideration the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Registration of Births, &amp;c. (Scotland) 
Bill; and the same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bouverie do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The Metropolitan Sewers Bill was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bouverie do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Midland Great The Order of the day bei d, for the third 
W. of the day being read, for the thir 

pr heh reading of the Midland Great Western Railway of 
— Ireland (Baronies’ Contributions) Bill ; 

Bill ) Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


this day. 
Schools 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
land) Bill, 


take into consideration the Amendment made b 

the Lords to the Reformatory Schools (Scotland) 

7 ; ane the same was twice read, and agreed to. 
OL. 109. 





1° Augusti. 





459 


Ordered, That Mr. Spooner do carry the Bill to 


-|the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 


hath agreed to the Amendment made by their 
Lordships. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Sale of Beer, 
take into consideration the Amendments made by **- Bill. 
the Lords to the Sale of Beer, &amp;c. Bill; and the 
same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Spooner do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee of Supply. 
Supply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. Resolved, That.a Sum, not exceeding Two Chapel at the 
thousand and fifty-five pounds, be granted to Her Embassy, Gon- 
Majesty, for reinstating the Chapel at the Embassy, re 
Constantinople, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One British 
thousand four hundred pounds, be granted to Her — 
Majesty, to defray, in the year ending the 31st day Madrid’ 
of March 1855, the Expense of erecting an Inclosure 
Wall and Entrance a and the necessary 
Buildings for a British Protestant Cemetery, at 
Madrid. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Royal 
thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her me, 

e : . er 
Majesty, for the Repair of the Royal Monuments in Appey, 
Westminster Abbey, in the year ending the 31st day 
of March 1855. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Statue of King 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for Charles the 
restoring the Pedestal and repairing the Statue of “"** 
King Charles the First at Charing Cross, in the year 
ending the 31st day of March 1855. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirteen Agricultural 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- Statistics. 
fray the Cost of collecting Agricultural Statistics in 
the United Kingdom, to the 31st day of March 
1855. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six thou- Spurn Point. 
sand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, in the year 
ending the 31st day of March 1855, to complete the 
Repair of the Breach made by the Sea in Spurn 
Point, River Humber. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirteen Kingstown 
thousand three hundred and seventy pounds, be Harbour. 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
Works and Repairs at Kingstown Harbour, and to 
provide for the Harbour Establishment, to the 31st 
day of March 1855. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Sixteen Duchy of 
thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine pounds, be — 
granted to Her Majesty, for the purpose of carrying ° 
into effect, in the year ending the 31st day of March 
1855, an arrangement for the exchange of the Office 
in Somerset House of the Duchy of Cornweall, for 
an Office to be erected at Pimlico, on the Hereditary 
Possessions of the Crown. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Two Registration 
thousand two hundred and seventy-three pounds, be ¢f Joint Stock 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries and “°"?*"* 
Expenses of the Office for the Registration of Joint 
Stock Companies at the Board of Trade, to the 31st 
day of March 1855. 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty Universal 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty,” for Extibition 
Expenses to be incurred for the Management of the “ *“"* 
British Department of the Universal Exhibition at 
Paris, in the year ending the 31st day of March 
1855. 

11. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Civil Con- 
hundred thousand pounds, be granted to Her Ma- tingencies. 
jesty, to defray the Thangs of Civil Contingencies, to 
the 31st day of March 1855. 

12. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight Post-office 
hundred and twelve thousand eight hundred and f%ket 

3N2 twenty-six ‘ 





































Militia. 


Retired 
Full Pay. 


Militia Pay, 


Customs. 





460 


twenty-six pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of the Post-office Packet Service, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1855. 

13. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Nine 
hundred and ninety-eight thousand pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the 
Embodied and Disembodied Militia of Great Britain 
and Ireland, which will come in course of payment 
from the Ist day of April 1854 to the 31st day of 
March 1855, inclusive. 

14. Resolved, Thata Sum, not exceeding Ten 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- 
fray the Charge of Retired Full Pay, to the 31st day 
of March 1855. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
defray the a of the Pay, Clothing, and contin- 
gent and other Expenses of the Disembodied Militia 
in Great Britain and Ireland ; to grant Allowances 
in certain cases to Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, 
Paymasters, Quartermasters, Surgeons, Assistant Sur- 
ws Surgeons’ Mates, and Serjeant Majors of the 
Militia; and to authorize the Employment of the 
Non-commissioned Officers : And that Mr. Bouverie, 
Mr. Secretary-at-War and Viscount Palmerston do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the 
Customs Acts, several Resolutions; which were read, 
as follow : 

1. Resolved, That, from and after the ist day of 
August 1854, the Duties of Customs chargeable on 
the Goods, Wares and Merchandize hereafter-men- 
tioned, imported into the United Kingdom, shall 
cease and determine; viz. :— 


Buttons and Studs of metal. 
‘ m= other sorts. 


5] 

Glass—Plate Glass, cast or rolled, of whatever thickness, 
whether silvered, polished or rough ; and silvered Glass, 
not otherwise enumerated. 

Yarn—Woollen. 


2. Resolved, That, from and after the 1st day of 
August 1854, in lieu of the present ad valorem rates 
of Duties of Customs charged upon the importation 
into the United Kingdom of the under-mentioned 
articles, as not being enumerated in the Tariff, the 
following Duties of Customs shall be charged thereon ; 


viz.:— 


£. 8. d. 

Gongs - 2+ 2 «© -« theewt.| 1 - - 
Opera Glasses ; viz. 

Single -  - - seach | - 1 - 


Double, and all Marine and Race Glasses, | 
not being Telescopes - - -each! - 2 6 


3. Resolved, That, from and after the Ist day of 
August 1854, in lieu of the Duties of Customs now 
chargeable on the articles under-mentioned, imported 
into the United Kingdom, the following Duties of 
Customs shall be charged ; viz. :— 











Rate 
GOODS. of Duty. 
£. 8. d. 
Baskets- - - - = theecubicfoot| - - 4 
Boxes, viz. Brass ~ - . - theewt./ 110 - 
Not otherwise charged with Duty, 
for every 1007. value | 10 - - 
Cherries, dried - - -  -  thelb| - - 2 
Comfits,dry - - - - *- a ee 
Confectionery Pai Ae wee »ce| 7 - 2 
Eggs, the cubic foot of the package, internal 
measurement - - 2. ait - -| - - 8 
Of and from British Possessions, the cubic 
foot of the package, in measure- 
ment - - 2 ee + + «f = = 4 
Embroidery on Silk, or Silk mixed with other 
materials, not being Silk Net, 
for every 100/. value} 15 - - 
Of and from British Possessions, 
for every 1007. value! 5 = - 


1° Augusti. 














GOODS. 





of 


A. 1854, 


Rate 
Duty. 





Ginger - - - = - «= the ewt. 
Japanned or Lacquered Ware - » ° 
Iron, Manufactures of, coated with Brass or Cop- 
per by any galvanic process- - the cwt. 
Lucifers, of wood, the cubic foot of the external 
package, measured internally - - - 
Marmalade - -— - the lb. 
Musical Instruments ; viz. 
Harmoniums and Seraphines - = each 
Concertinas, all sorts - - the 100 notes 
Oil Cloth - - - =the square yard 


Paper ; viz. 
inted, Painted or Stained Paper-hangings, 
or Flock Paper . 2 « im 
Platting ; viz. 
Of Chip, not being of greater value than Six- 
pence per picceof 60 yards - the lb. 
Willow Squares - - - ~- the cwt. 
Plums, preserved in Sugar - - __ the lb. 
Silks ; viz. 
Corahs, ape Bandannas, Tussore Cloth, 
Romals and Taffeties ; viz. 
In pieces not exceeding 6} yards in length, 
‘ the piece 
Exceeding 64 yards, and not exceeding 
7} yardsinlength- - the piece 
Exceeding 7} yards, and not exceeding 
12 yards in length- _- the piece 
China Crape Shawls, Scarfs, Handkerchiefs 
and Pieces, plain and damask - the Ib. 
Embroidered - - - oe @ 
Manufactures of Silk, or of Silk mixed with 
metal or any other material, the produce of 
Europe ; viz. 
Ribbons of Velvet, or Plush wholly of 
Silk, or of Silk mixed with Cotton, not 
exceeding nine inches in width, 
Plain or embossed by depression, 
without satin or fancy edge, the lb. 
Figured, brocaded, striped or spotted, 
or with satin or fancy edge, and 
Silk Ribbons in any way mixed or 
ornamented with Velvet or Plush, 
the Ib. 
Manufactures of Silk, or of Silk 
mixed with any other materials, 
called Plush, not being Ribbons, 
the Ib. 
the Ib, 


Articles thereof ° - 
Spirits ; viz. 

Not being sweetened or mixed with any arti- 
cle, so that the degree of strength thereof 
cannot be ascertained by Sykes’s hydro- 
meter, for every gallon of the strength of 
proof by such hydrometer, and so in pro- 
portion for any greater or less strength than 
the strength of proof, and for any greater 
or less quantity thana gallon - the gallon 

Of and from a British Possession in America, 
or the Island of Mauritius, and Rum of and 
from any British Possession within the limits 
of the East India Company’s Charter, in 
regard to which the conditions of the Act 
4 Vic. c. 8, have or shall have been fulfilled, 
if imported into England - the gallon 

Scotland + 5» = 
Ireland - - e.,o5 

And further, if imported into Scotland, as im- 

posed by the Act 17 &amp; 18 Vic. ¢. 29, 
the gallon 

Being sweetened or mixed, so that the degree 
of strength cannot be ascertained as afore- 
said - - = = «the gallon 

Of and from a British Possession in Ame- 
rica, or the Isiand of Mauritius, or a 
British Possession within the limits of 
the East India ge Charter, 
qualified as aforesaid, if imported 

into England - the gallon 
Scotland ad ” =&gt; 
I reland © a4 ” ” 

And further, if imported into Scotland, as im- 

posed by the Act 17 &amp; 18 Vic. c. 29, 
the gallon 
Stays or Corsets of Linen, or of cotton, or of 
linen or cotton mixed - - the doz. pairs 
Succades, including all Fruits and Vegetables 
preserved in Sugar, not otherwise —s 
e lb. 


- the gallon 


of two or more 


Vinegat- - - °- ° 
Yarn ; viz. 
Worsted for fancy pu 


threads, not being fit for embroidery, the Ib. 
4 





Lal | 


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Or or ' 
to» 


10 


15 


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4. Resolved, That a Drawback be allowed on all 
Roasted Coffee exported as ships’ stores, equal in 
amount to the Import Duty chargeable on Raw 
Coffee. 

And on Tobacco manufactured in the United | £. s. d. 
Kingdom, made into Cut, Shag, Roll or Carrot 
Tobacco, or Cigars, such Cigars, when ex- 
ported as merchandize, being packed in cases 
containing not less than one hundred pounds 
net weight, a drawback shall be allowed on 
exportation or shipment as stores - thelb.| - 2 7} 

land 5 per cent. 
thereon, 


5. Resolved, That, in lieu of the Duties of Customs 
now chargeable on the articles under-mentioned, 
imported into the Isle of Man, the following Duties 
of Customs shall be charged ; viz. :— 

Spirits ; viz. £. 8 d. 

Rum Shrub, of the British Possessions, 

the gallon | - 3 8 

Rum and other Spirits of the British Posses- 
sions, not being sweetened or mixed Spirits, 
or liqueurs, cordials or perfumed Spirits, for 
every gallon of the strength of proof by 
Sykes’s hydrometer, and so on in proportion 
to any greater or less strength than the 
strength of proof, or for any greater or less 











quantity thanagallon - -thegallon| - 3 8 

Liqueurs, Cordials, mixed, sweetenéd and 
perfumed Spirits - += -thegallon| -10 - 
of the British Possessions, ,, -| - 5 - 


The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolutions : And that Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Chancellor 
of the Exchequer and Mr. Wilson do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Crime and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(relent) pill, mittee on the Crime and Outrage (Zreland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. . 


Urury Laws The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
hn 2) mittee on the Usury Laws Repeal (No. 2) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, at Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


_ of The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
(County Pala- into consideration the Court of Chancery (County 
tine flan. Palatine of Zancaster) Bil® as amended in the Com- 
caster) Bill. mittee. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow. 
Marriages === The Marriages (Mexico) Bill was, according to 
(Mexico) Bill Order, read the third time. 7 


Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendment, do 

ass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bouverie do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, with an Amendment; to which 
Amendment this House doth desire the concurrence 
of their Lordships. 

Prisoners’ == The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
Removal Bill. into consideration the Prisoners’ Removal Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow. 


Militia 


(No.2) Bu, The Order of the day being read, for resuming 


the adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon 
the 31st day of July last, for making part of the 
Militia (No. 2) Bill a Clause on consideration of the 
Bill, as amended in the Committee ; 


_ Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till this day. 


ii, Scot The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Militia (Scotland ) Bill, as amended 
in the Committee ; 
Vou. 109. 





1° Augusti. 461 


Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Militia 
| consideration the Militia (Jre/and) Bill, as amended (Ireland) Bill. 
| in the Committee ; 
| Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
| this day. 
| The Militia Ballots Suspension Bill was, according Militia Ballots 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a — 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. ; 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Public 
reading of the Public Revenue and Consolidated Revenue and 
Fund Charges (No. 2) Bill; Feed Chenses 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- (No. 2) Bill. 


morrow. 


Mr. Secretary-at-War presented a Bill to defray Militia Pay 
the Charge of the Pay, Clothing and contingent and Bill 
other Expenses of the Disembodied Militia in Great 
Britain and Ireland; to grant Allowances in certain 
cases to Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, Paymasters, 
Quartermasters, Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons, Sur- 
geons’ Mates and Serjeant Majors of the Militia, 
and to authorize the employment of the Non-com- 
missioned Officers: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Mayo County 
to provide for the Repayment of Monies advanced “¢¥4"°°s- 
from the Exchequer to the County of Mayo, for 
Public Purposes: And that Mr. Wilson, Mr. Chan- 
cellor of the Exchequer and Sir John Young do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Printing Printing 
(Houses of Parliament, &amp;c.) have Power to report a = 
their Observations thereupon. aa . 

Lord Seymour reported from the said Select Com- No, 434, 
mittee ; That they had considered the matters to 
them referred, and directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Montagu 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously ~ House. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Copies of any Correspondence which has taken 
place between the Office of Land Revenue and the 
Treasury, on the subject of renewing the Lease of 
Montagu House; and, of any Treasury Minutes in 
respect thereto since January 1852 :—And, State- 
ment of the Terms of the old Lease and of the new 
Lease, and the superficial contents of the Site, 
Gardens and Land of and belonging to the said 
Premises. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Redundant 
Return of the Number of Persons on the Redundant ——. 
List of the Public Departments at the commence-~“?*"™™ ) 
ment of the year 1853 ; the Number that have died 
or become incapable of Service during the year 
1853; the Number that have re-entered the Public 
Service during the year ; the Number that have been 
added to the List during the year; and the Number 
that remained on the List at the close of the year 
1853. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Senior : Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 
The Lords have agreed to the Convict Prisons Convict 


(Ireland) Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Prisons 
; 3N3 The @a) Bm. 











































































ee 


462 


Indian The Lords have agreed to the Jndian Appoint- 


intment “ee ; 
i? *% ments, &amp;c. Bill, without any Amendment: And 


also, 
Admiralty The Lords have agreed to the Admiralty Court 
Court Bill = Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 
Towns The Lords have agreed to the Towns Improve- 
(uuland) Bill ment (Ireland) Bill, with Amendments ; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 
Friendly | The Lords have agreed to the Friendly Societies 
oo Acts Continuance Bill, with Amendments ; to which 
Bill. Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 
Public Petitions relating to Intoxicating Liquors; — 
Petitions. Public-houses and Beer-shops ;—Bills of Exchange 
Vide Sixty. (No.2) Bill; —Excise Licenses ;—African Steam Ship 


second Report. Company ;—Newspapers ;—and, Poland,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Russo-Dutch 
Loa 


“ A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 


That the Treaty of Vienna stipulates that the Navi- 
gation of Rivers which separate or cross the States 
of Powers parties to the Treaty, shall be entirely free 
along their whole course, from the point where each 
of them becomes navigable to its mouth, and that 
each State bordering on the rivers is to be at the ex- 
pense of maintaining, through the extent of its ter- 
ritory, the necessary works in the channel of the 
river, in order that no obstacle may be experienced 
to the navigation:—That it appears from official 
documents laid before this House, that Russia has, 
notwithstanding the reiterated remonstrances of this 
country, wilfully neglected, for a series of years, the 
duty thus imposed upon her, of maintaining the ne- 
cessary works in the channel of the Danube, at the | 
mouth of the Sulina branch, thereby violating the 
Treaty of Vienna, and seriously injuring the com- 
merce of this country :—That it appears by Returns 
laid before Parliament, that there oe already been 
paid from the British Treasury, towards the principal 
and for the interest of the debt called Russo-Dutch 
Loan, between the years 1816 and 1853, both in- 
clusive, the sum of 47,975,000 florins, equal to 
£.4,110,968. 5s. 10d. sterling money, and that the 
liquidation of the remaining part of the Loan, as 
stipulated by the Act 2 &amp; 3 Will. 4, c. 81, will re- 
quire further annual payments from the British Trea- 
sury, until the year 1915, amounting to 39,525,000 
florins, equal to £.3,386,889. 9s. 2d. sterling money, 
making then the aggregate payment £.7,291,666, 


1° A ugusti. 





and the average for each of the 100 years £.74,978. 
11s. 6d. :—That the Convention of the 16th day of | 
November 1831, between his Majesty the King of | 
Great Britain and Ireland and the Emperor of all | 
the Russias, was made to explain the stipulations of | 
the Treaty between Great Britain, Russia, and the | 
Netherlands, signed at London on the 19th day of | 
May 1815; and by that Convention it was agreed | 
by Great Britain to secure to Russia the payment | 
of a portion of her old Dutch debt, in consideration 
of the general arrangements of the Congress of | 
Vienna, to which she had given her adhesion ; ar- 
rangements which remain in full force :—That this 
House is therefore of opinion, that Russia having 
withdrawn that adhesion, and those arrangements 
being through her act no longer in force, the pay- 
ments from this country on account of that debt 
should be henceforth suspended ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; = * 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the f Lord Dudley Stuart, 1 

Yeas, \Mr. Digby Seymour: J 
Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, 1 
Noes, The Earl of Mulgrave: J 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Patent Law Lord John Russell presented, pursuant to the di- 


, ~ ae rections of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of the Re- 








* 





A, 1854, 


port of the Commissioners of Patents for Inventions, 
from 1st October 1552 to 31st December 1853. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Cavalry, 
That there be laid before this House, a Return of 
the Effective Force of Cavalry employed or now under 
orders for the East; stating the Number of Regi- 
ments ; of Officers, specifying their respective Ranks, 
in each Regiment ; the Number of Effective Men 
and Horses actually embarked; and of the General 
and Staff Officers attached to the Cavalry Service ; 
specifying the Rank and Names of the General 
Officers, and of their Statf:—It passed in the Nega- 
tive. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Post-ofice 
Copies of any Communications which may have (WestSuney,) 
passed since the 23d day of February, between the 
Treasury and the Post-office, relative to the allega- 
tions contained in a Petition (presented 15th Fe- 
bruary), from certain persons in the Western Division 
of the County of Surrey, praying for an inquiry into 
the cause of the non-delivery, in August 1853, of the 
Notices of Objection to their Votes; together with 
the Report of any Investigation which, by direction 
of the _ aod has been made into the matter. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Public Health, 
make better provision for the Administration of the 
Laws relating to the Public Health: And that Sir 
William Molesworth and Mr. Fitzroy do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Swabey’'s 
Return of the several Items composing the Sum of Pefalcation, 
£.26,700 in Exchequer Bills, with the Dates when 
the several Sums were paid, being the deficiency in 
the Crown Fund of the Monies received by the late 
Registrar of the High Court of Admiralty, as the 
proceeds of Slave Vessels captured and condemned 
in the Vice-Admiralty Courts, and paid over to the 
Registrar for distribution among the Captors. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Midland Great 
reading of the Midland Great Western Railway of wor ahaa 
Lreland (Baronies’ Contributions) Bill ; (Baronies’ 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- maa 


morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Crime and 
a Committee on the Crime and Outrage (Jreland} reland) Bill. 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker - 
resumed the Chair; and Mr, Fitzroy reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 


mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Militia - 
adjourned Debate on the Question proposed upon (nr ase 
the 31st day of July last, That the Clause (All persons =!" “°™" 
possessing diplomas, certificates, or qualifications held 
to qualify such persons to act as Surgeons, or Assis- 
tant Surgeons, in the Army, shall be held to be duly 
qualified to serve as Surgeons, or Assistant Surgeons, 
in the Militia), be made part of the Militia (No. 2) 

Bill on consideration of the Bill, as amended in the 
Committee ; 

And the Question being again egg :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And the Question being put :—It was resolved in 
the Affirmative. 

Another Clause (Conveyances and other Instru- 
ments exempted from Stamp Duty), was twice read ; 
and made part of the Bill. : 

Another Clause (Act to extend to Stannaries of 
Cornwall and Devon), was twice read; and made 
part of the Bill. 


Another Clause (Secretary of State to have ween 









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Militia 


Mayo ( 
Advan 


Bill 


Public 
Bill. 


Bill 


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18 VicTroria. 


to move Regiments not embodied into any quarters 
in the United Kingdom), was twice read; and made 
part of the Bill. 

Another Clause (Persons qualified to act as Sur- 
geons in the Army to be held to be qualified for the 
Militia), was twice read; and made part of the 
Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in p. 2, 1. 23, by et out the words 
“ Provided always, That the place to be so hired, 
‘“* purchased, built, altered, or enlarged, shall contain 
“ an Orderly and Guard Room.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out, stand part of the Bill :—The 
said proposed Amendment was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 

Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Thursday next, at Twelve o’clock ; and be printed. 


Militia (Scot- The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
and) Bil. © consideration the Militia (Scotland) Bill, as amended 
in the Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
To-morrow. 
Militia The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
(ireland) Bill. take into consideration the Militia (Zre/and) Bill, as 
amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next, at Twelve o'clock. 
Mayo County = Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to provide for the Re- 
Advances Bill. payment of Monies advanced from the Exchequer to 
Bill 259. the County of Mayo, for public purposes: And the | 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time To-morrow ; and to be printed. 
Public Health 4 Mr. Secretary-at-War, by Order, presented a Bill 
Bill. to make better provision for the Administration of 
Bill 260. the Laws relating to the Public Health: And the 


same was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
a second time ‘To-morrow ; and to be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Mercurii, 2° die Augusti ; 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1854. 
PRAYERS. 


Committees. RDERED, That all Committees have leave 

to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 
Pablie Mr. Duncan reported from the Select Committee 
ll on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Report.) Petitions presented upon the 31st day of July last, 


and upon the Ist day of this instant August; and 
directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
ouse. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


mn adel ale Mr. Bouverie reported Baron De L’Isle and Dud- 
Estate Bir /ey’s Estate Bill, with Amendments. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Oxford Poor 
Rate Bill. 


The House proceeded to. take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Oxford 
Poor Rate Bill. 

The said Amendments being read a second time 
(and it appearing that the Amendment to Clause 26, 
inserting the word “not” had been omitted by a 
clerical error ; and that the Amendment to Clause 37, 
inserting the words “ University Colleges and Halls” 
was introduced to make the Clause consistent with 
ate 28, and other parts of the Bill), were agreed 


Vox. 109. 





1°—2° Augusti. 





463 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Lords Towne 
to the Towns Improvement (Ireland) Bill, be taken Improvement 
into consideration To-morrow. (Ireland) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Lords Friendly 
to the Friendly Societies Acts Continuance Bill be Secieties Acts 
Vara : °F Continuance 
taken into consideration To-morrow. Bill. 


Mr. Wilson presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- General Board 
mand,—An amended Estimate of the Sum required to of Health. 
be voted to defray the Expense of the General Board No. 435. 
of Health, for the year 1854, ending 31st March 
1855. 

Ordered, That the said Estimate be referred to the 
Committee of Supply; and be printed. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, To- Public Health 
morrow, resolve itself into a Committee to consider een 
of authorizing the payment, out of the Monies that °"""" 
may be voted by Parliament, of a Retiring Allow- 
ance to one of the Members of the General Board of 
Health, whose Office may be abolished by any Act 
of the present Session ; 

Sir George Grey, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
recommends it to the consideration of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, at 
Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


to Emigration 
(Australian 
Colonies. ) 


No. 436. 


Mr. Peel presented,—Return to an Address 
Her Majesty, dated the 5th day of May last, for 
Copies or Extracts of any Despatches relative to 
Emigration to the Australian Colonies (in continua- 
tion of Papers presented to this House in April 
1853). 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table; and be printed. 


Petitions relating to British Museum and Marl- Public 
borough House ;—Intoxicating Liquors ;—Oaths ;— Petitions. 
Public-houses and Beer-shops ;—Excise Licenses ; yao sixty. 
—and, Bleaching, &amp;c. Works Bill,—were presented, third Report. 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by Redundant 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated ~ (Public 
the 1st day of this instant August, for a Return of pan 
the Number of Persons on the Redundant List of the 
Public Departments at the commencement of the 
year 1853; the Number that have died or become 
incapable of Service during the year 1853; the 
Number that have re-entered the Public Service 
during the year; the’ Number that have been added 
to the List during the year; and the Number that 
remained on the List at the close of the year 1853. 


Mr. Cowper presented, — Return to an Order, Surgeons, &amp;c. 
dated the 17th day of July last, for a Return of the sock bon 
Number of Ships and Vessels in Her Majesty’s Ser- x, yon 
vice, employed in the Baltic and Black Sea, defi- “° *’* 
cient of the Number of Surgeons and Assistant 
Surgeons according to Regulations; also the Num- 
ber required in each to complete the War Comple- 
ment of these Officers. 

Return to an Order, dated the 25th day of July River Tyne. 
last, for Copy of a Letter from the Local Commis- No. 438. 
sioners of the River Tyne to the Right honourable 
Sir James Graham, dated the 20th day of July 
1854. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


3N4 The 


















































sca 
(Canada) Bill. 


Russian 
Government 


Securities Bill. 


Bill 263. 


Legislative 
(Canada) Bill. 


464 2° Augusti. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Legislative Council (Canada) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
after the Order of the day relative to the Russian 
Government Securities Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the Russian Government Secu- 
rities Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 


Crause, N° 1 (Prohibiting the dealing in Rus- 
sian Stocks, &amp;c.) 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause, as 
amended, stand part of the Bill——put, and ne- 

tived. 

Clause (If, during the continuance of hostilities 
between Her Majesty and the Emperor of Russia, 
any British subject shall, in any Country, wilfully 
or knowingly take, acquire, become possessed of, or 
interested in, any Stocks, Funds, Scrip, Bonds, De- 
bentures or Securities for Money, which, since the 
29th day of March 1854, have or hath been, or 
which, during the continuance of hostilities as afore- 
said, shall be, created, issued, entered into, or secured 
by or in the name of the Government of Russia, or 
any person or persons on its behalf, every person so 
taking, acquiring, becoming possessed of, or interested 
in, any such Stocks, Funds, Scrip, Bonds, Deben- 
tures or Securities for Money, as aforesaid, shall be 
guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon being convicted 
thereof, shall be imprisoned for a term of not less than 
Three calendar months: Provided always, That the 
provisions of this Act shall not extend to or include the 
case of a British subject claiming an interest in the 
estate or effects of any deceased person, or the case 
of a British subject taking the estate or effects of 
his debtor in execution, or the case of a British sub- 
ject claiming in any country to be interested under 
any bankruptcy, insolvency, sequestration, cessio 
bonorum, or disposition of property in trust for cre- 
ditors, but that in every such case the British sub- 
ject may take and receive any share, legacy, divi- 
dend, debt or sum of money due or belonging to 
him, notwithstanding that the same may arise from 
or be produced by the sale or proceeds of any such 
Stocks, Funds, Scrip, Bonds, Debentures or Secu- 
rities for Money as aforesaid) brought up, and 
read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause be read a second time. 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask 
leave to sit again ; 

The Committee divided. 

Tellers for the { Mr, Massey, 1 

Yeas, Mr. Bright: c= 

Tellers for the ,Lord Dudley Stuart, 1 a8 

Noes, (Mr. John Abel Smith: f ~~ 

Clause read 2°. 

Amendments made. 

Another Amendment proposed, in 1. 3: After the 
words “interested in” to insert the words “ by pur- 
“ chases, assignment or transfer.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted 
put, and negatived. 
Several Amendments made. 
Clause, as amended, agreed to, and added. 
Clauses added. 
Preamble agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be repoyted. 











Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie ” son That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Friday 
next; and be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Legislative Council (Canada) Bill ; 








A. 1854. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next, at Twelve o'clock. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Court o 
mittee on the Court of Chancery Bill ; Chancery Bij, 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Judgment 
into a Committee on the Judgment Execution, &amp;c, Execution, 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker ** Bi 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and di- 
rected him to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow, at Twelve o'clock. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Bills of 
into a Committee on the Bills of Exchange and Pro- Exchange and 
missory Notes Bill; and, after some time spent yom pil 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. pi 264 
Bouverie reported, That the Committee had gone ; 
through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow ; and 
be printed. 


The National Gallery, &amp;c. (Dublin) (No.2) Bill was, National 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- Gallery, &amp;. 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for To- tae 
morrow, at Twelve o'clock. ; 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, after the Order 
of the day relative to the Public Revenue and Con- 
solidated Fund Charges (No. 2) Bill, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Court of Chancery (County Palatine of Zan- Court of 


ill w i . ird Chancery 

caster) Bill was, according to Order, read the third (County Palt- 

time. ' ’ tine of Lan- 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, caster) Bill. 


do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bouverie do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


The Prisoners’ Removal Bill was, according to Prisoners’ | 
Order, read the third time; and Amendments were Removal 
made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bouverie do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Militia Ballot 
into a Committee on the Militia Ballots Suspension — 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 5 aker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and had 
directed him to report the same, without Amend- 
ment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow, at Twelve o’clock. 


The Public Revenue and Consolidated Fund el ai 
Charges (No. 2) Bill was, according to Order, read @ Consolidated 


second time; and committed to a Committee of the Fund C 


whole House, for To-morrow. (No. 2) 
The 





Pay of 


Castom 


Inland 
Revenu 


Revenu 
Police, 
(Irelan 





supply 

Royal 
Regiment of 
Artillery. 

pay of d*, &amp;e. 


Small Arm 
Factory, &amp;c. 


Brevet. 


Castoms 
Department. 


Coast Guard. 


Inland 
Revenue 


Department. 


Revenue 
Police, &amp;c. 
(Ireland. ) 


Post- office 

Services and 
Collection of 
the Revenue. 


18 Vicroriz. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That an additional Number, not ex- 
ceeding One thousand and forty Men, Non-com- 
missioned Officers included, for the Royal Regiment 
of Artillery, be maintained for Her Majesty’s Service 
at Home and Abroad, to the 31st day of March 1855. 

2. Resolved, ‘That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty- 
eight thousand one hundred and thirty-nine pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
which will probably be incurred, to the 31st day of 
March 1855, on account of the Pay, &amp;c. of 1,040 
additional Non-commissioned Officers and Men of 
the Royal Artillery, and for the Purchase of Horses. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
one thousand pounds, be granted to Her “Majesty, 
for defraying the Charge which will soshaby be 
incurred, to the 31st day of March 1855, on account 


of the Small Arm Factory at Enfield, and Experi- 


2° Augusti. 





465 


Twelve o'clock. 





The Militia Pay Bill was, according to Order, Militia Pay 
read a second time; and committed to a Com- Bill 
mittee of the whole House, for To-morrow, at 


The Midland Great Western Railway of Jre/and Midland Great 


(Baronies’ Contributions) Bill was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Western Rail- 
way of Ireland 
(Baronies’ 

Contributions) 


Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to Bill. 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, 
take into consideration the Crime and Outrage (Jre- 
land) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow, at Twelve o’clock ; and be printed. 


roceeded to Crime and 
Outrage 
(Ireland) Bill. 


No. 262. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Militia (Scot- 
consideration the Militia (Scotland) Bill, as amended !#84) Bill. 


in the Committee ; 





ments on Gun Barrels. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six thou- | 
sand five hundred and fifty-two pounds, be granted | 
to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge which will | 
probably be incurred, to the 31st day of March 1855, | 
on account of the Brevet, dated the 20th day of 
June 1854. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight 
hundred and forty thousand seven hundred and 
eighty-five pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Salaries and Expenses of the Customs | 
Department, which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending the 31st day of March 1855. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four 
hundred and seventy-nine thousand three hundred 
and twenty pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to | 
defray the Salaries and smear of the Coast Guard, | 
including Revenue Cruisers, which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending the 31st 
day of March 1855. 

7. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
million one hundred and fifty-four thousand five 
hundred and ninety-four pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Salaries and Expenses of the 
Inland Revenue Department, which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending the 31st 
day of March 1855. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty- 
two thousand seven hundred and sixty-nine pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries 
and Expenses of the Revenue Police, Zreland, and 
“ Seamew Steamer,” which will come in course of 
payment during the year ending the 31st day of 
March 1855. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
million five hundred and twenty-five thousand three 
hundred an‘ thirty-five pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Charges for Post-office Ser- 
vices and the Collection of the Revenue, which will 
come in course of payment during the year ending 
the 31st day of March 1855. 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five 
hundred thousand pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
Jesty, to discharge the like Amount of Supplies, 
granted for the Service of the year 1853, or for any 
preceding year. 

Resolutions to be reported. 








Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verve reported, That the Committee had come to 
several Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow, 
at Twelve o'clock. 

Mr. Bouverie also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, at 
Twelve o'clock, again resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 

Vox. 109, 


Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House:—The House ac- 
cordingly resolved itself into the Committee ; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and directed 
him to report the same, without Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow ; and be printed. 


No. 265. 


The Mayo County Advances Bill was, according Mayo County 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 44vances Bill. 


Committee of the whole House for To-morrow, at 
Twelve o'clock. 


The Public Health Bill was, according to Order, Public Health 


of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


read a second time ; and committed to a Committee Bill 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Watch 


Return of the Quantities of Watch Movements Movements. 


exported during the years from 1847 to 1854, in- 
clusive. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Silver Watch 
Return of the Quantities of Silver Watch Cases ©8¢* 


marked at the following Halls, during the years from 
1847 to 1854, inclusive; viz., London, Chester and 
Birmingham. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Tower of 


give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Visitors to the Armouries 
of the Tower of Zondon in each year, from the 1st 
day of February 1850 to the 1st day of February 
1854; stating the Number of Free Admissions, and 
the Number of Persons who paid for Admission, in 
each Month, the Rate of Fees paid by each, the 
Aggregate Amount received in the same time, and 
to whom paid :—Similar Return of the Number of 
Visitors to the Jewel House in the Tower, and the 
Receipt and Expenditure of the same, in each year, 
from the 1st day of February 1850 to the 1st day of 
February 1854 (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 494, of Session 1850) :—Copies or Ex- 
tracts of the Orders or Regulations for the Sale of 
Catalogues or Guides to the Tower of London :— 
Returns of the Number of Visitors admitted free of 
Charge to see the Apartments and Pictures at Hamp- 
ton Court, during the years 1850, 1851, 1852 and 
1853; distinguishing the Number in each Month (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 494, of 
Session 1850) :—Of the Number of Visitors at West- 
minster Abbey admitted Free; and, of the Annual 
Amount of Money taken there in each of the years 
1850, 1851, 1852 and 1853; distinguishing separately 
each year and month, and stating the Appropriation 
of such Money ; = the Amount of Fee 
3 











charged 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to London, &amp;c. 






















































































Newspaper 
Stamps. 


Committees. 


Great West- 
ern, Shrews- 
bury and Bir- 
mingham, and 
Shrewsbury 
and Chester 
Railway Com- 
panies Amal- 
gamation Bill. 


Paisley 
Waterworks 
(No. 2) Bill. 


Salisbury 
and Yeovil 
Railway ill. 


British 
Guarantee 
Association 
(No. 2) Bill. 


466 9°3° Augusti. A. 1854, 


charged at present for Admittance to see the Public 
Monuments in Westminster Abbey (in continuation 
of Parliamentary Paper, No. 494, of Session 1850) : 
—Similar Return for Saint Paui’s Cathedral, for the 
same period :—And, Return of the Number of Vi- 
sitors admitted free of Charge to each of the follow- 
ing Public Institutions ; viz. the British Museum, 
the National Gallery, the Vernon Gallery at Marl- 
borough House, the Geological Museum, Jermyn- 
street, and the Museum of Ornamental Art at Marl- 
borough House, during each of the years 1850, 1851, 
1852 and 1853; distinguishing the Number in each 
Month, and the Total in each Year, and stating the 
Days of the Week and the Hours during which the 
Public are admitted to each Museum and Public 
Place. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Stamps at One penny each, 
issued to each Newspaper published in London, 
Dublin and Edinburgh, respectively, for the second 
quarter of the year 1854, specifying the Name of 
each Newspaper, and the Number of Stamps issued 
to each (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 238, of the present Session). 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 5° die Augusti ; 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Great Western, Shrewsbury and Bir- 
mingham, and Shrewsbury and Chester Railway 
Companies Amalgamation Bill, be taken into consi- 
deration To-morrow. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Paisley 
Waterworks (No. 2) Bill; and the same were twice 
read, and, with Amendments to several of them, 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships, with Amendments ; to which Amendments 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Salisbury 
and Yeovil Railway Bill; and the same were twice 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the British Guarantee Association (No. 2) 
Bill; and the same were twice read, and, with 
Amendments to several of them, agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships, with Amendments; to which Amend- 
ments this House doth desire the concurrence of 
their Lordships. 





Hornyold’s Estate Bill was read the third time. Hornyold’s 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do Estate Bil, 
ass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


Park’s Estate Bill was read the third time. Park’s Estate 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, Bill. 
do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 
Peel's Estate Bill was read the third time. Peel's Fstate 


Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, Bill 
do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments ; to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


Staveley’s Estate Bill was read the third time. Staveley's 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, ste Bill 
do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


Petitions relating to Intoxicating Liquors ;— Pub- Public 
lic-houses and Beer-shops ; — South Australia ;— Petitions. 
and, Newspapers,—were presented, and read; and yige sixty. 
ordered to lie upon the Table. third Report. 


_ The House, according to Order, resolved itself Episcopal and 
into a Committee on the Episcopal and Capitular — 


Estates Management Bill. rooms 


(In the Committee.) 


Clause (Provided always, That in computing the 
due regard to be paid to the just and reasonable 
claims of the present holders of lands under lease 
or otherwise, arising from the long-continued practice 
of renewal, the basis of compensation shall be that 
laid down by the Episcopal and Capitular Revenues 
Commissioners in their Report of 1850 ; and, where 
that may not be applicable, to the recommendations 
laid down in the Lords’ Report on the same subject 
in 1851)——brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
read a second time——put, and agreed to. 

Clause (Provided always, That in all computations 
in any way dependent on the duration of lives, the 
expectation of life shall be calculated at the rate of 
£.3. 6s. 8d. per centum; and, so far as such rate 
can be applied, according to the data on which the 
Life Tables are founded which were appended to, and 
published in the Twelfth Annual Report of the Re- 
— General of Births, Deaths and Marriages in 

ngland ; such computations shall be made through- 
brought up, 





out at a uniform rate of interest) 
and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
read a second time put, and negatived. 

Clause (Provided always, That until such sales, 

urchases or exchanges shall be effected, nothing 

— contained shall be construed as intending to 
interfere with the renewal of the leases of such lands 
on the accustomed terms)——brought up, and read 
a. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
read a second time——put, and negatived. : 

Clauses added. 





Clause 





Suppl. 


Gener 
of He: 


heret 
charg 
Conse 


Law | 
Chars 


Char; 
tofore 
on th 
lidate 











18 Victroriz. 


€lause (The proviso contained in the first section 
of the said recited Act, with reference to the sale or 
exchange of tithes or tithe rent-charges, or land or 
hereditaments allotted or assigned in lieu of tithes, 
shall be and the same is hereby repealed ; and all 
the monies so paid or to be paid over to the Eccle- 
siastical Commissioners for England under the fore- 
going provision which may have been produced by 
the sale, purchase or exchange of tithes or tithe 
rent-charges, or land or hereditaments assigned or 
allotted in lieu of tithes, which formed part of the 
endowment of any Ecclesiastical Corporation prior 
to the passing of the said Act, shall be subject to the 
provisions relating to local claims which are contained 
in the sixty seventh section of the Act passed in the 
third and fourth years of Her Majesty’s reign, chap- 
ter one hundred and thirteen) brought up, and 
read 1°; 2°. 

Amendment proposed, in |. 6: To leave out from 
the words “ exchange of” to the end of the Clause, 
in order to insert the words “any lands, tithes 
“ or hereditaments whatsoever, which formed part 
of the endowment of any Ecclesiastical Corpora- 
tion prior to the passing of the said Act, shall be 
subject to the following proviso, ‘That in any appli- 
cation and expenditure of the said monies, due 
consideration shall be had of the spiritual wants 
and circumstances of the places in which such 
lands or hereditaments shall be situated, or such 
tithes shall have theretofore arisen, anything in 
any Act contained to the contrary notwithstand- 
ing.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause put, and agreed to. 

Clause agreed to, and added. 

Clause (That so much of the eleventh section of 
the said recited Act, as excepts the Dean and Canons 
of the Cathedral Church of Christ in Oxford from 





‘ 


w~ 








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the operation thereof, shall be repealed) brought 
up, and read 1°. 


Motion made, and Question, That+he Clause be | 


read a second time 
Clause added. 
Preamble agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





put, and negatived. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bouverie 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


Supply. The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Supply. 
(In the Committee.) 
General Board 1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twelve 
ofHealth, thousand and fifty-five pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of the General Board 
of Health, in the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1855. . 
Expenses of 2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
ee hundred and forty-nine thousand eight hundred and 
charged on the fifty-nine pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 


Consolidated detray, in the year ending on the 31st day of March 
, 1855, Salaries, Allowances and Expenses of Depart- 
ments (other than Legal Departments) heretofore 

charged on the Consolidated Fund. 


_ Courts 3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight 
ine hundred and forty-nine thousand four hundred and 


two pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, 
in the year ending on the 31st day of March 1855, 
Salaries and Expenses of Law Courts and Charges 
of a legal nature, heretofore charged on the Conso- 
lidated Fund, or payable out of the Public Revenues. 
4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One 
tofore charsgq Hundred and nine thousand six hundred and thirty- 
on the Congo. four pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, 
dated Fund. in the year ending on the 31st day of March 1855, 
—_ Miscellaneous Charges heretofore charged 
OL. 109. 


Miscellaneo: 
Charges Sees 





467 


on the Consolidated Fund, or payable out of the 
Public Revenues. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bow- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to se- 
veral Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow, 
at Twelve o'clock. 

Mr. Bouverie also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, at Six 
o’clock, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee of Supply. 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. Resolved, That an additional Number, not ex- Royal 
ceeding One thousand and forty Men, Non-com- — of 
missioned Officers included, for the Royal Regi- “""°% 
ment of Artillery, be maintained for Her Majesty’s 
Service at Home and Abroad, to the 31st day of 
March 1855. 

2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty- Pay of a°, &amp;e. 
eight thousand one hundred and thirty-nine pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
which will probably be incurred, to the 31st day of 
March 1855, on account of the Pay, &amp;c. of 1,040 
additional Non-commissioned Officers and Men of 
the Royal Artillery, and for the Purchase of Horses. 

3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Thirty- Small Arm 
one thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, Factory, &amp;c. 
for defraying the Charge which will probably be in- 
curred, to the 31st day of March 1855, on account 
of the Small Arm Factory at Enfield, and Experi- 
ments on Gun Barrels. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Six Brevet. 
thousand five hundred and fifty-two pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
which will probably be incurred, to the 31st day of 
March 1855, on account of the Brevet, dated the 
20th day of June 1854. 

5. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight Customs 
hundred and forty thousand seven hundred and Department. 
eighty-five pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Salaries and Expenses of the Customs 
Department, which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending the 31st day of March 1855. 

6. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Four Coast Guard. 
hundred and seventy-nine thousand three hundred 
and twenty pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Salaries and Expenses of the Coast 
Guard, including Revenue Cruisers, which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending the 
31st day of March 1855. 

7. ialeel That a Sum, not exceeding. One Inland 
million one hundred and fifty-four thousand five — ‘ 
hundred and ninety-four pounds, be granted to Her pace 
Majesty, to defray the Salaries and Expenses of the 
Inland Revenue Department, which will come in 
course of payment during the year ending the 31st 
day of March 1855. 

8. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Fifty- Revenue 
two thousand seven hundred and sixty-nine pounds, pew hog 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Ralaties a 
and Expenses of the Revenue Police, Zredand, and 
“ Seamew Steamer,” which will come in course of 
payment during the year ending the 31st day of 
March 1855. 

9. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One Post-office 
million five hundred and twenty-five thousand three Ss 
hundred and thirty-five pounds, be nted to Her the Revenue. 
Majesty, to defray the Charges for Post-office Ser- 
vices and the Collection of the Revenue, which will 
come in course of payment during the year ending 
the 31st day of March 1855. 

10. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Five Supplies. 
hundred thousand pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, to discharge the like Amount of Supplies, 





302 granted 


















































468 


Militia 


The Militia (No. 2) Bill was, according to Order, 
(No. 2) Bill 


read the third time; and Amendments were made 
to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Fitzroy do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Militia 


The Militia (Zreland) Bill was, according to Order, 
(Ireland) Bill. 


read the third time. 

A Clause (Power to borrow on Mortgage of the 
County Rates), was thrice read ; and added to the 
Bill. 

Another Clause (To provide for Interest on Mort- 
gages and Repayment of Principal), was thrice read ; 
and added to the Bill. 

Another Clause (Power to re-borrow), was thrice 
read ; and added to the Bill. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir John Young do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Customs. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Customs Acts ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 


itself into the said Committee. 


Common Law The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
Procedure Bill. consideration the Common Law Procedure Bill, as 
amended in the Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be taken into consideration 
this day. 


Usury Laws The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
—_— (No. 2) mittee on the Usury Laws Repeal (No. 2) Bill; 
= Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Public Health 
[Retiring 
Allowance.] 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on Public Health [Retiring Al- 
lowance }. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury be authorized to direct the payment, 
out of the Monies that may be voted by Parliament, 
of a Retiring Allowance to one of the Members of 
the General Board of Health, whose Office may be 
abolished by any Act of the present Session. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to a 
Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow, 
at Twelve o'clock. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee on the National Gallery, &amp;c. (Dublin) 
(No. 2) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
r. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie 
ia That the Committee had gone through the 
ill. . 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow, at 
Twelve o’clock. . 


National 
Gallery, &amp;c. 

(Dublin) 
No. 2) Bill. 


Militia Ballots The Militia Ballots Suspension Bill was, according 


— to Order, read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Militia Pay The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Bill. into a Committee on the Militia Pay Bill; and, after 


3° Augusti. 


granted for the Service of the year 1853, or for any 
preceding year. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 





A, 1854, 


some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed*the 
Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and directed him 
to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow, at Twelve o'clock. 


The Crime and Outrage (Jreland) Bill was 
cording to Order, read the third time. Tage 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, elané) Bi 
do pass. 

rdered, That Sir John Young do carry the Bill 

to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


» C= Crime and 
Ont 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Mayo County 
mittee on the Mays County Advances Bill ; Advances Bill, 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Judgment Execution, &amp;c. Bill was, according Judgment 
to Order, read the third time; and Amendments Execution, &amp;, 
were made to the Bill. nm, 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to allow Execution to issue in any 
o of the United Kingdom, under Judgments er 

ecreets obtained in certain Courts of Record in 
England, Scotland and Ireland. 

Ordered, That Mr. Craufurd do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Senior : Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords, 

The Lords have agreed to the Burials beyond the Burials 
Metropolis Bill, with Amendments; to which Amend- beyond the 
ments the Lords desirethe concurrence of this House: a 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Valuation of Lands Valuation of 
(Scotland) Bill, with Amendments; to which Amend- ad) 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 

And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Youthful Offenders Youthful 
Bill, with Amendments; to which Amendments the fenders Bill. 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Spirits (Zreland) Spirits (Ire- 
Bill, with Amendments; to which Amendments the Bill, 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Parochial School- ieee ew _ 
masters (Scotland) Bill, with an Amendment; to CSootlend) Bill, 
which Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Land, Assessed and Land 
Income Taxes Bill, with an Amendment; to which ae 
Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence of this Bill. 
House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Lords Burials x 
to the Burials beyond the Metropolis Bill, be taken Sacepalis 
into consideration To-morrow. Bill. 


Lord Juhn Russell presented, by Her Majesty's Education. 
Command,—Copy of Minutes of the Committee of 
Council on Education : Schools of Parochial Unions 
in England and Wales, with Reports by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Inspectors of Schools, 1853-54. _ 

. ae That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Lords few 
to the Valuation of Land (Scotland) Bill be taken jand) Bill. 


into consideration To-morrow ; and be printed. Bill 266, 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Lords Youthful |. 


Offenders 


to the Youthful Offenders Bill be taken into con- Bill 267. 


sideration To-morrow ; and be printed. 


Ordered, 





“_ 
(rend) B 
Bill 288 


Thames 
Navigation 


Army Priz 
Money: 


Shipping 
Dues. 


Turnpike 
Trusts 
({reland.) 


Supply. 


Ways anc 
Means. 


Accounts 
referred ; 
Unfunde 
Debt, 


Monies 


Excheq) 


Transf 
Aids, 


Consol 
Fund, 


ays 



























































jrits 
(peland) Bill 


Bill 268. 


yarigation. 


Army Prize 
Money: 


Shipping 
Dues. 


Turnpike 
Trusts 
(Ireland, ) 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Accounts 
referred ; 
Unfunded 
Debt, 


Monies in the 
Exchequer. 


Transfer of 
Aids, 


Consolidated 
Fund, 


Surplus of 
4yé and 
8, 





18 Vicrortia. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Lords 
to the Spirits ( /relavd) Bill be taken into considera- 
tion ‘To-morrow ; and be printed. 


The following Papers, pursuant to the directions 
of several Acts of Parliament, were laid upon the 
Treble by the Clerk of the House,—An Account, in 
Abstract, of the several Sums of Money received 
and disbursed by the Commissioners of the Thames 
Naviyation, in the year 1853. 

The Account of Unclaimed Army Prize Money, 
from 18th January 1809 to 31st December 1853. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Report of the Commissioners ap- 
ointed to inquire into Loc:! Charges upon Shipping 
in the Ports of the United Kingdom, and Islands of 
Jeiseu, Guernsey, Alverney, Sak and Man; with 
Appendices : -- Englani. 

Mr, Fitzroy also presented, -- Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 12th day of July last, for 
a‘ opy of the Commission ‘or inquiring into certain 
Turnpike Trusts in Zre/and, with the view of their 
being abolished, 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolred, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means : 

Ordered, That the Account of the Unfunded 
Debt of Great Britain ani I: elund, and of the De- 
mands outstanding on 5th January 1854; distin- 
guishing Exchequer Bills: Sums remaining unpaid, 
charged upon the ids grante! by Parliament; and 
Exchequer Bills to be is-ued out of the Consolidated 
Fund; and distinguishing also such part of the 
Unfunded Debt and !emands as has been provided 
for by Parliament; toget er with an Account of the 
Ways and Means remainin,, in the Exchequer, or to 
be received on the 5th January 1854, to repay such 
part of the Unfunded cbt and Demands out- 
standing as have been prov ded for, which was pre- 
sented upon the 24th day o! March last, be referred 
to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Account of Monies in the Ex- 
chequer, or remaining to be raised on the 5th day 
of July 1854, to complete ihe \ids granted by !’ar- 
liament for the Serv ce of the years 1852 and 1853, 
which was presented upon the 21st day of July last, 
be referred to the Committee. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 

(In the Committee.) 


1. Reso/red. That, toward- making good the Sup- 
ply granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of Five hun- 
dred thousand pounds, a pat of the Sum in the 
Exchequer of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Jreland, or remaining to be raised on the 5th 
day of July 1854, to comp ete the Aids granted by 
Parliament for the Service of the years 1852 and 
1853, be applied to the Ser ice of the year 1854. 

2. Resolve!, That, towards making good the Sup- 
ply granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of Twenty- 
two millions three hundred and twenty-two thousand 
seven hundred and forty-three pounds nine shillings 
and eleven-pence, be granted out of the Consolidated 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland. 

3. Resolved, That, towards making good the Sup- 
ply granted to Her Majes'y, there be issued and 
applied to the Service of the year 1854, the Sum of 
One hundred and f rty-nine thousand three hundred 
and forty-two pounds fifteen shillings and one penny, 

Vou. 109, 


3° A uguste. 





469 


being the Surplus of Ways and Means granted for 
the Service of preceding years. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to 
several Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow, 
at Twelve o'clock. 

Mr. Bouverie also acquainted the House, that 
he was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Militia (Scotland) Bill was, according to Militia (Scot- 
i ( 


Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Lg Health 


mittee on the Public Health Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, at 
Twelve o'clock, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Public 
into a Committee on the Public Revenue and Con- Revenne and 


solidated Fund Charges (No. 2) Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
Preamble postponed. 
Cravuses, N° 1 to N° 8, agreed to. 
Scnepute A. agreed to, 
Scuepute B.: Proposed to add, at the end of 
the Schedule, the words “ The President, Vice-Pre- 
“ sident and Students of Maynooth College, and 
“ the Expenses of the Establishment, enacted by 
“ 8&amp;9 Vic. c. 25.” 
Question put, That those words be there added ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for “a Spooner, | 


Yeas, Mr. Newdegate : {= 
Tellers for the ; Mr. Hayter, LF 08 
Noes, The Earl of Mulgrave: J°°* 


Clause (That all sums voted for the charges and 
payments set forth in Schedule B. shall be subject, 
as respects their issues, to the provisions of the Act 
of 4 &amp; 5 Will. 4, c. 15, intituled, “An Act to regu- 
late the Office of the Receipt of the Exchequer at 
Westminster,” in the same manner as all other sums 
voted for any specified branch of the Public Service) 
brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
read a second time——put, and negatived. 

Clause (Nothing in this Act contained shall have 
the effect of facilitating any changes in the existing 
establishments or official salaries of any Superior 
Court in Jreland, without a certificate from the 
Judges thereof to the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury, stating the circumstances which 
may have caused any such changes to be necessary) 
brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
read a second time put, and negatived. 


Clause (Copies of each of the Quarterly Warrants 
of the Treasury, issued under the Act 57 Geo. 3, 
c. 84, and the 4 &amp; 5 Will. 4, c. 15, to the Comp- 
troller General of the Receipt and Issue of Her 
Majesty’s Exchequer, shall be laid before both 
Houses of Parliament within Ten days after such 
Warrants shall be issued, if Parliament shall then 
be sitting, otherwise, within Ten days after the com- 
mencement of the next Session ; together with a Copy 
or Statement of the Disbursements actually made in 
virtue of the Treasury Warrant during the antece- 
dent quarter)——brought up, and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
read a second time——put, and negatived. 

3 § 3 Preamble: 


















470 


Preamble: Amendment proposed, in |. 1: After 
the word “ Whereas,” to insert the words “it is ex- 
“ pedient that the Gross Revenue of the Depart- 
“ ments of Customs, Inland Revenue and Post- 
“ office, should be paid into the Exchequer, with 
the exception of such sums as may be necessary 
to be retained in order to defray the charges of 
drawbacks, repayments, pensions and superan- 
nuations heretofore charged upon and paid out of 
the said Branches of the Public Revenue: And 
“ whereas.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted 
put, and negatived. 

Preamble agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


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Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bouverie 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow, at Twelve o'clock. 


Court of The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Chancery Bill. into a Committee on the Court of Chancery Bill ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow, at 
Twelve o'clock. 


Bills of The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
Exchange and into consideration the Bills of Exchange and Pro- 
Promissory — missory Notes Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Notes Bill. » ° . - 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow, at Twelve o'clock. 
Medical The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 


Graduates 
(Ireland and 
Scotland) Bill. 


adjourned Debate on the Amendments which, upon 
the 22d day of July last, were proposed to be made 
to the Question, That the Medical Graduates (Jre- 
land and Scotland) Bill be now read the third time ; 
and which Amendments were to leave out the 
word “ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add 
the words “ upon this day three months ;” 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
word “now” stand part of the Question :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And the Question being put:—It passed in the 
Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
* upon this day three months” be added at the end 
of the Question: —It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
this day three months. 


Merchant The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
Shipping Bill. consideration the Amendments made by the Lurds to 
the Merchant Shipping Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken into 
consideration after the other Orders of the day. 


Towns The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
Improvement Consideration the Amendments made by the Lords 


els Bill. A, 
saan to the Towns Improvement (Jreland) Bill ; 


Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken into 
consideration after the other Orders of the day. 


Friendly The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
ao consideration the Amendments made by the ‘Lords 
Bill to the Friendly Societies Acts Continuance Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken into 
consideration after the other Orders of the day. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Episcopal and Capitular Es- 
tates Management Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee. 


Episcopal and 
Capitular 
Estates Ma- 
nagement Bill. 


Bill 269. : 





3°—4° Auguste. 





A. 1854. 


A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(That in all dealings between the Church Estate 
Committee acting in behalf of the Ecclesiastical 
Commissioners for England, as to lands now vested 
or which shall hereafter become vested in the said 
Ecclesiastical Commissioners and the holders of such 
lands, the said Church Estate Committee shall pa 
due regard to the just and reasonable claims of a 
holders of land under lease or otherwise arising from 
the long-continued practice of renewal, and in every 
case where a treaty has been entered into between 
the said Church Estate Committee and the said 
holders of land, it shall be lawful, on the application 
of either of the said parties to such treaty to the other 
of them, to refer to arbitration the finding of the 
annual value and of the value of the fee-simple thereof, 
subject to the exceptions and reservations, if any, to 
be excepted and reserved thereout, and such finding 
shall be adopted in computing the terms of the sale, 
purchase or exchange of such lands, or of any in- 
terest therein, and the said last-mentioned parties 
shall, for the purpose of such arbitration, be subject 
to the provisions hereinbefore contained as to the 
appointment of arbitrators and the payment of costs : 
—That the provision in the hereinbefore recited Act 
as to information being required respecting the pro- 
ceedings under it, shall extend and be held to apply 
to all proceedings respecting land vested, or which 
may become vested in the said Ecclesiastical Com- 
missioners) :—And the said Clause was brought up, 
and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time ; 


And the House having continued to sit till after Customs. 
Twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Veneris, 4° die Augusti, 1854: 


And the Question being put:—It passed in the 
Negative. 

Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day ; and be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee on the Customs Acts. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That, from and after the 5th day of 
August, the Duties of Customs chargeable on the 
Goods, Wares and Merchandize, hereafter mentioned, 
imported into the United Kingdom, shall cease and 
determine, viz. :— 

Sulphate of Potash. 


2. Resolved, That, from and after the 5th day of 
August, in lieu of the Duties of Customs now 
chargeable on the Articles under-mentioned, im- 
ported into the United Kingdom, the following Duties 
of Customs shall be charged ; viz. :— 








Rate 
GOODS. of Duty. 

Arms ; viz. ia @ 
Swords, Cutlasses, Matchetts, Bayonets, Gun- 
locks, Cannon, or Mortars of Iron, not 

mounted nor accompanied with carriages, 

the cwt.| - 2 6 
Cannon or Mortars of Brass, not mounted nor 

accompanied with carriages - theewt.| - 10 = 


Cannon or Mortars, mounted or accompanied 
with carriages and other fire arms: viz. 
Muskets, Rifles, Carbines, Fowling-pieces, 
or Guns of any other sorts not enumerated, 
and Pistols - for every 100/. value thereof | 10 

Ammunition ; viz. 








Shot, large and small, oflead - theewt.| - 2 - 
ofiron  - gicet = *4 
Rockets, and other combustibles for purposes 
of war, and not otherwise enumerated or 
described - for every 100/. value thereof | 10 - - 





Question 





Common 


Usury L 
Bi 


Mayo C 
Advaner 


Merchai 
Shippin 


Towns 
Improv 
(Irelan 











18 VicrorRiz. 


Question put, That 
Hops, until the Ist August 1855 - the cwt. 
From and after that date - - “ = 
stand part of the proposed Resolution ; 
The Committee divided. 


Mr. Hayter } 
Tellers for the Yeas,{ ay; Earl of Mu grave: 61, 
} 21 


ton th 


oi? 
11S 





Tellers for the Noes,{ _ —— 


Iron and Steel, wrought or manufactured, except | £. 8. d. 
Arms and Ammunition ; viz. 
Machinery, wrought Castings, Tools, Cut- 
lery, and other manufactures of Iron or 


Steel, not enumerated - - theewt.| - 2 6 
Fancy ornamental articles of Iron and Steel, 
theewt.| -15 - 


Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 
verie reported, That the Committee had come to se- 
veral Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day, at 


Twelve o'clock. 


Coomon Law , ‘The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
Procedure Bill. into consideration the Common Law Procedure Bill, 

as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 


day. 


UuryLaws The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

gel Go 2) mittee on the Usury Laws Repeal (No. 2) Bill ; 

Bi Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Mayo County The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Advances Bill. mittee on the Mayo County Advances Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Merchant The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
Shipping Bill. into consideration the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Merchant Shipping Bill. 

The said Amendmeuts, being read a second time, 
several were agreed to; one other was amended, and 
agreed to; several others were disagreed to; and 
Amendments were made to the original Bill. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw 
up Reasons to be assigned to the Lords for disa- 
greeing to the Amendments to which this House 
hath disagreed :—And a Committee was appointed 
of Mr. Cardwell, Sir James Graham, Mr. Chancellor 
of the Exchequer, Mr. Henley, Mr. Cairns, Mr. 
Lowe, Mr. Wilson, Mr. James MacGregor, Mr. Dun- 
can, Mr. Lindsay and Mr. Brotherton: And they are 
to withdraw immediately. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Towns  _ The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
ae into consideration the Amendments made by the 


Lords to the Towns Improvement (Jreland) Bill. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
several were agreed to; and one was amended, and 
agreed to. 

_ The Amendment in p. 45, 1. 6, being read a second 
time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made there- 
unto, by inserting after the word “watching” in 
fo. 5, 1. 26, the words “ and pay out of the general 
“ assessments, upon the certificate of the Receiver 
“ for the Constabulary Force in Jredand, such proper 
“salaries and wages for such additional constables 
“as shall be fixed by the said Lord Lieutenant :” 
—And the said Amendment was committed to a 
Committee of the whole House. 

The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee ; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Grenville 
ary reported, That the Committee had gone 
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through the Amendment ; and directed him to report 
the same, without Amendment. 

And the Lords’ Amendment, so amended, was 
agreed to. - 

Then one other of the said Amendments was 
agreed to ; one was disagreed to ; several others were 
agreed to; and one other was amended, and agreed 
to. 
The Amendment in p. 165, 1. 41, being read a 
second time (and it appearing that the said Amend- 
ment was necessary to carry out the intentions of this 
House, and to make the provisions of the Bill, as 
respects Ireland, conformable to that for England 
and Scotland), was agreed to. 

Then the other Amendments were agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw 
up Reasons to be assigned to the vos for disa- 
greeing to the Amendment to which this House hath 
disagreed :—And a Committee was appointed of Sir 
John Young, Mr. Wilson, the Earl of Mulgrave, Mr. 
Lowe, Mr. James MacGregor and Mr. Craufurd : 
And they are to withdraw immediately. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Friendly 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords to Societies Acts 
the Friendly Societies Acts Continuance Bill ; ee 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken into 
consideration this day. 


Mr. Wilson presented a Bill for the further Altera- Customs Bill. 
tion and Amendment of the Laws and Duties of  pjy] 969. 
Customs: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time this day; and to 
be printed. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Bills of 
Committee this day, at Twelve o'clock, on the Bills Exchange 
of Exchange (No. 2) Bill, was read, and discharged. es 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till Two of the clock on Friday morning, ad- 
journed till this day. 








Veneris, 4° die Augusti ; 
Anno 18° Victorize Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave Committees. 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Great West- 
into consideration the Amendments made by the ¢t™, Shrews- 
Lords to the Great Western, Shrewsbury and Bir- ha — 
mingham, and Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Com- Shrewsbury 
panies Amalgamation Bill; and the same were twice a 
read, and, with Amendments to several of them, panies Amal- 
agreed to. gamation Bill. 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships, with Amendments; to which Amendments 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their Lord- 
ships. 


Bourne’s (Mowbrick Partition) Estate Bill was Bourne’s 
read the third time. oo 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do Estate Dia. 
ass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments ; to 


which Amendments this House doth desire the con- 


currence of their Lordships. 





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472 


The Bradford Glebe Lands and Vicarage Trust 
Glebe Lands Estate Bill was read the third time. 


Bradford 


and Vicarage 
Trust Estate 
Bill. 


Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


0 = 
rdered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


Lord Petre’s Estate Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House | 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Lord Petre’s 
Estate Bill. 


4° August. 


al. 1854 


legal nature, heretofore charged on the Consolidated 
Fund, or payable out of the Public Revenues. 

4. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One hun- Miscey 
dred and nine thousand six hundred and thirty-four Charges here. 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, in the —_ ch 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1855, certain iidewt ee 
Miscellaneous Charges heretofore charged on the 
Consolidated Fund, or payable out of the Public 
Revenues. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The Public Revenue and Consolidated Fund Public 
Charges (No. 2) Bill was, according to Order, read Revenue ana 


the third time. Penaidane 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. (No. 2) Bill 





Stamps on 
Patent 
Medicines. 


The following Paper was laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated | 
the 19th day of July last, for a Return of the Num- | 
ber of Stamps on Patent Medicines issued during | 
the periods 1830-1840, 1840-1850, and in the! 
years 1850, 1851, 1852 and 1853, namely, 1}d., 3 d., | 
6d., 1s., and any at higher prices. 


Hugh and Sir John Young presented,—Return to an Order, 
John Murphy. dated the 24th day of July last, for Copies of the | 
Memorial presented to the Lord Lieutenant of Jre- | 
land by 1,374 Inhabitants of the County of Armagh, | 
relative to the Trial of Hugh and John Murphy at | 
the Lent Assizes ; the Reply thereto, and the subse- | 
quent Correspondence between Mr. Edward At- 
hinson and the Under Secretary :—And, of the In- 
formations returned to the Assizes in the case of the 
Prosecution referred to in the Memorial. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 





Parochial Ordered, That the Amendment made by the Lords | 
pte mae ge to the Parochial Schoolmasters (Scotland) Bill be | 
(Scotland) Bill. ¢aken into consideration To-morrow. | 


Land, 
Assessed and 
Income Taxes 
Bill. 


Ordered, That the Amendment made by the 
Lords to the Land, Assessed and Income Taxes Bill, 
be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


Legislative 
Council 


(Canada) Bill. “And a Motion being made, and the Question being | 


proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time; | 
The Amendments following were proposed to be | 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word | 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the | 
words “upon this day three months.” 
And the Question being proposed, That the word | 
now” stand part of the Question :—And a Debate | 
arising thereupon ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
day, at Six o'clock. 


“ 


Supply. 
Supply, several Resolutions; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Twelve 
thousand and fifty-five pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of the General Board 
of Health, in the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1855. 

Expenses of 2. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding One hun- 
Departments dred and forty-nine thousand eight hundred and 


General Board 
of Health. 


mor the fifty-nine pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- 

Consolidated fray, in the year ending on the 31st day of March 

Fund. 1855, Salaries, Allowances and Expenses of Depart- 
ments (other than Legal Departments) heretofore 
charged on the Consolidated Fund. 

Law Courts 3. Resolved, That a Sum, not exceeding Eight hun- 

= — dred and forty-nine thousand four hundred and two 

arges. 


pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, in the 
vear ending on the 31st day of March 1855, Salaries 
and Expenses of Law Courts and Charges of a 


The Order of the day being read, for the second | 


Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on Public Health 
Public Health [Retiring Allowance], a Resolution ; (Retiring 
which was read, as followeth : Allowance.] 

Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury be authorized to direct the payment, 
out of the Monies that may be voted by Parliament, 
of a Retiring Allowance to one of the Members of 
the General Board of Health, whose Office may be 
abolished by any Act of the present Session. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Public Health 

mittee on the Public Health Bill Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 

itself into the said Committee. 


The Militia Pay Bill was, according to Order, Militia Pay 
read the third time. Bill 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Fitzroy do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee of Ways and 
Ways and Means, several Resolutions; which were M&lt;#2s. 
read, as follow: 

| 1. Resolved, That, towards making good the Sup- Transfer of 


reading of the Legislative Council (Canada) Bill; | ply granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of Five hun- Aids. 


dred thousand pounds, a part of the Sum in the 
Exchequer of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Jreland, or remaining to be raised on the Sth 
day of July 1854, to complete the Aids granted by 
Parliament for the Service of the years 1852 and 
1853, be applied to the Service of the year 1854. 

2. Resolved, That, towards making good the Sup- Consolidated 
ply granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of Twenty- Fund, 
| two millions three hundred and twenty-two thousand 
seven hundred and forty-three pounds nine shillings 
and eleven-pence, be granted out of the Consolidated 

Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee of | Ireland. 


| 3. Resolved, That, towards making good the Sup- Barplus of 
ply granted to Her Majesty, there be issued and ap- Meme. 
plied to the Service of the year 1854, the Sum of 
One hundred and forty-nine thousand three hundred 
and forty-two pounds fifteen shillings and one penny, 
being the Surplus of Ways and Means granted for 
the Service of preceding years. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolutions: And that Mr. Bouverie, Mr. Chancellor 
of the Exchequer and Mr. Wilson do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


roceeded to Court of 


The House, according to Order, er ae 


take into consideration the Court of Chancery Bill, 
as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


The 








National 


ety ; 
(No 2) Bill 


Cumoms. 


Bills of = 


promissory 
Noies Bill. 


Consolidat 
Fwd Bill. 


Public 
Petitions 
(sixty-thi 


Report ) 


Public 
Petitions 


Vide Six 
fourth R 


Charitat 
Donatior 
and Beq 
(Ireland 


Mining 
District 


Prisons 
{Irelant 


Prisons 
Fees or 
Private 


(Uffive 
Woods 


Cena: 








jonal 
paler. Be 
(Dublin) 
(No 2) Bill. 


18 Vi@roriaz. 


The House, a Order, proceeded to take 

into consideration the National Gallery, &amp;c. (Dub- 

lin) (No. 2) Bill, as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow. 


Cunoms. 


ills of Ex 
Bills 4 


promissory 
Notes Bill, 


Consolidated 
fund Bill. 


Public 
Petitions 
(sixty-third 
Report ) 


Public 
Petitions. 

Vide Sixty- 
fourth Report. 


Charitable 
Donations 
and Bequests 
(Ireland. ) 


Mining 
Districts, 


Prisons 
{Ireland.) 


Prisons, 


Fees on 
Private Bills 
(Office of 
Woods, &amp;,) 


Census (1841 
and 1851.) 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the 
Report from the Committee on the Customs Acts ; 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes 
Bill was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Digby Seymour do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Wilson presented a Bill to apply a Sum out 
of the Consolidated Fund, and certain other Sums, 
to the Service of the year One thousand eight hun- 
dred and Fifty-four: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had examined 
the Petitions presented upon the 2d and 3d days of 
this instant August ; and had directed him to make 
a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Petitions relating to Public-houses and Beer- 
shops :— Orange River Sovereignty (South Africa) ; 
—Excise Licenses ;—and, Merchant Shipping Bill, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
oo fy, of Ninth Annual Report of the Com- 
missioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests for 
Ireland. 

Copy of Report of the Commissioner appointed 
under the provisions of the Act 5 &amp; 6 Vic. c. 99, to 
inquire into the operation of that Act, and into the 
state of the Population in the Mining Districts, 1854. 

Copy of Annual Report of the Inspector of Go- 
vernment Prisons in Jreland, for the year ended 31st 
December 1852 ; with Appendices. 

Copy of Nineteenth Report of the Inspectors ap- 
ie | under the provisions of the Act 5 &amp; 6 Will. 
4, c. 38, to visit the different Prisons of Great Bri- 
tain: Southern and Western District. 

Mr. Fitzroy also presented,—Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 26th day of June 
last, fora Return of the Amount of Fees paid to the 
Office of Woods, Forests and Land Revenue, the 
Office of the Board of Works, the Office of the Duchy 
of Lancaster, and the Office of the Duchy of Corn- 
wall, by the Promoters of Private Bills, in the years 
1850, 1851, 1852 and 1853, for or in respect of any 
duty performed by those Offices in respect of the 
signification of the Consent of the Crown to Private 
Bills in either House of Parliament; distinguishing 
the Nature of the Amount of such Fees in each case, 
and the Authority under which such Fees are claimed, 
and their Application. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
20th day of July last, for Returns shenitg the Ex- 
pense for the Census of Great Britain in 1851, in- 
curred at the Central Office ‘exclusive of Postage), 
and of the Sums paid to the several Classes of Local 
Officers, and the sea of each Class employed in 
enumerating the Population in England and Wales: 
—Of the Expense incurred at the Central Office (ex- 
clusive of Postage’, and of the Sums paid to the Lo- 
cal Offers, in taking the Census of 1841 :—Of the 
Number of Persons enumerated, the Heads of Infor- 
mation comprised in the inquiry, and the Cost per 
1,000 of the Population for the xpenses incurred at 
the Central Office, and in payment of the Local 
Officers in England and Wales, in 1851 and 1841 re- 
Vou. 109. 





4° Augusti. 473 


spectively :—And, similar Return showing the Expen- 
diture for the Census in Jreland in 1851, and a Com- 
parison with the Expenditure for the Census in 1841. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Public Health 
21st day of July last, for Copies of all Correspond- Act (Barton- 
ence, Memorials and Reports, in reference to the  petencenene 
—— of the Public Health Act to the Township 
of Burton-upon-Irwell. 

. — That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 


Mr. Monsell presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Ordnance 
mand,—Copy of Correspondence respecting the Scale Maps. 
of the Ordnance Survey; and upon Contouring and 
Hill Delineation. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Senior: Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords. 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made staveley’s 
by this House to Staveley’s Estate Bill, without any Estate Bill 
Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Peel's Estate 
by this House to Peel's Estate Bill, without any Bill. 
Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made British 
by this House to the Amendments made by their Guarantee 
Lordships to the British Guarantee Association (No. 2) Bill. 
(No. 2) Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Inclosure, &amp;c. of Inclosure, &amp;c. 
Land Bill, with Amendments; to which Amend- % 14nd Bill. 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also. 

The Lords have agreed to the Standard of Gold Standard of 
and Silver Wares Bill, with Amendments ; to which ~~ 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of this ij), 

House :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Cockermouth 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ Writ. 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Cockermouth, in the 
room of Henry Aglionby Aglionby, Esquire, deceased. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Receipt 
Return of the Price paid per Thousand for Printing St#™ps. 
and Gumming the Penny Receipt Stamps. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Poor Relief. 
Returns showing the Amount of Money expended 
for In-maintenance and Out-door Relief in Unions 
and Parishes under Boards of Guardians in England 
and Wales, during the half-years ended at Lady-day 
1853 and Lady-day 1854, respectively: — Of the 
Number of Paupers, of all Classes, in receipt of Re- 
lief on the ist day of July 1853 and 1st day of July 
1854, in Unions and Parishes under Boards of Guar- 
dians in England and Wales :—And, of the Number 
of Adult Able-bodied Paupers in receipt of Relief on 
the 1st day of July 1853 and the 1st day of July 
1854; together with a Statement showing the Causes 
of Relief upon which the Adult Able-bodied were 
relieved. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Petty 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Sessions, &amp;c. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Number of Summary Con- 
victions at each Petty Sessions for the last Three 
years :—Of the Number of Justices usually attending 
each Petty Sessions, and their average Attendance 
for the last Three years :—Of the Names of the Clerk 
or Clerks to the ji ustices attending each Petty Ses- 
sions, and whether they are Attorneys, or if not, of 
what other Profession :—Of all Fees received by such 
Clerks for the last Seven years, distinguishing be- 
tween Fees on examination of persons charged with 
Felony or Misdemeanor, on Summary Convictions, 
on Orders, and on general Business :—Of all Fees 
received by such Clerks for conducting Prosecutions 

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Stockport 
Free Press 
and Monthly 
Advertiser. 


Washingbo- 


474, 


at Assizes or Sessions :—And, the same Return from 
the Clerks to the Justices for Boroughs. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of all Correspondence with the Solicitor of In- 
land Revenue, respecting the “ Stockport Free Press 
and Monthly Advertiser.” 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on the 


rough Rectory Washingborough Rectory Division Bill; That they 


Division Bill. 


Legislative 
Council 
(Canada) Bill. 


Usury Laws 


had examined the allegations contained in the Pre- 
amble of the Bill, and amended the same, by adding 
a recital defining the division of the Rectory, and the 
site of the Church, in order that the facts of the case 
might be more accurately described ; and found the 
same, as amended, to be true ; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate on the Amendments which 
were this day proposed to be made to the Question, 
That the Legislative Council (Canada) Bill be now 
read a second time ; and which Amendments were to 
leave out the word “now,” and, at the end of the 
Question, to add the words “upon this day three 
* months ;” 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the word “now” stand part of the Question :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And the Question being put :—It was resolved 
in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time : 
—The Bill was accordingly read a second time ; 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


i (No. 2) mittee on the Usury Laws Repeal (No. 2) Bill; 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Charr ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day month, resolve 
“‘ itself into the said Committee,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out, stand part of the Question: 
—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 

(In the Committee.) 

Preamble postponed. 

Crauses, N° 1 to N° 4, agreed to. 

Clause (Whereas doubts have arisen upon the 
construction of 2 &amp; 3 Vic. c. 37, as to how far in- 
struments given as personal securities for money ad- 
vanced at a higher rate of interest than £.5 per 
cent. are invalidated by any collateral security upon 
realty given for the monies so advanced ; and it is 
expedient that such doubts should be set at rest, in- 
asmuch as many transactions entered into previously 
to the passing of this Act are seriously affected by 
such doubts; be it enacted, That all instruments, 
except Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes 
payable more than Twelve months after date, and 
except Contracts for the loan or forbearance of 
money of £.10 and under, made or granted since 
the 29th day of July 1839, and before the passing 
of this Act, shall, notwithstanding any thing in any 
of the Acts in the Schedule to this Act mentioned, 
be good and valid in law, except so far as the same 
shall constitute or amount to a security of any lands, 
tenements or hereditaments, or any estate) or interest 
therein)——brought up, and read 1°, 





4° Augusti. 





"A. 1854, 


Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 





read a second time—~—put, and negatived. 
Preamble agreed to. 


Bill to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bouverie 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself p 


into a Committee on the Public Health Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 

Preamble postponed. 

Cravuse, N° 1, agreed to. 

Cuause, N° 2, amended, and agreed to. 

Crause, N* 3 (Salary of President). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 2, l. 35: To leave 
out the words “Two thousand,” in order to insert 
the words “ Fifteen hundred.” 

Question, That the words “ Fifteen hundred” be 
there inserted——put, and negatived. 

“ Two thousand pounds” agreed to. 

Clause agreed to. 

Cuausss, N° 4 to N° 7, agreed to. 

Cuause, N° 8, amended, and agreed to. 

Cravsez, N° 10, agreed to. 

Preamble amended, and agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 








Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bouverie 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


Mr. Bouverie reported from the Committee on Customs. 


the Customs Acts, several Resolutions ; which were 
read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That, from and after the 5th day of 
August, the Duties of Customs chargeable on the 
Goods, Wares and Merchandize, hereafter mentioned, 
imported into the United Kingdom, shall cease and 
determine, viz. :— 

Sulphate of Potash. 

2. Resolved, That, from and after the 5th day of 
August, in lieu of the Duties of Customs now 
chargeable on the articles under-mentioned, imported 
into the United Kingdom, the following Duties of 
Customs shall be charged ; viz :-— 





Rate 


GOODS. of Duty. 





Arms ; viz. £8. d. 

Swords, Cutlasses, Matchetts, Bayonets, Gun- 

locks, Cannon or Mortars of Iron, not 
mounted nor accompanied with carriages, 

the ewt. | - 

Cannon or Mortars of Brass, not mounted nor 

accompanied with carriages - the cwt. 

Cannon or Mortars, mounted or accompanied 

with carriages and other fire arms; viz. 

Muskets, Rifles, Carbines, Fowling-pieces, 

or Guns of any other sorts not enumerated, 

and Pistols - for every 100/. value thereof | 10 

Ammunition ; viz. 


to 


6 








Shot, large and small, oflead - theewt.| - 2 - 
ofiron - ~ wp = OS 
Rockets, and other combustibles for purposes 
of war, and not otherwise enumerated or 
described ~ for every 100/, value thereof | 10 - 
Hops, until the 1st August 1855 - the ewt. ; «* 
From and after that date - e «#19 3 
Iron and Steel, wrought or manufactured, except 
Arms and Ammunition ; iz. 
Machinery, wrought Castings, Tools, Cut- 
lery, and other manufactures of Iron or 6 
Steel, not ee “os - ~ _— - 2 
amental articles of lron and Steel, 
igury the cwt. | = 15 


The 





Bankrupt 
Bill 


May. 
Ady; 








18 Vicroriz. 


The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


pills of The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
grckange = into a Committee on the Bills of Exchange (No. 2) 
(fo.2) Bill Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie re- 
ported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 

the Committee may have leave to sit again. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon this day 
month, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Bankruptcy The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Bill into a Committee on the Bankruptcy Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Preamble postponed, 

Cuauses, N* 1 to N° 8, agreed to. 

Cravse, N° 9, amended, and agreed to. 

Curavsss, N° 10 to N® 16, agreed to. 

Ciause, N* 17 (Messenger to follow instructions 
of official assignee). 

Amendment proposed, in p. 7, 1. 23: After the 
word “ shall” to leave out the words “ follow the 
“ instructions of the official assignee,” in order to 
insert the word “ be.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause :—Amendment, 
by leave, withdrawn. 

Clause agreed to. 

Cuausess, N° 18 to N° 22, agreed to, 

Clauses added. 

‘Clause (In order to facilitate the proof of debts, 
‘the Lord Chancellor may, by order, appoint one or 
more of the ushers of the Court of Bankruptcy in 
London, or any usher of any District Court of Bank- 
ruptcy, a Commissioner or Commissioners for the 
purpose of administering oaths or taking affirmations 
for the proof of debts in such Courts-respectively) 
brought up, and read 1°. 

_ Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
read a second time——put, and negatived. 

Clause (On and after the First day of September 
One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-four, the prac- 
tice of the Court of nominating brokers to make 
inventories of the effects of bankrupts shall be dis- 
continued ; and such of the duties now discharged 
by brokers nominated by the Court as may from 
time to time be necessary or proper to be discharged, 
shall be, on and after the same day, discharged by 
the messengers respectively, in like manner as the 
same were discharged by them before the introduc- 
tion of the said practice)——brought up, and read 
Y. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
read a second time——put, and negatived. 

Preamble agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 














Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bouwverie 
maeres, That the Committee had gone through the 

ill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


Ma comaty _- The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
*# Bill. into a Committee on the Mayo County Advances 


Bill. 
And the House having continued to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 5° die Augusti, 1854: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bou- 


verie reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill. 


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475 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration this day. 


The Customs Bill was, according to Order, read Customs Bill. 
a second time; and committed to a Committee of 
the whole House, for Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Russian 

into consideration the Russian Government Securi- Government 

ties Bill, as amended in the Committee. Securities Bil. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 

Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Burials 
into consideration the Amendments made by the beyond the 
Lords to the Burials beyond the Metropolis Bill; gi? 
and the same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Fitzroy do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Valuation of 
into consideration the Amendments made by the —_ (Scot- 
Lords to the Valuation of Lands (Scotland) Bill; and 
the same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bouverie do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Youthful 
into consideration the Amendments made by the fenders Bill. 
Lords to the Youthful Offenders Bill; and the same 
were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Fitzroy do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Spirits (Ire- 
into consideration the Amendments made by the !@”¢) Bill. 
Lords to the Spirits (Zreland) Bill; and the same 
were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Sir John Young do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Episcopal and 
reading of the Episcopal and Capitular Estates Ma- —- 
“ states Ma- 
nagement Bill ; nagement Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third-Common Law 
reading of the Common Law Procedure Bill ; Procedure Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Friendly 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords a 
to the Friendly Societies Acts Continuance Bill; — gin, 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken into 
consideration upon Monday next. 


Sir John Young reported from the Committee ap- Towns 
eer to draw up Reasons to be assigned to the Ueland) Bill 
ords for disagreeing to an Amendment made by 
their Lordships to the Towns Improvement (Zreland) 
Bill; That they had drawn up a Since accordingly, 
which they had directed him to report to the House ; 
and the same was read, as followeth: 
The Commons propose to amend the Amendment 
in P 5, 1. 10, by leaving out “Ten” in fo. 2, |. 15, 
and inserting “ Five.” 
The Commons propose to amend the Amendment 
in p. 11, 1. 31, by leaving out “Ten” in fo. 3, 1. 9, 
and inserting “ Five.” oF ae 
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The Commons disagree to the Amendment in 
p. 13, 1-12, being to leave out “ Five” and insert 
“‘ Ten,” for the following Reason: 

Because, by the said Amendments, your Lord- 
ships propose to widen the area for the elec- 
tion of Commissioners, whereas the Commons 
consider an area of Five miles sufficient for 
the purposes of the Act; and the Commons 
trust your Lordships will be satisfied with 
the above Reason, and not insist upon the 
Amendment to which the Commons have 
disagreed. 

The Commons propose to amend the Amendment 
in p. 45, l. 6, by inserting after “ watching” in fo. 5, 
1. 26, the words “and pay out of the yearly assess- 
“ ments, upon the certificate of the Receiver for the 
“ Constabulary Force in Jreland, such proper sala- 
“ ries and wages for such additional constables as 
“« shall be fixed by the said Lord Lieutenant.” 

The Commons agree to the other Amendments 
to the Bill. 2 

The said Reason, being read a second time, was 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords to 
communicate the said Reason (with the Bill and 
Amendments): And that Sir John Young do carry 
the same. 


Mr. Cardwell reported from the Committee ap- 

ointed to draw up Reasons to be assigned to the 
loti for disagreeing to an Amendment made b 
their Lordships to the Merchant Shipping Bill ; That 
they had drawn up Reasons accordingly, which they 
had directed him to report to the House ; and the 
same were read, as follow : 

The Commons propose to amend Clause (A.), by 
inserting after “‘ bound” in fo. 2, 1. 5, “ (2.) If the 
“ cost of relieving any such boy is chargeable to an 
Electoral Division of a Union, then (except in 
cases in which paid officers act in place of guar- 
dians) he shall not be bound as aforesaid, unless 
“ the consent, in writing, of the guardians of such 
“ Electoral Division, or of a majority of the guar- 
“* dians (if more than one) be first obtained, such 
““ consent to be, when possible, indorsed upon the 
“ indentures. 

“ (3.) The expense incurred in the binding and 
outfit of any such apprentice shall be charged to 
the Union or Electoral Division (as the case may 
be) to which the boy, or his parent or parents, is 
or are chargeable at the time of his being appren- 
ticed ;” by leaving out “ (2.)” in 1. 6, and insertin 
(4.);’’ and by inserting after “ Commissioners ” 
in |. 18, “ (5.) The amount of the costs incurred in 
“any such action, and not recovered from the de- 
fendant therein, may be charged upon the Union 
or Electoral Division (as the case may be) to 
which the boy, or his parent or parents, was or 
were chargeable at the time of his being appren- 
* ticed.” 

The Commons disagree to Clause (C.), for the 
following Reason : 

Because the remedy which the Clause proposes 
to give is uncalled for, and will, on the one 
hand, produce insubordination, and cause 
unnecessary delay and expense, whilst on the 
other hand it will tempt seamen to complaints 
for which they may be arbitrarily subjected 
to severe punishment. 

The Commons disagree to the Amendment in p 
141, l. 19, being to insert “ together with such other 
“* persons, not exceeding Five, as they think fit” 
after “ corporate,” for the following Reason : 

Because they consider that the Commissioners 
of Northern Lighthouses to be elected under 
this Bill should be persons-having some con- 
nexion with the shipping interest; but the 
Commons propose to amend the original Bill 
as follows : 

Leave out from “ Commissioners” in p. 141, ls, 


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13 and 14, to “it” in 1, 16, and insert “ in addition 
“ to the persons above-mentioned ;” and leave out 
from “ Commissioners” in 1. 16, to the end of the 
Clause, and insert ‘‘ at any time after this Act comes 
“ into operation to elect the Provost or Chief. Ma- 
“ gistrate of any Royal or Parliamentary Burgh on 
“ or near any part of the Coasts of Scotland, and 
“ the Sheriff of any county abutting on such Coasts.” 

The Commons agree to the other Amendments 
to the Bill. 

The said Reasons, being read a second time, were 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to communicate the said Reasons (with the Bill and 
Amendments); And that Mr. Cardwell do carry the 
same. 


Ordered, That the several Accounts and Papers 
which have been presented to the House in this Ses- 
sion of Parliament, relating to the Revenues of the 
East India Company, be no ha to the consideration 
of a Committee of the whole House. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after Twelve of the clock on 
Saturday morning, adjourned till this day. 








Sabbati, 5° die Augustz ; 
Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS, 


O RDERED, That the Amendments made b 
the Lords to the Inclosure, &amp;c. of Land Bill be 
taken into consideration upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Lords 
to the Standard of Gold and Silver Wares Bill be 
taken into consideration upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Commissioner to serve in this 
present Parliament for the Shire of Aberdeen, in the 
room of Vice-Admiral William Gordon, commonly 
called the Honourable Wiliam Gordon, who, since 
his Election for the said Shire, hath accepted the 
Office of Steward or Bailiff of Her Majesty’s three 
Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Bonen- 
ham, in the County of Buckingham. 


The Order of the day being read, for takin 
consideration the Amendment made by the Lords 
to the Parochial Schoolmasters (Scotland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Amendment be taken into 
consideration upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Amendment made by the Lords 
to the Land, Assessed and Income Taxes Bill. 

The said Amendment, being read a second time 
(and it appearing that the Amendment was necessary 
to carry out the provisions of the Act, and to further 
the intentions of this House), was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 


_|agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships. 


The Court of Chancery Bill was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Fitzroy do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
eed to the same, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments this House doth desire the concurrence 


of their Lordships. The 


| India 
‘ompany's 
Sec 
Accounts, 


'Y Inclosure, &amp;c. 


of Land Bill, 


Standard of 
Gold and 
Silver Wares 
Bill. 


Aberdeenshire 
Writ. 


into Parochial 


Schoolmasters 
(Scotland) Bill 


Land, 
Assessed and 
Income Taxes 
Bill. 


Court of 
Chancery Bill. 





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The National Gallery, &amp;c. (Dublin) (No. 2) Bill 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 


oes &amp;e. 


(ot Bl Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir John Young do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 

Consolidated . The Consolidated Fund Bill was, according to 

Fund Bill Order, read a second time; and committed to a 


Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


turylaws _ The Usury Laws Repeal (No. 2) Bill was, accord- 
Repeal (No. 2) ing to Order, read the third time. 
Bill Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Public Health Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


Public Health 
Bill, 


Yayo County The House, aga Order, proceeded to take 
Advances Bill. into consideration the Mayo County Advances Bill, 
as amended in the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


Briscopal The Episcopal and Capitular Estates Management 
— Bill was, according to Order, read the third time; 
agement Bill, 2nd Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 

do pass. 

dered, That Mr. Fitzroy do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments this House doth desire the concurrence 
of their Lordships. 


Customs The House was moved, That the several Resolu- 
| ome ll tions of the House of the present Session, relative 
to preceding Customs Bills, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the Consolidation of the Customs Tariff Acts : 
And that Mr. Wi/son and Mr. Chancellor of the Ex- 
chequer do prepare, and bring it in. 
Public Petitions relating to British Museum and Na- 
Petitions. tional Gallery ;—Public-houses and Beer-shops ;— 
Vide Sixty. and, Juvenile Crime,—were presented, and read ; 


fourth Report. and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


a! Prize Ordered, That the Account relative to Army Prize 
ie eo Money, which was presented upon the 3d day of this 


' instant August, be printed. 


Prowcutions, Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 

a to Prosecutions, &amp;c., which was presented upon the 
No. 440. 13th day of July last, be printed. 

Munici Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative 

(nga ang t Municipal Boroughs (England and Wales), which 
ales.) was presented upon the 27th day of July last, be 
No, 441, printed. 

Census (1841 Ordered, That the Return relative to the Census 

oo (1841 and 1851), which was presented upon the 4th 


day of this instant August, be printed. 


het galt Ordered, That the Return relative to the Public 
tpon-Lrwell.) Health Act (Barton-upon-Irwell), which was pre- 
sented upon the 4th day of this instant August, be 
printed. , 
Vou. 109. 


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477 


Mr. Wilson presented a Bill for the Consolidation Customs 
of the Customs Tariff Acts: And the same was Tariff Acts 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second pi) 


n 
time upon Monday next; and to be printed. 
And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 


Bill 271. 





Lune, 7° die Augusti ; 
Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


O RDERED, That all Committees have leave to Committees. 
sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Baron De | 
Baron De L’Isle and Dudley's Estate Bill, as — and 
‘ : udley’s 
amended in the Committee. Estate Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


The House _ to take ,into consideration Legh’s Estate 
Legh’s Estate Bill, as amended in the Committee. 

Ordered, That Standing Orders 175 and 210 be 
suspended; and that the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Worsley’s 
Worsley’s Estate Bill, as amended in the Com- Estate Bill 
mittee. 

Ordered, That Standing Orders 175 and 210 be 
suspended ; and that the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Business of 

Return of the Number of each of the following Mo- the House. 
tions which have been made in the House before the 
Orders of the Day and Notices have been disposed 
of, or in any Committee of the whole House, in the 
Sessions 1850, 1851, 1852, 1852-53 and 1854; viz. 
1. That this House do now adjourn; 2. That this 
House, at its rising, will a till Monday next, or 
any future day; 3. That a Debate be now adjourned ; 
4. That the Chairman of a Committee of the whole 
House do report Progress; 5. That the Chairman 
do now leave the Chair; and distinguishing, in each 
Class, the Number of such Motions which were 
withdrawn, negatived or agreed to by the House or 
the Committee, and the Number upon which there 
were Divisions (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 942, of Session 1852-53). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Sittings ot 
Return of the Number of Days on which the House the House. 
of Commons sat in the present Session; stating, for 
each day, the Date of the Month, and the Day of 
the Week, the Hour of Meeting, and the Hour of 
Adjournment ; and the Total Number of Hours oc- 
cupied in the Sittings of the House, and the Average 
Time; and showing the Number of Hours on which 
the House sat each day, and the Number of Hours 
after Midnight ; and the Number of Entries in each 
Day’s Votes and Proceedings (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 945, of Session 1852-53). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Public 
Returns of the Number of Public Petitions presented Petitions. 
in each of the Five years ending 1788-89, 1804-5, 
1814-15, showing the Average of each period of 
Five years; also, of the Number of Petitions pre- 
sented and printed in each of the Five years cullitg 
1832, and the Average of that period: — Of the 
Number of Public Petitions presented and printed 
in each of the Five years ending 1837, 1842, 1847 
and 1854, with the Total Number of Signatures in 
each year ; showing the Average Number of Petitions 
presented and printed, and Signatures, for each 
period of Five years :—Abstracts of the Sums paid 
for Printing, Folding, &amp;c. of Public Petitions, in 





each of the Five years ending in 1832, and showing 
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478 7° Augusti. 


the Total and Average Expense :—And, of the 
Sums paid for Printing, Folding, &amp;c. Reports and 
Appendixes, and Indexes to Reports and Appendixes 
on Public Petitions, in each year from 1833 to 1854 
inclusive, showing the Total and Average Expense 
of each period of Five years. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
- a Return of all Petitions for Private Bills deposited 
in the Private Bill Office for the present Session ; 
with the Name and Address of the Agents respec- 
tively who have deposited the same (in continua- 
tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 940, of Session 
1852-53). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Alphabetical List of the Public Bills which have 
been introduced into the House of Commons a 
the present Session; stating by whom introduced, 
or which have been brought from the House of 
Lords; the Dates of their several Stages in this 
House, and disttnguishing those which have since 
become Law (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 943, of Session 1852-53). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Divisions of the House of 
Commons in the present Session; stating the Sub- 
ject of the Division, and the Number of Members in 
the Majority and Minority, Tellers included ; also, 
the Aggregate Number in the House on each Divi- 
sion; distinguishing the Divisions on Public Busi- 
ness from Private, and also the Number of Divisions 
before and after Midnight (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 941, of Session 1852-53). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Total Number of Acts passed in each 
Session since the year 1800; distinguishing the 
Number of Public, Private, and Local and Personal 
Acts, and the Number relating to Great Britain, 
England, Scotland and Ireland, and those relating 
to the United Kingdom. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Public Committees ap- 
pointed in the Session of 1854, their Subjects, and 
the Names of Members appointed, and their Chair- 
man; the Number of Days on which each Com- 
mittee sat, and the Number of Days on which each 
Member served on each Committee (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 946, of Session 1852-53). 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Quantity of Wines, Foreign and Colo- 
nial, charged with Duty for Home Consumption in 
each year from 1800 to 1853, and the Population of 
the United Kingdom in each year for the same 
period. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return showing, for the Session of 1854, the Total 
Number of Members of the House of Commons 
who served on Select Committees ; the Number of 
Members who served on no Select Committee at 
all; the Number of Committees to which each 
Member was appointed; the Number of Days on 
which each Committee met; and the Number of 
Days on which each Member attended such Com- 
mittee. 


_ Petitions relating to Receipt Stamps ;—Educa- 
tion (Ireland) ;—Medical Graduates (En land and 
Scotland) Bill, and Medical Graduates (University 


of London) Bill;—Poor Law (Jreland) ;— Public- 
houses and Beer-shops ;—Joint Stock Banks (Scot- 
land) Bill ;—and, Public-houses (Scotland) Act,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 














A. 1854, 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by pypi 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated at 
the 9th day of May last, for an Account of the ™¥ 
Public Income and — of the United King- . 

i 


dom, in the years ending the 5th day of January 
1852, 1853 and 1854, distinguishing the actual Pay- 
ments for the Expenses incurred in the Collection 
and Management of the Revenue; for the Charges 
of the Public Debt (the Terminable Annuities bei 
valued by Estimate); for the Expenses of the Civil 
Government ; the Allowances to the Royal Family 
and to his Majesty the King of the Belgians; the 
Establishment of the Lord Lieutenant of Jreland ; 
the Expenses of the two Houses of Parliament, and 
the Civil Departments; the other Pensions on the 
Consolidated Fund, on the Gross Revenue, and the 
Civil List ; also, the Payments for the Administration 
of Justice, Diplomatic Expenses, and on account of 
the Sums voted for the Army, Navy, Ordnance and 
Miscellaneous Services ; also, Public Works, Boun- 
ties, Post-office, the Quarantine and Warehouse Es- 
tablishments ; and all other Payments not coming 
under any of the foregoing Heads; with an Ap- 

ndix, showing the several Items composing each 
Head of the Account (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 817, of Session 1853). 


Return to an Order, dated the 26th day of July Private Bit, 


last, for Returns of the Number of Private Bills in- 
troduced and brought from the House of Lords, and 
of Acts passed in the present Session, classed ac- 
cording to the following subjects— Railways; Roads 
and Bridges ; Waterworks ; Ports ; Piers; Harbours 
and Docks; Canals and Navigations; Churches, 
Chapels, and Burying Grounds; Paving, Light- 
ing, and Improving; Gaols, and other Count 
Buildings ; Inclosures; Small Debts Courts; and all 
other Bills and Acts:—Of all the Private Bills 
which, in the present Session, have been treated as 
Opposed Bills; specifying those which have been 
classified in Groups by the Committee of Selection, 
or by the General Committee on Railway and Canal 
Bills; together with the Names of the Selected 
Members who served on each Committee ; the First 
and also the Last Day of the Sitting of each Com- 
mittee ; the Number of Days on which each Com- 
mittee sat; the Number of Days on which each Se- 
lected Member has served ; the Bills the Preambles 
of which were reported to have been proved ; the 
Bills the Preambles of which were reported to have 
been not proved; the Bills referred back to the 
Committee of Selection, as having become unop- 
posed ; and the Bills withdrawn, or not proceeded 
with by the Parties: —And, of all. Private Bills 
which, in the present Session, have been referred by 
the Committee of Selection to the Chairman of the 
Committee of Ways and Means ; together with the 
Names of the Members who served on each Com- 
mittee ; the Number of Days on which each Com- 
mittee sat ; and the Number of Days on which each 
Member attended. 


Return to an Order, dated the 16th day of June Rural Letter 
last, for a Return of the Number of Substitutes © 


which have been provided on alternate Sundays to 
enable Rural Letter Carriers to attend Divine Ser- 
vice, in pursuance of a Recommendation contained in 
the Report of the Commissioners appointed to in- 
vestigate the question of Sunday Labour in the Post- 
office, dated the 10th day of August 1850; with the 
Routes for which such provision has been made, the 
Names of the Substitutes appointed for each Route, 
and the Dates of their Appointments. respectively. 


Return to an Order, dated the 2d day of this in- Watch ma 
stant August, for a Return of the Quantities of Watch Movem? 


Movements exported during the years from 1847 to 
1854, inclusive. 


Mr. Wilson pee to an Address to Savings 


Her Majesty dated the 22d day of February last, 


for a Return of the Number of Persons, being Males, — 


who have had Sums of £.50 and upwards invested 
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on their Account, for the three preceding years, in 

the Savings Banks of the United Kingdom; dis- 

tinguishing England, Scotland and Ireland. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 


Table. 
Public Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Select 
Petitions Committee on Public Petitions ; That they had ex- 


i. amined the Petitions presented upon the 4th, 5th and 


6th days of this instant August, and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Consolidated The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
Fund Bill. 4 Committee on the Consolidated Fund Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and had 
amended the Title thereof; which Title is as followeth: 
A Bill to apply aSum out of the Consolidated Fund, 
and certain other Sums, to the Service of the year 
1854, and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this 
Session of Parliament. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


Incumbered The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
— — a Committee on the Incumbered Estates (West Indies) 
bis) Bill ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie reported, That 
the Committee had made Progress in the Bill; and 
that he was directed to move, That the Committee 
may have leave to sit again. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Royal Assent. A Message by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of 
the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Commission, for declaring Her Royal Assent 
to several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do 
desire the immediate attendance of this Honourable 
House in the House of Peers, to hear the Commis- 
sion read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :—And being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 
desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her 
Majesty’s Commission, had been at the House of 
Peers, where a Commission under the Great Seal 
was read, giving, declaring and notifying the Royal 
Assent to the several Acts therein mentioned; and 
that the Lords, thereby authorized, had declared the 
Royal Assent to the said Acts, as follow : 

Acknowledg- An Act to remove doubts concerning the due 
pat of Deeds Acknowledgment of Deeds by Married Women, in 


Marri ~ 
wo Bil. certain cases : 


Convict An Act for the Formation, Regulation and Govern- 
ep a ment of Convict Prisons in Lreland : 


iilea An Act to provide for the mode of passing Letters 

om Patent, and other Acts of the Crown relating to India, 
and for vesting certain Powers in the Governor Ge- 
neral of India in Council : 

Admiralty An Act to appoint Persons to administer Oaths, 

Coart and to substitute Stamps in lieu of Fees, and for 
other purposes, in the High Court of Admiralty of 

England : 

oe wy An Act to provide for the better Registration of 

Scotland) Bill. Births, Deaths and Marriages in Scotland : 

it of Beer, An Act for further regulating the Sale of Beer and 

a other Liquors on the Lord’s Day : 

Schoo ery, An Act to render Reformatory and Industrial 

land) Bar * Schools in Scotland more available for the Benefit 
of Vagrant Children : 

Vou. 109. 


7° August. 479 


An Act further to improve the Administration of Coutt of 
Justice in the Court of Chancery of the County Pa- Chancery 


. ‘ - (County Pala- 
latine of Lancaster : tine of Lan- 


caster) Bill. 

An Act to make further Provision for the good Oxford Uni- 
Government and Extension of the University of versity Bill 
Oxford, of the Colleges therein, and of the College 
of Saint Mary, Winchester: 

An Act for making a Railway from the South Carmarthen 
Wales Railway, at or near the Borough of Carmar- and Cardigan 
then, to the Town of Newcastle Emlyn, with a view — 
of being hereafter extended to the Town and Har- Harbour Bill. 
bour of Cardigan, and for other purposes : 

An Act for authorizing and confirming Arrange- fastern Coun- 
ments and Agreements between the Eastern Counties = be my 
Railway Company, and all or any of the Norfolk, Salome Xe.) 
the Eastern Union, the East Anglian, and the Vew- pi), ‘ 
market Railway Companies, and for other purposes ; 
and of which the short Title is, “The Eastern Coun- 
ties and the Norfolk, the Eastern Union, the East 
Anglian and the Newmarket Railways Act, 1854 :” 

An Act to alter and extend the North Metropo- North Metro- 
litan Railway, and to consolidate and amend the politan Rail- 
Provisions relating thereto : way OS 

An Act to repeal an “ Act for better regulating the Oxford Poor 
Poor within the City of Oxford,” and to grant further Rate Bill. 
and more effectual Powers in lieu thereof; and also 
to provide for Rating to the Relief of the Poor cer- 
tain Hereditaments within the University of Oxford : 

An Act for making a Railway from the London salisbury 
and South Western Railway at Salisbury to Yeovil, and Yeovil 
and to form a Junction with the Railways at Yeovil, Railway Bill. 
of the Great Western and Bristol and Exeter Rail- 
way Companies respectively, and for other purposes: 

An Act to repeal and amend the Act for incorpo- British 
rating the British Guarantee Association, and to make prone 
further Provisions as to the Management and Regu- (yo, 2) Bill. 
lation thereof : 

An Act to transfer the Paisley Waterworks to the Paisley 
Magistrates and Council of Paisley, and to enable psagetage ny 
them to construct additional Works for supplying ‘ ae 
Paisley, Johnstone, and Places adjacent with Water: 

An Act to authorize the Consolidation into one Great West- 
Undertaking of the Great Western, the Shrewsbury (™ ——_ ? 
and Birmingham, and the Shrewsbury and Chester pas ey i 
Railways, and the Union into one Company of the Shrewsbury 
three several Companies, to whom the said Railways eter Gulp 
respectively belong : panies Amal- 
gamation Bill. 

An Act to extend the Power to lease the settled Earl of 
Estates of the Earl of Harrington, situate in the ee iy 
Parishes of Saint Margaret, Westminster, and Saint sree 
Mary Abbotts, Kensington, in the County of Middle- 
sex, and for other purposes ; and to be entitled, “The 
Earl of Harrington’s Estate Act, 1854 :” 

An Act for vesting certain Estates in the County Lord 
of Lincoln, entailed by an Act of Parliament of the FYoushby 
twenty-seventh year of the reign of his Majesty pstate Bint, 
King Henry the Eighth, in Trustees, upon Trust to 
sell the same, and to lay out the Monies thence 
arising in the Purchase of other Estates, to be settled 
to the same uses as the Estates so sold : 

An Act for vesting in Trustees for Sale, under the Sewell’s | 

Authority of the Court of Chancery, an Estate in the Estate Bill 
County of Surrey, acquired by Partition under the 
Decree of that Court, in lieu of those undivided 
Shares of Freehold Property devised by the Will of 
Thomas Bailey Heath Sewell, Esquire, deceased, 
Trusts of which are declared by that Will for the 
benefit of the Testator’s Son and his Issue therein 
described, and for investing the Monies to arise from 
such Sale for the benefit of the Parties beneficially 
interested in the same Estate : 

An Act to provide for the winding-up of the Trust Earl of — 
Affairs of the late Hugh Earl of Eglinton, and to Lec 1 
amend the Acts relative to Ardrossan Harbour, in 
the County of Ayr, and for other purposes :_ 

An Act to authorize the granting of Mining and Staveley’s 
Farming Leases of Estates, subject to the uses of the Estate Bill 
Will of Miles Staveley, Esquire : 





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Peel’s Estate 
Bill. 


Hornyold’s 
Estate Bill. 


Park’s Estate 
Bill. 


Lord Petre’s 
Estate Bill. 


Incumbered 
Estates (West 
Indies) Bill. 


Legislative 
Council 
(Canada) Bill ; 
and, Customs 
Bill. 


Public Health 
Bill. 


Common Law 
Procedure Bill, 


Bankruptc 
Bill, ptcy 


Customs 
Tariff Acts 
Consolidation 
Bill. 


Mayo County 
Advances Bill. 


Friendly 
Societies Acts 
Continuance 
Bill, 


480 


An Act to authorize the granting of Building 
Leases, for long Terms of Years, of Parts of the Es- 
tates devised by the Will of Joseph Peel, Esquire, 
deceased : 

An Act t6é authorize the granting of Building and 
other Leases of the settled Estates of Thomas Charles 
Hornyold, Esquire, in the Counties of Worcester and 
Hereford, and for other ae : 

An Act for authorizing the granting of Building, 
Improving and Mining Leases by the Reverend 
James Allan Park, Clerk, as Tenant for Life in Pos- 
session, and other Persons in Succession, after his 
death, of settled Estates at Marton, in the County of 
York, comprised in an Indenture of Settlement, dated 
the Sixteenth day of July One thousand eight hun- 
dred and Fifty-two, and for other purposes : 

An Act for authorizing the granting of Building 
Leases, and Leases for working Brick Earth, of 
settled Estates in the County of Essex, of the Right 
Honourable William. Bernard Lord Petre, Baron of 
Writtle, in the County of Essex, and of which Act 
the short Title is, “The Petre Estate Act, 1854.” 


The House, according to Order, again resolved 
itself into a Committee on the Incumbered Estates 
(West Indies) Bill; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Bouverie reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The Orders of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittees on the Legislative Council (Canada) Bill; 
and, the Customs Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Bills be committed to the 
same Committee. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bouverie re- 
agg That the Committee had gone through the 

ills. 

Ordered, That the Bills, as amended in the Com- 
mittee, be taken into consideration To-morrow. 


The Public Health Bill was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Fitzroy do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Common Law Procedure Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Bankruptcy Bill, as amended 
in the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


The Customs Tariff Acts Consolidation Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for To- 


morrow. 


The Mayo County Advances Bill was, according 
to Order, read the third time; and Amendments 
were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Friendly Societies Acts Continuance 
Bill. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
several were disagreed to, and the other was agreed to. 


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A. 1854, 


Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw 


up Reasons to be assigned to the Lords for disagree- 
ing to the Amendments to which this House hath 
disagreed :— And a Committee was appointed of 
Mr. Bonham Carter, Mr. Mowbray, Mr. Fitzroy, 
Mr. Brotherton, Mr. Hankey, Mr. Gregson and 
Mr. Mackinnon :—And they are to withdraw im- 
mediately. 
Ordered, That Three be the Quorum, 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Parochial 
into consideration the Amendment made by the Schoolmasters 
Lords to the Parochial Schoolmasters (Scotland) Seotand) Bilt 
Bill ; and the same was twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bouverie do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Inclosure, &amp;. 
into consideration the Amendments made by the of Land Bill 
Lords to the Inclosure, &amp;c. of Land Bill; and the 
same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bouverie do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Standard of 
into consideration the Amendments made by the &amp;°! and Sil. 
Lords to the Standard of Gold and Silver Wares a 
Bill; and the same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 


agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


The Russian Government Securities Bill was, ac- Russian 
cording to Order, read the third time. scare J 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bil 
(That, during the continuance of hostilities between 
Her Majesty and the Emperor of Russia, any 
person who shall wilfully or knowingly subscribe to 
or for, or purchase or take in exchange, any Loan, 
Stocks, Funds, Scrip, Bonds or Debentures which, 
since the 29th day of March 1854, have or hath 
been, or which, during the continuance of hostilities 
as aforesaid, shall be negotiated, created, entered 
into, or secured by or in the name of the Govern- 
ment of Russia, or any person or persons on its be- 
half, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and in “cot- 
land of an offence punishable with fine and imprison- 
ment; and the Central Criminal Court shall have 
jurisdiction to try any offence against this Act com- 
mitted elsewhere than in the United Kingdom, and 
the indictment may be framed, and the venue laid, 
as if such offence had been committed in the county 
of Middlesex: Provided always, That this Act shall 
not extend to any subscription or purchase effected 
or made in any foreign country by any commercial 
house or firm trading and having a place of business 
in any foreign country, and wherein one or more 
British subjects, and one or more aliens, are partners, 
or jointly interested) :—-And the said Clause was 
brought up, and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the said Clause be now read a se- 
cond tine 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Senior : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Court é 
by this House to the Court of Chancery (County (Ovunty Pale 
Palatine of Zancaster) Bill, without any Amendment : tine of Lan- 
And also, caster, Bill 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Nery 
by this House to Hornyold’s Estate Bill, without 
any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Park's Estate 
by this House to Park’s Estate Bill, without any Bil 
Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made + ane A 


by this House to the Amendments _— aioe (No, 2) Bill 


Message from 
the Lords. 





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Great West- 

, Shrews- 
fury and Bir- 
mingham, and 
Shrewsbury 
and Chester 
Railway Com- 
panies Amaal- 
gamation Bill. 


Medical 
Graduates 
(University of 
London) Bill. 


Oxford Uni- 
versity Bill. 


Russian 
Government 
Securities Bill. 


Stucker’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Friendly 
Societies Acts 
Continuance 
Bill, 





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Lordships to the Paisley Waterworks (No. 2) Bill, 
without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships to the Great Western, Shrewsbury and 
Birmingham, and Shrewsbury and Chester Railway 
Companies Amalgamation Bill, without any Amend- 
ment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Medical Graduates 
(University of Zondon) Bill, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords agree to the Amendments made by 
this House to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships to the Oxford University Bill, without any 
Amendment ; and do not insist upon their Amend- 
ments made to the said Bill, to which this House 
hath disagreed: — And then the Messenger with- 
drew. 

And the Question being put, That the said Clause 
be now read a second time :—!t passed in the Nega- 
tive. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, by inserting, at the end of Clause 1, the words 
“ Provided always, That this Act shall not extend to 
anything done in any foreign country, by any com- 
mercial house or firm trading and having a place 
of business in any foreign country, and wherein one 
or more British subjects, and one or more aliens 
are partners, or jointly interested, nor to the taking 
by any person of any such Stocks, Funds, Scrip, 
Debentures or Securities, or any interest therein, 
in satisfaction of, or as a security for, any debt 
bond fide and lawfully due to such person, nor to 
the taking of any such Stocks, Funds, Scrip, 
Bonds, Debentures or Securities, or any interest 
therein, as parcel of the estate or effects of any 
deceased person, or of any debtor in execution, or 





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of, shall have become transferable, or shall be 
transferred in any way whatever for the benefit of 
bond fide creditors.” 

And the Question being put, That those words 
be there inserted :—It passed in the Negative. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 

That the Bill do pass ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 
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Noes, Mr. Wilkinson : _ 


So it was resolved in the Aflirmative. 
Ordered, That Lord Dudley Stuart do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Walpole reported Stocker’s Divorce Bill, with- 
out Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time. 


Mr. Bonham Carter reported from the Committee 
appointed to draw up Reasons to be assigned to the 
Lords for disagreeing to certain of the Amendments 
made by their Lordships to the Friendly Societies 
Acts Continuance Bill; That they had drawn up 
Reasons accordingly, which they had directed him 
to report to the House ; and the same were read, as 
follow : 

The Commons disagree to the Amendments in 
p- 1, 1. 8, and to Clauses (A.) and (B.) for the fol- 
lowing Reasons : 

Because the Bill was intended to continue the 
existing law for one year, without any im- 
portant alteration ; and 

Because a Committee of the House of Com- 
mons on the Friendly Societies Bill have pre- 

Vou. 109. 


7° August. 


of any debtor having in any country become bank- |, 
rupt, insolvent, or whose estate, or any part there- 


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481 


sented a Report recommending the Consoli- 
dation and Amendment of the Law relating 
to the whole subject, in the next Session of 
Parliament. : 
The Commons, therefore, do not consider the 
Amendments made by the Lords at present advisable. 
The Commons agree to the Amendment to the 
Title. 
The said Reasons, being read a second time, were 
agreed to. 
Ordered, That the said Reasons be communicated 
to the Lords (with the Bill and Amendments): And 
that Mr. Bonham Carter do carry the same. 


Ordered, That any Amendments made by the Bribery, &amp;c. 
Lords to the Bribery, &amp;c. Bill be considered forth- Bill. 
with. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Military 
Copy of the Despatch from the Court of Directors a 
of the East India Company to Bengal, in the Mili- (2% 2a.) 
tary Department, of the 16th day of March 1853, 
in reply to the Military Letter from Bengal, dated 
the 29th day of September 1852, respecting the ap- 
pointing of Officers of Her Majesty’s Service to 
Oftices heretofore held only by Military Officers of 
the East India Company. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Army (India.) 
Return of the Number of Divisional and Brigade 
Yommands of the Army under each of the Presi- 
dencies in Jndia, distinguishing the Number of those 
Commands held by Her Majesty’s Officers, and those 
held by Company's Officers. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Loans, &amp;e. 
an Account of all Sums of Money paid or advanced to Foreign 
by way of Loan, Subsidy, or otherwise, to any Fo- meee 
reign State, from the year 1792 up to the present 
time, distinguishing the Amounts paid in each year. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Mohill 
Copies of all Minutes of the Board of Guardians of Workhouse. 
the Mohill Union which refer to the Discipline of 
the Mohill Workhouse, or the Conduct of any of 
the Officers thereof; and, of any Charges made 
against any Otticer, or againstthe Board of Guardians 
by any Officer, commencing Saturday the 13th day 
of November 1852, up to the present time :—Of the 
Opinion. of the Right honourable Joseph Napier 
upon the Case referred to him by the Guardians of 
the Poor of the Mohill Union, with reference to the 
Charges brought against their Body on the 1st day 
of January 1853, and dated the 17th day of October 
1853 :—And, of all Correspondence connected with 
the state of the Workhouse of the Mohill Union, or 
the Conduct of the Officers thereof; together with 
all Reports of their Inspectors, and the Minutes of 
all Inquiries held by them in the Mohill Workhouse, 
from the 13th day of November 1852 to the present 
time. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Lords Medical 


to the Medical Graduates (University of London) (Universit , 
. . . . 1 0 
Bill be taken into consideration To-morrow. London) Tol, 


Ordered, That Orders of the day have precedence Orders of 
of Notices of Motions To-morrow. the day. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented,— Return to an Address to Police Offices 
Her Majesty, dated the 16th day of February last, ee mam 
: A bese oc P istrict. ) 
for a Return of the Number of Fines imposed by 
the Magistrates in the Police Offices of the Metro- 
politan District not presided over by Stipendiary 
Magistrates, in the year 1853, stating the Offences 
committed, and the Amount of Fines imposed, also 
the Amount of Costs charged in each Case ; stating 
also the Number of Persons committed to Prison 
for non-payment of Costs; the Number of Days 
confined in Prison for non-payment; the Total 
3 Q Amount 























Assaults on 
Women and 
Children 
(Metropolis. ) 


Special Jurors 
( Westminster 
and London.) 


Nuisances 
Removal and 
Diseases Pre- 
vention Act 
(Ireland. ) 


East India 
Company’s 
Forces. 


Committees. 


Stocker’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Baron De 
L’Isle and 
Dudley’s 
Estate Bill. 


Legh’s Estate 
Bill. 





482 


Amount of Money received for Fines and for Costs, 
and to whom these Fines and Costs were paid. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
22d day of June last, for a Return of the Number 
of Charges preferred against Male Persons for As- 
saults on Women and Children, at each Court within 
the Metropolitan Police District, from the 1st day of 
June 1850 to the 1st day of June 1853, showing, 
first, whether such cases were remitted to the Ses- 
sions, or disposed of by Summary Adjudication ; 
2dly, the Number of Convictions, and the Sentences 
in each case ; 3dly, the relation, if any, between the 
Party charged and Complainant :—-Similar Return 
from the 14th day-of June 1853 to the 14th day of 
June 1854; such Returns to state the Number of 
Complaints, if any, against the same Person, and 
the Number of Convictious recorded :—And, Copy 
of any Report or Communications from any of the | 
Metropolitan Police Magistrates, addressed to the | 
Secretary of State, in reference to the operation of | 
the Act 16 Vie. c. 30. 

Retwn to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
17th day of July last, for a Return from the Office 
of the Sheriff of London and Middlesex of the Spe- 
cial Jurors for the year 1853, liable to serve in West- | 
minster, in alphabetical order; and of the Number | 
summoned, also in alphabetical order :—And, like | 
Return from the Secondary’s Office in London. | 

Mr. Fitzroy also presented, pursuant to the di- 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—Nuisances Re- 
moval and Diseases Prevention Act (Jreland) :— 
Copy of an Order issued by the Poor Law Commis- 
sioners in Lreland, 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. | 

Sir Charles Wood presented, pursuant to the di- | 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Regula- 
tions made by the Board of Commissioners for the 
Affairs of India, under the provisions contained in _ 
the 837th and 38th sections of the Act of the | 
16 &amp; 17 Vie. ec. 95, for the examination of Persons | 
desirous of being appointed to the Office of Assistant | 
Surgeon in the Forces of the East India Company. | 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the | 
Table. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. | 








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Martis, 8° die Augusti : 
Anno 18° Victorize Regine, 1854. 
PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave 


to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


7°—8° August. 





Ordered, That in the case of Stocker’s Divorce | 
Bill, Standing Orders 175 and 210 be suspended, 
and that the Bill be read the third time To-morrow. 


Ordered, That inthe case of Baron De L’ Isle and | 
Dudley's Estate Bill, Standing Order 210 be sus- | 
pended, and that the Bill be now read the third time: 
—The Bill was accordingly read the third time. | 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do | 
vass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill| 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House | 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments ; to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 





Legh’s Estate Bill was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendment, do 
pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 














A. 1854, 


agreed to the same, with an Amendment; to which 
Amendment this House doth desire the concurrence 
of their Lordships. 


Worsley’s Estate Bill was, according to Order, Worsley’s 
read the third time. Estate Bill, 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendment, do 
ass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with an Amendment; to 
which Amendment this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Senior : Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords, 

The Lords have agreed to the Stamp Duties Bill, stamp Duties 
without any Amendment: And also, Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Benefices 
by this House to the Benefices Augmentation Bill, A'smentation 
without any Amendment: And also, Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Crime and 
by this House to the Crime and Outrage (Zreland) Outrage 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, (Ireland) Bill 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Bourne's 
by this House to Bourne’s (Mowbrich Partition) (Mowbrick 


i ° . ™ re ae Partition) 
Estate Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Estate Bill 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made praafora 
by this House to the Bradford Glebe Lands and Glebe Lands 
Vicarage Trust Estate Bill, without any Amendment: a Vicarage 

rust Estate 
And also, Bill. 

The Lords have agreed to the Literary and Scien- Literary and 
tific Institutions Bill, with Amendments ; to which Scientific 
Amendnients the Lords desire the concurrence ye ee 
this House: And also, ‘ 

The Lords have agreed to the Bribery, &amp;c. Bill, Bribery, &amp;¢. 
with Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords Bill. 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Real Estate Charges Real Estate 
Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the Charges Bill. 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House :—And 
then the Messenger withdrew. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, by Post-office. 
Her Majesty’s Command,—Copy of Report of the 
Commissioners appointed to inquire into the Esta- 
blishment of the Post-oftice. 

Additional Papers relating to Appointments and Civil Service. 
Promotions in the Permanent Civil Service. 

The Thirty-fourth Annual Report of Her Majesty’s New Churches, 
Commissioners for building New Churches. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions relating to the Hudson’s Bay Com- Public 
pany ;—Juvenile Crime; and, Newspapers,—were Petitions. 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the vide Sixty- 
Table. fifth Report. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Public In- phy een 
come and Expenditure, which was presented upon fin, 


a . ture. 
the 7th day of this instant August, be printed. No. 444. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Private Bills, Private a. 
which was presented upon the 7th day of this instant No, 440. 
August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Savings Savings Banks. 
Banks, which was presented upon the 7th day of this No. 446. 
instant August, be printed. 

Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative — — 
to Special Jurors (Westminster and London), which be Standen) 
was presented upon the 7th day of this instant No. 447. 
August, be printed. : 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty's Slave Trade. 
Command,—Copy of Correspondence with British 
Commissioners, and Reports from British Vice-Ad- 
miralty Courts and Naval Officers, relative to ba . 

Slave 


Convic 


Prison 


Drain 


Bribe 


Convict 


Prisons. 


Croydon 
Drainage, &amp;c. 


. sures proposed to remedy its defects. 


Bribery, &amp;c. 
Bill, 


18 Vicrori2. 


Slave Trade, from 1 April 1853 to 31 March 1854: 
Class A. 

Copy of Correspondence with British Ministers 
and Agents Abroad, and with Foreign Ministers in 
England, relative to the Slave Trade, from 1 April 
1853 to 31 March 1854: Class B. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 








Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- | 
mand,—Copy of Report on the Discipline and Ma- 
nagement of the Convict Prisons, and Disposal of 
Convicts, 1853, by Lieutenant Colonel Jedd, c. B., | 
Surveyor General of Prisons, Chairman of the Direc- | 
tors, &amp;e. 

Mr. Fitzroy also presented,—Return to an Ad- | 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 20th day of July last, | 
for Copy of Report of Thomas Wicksteed, Civil En- 
gineer, on the state of the Works of Drainage and | 
Sewerage in the own of Croydon, and onthe Mea- 





Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Bribery, &amp;c. Bill be now taken into 
consideration:—The House accordingly proceeded 
to take the said Amendments into consideration ; 
and the same were twice read, and agreed to, as far 
as the Amendment in page 9. 

Page 9, the next Amendment, which was to leave 
out Clause 23, being read a second time ; 

Anda Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That this House doth agree with the Lords 
in the said Amendment ; | 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the | 
Question, by leaving out from the word ‘“ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ the said Amendment be taken into further consi- 
deration upon this day month,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out, stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


“cc 


Tellers for the {a r. Hayter, ’ 99 
Yeas, The Earl of Mulgrave: J " 
Tellers for the (Lord Hotham, 71 as 
Noes, \ Mr. Whitmore: eo 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That this 
House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amend- 
ment; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being 
put, That this House do now adjourn ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the { Lord Hotham, 1 16 

Yeas, (Mr. Whitmore : f = 

Tellers for the ;Mr. Hayter, e4 

Noes, (The Earl of Mulgrave: } ; 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That this 
House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amend- 
ment :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 


‘Tellers for the f Mr. Fitzwilliam Hume, \ 15 
Yeas, Lord Hotham: | ai 
Tellers for the ; Mr. Hayter, 1 81 
Noes, |The Earl of Mulgrave ; | ae 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That this 
House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amend- 
ment ; 


8° August. 





483 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
put, That this House do now adjourn ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the f Lord Hotham, Vues 
Yeas, Mr. Fitzwilliam Hume: J ~™ 

Tellers for the f Mr. Hayter, Te 
Noes, (The Earl of Mulgrave: ff “ 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That this 
House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amend- 
ment :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Debate be now adjourned ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the {Mr. Malins, 1 13 
Yeas, LMr. Bentinck : J ; 
Tellers for the (Mr. Hayter, 1 9 
Noes, |The Earl of Mulgrave: f{ ‘~ 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That this 
House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amend- 
ment ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That this House do now adjourn ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the{ Lord Hotham, 71 1 
Yeas, LMr. Whitmore: | . 
Tellers for the § Mr. Hayter, Lag 
(The Earl of Mulgrave : ia 


Noes, 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That this 
House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amend- 
ment :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Debate be now adjourned :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

Then the main Question being put ; 

Resolved, That this House doth agree with the 
Lords in the said Amenament. 

Then the other Amendments were twice read ; 
and, with an Amendment to one of them, agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hayter do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships, with an Amendment; to which Amend- 
ment this House doth desire the concurrence of 
their Lordships. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Consolidated 
into consideration the Consolidated Fund (Appro- Fund (Appro- 
priation) Bill, as amended in the Committee. peiation) Bul. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Incumbered 
into consideration the Incumbered Estates (West Estates (West 
Indies) Bill, as amended in the Committee. In‘lies) Bill 

Ordered, ‘That the Bill be read the third time Bill 272. 


To-morrow ; and be printed. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Legislative 


into consideration the Legislative Council (Canada) yew om 
Bill, as amended in the Committee. areca ngs 
Bill 273. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow ; and be printed. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Customs Bill 
into consideration the Customs Bill, as amended in 
the Committee. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 
2 The 





Vou. 109. 


3Q 
a 






Rankruptcy 
Bill. 


Customs 
Tariff Acts 
Consolidation 
Bill. 


Common Law 
Procedure Bill. 


Kast India 
Company's 
Revenue 
Accounts. 


484 


The Bankruptcy Bill was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Solicitor General do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the same, with Amendments ; 
to which Amendments this House doth desire the 
concurrence of their Lordships. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


mittee on the Customs Tariff Acts Consolidation Biil ; 


Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Common Law Procedure Bill was, according 
to Order, read the third tine; and Amendments 
were made to the Bill. 


Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, | 


do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Solicitor General do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 


House hath agreed to the same, with Amendments ; 


to which Amendments this House doth desire the 
concurrence of their Lordships. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee on the East India Company’s Re- 
venue Accounts, 

(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That the Total Net Revenues of the | 


Bengal Presidency, for the year ended the 80th day 
of April 1852, amounted to £.7,584,435_ sterling ; 
and the Charges thereof for the same period, other 
than Military Charges, amounted to £. 1,926,362 
sterling. 

2. Resolved, That the Total Net Revenues of the 
North Western Provinces, including the newly-ac- 
quired Territory, for the year ended the 30th day of 
April 1852, amounted to £.5,670,715 sterling ; and 
the Charges thereof for the same period, other than 
Military Charges, amounted to £. 1,402,238 sterling. 

3. dtesolved, That the Net Revenues of Bengal 
and the North Western Provinces, together, for the 
year ended the 30th day of April 1852, amounted 
to £.13,255,150 sterling; and the Charges there- 
upon, including the Military Charges, amounted to 
£. 8,770,830 sterling, leaving a surplus available for 
the general Charges of Jndia of £, 4,484,320. 

4. Resolved, That the Total Net Revenues of the 
Madras Presidency (Fort Saint George), for the 
year ended the 30th day of April 1852, amounted to 
£. 3,704,048 sterling ; and the Net Charges thereof, 
for the same period, amounted to £. 3,204,273 ster- 
ling, leaving a surplus available for the general 
Charges of Jndia of £.499,775 sterling. 

5. Resolved, That the Total Net Revenues of the 
Bombay Presidency, for the year ended the 30th day 
of April 1852, amounted to £. 2,868,298 sterling ; 
and the Net Charges thereof, for the same period, 


amounted to £, 2,847,392 sterling, leaving a surplus | 
available for the general Charges of India of | 


£.20,906 sterling. 

6. Resolved, That the Total Net Revenues of the 
several Presidencies, for the year ended the 30th day 
of April 1852, amounted to £. 19,827,496 sterling ; 
and the Charges thereof amounted to £. 14,822,495 
sterling, leaving a surplus Revenue of £. 5,005,001 
sterling. 

7. Resolved, That the Interest on the Registered 
Debt of Jndia, paid in the year ended the 30th day 
of April 1852, amounted to £.1,967,359 sterling ; 


and the Charges defrayed in Lngland on account of | 


the Zndian Territory, in the same period, amounted 
to £. 2,506,377 sterling, leaving a surplus of Indian 
Income for the year ended as aforesaid, after defray- 
ing the above Interest and Charges, of £. 531,265 
sterling. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





6°—9° dugusti. 





A. 1854, 


And the House punta eens to sit till after 
Twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 


Mercurii, 9° die Augusti, 1854: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Thornely 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 





A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Senior : Message from 
Mr. Speaker, the Lords, 
The Lords have agreed to the Duchy of Cornwall Duchy of 


Office Bill, without any Amendment: And also, Office Bill 
| 7 ce 5) 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made Bribery, &amp;e. 
by this House to the Amendments made by their il. 
Lordships to the Bribery, &amp;c. Bill, without any 
Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Metropolitan Sewers Metropolitan 
Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the 5¢Wers Bil. 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Merchant — Merchant 


ich Shipping Acts 
lich Repeal Bill, 


Acts Repeal Bill, with an Amendment; to w 
Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

‘The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Prisoners’ 
‘by this House to the Prisoners’ Removal Bill, with ®e™oval Bil. 
/Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords de- 
sire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Episcopal and 
_by this House to the Episcopal and Capitular Estates C#pitular 
Management Bill, with Amendments ; to which anon 
‘Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of ~ 

this House: And also, 

The Lords do not insist upon the Amendments Friendly 
made by their Lordships to the Friendly Societies oo Acts 
Acts Continuance Bill; to which this House hath — 
_ disagreed :—And then the Messenger withdrew. 
| Ordered, That the Amendment made by the Lords Merchant 
to the Merchant Shipping Acts Repeal Bill be taken poy 
into consideration this day. _ 





| Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Metropolitan 
Lords to the Metropolitan Sewers Bill be taken into Sewers Bill. 
consideration this day. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Prisoners’ - 
Lords to the Amendments made by this House to Removal Bill. 
the Prisoners’ Removal Bill be taken into considera- 
tion this day. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Fiscopal and 
Lords to the Amendments made by this House to (2?""S),. 
the Episcopal and Capitular Estates Management nagement Bill. 


Bill be taken into consideration this day. 





Ordered, That the Amendments made by the ra hag 
Lords to the Literary and Scientific Institutions Bill jy stitutions 


‘be taken into consideration this day. Bill. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the foe te 
Lords to the Real Estate Charges Bill be taken into ~™ *" " 
consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Medical 
F . [ Graduates 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords (Gyjversity of 
to the Medical Graduates (University of London) Londsn) Bill. 


Bill ; 

And Notice being taken, that Forty Members were 
‘not present:—The House was told by Mr. Speaker ; 
and Forty Members not being present, and it being 
‘then half an hour after Twelve of the clock on 
Wednesday morning :—-The House was adjourned 
by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first put, till this 


day. 








Mercurii, 





Committ 


gocke's 


Divorce 


Public 
Petition 


Vile Si 
fifth Re 


Poor Ri 


Petitio 
Privat 


Indexe 
No 


Parlia 
Papen 


Shipw 
by Li 





committees. 


r’s 
see Bill 


land Tax 
([ndia. ) 


Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Sixty’ 
fifth Report. 


Poor Relief. 


Petitions for 
Private Bills, 


Indexes to 
Reports 


No, 448, 


Parliament 
Papers, iid 


No. 449, 


Shipwrecks 
by Lightning, 





18 Vicroriz. 


Mercurii, 9° die Augusti ; 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1854. 
PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, during the sitting of the House. 


Stocker’s Divorce Bill was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Orderéd, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 


9° Augusti. 


Sir Snow Harris, and presented by him to the Ad- 





hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | ! 


Returns of the Gross Revenue derived annually from | 
the Tax on Land in Jndia since 1792 :—And, of the | 
Authorities, Legislative Enactments, or Orders under | 
which the different systems of Land Revenue are | 
enforced, the Date of such Orders, specifying any | 
changes that may have taken place in them since | 
1792 ; the Amount of Gross Revenue annually de- | 
rived from Customs Duties, Excise, Stamps, Sayer 
and Abkaree, and all other sources of Revenue in 
each Presidency since 1792; distinguishing, as far 
as practicable, each head of Taxation ; the Amounts 
to be stated throughout in Sterling Money, at the 
Rate of 2s. the Rupee. 


Petitions relating to Gaols ; — Intoxicating Li- 
quors ;—Excise Licenses ;—Civil Bilis, &amp;e. (Zre- 
land) Act ;—Education (Zreland) ;—Fisheries (Jre- 
land) ;— Hackney Carriages (Metropolis) Act ; — 
Inclosure and Copyhold Commission ;—and, Tyne 
River,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by 
the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated 
the 4th day of this instant August, for Returns 
showing the Amount of Money expended for In- 
maintenance and Out-door Relief in Unions and 
Parishes ugder Boards of Guardians in England and 
Wales, dwing the half-years ended at Lady-day 
1853 and Lady-day 1854, respectively :—Of the 
Number of Paupers, of all Classes, in receipt of Re- 
lief on the 1st day of July 1853 and 1st day of July 
1854, in Unions and Parishes under Boards of Guar- 
dians in England and Wales :—And, of the Number 
of Adult Able-bodied Paupers in receipt of Relief on 
the Ist day of July 1853 and the Ist day of July 
1854; together with a Statement showing the Causes 
of Relief upon which the Adult Able-bodied were 
relieved. 

Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of this in- 
stant August, for a Return of all Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills deposited in the Private Bill Office for 
the present Session ; with the Name and Address of 
the Agents respectively who have deposited the same 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 940, 
of Session 1852-53). 





Mr. Speaker laid upon the Table,—Indexes to | 
Reports of Commissioners, 1800-1854 :—1. Docks, | 





Harbours, &amp;e. 2. Prisons. 8. Police. 4. Woods 
and Forests. 5. Medical. 6. Ecclesiastical. 7. 
Pariiament. 8. Poor. 9. Miscellaneous. 





List of the Bills, Reports, Estimates and Accounts 
and Papers printed by order of the House of Com- 
mons, and of the Papers presented by Command, | 
Session 1854, with a general Alphabetical Index | 
thereto ; 16th Parliament, 2d Session, 17 &amp; 18 Vic. ; | 
31 January to 12 August 1854. 

Ordered, That the said Papers be printed. 


Mr. Osborne presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 1st day of June last, for Copies of Papers 
relative to Shipwrecks by Lightning, as prepared by 

Vou. 109. 








485 


miralty. 


Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 


Table. 


The Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Incumbered Estates (West Indies) Bill was, 
according to Order, read the third time ; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do 
ass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Peel do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments this House doth desire the concurrence 
of their Lordships. 


The Legislative Council (Canada) Bill, was, ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do 
pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Peel do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 


agreed to the same, with Amendments; to which 


Amendments this House doth desire the concurrence 
of their Lordships. 


The Customs Bill was, according to Order, read the 
third time; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, ‘That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Wilson reported from the Committee on the 
East India Company’s Revenue Accounts, several 
Resolutions ; which were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That the Total Net Revenues of the 
Bengul Presidency, for the year ended the 30th day 
of April 1852, amounted to £.7,584,435 sterling ; and 
the Charges thereof for the same period, other than 
Military Charges, amounted to £.1,926,362 sterling. 

2. Resolved, That the Total Net Revenues of the 
North Western Provinces, including the newly-ac- 
quired Territory, for the year ended the 30th day of 
April- 1852, amounted to £.5,670,715 sterling ; and 
the Charges thereof for the same period, other than 
Military Charges, amounted to £.1,402,238 sterling. 

3. Resolved, That the Net Revenues of Bengal and 
the North Western Provinces, together, for the year 
ended the 30th day of April 1852, amounted to 
£.13,255,150 sterlmg; and the Charges there- 
upon, including the Military Charges, amounted to 
£. 8,770,830 sterling, leaving a surplus available for 
the general Charges of India, of £. 4,484,320. 

4. Resolved, That the Total Net Revenues of the 
Madras Presidency (Fort Saint George), for the 
year ended the 30th day of April 1852, amounted 
to £.3,704,048 sterling ; and the Net Charges thereof, 
for the same period, amounted to £.3,204,273 ster- 
ling, leaving a surplus available for the general 
Charges of India of £. 499,775 sterling. 

5. Resolved, That the Total Net Revenues of the 
Bombay Presidency, for the year ended the 30th day 
of April 1852, amounted to £. 2,868,298 sterling ; 
and the Net Charges thereof, for the same period, 
amounted to £. 2,847,392 sterling, leaving a surplus 
available for the general Charges of Jndia of 
£. 20,906,000 sterling. 

6. Resolved, That the Total Net Revenues of the 
several Presidencies, for the year ended the 30th day 
of April 1852, amounted to £. 19,827,496 sterling ; 
and the Charges thereof amounted to £.14,822,495 
sterling, leaving a surplus Revenue of £.5,005,001 
sterling. 

7. Resolved, That the Interest on the Registered 

3Q3 Debt 





Consolidated 
Fund (Appro- 
priation) Bill. 


Incumbered 
Estates (West 
Indies) Bill. 


Legislative 
Council 


(Canada) Bill. 


Customs Bill. 


East India 
Company’s 
Revenue 
Accounts, 










b is ORR wt 


— 


SOD TE TT 


Bill. 


486 9° Auguste. 


Navy since the year 1852; distinguishing the year, 
specifying the Name of the Ship, the Offence, the 
Sentence, the Number of Lashes, and stating the 
highest and lowest Number given in each case (in 
continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 552, of 
Session 1853). 


Debt of India, paid in the year ended the 30th day 
of April 1852, amounted to £. 1,967,359 sterling, and 
the Charges defrayed in England on account of the 
Indian Territory, n the same period, amounted to 
£. 2,506,377 sterling, leaving a surplus of Indian 
Income for the year ended as aforesaid, after defray- 
ing the above Interest and Charges, of £. 531,265 
sterline. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Merchant The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
Shipping Acts jnto consideration the Amendment made by the Lords 
Repeal Bill. + the Merchant Shipping Acts Repeal Bill; and the 
same was twice read, and agreed to; and an Amend- 

ment was made to the Title of the Bill. 
Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to the 


A. 1854, 


The Order made upon the 7th day of this instant papi. 
August, That there be laid before this House, a Re- Committess, 





turn of the Number of Public Committees appointed 
‘in the Session of 1854, their Subjects, and the 
| Names of Members appointed, and their Chairman ; 
the Number of Days on which each Committee sat, 
‘and the Number cf Days on which each Member 
served on each Committee (in continuation of Par- 
_liamentary Paper, No. 946, of Session 1852-53), was 
read, and discharged. 


Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath | 


agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships, 
with an Amendment to the Title of the Bill; to which 
Amendment this House doth desire the concurrence 
of their Lordships. 


Metropolitan The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
Sewers Bill. into consideration the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Metropolitan Sewers Bill ; and the same 

were twice read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Grenville Berkeley do carry the 
* Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 

Lordships. 


ee The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
Removal Bill. into consideration the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Amendments made by this House to the 
Prisoners’ Removal Bill; and the same were twice 
read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Grenville Berkeley do carry 
the Bill to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Episcopal and © The Louse, according to Order, proceeded to take 

Capitular into consideration the Amendments made by the 

Estates Ma- oe sn Reeeeientn eteln, Roxie: Mie 

nagement Bill. sords to the Amenc ment: made by this ouse to 
the Episcopal and Capitular Estates Management 
Bill; and the same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Grenville Berkeley do carry 

the Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Literary and The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
Scientific into consideration the Amendments made by the 
Institutions | ords to the Literary and Scientific Institutions Bill ; 
and the same were twice read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Real Estate The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 

Charges Bill. into consideration the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Reai Estate Charges Bill ; and the same 
were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Locke King do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Medical The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 


Graduates into consideration the Amendments made by the 
(University ot A 


London) Bill, Lords to the Medical Graduates (University of 


London) Bill; and the same were twice read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bell do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


Corporal Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 


Punishments Return of the Number of Persons flogged in the 
(Navy.) 


| The Order made upon the 7th day of this instant gelect 
| August, That there be laid before this House, a Re- Committees, 
‘turn showing, for the Session of 1854, the Total 
Number of Members of the House of Commons who 
served on Select Committees ; the Number of Mem- 
bers who served on no Select Committee at all; the 
Number of Committees to which each Member was 
appointed ; the Number of Days on which each 
Committee met ; and the Number of Days on which 
each Member attended such Committee, was read, 
and discharged. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Select 
Return of the Number of Select Committees ap- Committees. 
pointed in the Session of 1854; the Subjects of 
Inquiry ; the Names of the Members appointed to 
serve on each Committee, and of the Chairman of 
each ; the Number of Days on which each Committee 
met, and the Number of Days on which each Mem- 
ber attended such Committee ; the Total Expense of 
the Attendance of Witnesses at each Select Com- 
mittee, and the Name of the Member who moved 
for each’ such Committee ; also, the Total Number 
of Members who served on Select Committees, and 
the Number of Members who served on no Select 
Committee at all. 


Resolved, That an humbie Address be presented Tyne River. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to appoint a Commission to inquire into the present 
state of the River Tyne (one of the Highways for 
Navigation under the Protection of Her Majesty), 
whether the Encroachments on the Tidal Waters of 
that River by Jetties, Embankments, and other 
Works executed and proposed on the Banks thereof 
have not injured the Navigation, and will not con- 
tinue to counteract the Plans for removing the Sand 
Banks at the Mouth of the River, and otherwise 
injure the Navigation of that important River. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this Baw as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Message from 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Senior : — 


Mr. Speaker, ; . 
The Lords have agreed to the Public Health Bill, pate Healt 
without any Amendment: And also, " 
The Lords have agreed to the Public Revenue Public Reveme 
1 . 5 r . - h and Consoli- 
and Consolidated Fund Charges (No. 2) Bill, with- 4" y puna 
out any Amendment: And also, Charges 
(No. 2) Bill. 
The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Court of 
, ft S val ith Chancery B 
by this House to the Court of Chancery Bill, with- 
out any Amendment: And also, - 
The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Motions 
by this House to the National Gailery, &amp;c. (Dublin) (Dublin) 
(No. 2) Bill, without any Amendment: And also, — (No, 2) Bill 


The Lords agree to the Amendments made by Towes 
this House to the Amendments made by their Lord- aretand) Bil 
ships to the Towns Improvement (Ireland) Bill, 
without any Amendment; and do not insist upon 
their Amendment made to the said Bill, to -_ this 

ouse 











Militia 
(No.2) B 


Seotland 


Tumpike 
Trusts, 


Turnpike 
Trusts (§ 
land.) 


Criminal 
(fenders 
(England 
Wales.) 


Criminal 
Offenders 
(Scotland 


Cholera 
\Neweast] 
Upon: Tyn 
kt.) 

C burches, 


(City of 
Lindon. ) 








sl &amp;e. 
No, 450. 


yesuge from 
the 

iitia 

te 9) Bill. 


cm) Bill. 


jitia 
(No.2) Bill. 


wits 
stand) Bill 


Turnpike 
Trusts, 


Turnpike 
Trusts (Scot 
land.) 


Criminal 
Offenders 
England and 
Wales.) 


Criminal 
Offenders 
(Scotland.) 


Cholera 
(Newcastle. 
wpon- Tyne, 
&amp;.) 


Churches, &amp;e, 
(Uty of 

7 

“indon, ) 


9°— 10° 


House hath disagreed :—And then the Messenger 
withdrew. 


18 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Croydon 
Drainage, &amp;c., which was presented upon the 8th day 
of this mstant August, be printed. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Senior : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Militia (No. 2) Bill, 
with Amendments; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Militia (Scotland) 
Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House :—And 
then the Messenger withdrew. 

Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Militia (No. 2) Bill be taken into con- 
sideration To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Militia (Scotland) Bill be taken into 
consideration To-morrow. 


And then the House adjourned till ‘To-morrow. 


Jovis, 10° die Augusti ; 
Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 18 54. 


PRAYERS. 


N 


ments of the Income and Expenditure of the several 
Turnpike Trusts in England and Wales, from 1st 
January 1852 to 31st December 1852, inclusive, 
pursuant to the Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, ¢ 30. 

An Abstract of the General Statements of the In- 
come and Expenditure of the several Turnpike 
Trusts in Scotland, between the Term of Whitsun- 
day 1851 and the Term of Whitsunday 1852, pur- 
suant to the Act 12 &amp; 13 Vie. ¢. 31. 

Tables, showing the Number of Criminal Of- 
fenders committed for Trial, or bailed for Appear- 
ance at the Assizes and Sessions in each County 
in England and Wales, in the year 1853, and the 
result of the Proceedings made out, by order of Her 
Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home 
Department, from the Criminal Registers kept in 
that Office. 

Tables of Criminal Offenders for the year 1853, 
reported by Her Majesty’s Advocate for Scot- 
land, in terms of the Statute 1 Gul. 4, c. 37, with 
Alterations and Additions, ordered and required by 
one of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State 
in virtue of the Powers therein contained. 

Copy of Report of the Commissioners appointed 
to inquire into the Causes which have led to, or have 
aggravated the late Outbreak of Cholera in the Towns 
of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Gateshead and Tynemouth. 

Mr. Fitzroy also presented,—Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 9th day of June 
last, for a Return, in a Tabular Form, from the 
Churchwardens of the City of London, of the Names 
of the Churches in the City of London of which 
they are Churchwardens ; the Names and Residences 
of the Clergy of the Parishes of which they are 
Churchwardens, specifying whether the Clergymen 
reside in their Parishes, or in the City of Zondon, or 
elsewhere, and whether there be a Residence provided 
for them, and if so, whether any portion of it be 
let, and for what Sum; the Amount of each Clergy- 
man's Income, including Fees, taking the Average 


of the years 1851, 1852 and 1853, exclusive of 


Allowance for House-rent, and whether any and 
what Allowance be made to him for House-rent; the 
Accommodation in each Church, and Number of the 


Free Sittings allotted to the Poor; the Average At- 
VoL. 109, 


R. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- | 
mand,—An Abstract of the General State- | 





487 


tendance, including Children, taking the year 1853 ; 
the Average Number of Communicants in 1853 ; 
what Sunday and Weekday Services there were in 
each Church in January 1854, and whether per- 
formed by Incumbent or Curate ; what Fees were 
received for Baptisms, Churchings and Marriages in 
January 1854; the Number of Births and Baptisms 
in each Parish in 1853. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
9th day of June last, for a Return from each Parish 
and Extra-parochial Place within the City of West- 
minster, and the several Parliamentary Boroughs of 
Marylebone, Finsbury, Tower Hamlets, Lambeth, 
Southwark and Greenwich, setting forth— 

1.—The Population of such Parish. 
I1.—The Rateable Value. 

I11.—1st. In what manner the Vestry of such 
Parish is constituted ; 2d. If by any Local Act 
or Acts, to state such Act or Acts, with Dates 
thereof; 3d. If a Select or appointed Vestry, 
by whom elected ; 4th. The Number of Vestry- 
men; 5th. General Periods of Meeting. 

1V.—ist. Whether the Vestry have the Manage- 
ment of the Poor; 2d. If not, by whom are 
the Guardians elected; 3d. Under what Acts ; 
4th. Whether Parish is a single Parish or in 
Union; 5th. If part of a Union, to what Union 
does it belong. 

V.—ist. Under whose Jurisdiction the Paving, 
Cleansing and Lighting is; 2d. If by a Board 
separate from the Vestry, to state under what 
Acts appointed; 3d. The mode of Election ; 
4th. Number of such Board; 5th. Their Du- 
ration in Office; 6th. General Periods of 
Meeting. 

Vi. if any other Boards of Commissioners, 
Trustees or otherwise, in such Parish, having 
Jurisdiction in parochial matters, as Baths and 
Wash-houses, Burial-grounds, or otherwise, to 
state the Act or Acts constituting such Board, 
for what purpose appointed, and the mode of 
their Election. 

(The City of Westminster, and each Parliamentary 
Borough, to be given separately) :—And, similar 
| Return from the Parishes of Lewisham, Eltham, Lee, 
| Kidbrook, and from each of the Parishes and Places 
'(not being a Parish in the City of London or the 
| Liberties thereof, the City of Westminster or the Par- 
| liamentary Boroughs) mentioned in Schedule A. to 
‘the Act of the 15th and 16th Vic. c. 85, and from 
all other Parishes and Places, if any (except as be- 
fore excepted), included in the London Weekly 
| Tables of Mortality. (Parishes in Union for Poor 
Relief to be grouped together, so far as they are 
included in this Return.) 


Augustt. 








(distinguished from Claims, Motions, Short Causes 
and Petitions, and Causes on Further Directions) 


of the Rolls and each Vice-Chancellor, since the first 
day of Easter Term 1854; specifying the Number 
of Days on which each such Cause appeared in the 
daily Paper of Causes of each Judge, before the Day 
on which each such Cause was finally disposed of. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
Ist day of this instant August, for Copies of any 
Correspondence which has taken place between the 
Office of Land Revenue and the Treasury, on the 
subject of renewing the Lease of Montagu House; 
and, of any Treasury Minutes in respect thereto, 
since January 1852 :—And, Statement of the Terms 
of the old Lease and of the new Lease, and the 
superficial contents of the Site, Gardens and Land 
of and belonging to the said Premises. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
11th day of April last, for Lists of the Burial-grounds 
or Grave-yards which have been closed by virtue of 
the Powers contained in the Act passed during the 
last Session of Parliament, intituled, “ An Act to 

3a4 amend 











Metropolitan 


Districts. 


Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Court of 
21st day of July last, for a Return of all Causes Chancery. 


inserted in the Paper of each day, before the Master © 


Montagu 
House. 


Burial- 
grounds 


( Metropolis.) 











‘ Home Department in relation thereto (in conti- | 


Metropolitan 
Commission 
of Sewers. 


Scinde. 


Valuations. 


Workhouses. 


Name 





of | 
Workhouse. | 
| 





488 


amend the Laws concerning the Burial of the Dead 
in the Metropolis :"°—Of the Applications which have 
been made to the Secretary of State for the Home 
Department, to recommend the closing of Grave- 


yards, under the provisions of the same Act, and of 


the Applications to him for permission to open 
Cemeteries or Burial-grounds within the District 
defined by the same Act; stating in what cases 
permission has been granted, and in what refused :— 
And, Copies or Extracts of all Correspondence which 
has taken place between the Home Office and any 


Parish or Company with respect to the closing of 


any Grave-yard or Burial-ground, or the opening 
of any new Cemetery or Burial-ground ; and of all 
Evidence laid before the Secretary of State for the 


nuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 99, of Session 
1852-53). 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table by 


10° Augustz. 


A. 1854, 


Return to an Order, dated the 24th day of March 
last, for Returns of the Number of Removable Poor 
Persons residing in the Incorporation of Bristol or 
Norwich, or in the Parishes of Brighton, Liverpool 
or Wolverhampton, or in the Townships of Leeds or 
Manchester, who shall be in Receipt of Relief during 
the last Week of the Lady-day Quarter 1854, such 
Reliet’ being given through the hands of the Officers 
of the Places in which the Poor Persons reside, but 
on account and at the Charge of other Places than 
those in which they reside ; together with the Cost 
of such Relief for the Week in question :—Of the 
Number of Removable Poor Persons residing in the 
Incorporation of Bristol, but having Settlement within 
some Union in the Counties of G/oucester or Somerset, 
who shall be in Receipt of Relief during the Week 
|in question, such Relief not being given through the 
hands of any of the Officers of the said Incorpora- 
tion; together with the Cost of such Relief for the 
| Week in question :—Of the like particulars in regard 
| to the Incorporation of Norwich and the Unions in 
the County of Norfolk, the Parish of Brighton and 





the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, dated | the Unions in the County of Sussex, the Parish of 
the 5th day of August in the last Session of Parlia- | Liverpool and the Unions in the County of Lancaster, 
ment, fora Return showing, in Columns, the Amount the Parish of Wolverhampton and the Unions in the 
of Rates made and levied by the Commissioners of | County of Stafford, the Township of Leeds and the 
Sewers on the several Parishes within each District, | Unions in the West Riding of the County of York, 
for each year from the year 1843 to the year 1847, | and the Township of Manchester and the Unions in 
both inclusive :— Similar Return from the year 1848 | the County of Lancaster :—And, of the Number of 
to the year 1852, both inclusive, while the said Dis- | Removable Poor Persons in Receipt of Relief during 
trict was under the control of the Metropolitan | the Week in question at the Charge of the above- 
Commission of Sewers; such Returns to specify, | named Incorporations, Parishes or Townships, but 
under distinct Heads, the Amounts received in each | not residing therein ; together with the Cost of such 
year in respect of such Rate from each Parish in the | Relief for the Week in question. 

said District: —And, Return showing the Length, | 


Size and Cost of new Works executed in each of the | for 9 Return of the Number of Paupers removed to 
said Parishes, from the year 1843 to the year 1852, Jyeland in the years ending the 25th day of March 
both inclusive ; specifying the Amount so expended | 1849, 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853 and 1854, from Pa- 
in each and every of such years; and of the Balance | yishes or Unions within the Metropolitan District of 
. | bs ~ : he F . . . . 7 
of Moneys paid over by the late Commissioners of | the Registrar General, and from Liverpool, Bristol, 
Sewers to the Metropolitan Commission of Sewers, Newport (Monmouthshire), Cardiff and Swansea. 
showing when, where and how expended; each | 


District to be given separately. 

Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of July last, 
fora Copy of Report of Sir George Clerk, on the 
Administration of Scinde, with the Appendices there- 


to, and all Reports of Mr. Pringle and of Mr. Freer | 


on the same subject, not already before Parliament. 

Return to an Order, dated the 16th day of Fe- 
bruary last, for a Return of the Number of fresh 
Valuations which have taken place in the Parishes 
and Townships in England and Wales under the 
Parochial Assessment Act, since the Ist day of 
October 1842. 

Return to an Order, dated the 21st day of March 
last, for a Return of any General Regulations of the 
Poor Law Board relating to the Classification of 
the Inmates of Workhouses:—Copy of a Letter 
addressed by the Poor Law Board to the Chaplain 
of the Workhouse of the Wilton Union, on the sub- 
ject of the Classification of the Inmates of the Work- 


house of that Union, and dated the 1st day of March | 
1854 :—And, Return of the under-mentioned Par- | 


ticulars as regards each Workhouse in England and 
Wales ; namely,— 





The Number in the Workhouse on the last Day of the last Week in 
the Quarter ending at Lady-day 1854: 
Able-bodied Women, 
subdivided where the Classification in the 
Workhouse permits, into those 





Of Aged 
Of 





a 


and Mothers of 


illegitimate 
Children, but not 
| of dissolute or 
abandoned 
Habits. 


able-bodied Of dissolute 


Of good “a, 


Intirm 


‘Women. 
abandoned 


Habits. 


Women. Character. 





| 

















last, for a Return showing the Number of Orders of 
| Removal from Parishes, signed by Justices and exe- 
cuted in England and Wales, during the year ending 
the 25th day of March 1854; stating the Number 
|of Persons removed, the Nature of alleged Settle- 
' ment, and the Amount of Expenses incurred in the 
Removal, including the Cost of obtaining the Orders, 
Service of the same, and Travelling Expenses of the 
_Paupers removed, but not the Cost of Relief before 
| Removal; distinguishing the Orders so executed 
_ between Parishes in the same Union, and between 
Parishes in different Unions; stating also, the Number 
of Orders of Removal of Scotch and Trish Paupers, 
and Paupers belonging to the Channel Islands and 
the Isle of Man, during the same period. 

Return to an Order, dated the 30th day of June 
‘last, for Returns of the Averages originally struck 
‘for every Union in England and Wales, specifying 
the Sums charged for each Parish, and the Date of 
the Order :—And, of the Averages last struck for 
every Union, specifying also the Sums charged for 
each Parish, and the Date of the Order to the latest 
period to which it can be made up. 





| 
| 
| 


Mr. Peel presented, by Her Majesty’s Command, 
| —Papers relative to the Affairs of the Island of 
| Jamaica, 
Further Papers relative to the Alterations: in the 
Constitutions of the Australian Colonies (in con- 
_tinuation of Papers presented 31st July 1854). 

| Papers relative to Crown Lands in the Australian 
‘Colonies (in continuation of Papers presented 6th 
May and 1Kth August 1853), 

Copy of the Reports made for the year 1853 to 
the Secretary of State having the Department of the 
Colonies, in continuation of the Reports annually 
made by the Governors of the British Colomes, 
| ’ with 











Poor Law, 


Return to an Order, dated the 2d day of June last, Poor Remov: 


| Return to an Order, dated the 29th day of June Poor Remova 


Union 
Averages, 


Jamaica. 


Australian 
Colonies. 


Australia 
‘olonies. 


Colonies. 


Nev 
Wal 


Gol 
Col 


Ra 


Ch 





i! 





18 Vicrorri2. 


with a view to exhibit generally the past and present 

state of Her Majesty’s Colonial Possessions, trans- 

mitted with the Blue Books for the year 1853. 
colonial Land == Copy of Fourteenth General Report of the Colo- 
ud Emigration nial Land and Emigration Commissioners, 1854. 
Commission. 
Emigration 
(Australian 
Colonies.) 


Mr. Peelalso presented,—Further Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 5th day of May last, 
for Copies or Extracts of any Despatches relative to 
Emigration to the Australian Colonies (in continua- 
tion of Papers presented to this House in April 1853). 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
16th day of June last, for Copies of the Electoral 
Act passed by the Legislature of Vew South Wales, 
in pursuance of the Powers conferred in that behalf 
by the Act of the Imperial Parliament, 13 &amp; 14 Vice. 
c. 59 :—And, of the Constitutional Bill recently sent 
Home from the Colony of New South Wales for the 
Assent of the Crown. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
22d day of June last, for a Return, in a Tabular 
Form, of the Names of all Governors and Lieutenant 
Governors, and Parties acting in such Capacities, of 
the different Colonies ; stating, in British Money, 
their Salaries, and the Date of their Appointments, 
the Places of their Residence, and the Countries or 
Districts over which they preside; distinguishing 
those who have served in the Army and Navy. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the | 
21st day of July last, for a Return of the Names of 
the Colonies and British Dependencies that have 
adopted the Uniform Rate of Ocean Postage ; also, 
the Names of the Colonies and British Dependen- 
cies in which it has not been adopted. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
24th day of July last, for Copies of, or Extracts | 
from, any Correspondence between the Officers in | 
Charge of the Emigration Depot at Birkenhead, | 
and other Persons, and the Colonial Land and Emi- | 
gration Commissioners, in relation to the recent 
Outbreak of Cholera on Board the Emigrant Ship 
“ Dirigo.” 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


New South 
Wales. 


Governors of 
Colonies. 


Ovean 
Postage. 





Enigrant Ship 
* Dirigo,” 


Church Rates. Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of all Monies received and expended by | 
Churchwardens and Chapelwardens in England and 
Wales from Easter 1853 to Easter 1854 ; distinguish- 
ing the Sums received by them from Church Rates, 
from other Sources of Official Receipt applicable in 
aid or in lieu of Church Rates, and distinguishing 
from other kinds of Expenditure defrayed by them, 
all Expenses incurred in building, improving and 
maintaining in Repair Churches or Chapels, and 
any Buildings or Fences appertaining thereto ; also, | 
stating, with respect to Parishes or Places where no | 
Church Rate has been made, whether Opposition has | 
been the cause thereof; also, an Account of any Sum | 
or Sums of Money borrowed under the Provisions of | 
any Act of Parliament on the Security of Church | 
Rates (in a similar form to Parliamentary Paper, | 
No. 565, of Session 1839). 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to | 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House asare | 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. | 


| 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 
a Copy of Supplement to Mr. Coode’s Report on the 
Law of Settlement and Removal; being Remarks on 
Communications addressed to the Poor Law Board 
on the subject of that Report. 

Mr. Baines accordingly presented the said Paper. | 
' Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 





Settlement 
and Removal, 


Metropolitan 
urials, 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | 
Vou. 109. | 


10° Augusti : 


489 


to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Returns from the Registrar General, showing the 
Mortality of Zondon, year by year, from the Date of 
the Institution of his Office :—From the Parishes of 
Saint James’s, Piccadilly, Saint George's, Hanover- 
square, Saint Giles-in-the-Fields, Saint Martin’ s-in- 
the-Fields, and all such other Metropolitan Parishes 
as have found it necessary within the course of the 
last One hundred years to provide outlying Cemete- 
ries or Burial-grounds in addition to their Parish 
Churchyards ; showing the extent of such outlying 
Cemeteries or Burial-grounds, the Expense of their 
Creation, and what Sums year by year have been 
levied upon the Parishioners for their Maintenance : 
—From the Burial Boards of such Parishes as have 
provided Cemeteries or Burial-grounds under the 
Act 15 &amp; 16 Vic. ¢. 85, concerning the Burial of the 
Dead ; showing the exact Locality of each, the Dis- 
tance from Charing Cross, and whether they are 
situated within or without the Metropolis, as de- 
fined by that Act; also, showing the extent of each 
such Cemetery or Burial-ground, the mode of Access 
to it, the Price paid for the Ground, and all Ex- 
penses incurred for inclosing, laying out, draining 
and consecrating the same, erecting Chapels, &amp;ec. ; 
together with a Table of the Fees and Payments in 
respect of Interments within the said Cemeteries or 
Burial-grounds, whether for Parishioners or Non- 
parishioners :— From the Incorporated Cemetery 
Companies, showing the Distance of their respective 
Cemeteries from Charing Cross, their Acreage, the 
Quantity of Ground in each still unburied in, the 
Number of Annual Interments in each from the 
Date of its opening, the Price charged for Graves, 
Vaults and Catacombs, and the Amount of Fees 
paid by each to the Incumbent of the Parish whence 
the Body for Interment has been brought :—From 
the London Necropolis and National Mausoleum 
Company, stating the Progress made with the 
Works, the proposed Burial Tariff, and the Arrange- 
ments come to relative to the Reception and Con- 
veyance of Bodies from the Waterloo Railway Sta- 
tion; also, the Charges for taking Bodies from that 
Spot to the Necropolis at Woking, and the Fares for 
Mourners there and back:—And, Copies of the 
Memorials addressed in 1850 to the Lords of the 
Treasury by the Projectors of the Necropolis, offer- 


|ing to make it a practical adjunct to the Metropo- 


litan Interments of 1850. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Smallpox. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return from the Smallpox Hospital, Upper Hol- 
loway, Islington, during each year respectively, from 
1843 to 1853 inclusive, of the Number of Cases of 
Smallpox treated in that Hospital:—Of the Num- 
ber of Cases of casual Smallpox after Vaccine Ino- 
culation :—Of the Number of Cases of casual Small- 

ox after Variolous Inoculation :—Of the Number of 
Deaths from Smallpox after Vaccine Inoculation :-— 
And, of the Number of Deaths from Smallpox after 
Variolous Inoculation. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Relief, Poor Relict. 
which was presented upon the 9th day of this in- 
stant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Petitions for Petitions for 
Private Bills, which was presented upen the 9th day Private ame, 
of this instant August, be printed. No, 452. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Shipwrecks Shipwrecks 
by Lightning, which was presented upon the 9th day &gt;Y Lightnirg. 
of this instant August, be printed. 

3R 


Mr. 








No. 151. 


No, 453. 


Railways. 


Accidents on 
Railways. 


Railways. 


Railways. 


490 


Mr. Cardwell presented, by Her Majestv’s Com- 
mand,—A Return showing the Number of Passen- 
gers conveyed on all the Railways in England and 
Wales, Scotland and Ireland, respectively, during 
the half-year ended the 30th June 1854, distinguished 
in different Classes, and the Receipts from each 
Class of Passengers and Goods, &amp;c., compiled from 
Returns made in pursuance of the provisions of the 
Act 3 &amp; 4 Vic. ¢. 97; also, the Length of Railway 
open at the commencement and at the termination 
of the half-year; together with a Summary, com- 
paring the Traffic with that in the corresponding 
period in 1853, and a Supplement showing the ag- 
gregate Number of Miles travelled by each Class of 
Passengers ; the Number of Passenger Trains, and 


of Goods Trains respectively, and the Number of 


Miles travelled by such Trains, during the above- 
mentioned half-year. 
Copy of Reports of the Inspecting Officers of the 


Railway Department to the Lords of the Committee | 


of Privy Council for Trade, upon certain Accidents 
which have occurred on Railways, during the Months 
of June and July 1854. 

A Return of the Number and Nature of the Acci- 
dents and Injuries to Life and Limb which have 
oceurred on all the Railways in Great Britain and 
Treland, trow the 1st January to the 30th of June 
1854 (in continuation of the Return of Accidents 
for the preceding half-year, presented in the present 
Session). 

Mr. Cardwell also presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the loth day of March last, for Returns show- 
ing for each Railway Company the Amount of Ca- 
pital and Loan which the Company has been autho- 
rized to raise by Acts passed previous to and in 1853 ; 
the Amount of Share Capital actually paid up on the 
31st day of December 1853, separating that which 


does not receive, or is not entitled to receive, any | 


Preferential Dividend or Interest from that which 
bears a Preferential Dividend or Rate of Interest, 
and stating the Amount of each Class of such Pre- 
ferential Capital, with the Rate of Interest or Divi- 
dend it is entitled to receive; the Amount due on 
Debentures, Loan Notes, or any other Interest-bear- 
ing Securities, on the 31st day of December 1853, 
the Rates of Interest payable thereon, and the Sums 
to which such Rates of Interest are applicable ; the 
Total Amount the Company retained Powers at the 
end of 1853 to raise, either on existing Shares, or by 
creating new Shares, or by Loans; the Length of 
Line open for Traffic on the 31st day of December 
1853, distinguishing Single and Double Portions ; 
the Length of Line in course of Construction at the 
end of 1853; the Length of Line each Company is 
authorized to construct, but which was not com- 
menced on the 31st day of December 1853 ; and 
consequently, the Total Length for which each Com- 
pany has obtained Powers :—Of the Amalgamation 
of Railway Companies which has been effected, 
either by Purchase, Lease or otherwise, during 1853 ; 
stating the Nature of such Amalgamation, and the 
Date on which it commenced, with the Act of Par- 
liament under which it was eftected :—And, from 
each Railway Company, showing the Length of each 
Line, or part of a Line, or Branch Line, for which 
the Powers granted by Parliament for the Com- 
pulsory Purchase of the Land required for their 


Construction had been allowed to expire, previous to | 


the 31st day of December 1853, without the exercise 
of such Powers; and the Capital appropriated by 


Parliament for the Construction of such Lines or 


Branch Lines (in continuation of Return relating to 
Railways, presented 9th March). 


Return to an Order, dated the 26th day of June 


last, for a Return of the Number and Description of 
Persons employed on each of the Railways in Eng- 
land aut Wales, Scotland and Ireland respectively, 
on the 30th day of June 1854, which may at that 
Date be open for Traffic ; also the Length of Line, 
with the Number of Stations open for Public Traffic 





10° Augusti. 





A. 1854, 


on the same day :—And, similar Return for each 
Line and Branch Line of Railway which has been 
authorized, but which may not be open for Traffic on 
the 30th day of June 1854, distinguishing the Length 
of each such Line or Branch Line on which the 
Works may be in Progress, and the Length on 
which they may not be in Progress at that Date, 
and specifying the Act or Acts authorizing such 
Railways (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 105, of the present Session). 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, by 
Her Majesty’s Command,--Copy of Instructions to 
the Surveyors appointed by the Lords Commission- 
ers of Her Majesty’s Treasury, to report on the 
| Royal Forests maintained for the growth of Navy 
| Timber, and their Reports thereon. 

Copy of a Correspondence between the Depart- 
ments of the Treasury and Board of Trade, in regard 
to the increasing scarcity of the Materials for the 
| Fabrication of Paper. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
|Table; and that the Paper relative to Fabrication 
of Paper, be printed. 





_ Mr. Wilson presented,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 3d day of March last, for 
| Copies of Despatches, Returns and Reports, received 
since June 1852, in reference to the Importation and 
Consumption of Foreign Wines in the United King- 
‘dom, the results of the recent Vintages, and the 
Quantity of the Wine produced :~- Return of the 
| Number of Petitions presented to this House, praying 
| for a Reduction of Duties on Foreign Wines since 
June 1852, by whom and when presented, and the 
Number of Signatures attached to each Petition :— 
Of particulars of any Applications received by Her 
Majesty's Government from Wine-growing Countries, 
for a Reduction in the present Import Duties on Fo- 
reign Wines since 1831, that being the time when 
the Duties on all Wines, except Cape, were equalized, 
distinguishing the Country from which such Appli- 
‘vations have been made, and the Date thereof :—Ac- 
count of the Annual Import and Export of Wine 
to and from Germany, including the aes Towns, 
from the year 1848 inclusive, to the present time : 
—Similar Account for France:—Similar Account for 
Portugal :—Similar Account for Spain :—Of the 
actual Quantity of Wine produced in Germany, from 
the year 1848 inclusive, to the present time :—Simi- 
lar Account for /‘rance :—Similar Account for Portu- 
gal :—And, similar Account for Spain. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Sir John Young presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 30th day of June last, for a Return of all 
Lands and Houses belonging to the Established 
Church in Jreland, setting forth the Name of each 
Diocese, the Situation and Extent of all such Lands 
aud Houses; Rents payable out of same, whether 
held by Incumbents or leased to others ; Contents in 
Acres, and according to the following Tabular Form : 


Where 








And of Re- | 


Dates of 


Name Name situate.| Con- | _ 
— Lease, Renewal, Renewal ¢ 

i Ty | ts 

of of of tents IN’ Name of | Name of served Fine. | 3 
Diocese. Bishop. Barony| Acres. Lessee. Lessee. | Rent. | | 8 
“ of | Zz 





a.R. Pp. Mon. Year. Mon. Year. £8. d.| £. 5. d. 


| | | | 


} 


| | | | 











Royal Forests, 


Fabrication 
of Paper, 

N 0, 526. Rer 
(Ir 


Wines, 


] Name of Dioce*e. 





And, like Return of all Deans and Chapter Lands 
j and Houses, Rectors, Vicars Choral, Prebends, &amp;c. 
Return to an Order, dated the 30th day of June 


last, for Accounts in detail, of the several Payments | 


made as Compensation to, or in the Purchase of, 
Annuities 


(I 
PY 
vy: 
Established Vv 
Church fif 
(Ireland. ) 
M 
Q 
| ¢ Number 
’ 38 of 
2 te Glebe 
5 £4 Lands. 
5 |2o 
anh 
M 
la 
Foundling 
Hospital 
Cork.) 


‘ 





Rent-charges 
(Ireland. ) 


18 Vicrori 2. 


Annuities for retiring Officers, during the year ending 
March 1854, at the Foundling Hospital (Cork) ; with 
the Name, Age and Period of Service of each :—Of 
the Sum paid to the Lunatic Asylum for the reception 
of Five imbecile Foundlings durmg the year :—Of the 
Names, Ages and Periods of Service of the Officers, 
and the Names and Ages of such of the Foundlings 
as are wholly or partly disabled, among whom it is 
proposed to distribute so much as remains of the Ba- 
lance of £.2,461 (in hand on the 31st day of March | 
1854), and for whose benefit the Tax of 5d. per Ton 
on all Coals imported into the Port of Cork is still 
continued by the Poor Law Commissioners :—W he- | 
ther the principal Sums of the several Legacies which | 
have been bequeathed to the Foundling Hospital are 
included in the Balance above stated ; and how it is | 
proposed by the Commissioners to dispose of them : | 





10° August. 





491 


the intentions of this House, and render the Bill con- 
formable with two Bills passed in the present Ses- 
sion, relating to the Militia in England and /reland), 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Fitzroy do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Alfred 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Richardson. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of any Report made by Mr. Bodkin, the 
Counsel who attended the Inquest on the Body of 
Alfred Richardson, on behalf of the Home Office ; 
and of the Notes taken by him during the Inquest. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 


—And, Statement of the Names of the several Unions | Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 


which contributed to the Payment of the Debts of | 
the Foundling Hospital, and the proportion in which | 
each contributed. | 
Further Return to an Order, dated the 3d day of | 
March last, That the following Returns, ordered last 
Session (but not made by the Registrars of the fol- 
lowing Dioceses in Lreland, viz. Derry, Down, Con- 
nor, Dromore, Kilmore, Dublin, Kildare, Ossory, 
Ferns, Leighlin, Cashel, Emly, Waterford, Lismore, 
Clonfert, Kilmacduagh), be by them furnished :—Of 
all Rent-charges payable in Jreland, stating the Name 
of the Diocese, Parish, and Amount of annual Rent- 
charge, Date of Composition, Description of Corn 
named in Certificate, and Price thereof, also Notices 
served on any Registrar of the above-named Dioceses 
to vary existing Compositions, according to the fol- 
lowing Tabular Form : 


Date of 








| | Date tnd Term P oe . Variations, and in Average 
ae of and Average Price Deepest of Price of Corn 
ti 4 | of Corn named Compesition (if from 
2! 3 Composition. . | im the Certificate. en Dublin Gazette, 
| Le # ican Years ending 
ear lela 29th Nov. 
Sigligsisi8iéa rice pe in each Ye: 
aia &amp; i; os! s ES | Quality. Price per Month. | Year. | ™ cach Yow. 
sisi oe | fee &lt;2 | ¢ Barrel. 
| £.s.d.| &amp;. sd. | | 
| | 
| 
| 
' 
Bric Sir John Young also presented, pursuant to the di- 
roughs 


(reland.) 


Public 
Petitions. 
Vide Sixty. 
fifth Report. 


Militia 
(No, 2) Bill. 


Militia (Scot- 


land) Bill. 


‘rections of an Act of Parliament,—Abstract of State- 
ments of Monies received and expended on account 
of certain Boroughs in Lreland 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions relating to Maynooth College Act ;— 
Oxford University Bill ;—Roman Catholic Chap- 
lains ;——- Medical Officers (Navy) ;—and, Preston 
Borough,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie wpon the Table. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Militia (No. 2) Bill; and the same 
were twice read, and, with an Amendment to one 
of them, agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Fitzroy do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships, with an Amendment; to which Amendment 
this House doth desire the concurrence of their 


Lordships. 


_ The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Militia (Scotland) Bill. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time 
(and it appearing that the Amendments in p. 13, Is. 24 
and 25, and p. 14, 1. 40, were necessary to carry out 





Von. 109. 





of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 





Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented,— Exhibition of 
Further Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated —s (New 
the 6th day of February last, for Copies of the a 
Reports made to the Foreign Office, or to any other 
Department, by the Commissioners appointed to 
attend the Exhibition of Industry in the City of 
New York. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Message by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of 

the Black Rod : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty's 
Commission, for deciaring Her Royal Assent to se- 
veral Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire 
the immediate attendance of this Honourable House 
in the House of Peers, to hear the Commission read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :—And being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the de- 
sire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Commission, had been at the House of Peers, 
where a Commission under the Great Seal was read, 
giving, declaring and notifying the Royal Assent to 
the several Acts therein mentioned; and that the 
Lords, thereby authorized, had declared the Royal 
Assent to the said Acts, as follow : 

An Act to alter the mode of providing for certain Public Revenue 
Expenses now charged upon certain Branch:s of #14 Consoli- 
the Public Revenues, and upon the Consolidated | satan 
Fund: (No. 2) Bill, 

An Act to make further Provision for the Burial Burials 
of the Dead in England beyond the Limits of the beyond the 
Metropolis : 


Royal Assent. 


Metropolis 
Bill. 

An Act for better securing the collecting and Land, 
accounting for the Land Tax, Assessed Taxes and — and 

pa . . ncome Taxes 

Income Tax by the Collectors thereof : Bill. 

An Act to amend the Laws for the better Preven- Spirits 
tion of the Sale of Spirits by unlicensed Persons, (Iteland) Bill 
and for the Suppression of Illicit Distillation in 
Ireland: 

An Act for the better Care and Reformation of Youthful 
Youthful Offenders in Great Britain : Offenders Bill 

An Act for the Valuation of Lands and Heritages Valuation of 


; “= : Lands (Scot- 
in Scotland : land) Bill. 


An Act to repeal the Laws relating to Usury, and Usury Laws 
to the Enrolment of Annuities : Repeal Bill. 

An Act to extend the Provisions of the Acts for Benefices Aug- 
the Augmentation of Benefices : emcees 

An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Stamp Stamp Duties 
Duties : : Bill. 

An Act to render valid certain Marriages of British Marriages _ 
Subjects in Mezico : (Mexico) Bill 
An Act to continue an Act of the eleventh year of Crime and 
Her present Majesty, for the better Prevention of jm a ) Ril 

Crime and Outrage in certain Parts of Ireland : — 
An Act for allowing Gold Wares to be manufac- Standard of 


tured at a lower Standard than that now allowed by eens 
3R2 aw, 





Inclosure, &amp;c. 
of Land Bill 


Parochial 
Schoolmasters 
(Scotland) Bill. 
National 


Gallery, &amp;c. 
(Dublin) Bill. 


Merchant 
Shipping Bill. 


Towns 
Improvement 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Duchy of 


Cornwall 
Office Bill. 


Public Health 
Bill. 


Bribery, &amp;c. 
Bill. 


Court of 


Chancery Bill. 


Friendly 
Societies Acts 
Continuance 
Bill. 

Bourne's 

( Mowbrick 
Partition) 
Estate Bill. 


Bradford 
Glebe Lands 
and Vicarage 
Trust Estate 
Bill. 


Jaron De 
L’Isle and 
Dudley’s* 
Estate Bill. 


Worsley’s 
Estate Bill. 


Legh’s Estate 
Bill. 


Postage 
(India, &amp;c.) 


Message from 


the Lords. 


Russian 
(rovernment 


Securities Bill. 


Midland Great ¢ . 
Western Rail- Western Rai!lwa 
“way of Ireland 


(Baronies’ . » . 
Contributions) the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : 
_ Bill. And also, 


492 


Law, and to amend the Law relating to the Assaying 
of Gold and Silver Wares : 

An Act to amend and extend the Acts for the In- 
closure, Exchange and Improvement of Land : 

An Act to regulate the Salaries of the Parochial 
Schoolmasters of Scotland : 


An Act to provide for the Establishment of a Na- 
tional Gallery of Paintings, Sculpture and the Fine 
Arts, for the Care of a Public Library, and the Erec- 
tion of a Public Museum in Dublin : 

An Act to amend and consolidate the Acts relating 
to Merchant Shipping : 

An Act to make better Provision for the paving, 
lighting, draining, cleansing, supplying with Water, 
and Regulation of Towns in Jreland: 

An Act for the Exchange of the Office in Somerset 
House of the Duchy of Cornwall, for an Oftice to be 
erected in Pimlico on the Hereditary Possessions of 
the Crown: 

An Act to make better Provision for the Adminis- 
tration of the Laws relating to the Public Health: 

An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating 
to Bribery, Treating and undue Influence at Elec- 
tions of Members of Parliament: 

Au Act to muke further Provision for the more 
speedy and efficient Despatch of Business in the 
High Court of Chancery : 

An Act to continue and amend the Acts now in 
force relating to Friendly Societies : 


An Act for the Partition of the Mowbrickh, other- 
wise Mowbreck, Estate, in the County of Lancaster : 


An Act to authorize the Sale or Exchange of the 
Glebe Land of the Vicarage of the Parish of Brad- 


ford, in the West Ridmg of the County of York, 


and of other Land in the said Parish of Bradford, 
held in Trust for, and to be henceforth vested in, the 
Vicar of Bradford, and to authorize Leases of the 
said Lands respectively, and for other purposes : 

An Act for enabling the granting of Leases for 
Mining and other purposes, and the making of Sales 
and Exchanges of certain Part of the Estates devised 
by the Will and Codicils of Sir William Foulis, 
Baronet, deceased : 

An Act for authorizing the granting of Building, 
Improving and Mining Leases of Estates in the Pa- 
rish of Rochdale, in the County of Lancaster, com- 
prised, as to certain undivided Shares in the Marriage 
Settlement of Marcus Worsley and Harriet his 
Wife, and devised as to the other undivided Shares, 
by the Will of Sarah Hamer, deceased : 

An Act to authorize Conveyances in Fee, or De- 
mises for long Terms of Years, under reserved Rents 
of certain Parts of the settled Estates of Charles 
Richard Banastre Legh, Esquire. 


Sir Charles Wood presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 28th day of July last, for Copies of Corre- 
spondence between the Government, the Post-oftice, 
and the Court of Directors, as to Postage between 


England and India :—And, of the Orders of the 

Governments of Ceylon and Hong Kong, for the Re- 

duction of the Postage between England and those 
? 


Places to Sixpence. 


Ordered, Tat the said Return do lie upon the 


Table. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Senior ¢ 
Mr. Speaker, 


The Lords have agreed to the Russian Government 
Securities Bill, with Amendments ; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 


House: And also, 


10°—11° August. 





The Lords have agreed to the Midland Great 
y of Jre/and ( Baronies’ Contributions) 
Bill, with an Amendment; to which Amendment 


A. 1854, 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Common Lay 
by this House to the Common Law Procedure Bill, Procedure Bil, 
with Amendments; to which Amendments the 

Lords desire the concurrence of this House :—And 

then the Messenger withdrew. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Russian 
Lords to the Aussian Government Securities Bill be Government 
taken into consideration To-morrow. Securities Bill, 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Common Law 
Lords to the Amendments made by this House to ProcedureBill, 
the Common Law Procedure Bill be taken into con- 
sideration To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Amendment made by the MidlanaGreat 
Lords to the Midland Great Western Railway of Western Rail. 
Ireland (Baronies’ Contributions) Bill be taken into &gt; tree mg 
consideration To-morrow. Contributions) 
, ania ill, 

And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Veneris, 11° dic Augusti ; 
Anno 18° Victoriz Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That Mr.Speaker do issue his Marylebone 
Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out Writ. 
anew Writ for the electing of a Burgess to serve in 
this present Parliament for the Borough of Maryle- 
bone, in the room of Sir Benjamin Hall, Baronet, 
who, since his Election for the said Borough, hath 
accepted the Office of Steward or Bailiff of Her 
Majesty's three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Des- 
borough and Bonenham,in the County of Buckingham. 


Mr. Cardwell presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Agricultural 
mand,—Copy of Reports on the Agricultural Sta- (orien end 
tistics of the Counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Hants, Wales.) 
Wilts, Leicester, Berks, Worcester, Brecon, Salop, 
Denbigh and York (West Riding), for the year 1854. 

Copy of Report of the Highland and Agricul- Agricultural 
tural Society of Scotland to the Board of Trade, on (Beotland.) 
the Agricultural Statistics of Scotland, for the year _— 
1854. 

Copy of Circular issued by the Lords of the Railways. 
Committee of Privy Council for Trade to the Rail- 
way Companies, on the subject of a Communication 
between the Guards and Engine-drivers of Trains ; 
with Replies thereto. 

Tables of the Revenue, Population, Commerce, Revenue, 
&amp;e. of the United Kingdom and its Dependencies : Population, 
Part XXII. 1852, compiled from Official Returns. 

Statistical Tables relating to Foreign Countries 
(compiled from the most part from Official Returns). 

Copy of Reports of the Inspecting Officers of the Accidents on 
Railway Department of the Board of Trade, on Rail- Railways. 
way Accidents subsequent to the 31st July 1854. 

Mr. Cardwell also presented,—Return to an Order, Railways. 
dated the sth day of May last, for a Return of 
all Sums of Money expended or now due by the 
several Railway Companies, Proprietors or Share- 
holders in the United Kingdom, in obtaining Acts 
of Parliament for establishing such Companies and 
their Undertakings, or subsequent thereto, and for 
Branches and Additions, or for purchasing other 
Railways, or amalgamating with Railway or Canal 
Companies, or otherwise howsoever ; and all Costs, 
Charges and Expenses incurred and occasioned by 
any Actions, Suits and other Proceedings at Law or 
in Equity by the said Companies, Proprietors and 
Shareholders, and particularly including insuch Sums, 

Costs, Charges and Expenses all legal Charges and 
engineering Expenses of every kind; and showing 
what proportion of the said Sums, Costs, Charges 
and Expenses has been paid and borne out of Ca- 
pital, and what part is to be paid and borne out of 





the Profits of the said Companies respectively. 
‘ Ordered, 








Messag 
the Lor 
Militia 
({relan¢ 


Militia 
suspen 
Bill 

Militia 
Bill. 

Mayo ( 
Advan 


Baron 

[Isle : 
Dudley 

Estate 


Incum 
Fstate 
Indies 


Legisl 
Coune 
(Cana 


Bankr 
Bill. 


Militi 
(No, 2 


Meret! 
Shipp 
Acts. 
Bill. 


Marri 
(Mex 


Legh 
Bill. 


Wors 
Estat 


Natic 
Educ 
(Irel 


Mets 
Dist 


Fle 
Div 
(In 







Fri 











Message from 
the Lords. 


Militia 
reland) Bill. 


Militia Ballots 
suspension 
Bill. 

Militia Pay 
Bill. 

Mayo County 
Advances Bil 


Baron De 

[Isle and 
* Dudley’s 

Estate Bill 


Incumbered 
Estates (West 
Indies) Bill. 


Legislative 


Council 
(Canada) Bill. 


Bankruptcy 
Bill. 


Militia 
(No.2) Bill. 


Merchant 
Shipping 
Acts Repeal 
Bill. 


Marriages 
(Mexico) Bill. 


legh’s Estate 
Bill. 


Worsley’s 
Estate Bill. 


National 
Education 
(Ireland. ) 


Metropolitan 
Districts, 


Electoral 
Divisions 
(Ireland. ) 


Friendly 
Societies, 


* vances 


18 Vicrortia. 


Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. 
Mr Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the Militia (Zreland) 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 
The Lords have agreed to the Militia Ballots Sus- 
pension Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Militia Pay Bill, 
without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Mayo County Ad- 
Bill, without: uny Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to Baron De L’Jsle and Dudley’s 
Estate Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 


Senior: 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Incumbered Estates (West 
Indies) Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Legislative Council (Canada) 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Bankruptcy Bill, without any 
Amendment: And also, 

The Lords:-have agreed to the Amendment made 
by this House to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships to the Militia (No. 2) Bill, without any 
Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made 
by this House to the Amendment made by their 
Lordships to the Merchant Shipping Acts Repeal 
Bill, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made 
by this House to the Marriages (Mexico) Bill, with- 
out any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made 
by this House to Legh’s Estate Bill, without any 
Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made 
by this House to Worsley’s Estate Bill, without any 
Amendment: And also, 

The Lords communicate to this House, a Copy of 
the Report from the Select Committee appointed by 
their Lordships in the present Session, to inquire into 
the practical working of the system of National 
Education in Jre/and, ” together with the Minutes of 

ividence taken before the said Committee, and the 
Appendix and Index thereto :—And then the Mes- 
senger withdrew. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be added to the Me- 
tropolitan Districts Returns required by Address, 9th 
June 1854:—VII. Whether any and what Parish, 
or part of a Parish, is managed under the Act 5 7 Geo. 
3,¢. 29, or the Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, ¢. 90 VILL. 
The Total Amount of Money raised for the purposes 
of Paving, Cleansing and Lighting, under authority 
of any General or Loc . Act, during the year ending 
the Ist day of July 18 

Ordered, ‘Vhat the maid Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return, in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 323, of Session 1852, and in the same Tabular 
Form, of the Valuation of each Electoral Division in 
Treland, with its Population in 1851, and the Total 
Poundage directed to be raised by any Rate or Rates 
made upon every such Electoral Division during the 
year ending the 25th day of March 1854. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of further Report and Tables prepared under 
the directions of the Lords of the Treasury by the 

VoL. 109. 





11° August:. 








493 
Actuary of the National Debt Office, on the subject 
of Sickness and Mortality among the Members of 
Friendly Societies, as shown by the Quinquennial 
Returns to the 31st day of December 18: 50, receiv ed 
by the Registrar of Friendly Societies in England, 
under the Provisions of the Act 9 &amp; 10 Vic. c. 27. 
Mr. Wilson accordingly presented the said Paper. 


Ordered, That the ‘said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 





Mr. Wilson presentéd,—Return to an Address to Wheat, &amp;c. 


Her Majesty, dated the 17th day of February last, 

for Returns of the Annual Average Gazette Price 
of Wheat, Barley and Oats, in each year from 1850 
to 1853, both inclusive :—Of the Quantities of Wheat, 
Barley and Oats imported, exported and cleared for 
Consumption, from 1850 to 1553, both inclusive :— 
Of the Weekly Average Price of Wheat, Barley and 
Oats, in each year since the passing of the Corn Bill 
of 1815, brought down to the latest date, from 1849 
to 1853, both ‘inclusiv e:—Of the Annual Aggregate 
Quantities of Wheat, Barley and Oats returned by 
the Corn Inspectors as sold in the Towns from 
which the Averages were computed by the Act of 
1815, from that year to the end of 1849, with a 
separate Column, showing the Quantities sold i in each 
year from 1850 to 1853, both inclusive, in the new 
Towns added by the Act of that year:—Of the 
Quantities of Wheat and Flour, given in Quarters 
of ‘Vheat imported from each Country, in each year 
since 1828, inclusive; with a Column showing the 
Average Quantity imported from 1850 to 1853, both 
inclusive :—Of the Official Average Annual Price of 
Wheat in each of the Ten Regions of France, and for 
the whole of France, in each year from 1849 to 1853, 

both inclusive, to the latest date for which it can be 
given, converted into English Measures and Money, 
and stating the Ratio at which such Conversions have 
been made ; ; also showing the Annual Average Price 
for the whole of France during the whole Period :— 
Of the Average Annual Price of Wheat in Belgium, 
for each year from 1849 to 1853, both inclusive, 
showing the Average Annual Price for the whole 
Period, converted into English Measures and Money, 
and showing the Ratio at which such Conversions 


have been made :—Of the Average Annual Price of 


Wheat in each of the Seven Russian Provinc ‘es, In 
ach year from 1850 to 1853, both inclusive ; also, 
the Annual Average Price for the whole of Prussia, 
in each of the said years ; also, the Average Annual 
Price for the whole Period, converted into English 
Measures and Money, and stating the Ratio at which 
such Conversions have been made :—Of the Quan- 
tities of Wheat and Flour imported into and ex- 
ported from France, from 1849 to 1853, both inclu- 
sive :—Of the Average Price of Butcher’s Meat, 
distinguishing the various kinds as sold at the Zondon 
Markets, in each Month of each year, from 1850 to 
1853, both inclusive, and exhibiting the Annual 


Average Price of each kind :—Of the Prices of Beef 


and Mutton at Lady-day and Michaelm is, in each 
year, paid at Saint Tho:nas’s Hospital, from 1850 to 
1853, both inclusive :—Of the Quantities of Beef, 
Pork and Bacon, fresh, slightly salted, or salted, 
imported and cle axed for Consumption, from 1850 to 
1853, both inclusive :—Of the Numbers of Cattle, 
Sheep and Swine imported, in each year from 1850 
to 1853, both inclusive :—Of the Quantities of Butter 
and Chee ‘se imported and cleared for Consumption, 
in each year from 1850 to 1853, both inclusive :—- 
Of the Total Quantity of Foreign Wool imported, in 
each year from 1850 to 1853, both inclusive, show- 
ing the Rate of Duty chargeable thereon, and dis- 
tincuishing the Quantities imported in each year 
from Spain, Germany, the rest of Europe, South 
America, the Cape of Good Hope, the Possessions 
of the East India Company and the Australian 
Colonies, including Van Diemen’s Land :—Of the 
Price of Gold in each year from 1850 to 1853, both 
inclusive :—And, of the Quantity of British Ship- 

3R3 ping, 


No, 468. 





494 


ping, distinguishing Sailing and Steam Vessels, built 
and registered, in each year from 1849 to 1853, both 
inclusive, in the United Kingdom, and also in the 
British Colonies (in continuation of Parliamentary 
Paper, No. 460, of Session 1850). 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Coal Mines. Mr. Fitzroy presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,—Copy of Reports of Messrs. Dunn, Dickin- 
son, Morton, Lancaster, Wynne and Mackworth, 
Inspectors of Coal Mines, to Her Majesty’s Secretary 
of State. 

Births, Deaths Copy of Fifteenth Annual Report of the Registrar 
and Marriages. (jeneral of Births, Deaths and Marriages in Eng- 
land. 

Copy of Twenty-second Report from the Board 
of Public Works, Zreland ; with Appendices. 

Copy of Report of the Commissioners of Fisheries 
(Lreland), for 1853, to his Excellency the Lord 
Lieutenant, pursuant to the Act 5 &amp; 6 Vic. c. 106. 

Mr. Fitzroy also presented,—Return to an Ad- 

dress to Her Majesty, dated the 17th day of Fe- 
bruary last, for a Return of the Number of Persons 
rated to the Poor at the Sums of £. 50, £. 40, £. 30, 
£.20, £.10, and upwards respectively, in each 
County or Division of County, exclusive of the re- 
presented Cities and ‘Towns in England and Wales ; 
distinguishing, as far as possible, the Number who 
are Householders. 
Poor Rates, Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
&amp;e. 21st day of February last, for Returns, in a Tabular 
Form, in addition to the Information moved for on 
the Ist day of April 1852, of the Average Rate in 
the Pound of each whole Union, calculated on the 
Annual Value of Rateable Property in 1852 :—Of 
the Amount of the Estimates of the Annual Value of 
Real Property in each Parish, as assessed to the 
Property Tax in April 1815:—Of the Amount of 
the Estimates of the Annual Value of Real Property 
in each Parish, as assessed to the Property Tax in 
April 1843 :—And, of the Increase or Decrease (in 
Columns) of the Annual Value in each Parish, be- 
tween April 1815 and April 1843. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 
12th day of July last, for a Return of the Quantities 
of Gold Watch Cases marked at the following Halls 
during the years from 1847 to 1854, inclusive ; viz., 
London, Chester and Birmingham. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 3d 
day of July last, for Returns of the Number of Per- 
sons found to be Lunatic under Inquisition by the 
Court of Chancery who are Residents in Private 
Asylums, and the Amount of their respective In- 
comes and Allowances for Maintenance :—Of the 
Sums annually received by the Lunatic House Pro- 
prietors from the Committees for the Care of the 
said Lunatics, and the Number of years they have 
been retained in the Asylums by them, and at what 
Periods these Asylums were visited by the Lord 
Chancellor's Visitors in Lunacy in the years 1852, 
1853 and 1854 :—Of the Number of Persons who 
have been discharged from Private Lunatic Asylums 
by Order of the Commissioners of Lunacy since the 
Commission was appointed :—-Of the Number of 
Persons who have been released froin Confinement 
in Asylums by their Friends, or by the Person on 
whose Order they were confined, at the Recom- 
mendation of the Commissioners in Lunacy :—Of 
the Number of Patients who have been released 
trom Provincial Private Asylums by Order of the 
Visiting Magistrates :—And, of the Number of Per- 
sons who have been released from Provincial Private 
Asylums at the Recommendation of Visiting Magis- 
trates, by their Friends, or by the Parties who 
ordered their Confinement. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 


Public Works 
(Ireland. ) 


Fisheries 
(Ireland. ) 


Ratepayers. 


Gold Watch 
Cases. 


Lunatic 
Asylums. 


Parochial 


(Scotland. ) 


Schoolmasters 4th day of 0 last, for Copies or Extracts from 
ytery Books in Scotland, including 


all the Pres 


11° August. 


A. 1854. 


Orkney and Shetland, of all the Cases which have 

been brought before such Presbyteries respecting 

Parochial Schoolmasters, under the Act 43 Geo. 3, 

c. 54, s. 21, from 1838 to 1853 inclusive :—Of the 

Libels served on such Schoolmasters, and of Sentences 

or Deliverances passed upon them; likewise stating 

whether such Sentences have been carried into 

effect :—-And, Abstract of the above Returns in the 

form used in the Appendix to Report of the Select 

Committee on the state of Education in Scotland, 

1838. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the parochiai 

24th day of March last, for Returns of the Parochial and Burgh 

and Burgh Schools, with the Number of Scholars Choate (Boot. 
bp . and, ) 

at each, in the Royal Burghs and Parliamentary 

Towns of Aberdeen, Airdrie, Ayr, Arbroath, Banff, 

Cupar, Dumfries, Dundee, Dunfermline, Dysart, 

Edinburgh, Elgin, Forfar, Falkirk, Glasgow, 

Greenock, Haddington, Hamilton, Inverness, Kil- 

marnock, Kirkaldy, Leith, Montrose, Perth, Port 

Glasgow, Paisley, Portobello, Peterhead, Ruther- 

glen, Stranraer, Wigton and Wick. 

Return to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the Boara of 
15th day of June last, for Returns of the Names of Health. 
the Members of the Board of Health, the Date of 
their Appointment, and the Salaries received :—Of 
the Names of all Persons who have been employed 
by the Board of Health since the year 1848, as 
Superintendent Inspectors, Engineers, Medical Offi- 
cers, or otherwise, with the Amount of Money paid 
in each year to such Persons; distinguishing the 
Amount paid for Salaries or Allowances and Travel- 
ling Expenses, and out of what Fund such Pay- 
ments have been made :—Statement, setting forth 
the Titles and the Number of Documents, exclusive 
of Inspectors’ Reports, which have been printed by 
desire or for the use of the Board of Health, at 
the Public Expense, and by whose authority such 
Documents have been printed :—Similar Statement 
as regards the Reports of Inspectors which have been 
printed for the use of the Ratepayers of the Localities 
to which such Reports refer:—And, Copy of any 
Treasury Minute and Correspondence with the Home 
Department in relation to the Cost of Printing or to 
Documents printed for the Board of Health. 

Mr. Fitzroy also presented, pursuant to the di- Poor Relief 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—Copies of Twelve (Ireland) 
General Orders issued by the Commissioners for 
administering the Laws for the Relief of the Poor 
in Ireland. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Sir John Young presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- Agricultural 
mand,—Return of the Agricultural Statistics of Jre- me 
land, for the year 1854. ( 

Sir John Young also presented,—Return to an Prosecutions 
Order, dated the 7th day of July last, for a Return (Ireland.) 
of the Number of all Cases prosecuted at each 
Quarter Sessions in Jreland for the last Five years, 
distinguishing, as far as can be done, those in which 
the Prosecutions have been conducted by the Ses- 
sional Solicitors. 

Return to an Order, dated the 20th day of July Theological 
last, for Returns from the 31st day of March 1853 to (Belfast, 8 
the 31st day of March 1854, of the Names of the 
Thirteen Theological and other Professors and Pen- 
sioners at Belfast receiving Money from Parliamen- 
tary Grants; and of the Number and Names of Stu- 
dents attending all the Professors, and how many 
attend each Professor, distinguishing such as attend 
the non-subscribing Professors ; and also distinguish- 
ing those that attended all the Session from those that 
attended part of it only, and of the Time that such 
Session continued for actual and exclusive Service 
and Instruction; also of the Number of Hours per 
Week given by each Professor to his Class, and of 
the Days in each Week so given; also the Amount 
of Salary received from the Government by each 
Professor or Pensioner from his Professorship or 








Pension ; 





the I 
N 


Sitti 
the | 


Peti 


Business of 
the House, 


No. 454. 


Stings of 
the House, 


No, 455. 


Public 
Petitions, 


No, 456, 





18 VictrortizZ. 


Pension ; together with the Amount which he re- 
ceives from the Regium Donum, his Congregational 
Income and Pension, whether from the Sum of 
£.2,600 granted in 1853, or otherwise, and what 
Amount he receives for distributing the Regium Do- 
num or other Services, and on what Scale of Remu- 
neration; also whether any and which of the said 
Professors and Pensioners receive any and what other 
Pension from any Source, and whether the Congre- 
gational Income or Salary of any of the said Pro- 
fessors be appropriated to any other purpose than his 
or their own private use because of any Professional 
or other Income received from Government :—Of the 
Congregational {ncome of the Ministers of the Ge- 
neral Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Jre- 
land, and any Class or Denomination of Non-con- 
formists in Jreland, who receive portions of the Par- 
liamentary Grant of 1853, with the Number of Fa- 
milies belonging to each Coner egation ; particularising 
in each case, the Congregation, Minister’s Name, 
Date of Ordination or Installation, Number of Fa- 
milies, Stipend paid by each Congregation, Aid from 
Home Mission, Value of Glebe, Chaplainci ies, Poor 
Law, Gaol or Military, Bequests, Donations, ke. ; 
and Total :—Of the several Sums received by or paid 
to the Ministers before-mentioned or referred to, o1 
by or to the several Funds for the benefit of Widows 
of Ministers, from the Parliamentary or Government 
Grant of 1853, amounting to (about) £.37,000 ; and 
of the Particulars of the Sum of (about) £. 790, for 
the Expenses of distributing the said Sum, or any 
part thereof, and to whom paid, and the Amount of 
each Payment, and for what Services, and on what 
Scale; and also the Amount paid to Clerks of Synod, 
and whether for any and what Services, or for Pen- 
sions or Grants :—-And, of what Sects or Denomina- 
tions of Protestant Non-conformists in Jreland, 
whether they are of any class of Presbyterians, or of 
the Sect or Denomination usually called Congrega- 
tional, Wesleyan, Baptist or otherwise,.which do not 
receive any Grant of Money for their Professors, 
Ministers, the Widows of Ministers, or otherwise 
howsoever. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


The following Papers were laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 7th day of this instant August, for a Re- 
turn of the Number of each of the following Motions 
which have been made in the House before the 
Orders of the Day and Notices have been disposed 


of, or in any Committee of the whens House, in the | 


Sessions 1850, 1851, 1852, 1852-53 and 1854; 
1. That this House do now et 


House, at its rising, will adjourn till Monday next, 


viz. 


or any future day; 3. That a Debate be now ad- | 


journed; 4. That the Chairman of a Committee of 
the whole House do report Progress; 5. That the 
Chairman do now leave the Chair; and distin- 
guishing, in each Class, the Number of such Mo- 
tions which were withdrawn, negatived or agreed to 
by the House or the Committee, and the Number 
upon which there were Divisions (in continuation of 
Parliamentary Paper, No. 942, of Session 1852-53). 

Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of this in- 
stant August, for a Return of the Number of Days 
on which, the House of Commons sat in the present 
Session; stating, for each Day, the Date of the 
Month, ‘and the Day of the Week, the Hour of 
Meeting, and the Hour of Adjournment ; and the 
Total Number of Hours occupied in the Sittings of 
the House, and the Average Time; and showing the 
Number of Hours on which the House sat each Day, 
and the Number of Hours after Midnight; .and the 
Number of Entries in each Day’s Votes and Pro- 
ceedings (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 945, of Session 1852-53). 

Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of this in- 
stant August, for Returns of the Number of Public 


11° Auguste. 








That this | 





495 


Petitions presented in each of the Five years ending 
1788-89, 1804—5, 1814-1 5, showing the Average of 
each period of Five years ; also, of the Number of 
Petitions presented and printed in each of the Five 
years ending 1832, and the Average of that period : 
Of the Number of Public Petitions presented and 
printed in each of the Five years ending 1837, 1842 
1847 and 1854, with the ‘Total Number of Signatures 
in each year; showing the Average Number of Peti- 
tions presented and printed, and Signatures, for each 
period of Five years :—Abstracts of the Sums paid 
for Printing, Folding, &amp;c. of Public Petitions, in 
each of the Five years ending in 1832, and showing 
the Total and Aver age Expense And, of the 
Sums paid for Printing, Folding, &amp;e. Reports and 
Appendixes, and Indexes to Reports and Appendixes 
on Public Petitions, in each year from 1833 to 1854 
inclusive, showing the Total and Average Expense 
of each period of Five years. 

Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of this in- 
stant August, for an Alphabetical List of the Public 
Bills which have been introduced into the House of 
Commons dwing the present Session ; stating by 
whom introduced, or which have been brought from 
the House of Lords: the Dates of their several 
Stages in this House, and distinguishing those which 
have since become Law (in continuation of Parlia- 
mentary Paper, No. 943, of Session 1852-53). 





Public Bills. 
No, 457. 


Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of this in- Divisions of 
stant August, for a Return of the Number of Divi- the House. 


sions of the House of Commons in the present Ses- 
sion; stating the Subject of the Division, and the 
Number of Members in the Majority and Minority, 
Tellers included; also, the Agegreg ate Number in 
the House on each Division ; distinguishing the Di- 
visions on Public Business from Private, and also 
the Number of Divisions before and after Midnight 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 941, 
of Session 1852-53). 


No. 458. 


Return to an Order, dated the 9th day of this in- gelect 
stant August, for a Return of the Number of Select Committees. 


Committees appointed in the Session of 1854; the 
Subjects of Inquiry; the Names of the Members 
appointed to serve on each Committee, and of the 
Chairman of each; the Number of Days on which 
each Committee met ; and the Number of Days on 
which each Member attended such Committee ; the 
Total Expense of the Attendance of Witnesses at 
each Select Committee ; and the Name of the Mem- 
ber who moved for each such Committee ; also, the 
Total Number of Members who served on Select 
Committees, and the Number of Members who 
served on no Select Committee at all. 


No. 459. 


Return to an Order, dated the 14th day of July last, Election 
for an Alphabetical List of all Election Petitions pre- Petitions. 


| sented during the present Session ; showing the Names 





VoL. 109. 


of the Places, Names of Members petitioned against, 
the Dates of Presentation and Petitions to defend 
Returns ; and in what manner any of such Petitions 
may have been disposed of, whether by the Sureties 
to the Recognizances being reported as objection- 
able, or by being withdrawn; with the Dates of the 
Reports and such withdrawals or otherwise, toge- 
ther with the Names of the Agents :—Returns of all 
Reports, Special Reports and Determinations or 
Resolutions of any Election Committees reported to 
this House :—Of the Names of all Members who 
have been unseated, and for what Causes they have 
been so unseated :— Of the Names of all Places the 
Writs for which have been suspended, and to what 
Dates they have been so suspended, or further 
suspended ; or, after Suspension, have been granted 
afterwards :—Of the Total Number of Select Com- 
mittees which have sat on Election Petitions durmg 
the present Session; the Names of the Chairman 
and Members serving on each Election Committee ; 
and the Number of - Days on which each Election 
Committee sat; the Names of the Members of the 
General Committee of Elections ; and the Names of 
the Members selected as the Chairmen’s Panel :—Of 

3R4 the 


No. 460. 








Military 
Appointments 
(East India.) 


Army (India.) 


Westminster 
Bridge. 


Gold and 
Silver Coin 
ard Bullion. 


Receipt 
Stamps. 


Swabey’s 
Defalcation. 


Post-office 
(Money 
Orders. ) 


Tea. 


Postal Engage- 
ments (United 
States.) 


Taxes re- 
pealed, &amp;c. 


Ne. 461. 





4.96 11° ugusti. A. 1854: 


the Total Number of Select Committees which have | from the year 1844 to the present year (in continua- 
sat on Election Petitions during the last Session:— tion of and same Form as Parliamentary Paper, 
Of the Total Number of Election Petitions presented No. 652, of Session 1845; giving the Totals at Foot 
during the last Session :—And, of the Total Number of each Account for either Country as in the same 
of Election Petitions which have been withdrawn Paper):—And, of the Revenue and Expenditure in 
during the last and during the present Session. each Country since 1844:— Account of Balance 

Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of this in- | from Remittance of Public Money to and from the 
stant August, for Copy of the Despatch from theCourt British and Irish Exchequers respectively (in con- 
of Directors of the East India Company to Bengal, tinuation of Account in Parliamentary Paper, No, 
in the Military Department, of the 16th day of | 718, of Session 1847) :-—Returns of the Expenditure 


March 1853, in reply to the Military Letter trom of Jreland for each year since the Consolidation of 


Bengal, dated the 29th day of September 1852, re- | the Exchequers in 1816, including all Payments and 
specting the appointing of Officers of Her Majesty’s | Disbursements made in /reland out of the Trish 
Service to Offices heretofore held only by Military | Revenue, both in its Progress to the Exchequer and 
Officers of the East India Company. after its having been paid into the same (in continua- 

Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of this in- tion of Parliamentary Paper, No. 652, of Session 
stant August, for a Return of the Number of Divi- | 1845) :—Of all Sums advanced by way of Loan to 
sional and Brigade Commands of the Army under Great Britain and Ireland respectively, for Har- 
each of the Presidencies in Jndia, distinguishing the _ bours, Docks, Canals, Drainage, Bridges, Fisheries, 
Number of those Commands held by Her Majesty's, Roads, Public Buildings, Workhouses, Collieries 
Officers, and those held by Company’s Officers. /and Mines, Churches and Chapels and Ecclesiastical 

Return to an Order, dated the 19th day of July last, | purposes, Police purposes, Colleges, Railways, Im- 
for Copy of a Plan of the Bridge which it is proposed | provements of Cities and Towns, Tunnels, and all 
to erect at Westminster, instead of the present one. | other Public Works; giving the Date and the 

Return to an Order, dated the 28th day of July | Authority foreach such Advance or Loan; the Rates 
last, fora Return, ina Tabular Form, of all Gold and | of Interest on Loans; the several Repayments re- 
Silver Coin and Bullion (distinguishing Gold from spectively ; and the Sums still due, whether for 
Silver) imported into and exported from the United | Principal or Interest (in continuation of Parlia- 
Kingdom, for the years 1848 to 1854, both inclusive ; | mentary Paper, No. 718, of Session 1847) :—And, 
stating the same for each Month of each year, and | of all Sums advanced by way of Grants during the 
distinguishing the Countries from and to which the | last Ten years, &amp;c. (as above), giving the Dates and 
Importations and Exportations have taken place ; | the Authority for each such Grant. 


and also distinguishing, as far as possible, British 








| 2ooQ 


Return to an Order, dated the 18th day of May Bank of 


Gold and Silver Coin (the Return being in con- last, for Returns by the Bank of England, from the England, &amp;. 


tinuation of the Account contained in Appendix 15, | period of the last Renewal of the Charter to the pre- 
Lords’ Report of 1848). | sent time, of the Average Aggregate Monthly Ba- 

lteturn to an Order, dated the 4th day of this in- lances of Public Monies in the Bank, under all the 
stant August, fora Return of the Price paid per Thou- | Accounts :—Of the quarterly Advances to the Geo- 
sand for Printing and Gumming the Penny Receipt | vernment under the Head of Deficiency Bills :—Of 
Stamps. | the Amount paid each year to the Bank for the Ma- 

Return to an Order, dated the 1st day of this in- nagement of the Public Debt:—Of the Amount 
stant August, for a Return of the several Items | received each quarter by the Bank for Interest on 
composing the Sum of £. 26,700 in Exchequer Bills, | Advances on Deficiency Bills, or on any other Secu- 
with the Dates when the several Sums were paid, | rities; the Term of such Advance, and the Rate of 
being the Deficiency in the Crown Fund of the | Interest:—Of the Average Annual Amount of the 
Monies received by the late Registrar of the High | Issue of Bank Notes and of Bank Post Bills by the 
Court of Admiralty, as the Proceeds of Slave Vessels | Bank :—Of the Amount paid each year by the Bank 
captured and condemned in the Vice-Admiralty | as a Composition in lieu of Stamp Duties :—Of the 
Courts, and paid over to the Registrar for distribution | Average Annual Amount of the Issue of Promissory 
among the Captors. Notes by Private and by Joint Stock Banks in 

Return to an Order, dated the 16th day of June | Great Britain :—Of the Amount paid each year by 
last, for a Return of the Sums received by the Post- | Private and by Joint Stock Banks in Great Britain 
office from the Ist day of April last to the 30th day | for Stamp Duties, and for Composition in lieu of 
of this present month of June, inclusive, for Printed | Stamp Duties :—Of the Minimum and Maximum 
Forms of Application for Money Orders, also of the | Amount of the Balances of Public Money on all the 
Number of Money Orders issued, the Gross Amount Accounts at the credit of the Government on any 
thereof, and of the Gross Sum received for issuing day in each quarter, after deducting the Amount 
the same during the period aforesaid ; together with advanced on Deficiency Bills :—And, of the Maxi- 
the Cost of maintaining, and Expenses incidental to; mum Amount advanced on Deficiency Bills on any 
the Money Order Offices in Great Britain and Jre- | day in each quarter, after deducting the Amount on 
land, for the Three months ending the 30th day of all the Government Accounts. 


No. 462. 


this present month of June. | Return to an Order, dated the 28th day of July Meteopsliien 
Return to an Order, dated the 31st day of July last, for a Return, in detail, of the Expenditure of the Parks, &amp;c. 


last, for a Return of the Ports in the United King- Sums of £.14,213. 1s. 6¢. and £. 1,432. 14s. 10d. 
dom into which Tea is permitted to be imported ; | voted in Civil Service Estimates, Class 1. Vote 2, for 
of the Ports and Places approved by the Lords | maintaining and keeping in repair Saint James's, 
Commissioners of the Treasury for the purpose of | Green and Hyde Parks, for the year ending the 31st 
warehousing Tea in Bond; of the Quantity of Tea | day of March 1854 :—Similar Return as to the Sum 
warchoused therein respectively ; together with the | of £.2,336. 3s, 8d. in the same Vote, for maimtam- 
Amount of Duty received thereon at exch of the said | ing and keeping in repair Kensington Gardens :— 
Ports and Places, for the year ending the 5th day of | Similar Return as to the Sum of £.7,289. 5s. 1 d., 
April 1854. ; ; 'in the same Vote, for maintaining and keeping in 

Return to an Order, dated the 16th day of May repair Regent's Park :—Similar Return as to the 
last, for a Copy of the present Postal Engagements | Sum of £.2,167. 18s. 8d., in the same Vote, tor 
agreed to between the United States and England, maintaining and keeping in repair 7ictoria Park :— 
and of the Correspondence for a modification of the | Similar Return as to the Sums of £. 1,222. 8s. and 
Terms of the present Agreements. £.452, in the same Vote, for maintaining and keep- 

Return to an Order, dated the 20th day of June lust, | ing in repair Greenwich Park :—And, a Return, 
for Returns of all' Taxes repealed, reduced, expired and | showing the Amount and Appropriation of any Profit 


imposed, in Great Britain and Ireland respectively, | or Income derived from the said Parks or —— 
. eturn 





No, 463. 


Ci 





Wines, &amp;c. 
No. 464. 


Silver Watch 
Cases. 
No. 465. 


Loans, &amp;c. to 
Foreign States. 


No. 466. 


Customs 
Department 


(Liverpool. ) 
No, 467. 


Mails on 
Railways. 


No. 469, 


Civil Service, 
No. 470, 





18 Vicroriz. 


Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of this in- 
stant August, for a Return of the Quantity of Wines, 
Foreign and Colonial, charged with Duty for Home 
Consumption in each year from 1800 to 1853, and 
the Population of the United Kingdom in each year 
for the same period. 

Return to an Order, dated the 2d day of this in- 
stant August, for a Return of the Quantities of Silver 
Watch Cases marked at the following Halls, during 
the years from 1847 to 1854 inclusive ; viz., London, 
Chester and Birmingham. 

Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of this in- 
stant August, for an Account of all Sums of Money 
paid or advanced by way of Loan, Subsidy, or other- 
wise, to any Foreign State, from the year 1792 up to 
the present time, distinguishing the Amounts paid in 
each year. 

Return to an Order, dated the 18th day of July 
last, for Returns showing the Date and Rank ‘of the 
first Appointment of Mr. William Pugh Gardner in 
the Public Service; the various Offices to which he 
has been appointed or promoted from his first admis- 
sion into the Customs Department up to the present 
Date, specifying the Annual Amount of Salary at- 
tached to each Office, and the additional Emoluments 
received, inclusive of Light Dues, Fines, Fees, &amp;c. ; 
the Length of Time he has been absent from the 
various Ports to which he has’ been attached since 
the beginning of 1841, distinguishing each year, and 
the cause of such Absence, and whether on Special 
Service or otherwise; if on Special Service, speci- 
fying the Ports or Places at which that Duty was 
performed, and the Amount allowed him in each case 
for Extra Pay, Travelling Expenses and Mileage ; 
accompanied by a Statement of the Services ren- 
dered by Mr. Gardner to the Public, in the respec- 
tive Offices he has held since his first admission ; 
stating also the circumstances under which he has 
been selected by the Board of Customs for employ- 
ment, confidential or otherwise, at Ports or Places 
other than those to which he belonged, with a detail 
of the Seizures, Convictions, Penalties, &amp;c. which 
resulted from such Employment ; and further, whe- 
ther the special employment of a Collector, Con- 
troller or other Officer of the Customs, on Service 
away from his own Port is unusual, or a practice 
absolutely necessary for the benefit of the Service : 
—Of the Names dos Persons who during the last 
Five years have held employment in the Customs at 
Liverpool, inclusive of Glut Weighers, under false 
Names, and what false Names they were subse- 
quently allowed to drop, assuming their real ones, 
and continuing to receive Pay from the Department ; 
and stating the circumstances under which such 
Persons were driven to the necessity of withholding 
their real Names, when seeking for Employment at 
Liverpool :—And, of all Sums of Money supplied to 
and disbursed by the Solicitor of Customs in each of 
the last Ten years, stating who were Solicitors and 
Assistant Solicitors during each of those years ; that 
the Return do also state the Salary and Emoluments 
of the respective Solicitors, together with the Total 
Amount of Salaries paid to the Officers of the So- 
licitor’s Department during the same Period, distin- | 
guishing the Five years prior to 1849 from the sub- | 
— period. 

eturn to an Order, dated the 22d day of June 
last, for a Return of the Amount paid, during each 
of the years 1850, 1851, 1852 and 1853, by the Post- 
office to the Railway Companies, for the Conveyance 
of the Mails, specifying each Railway, and the Sum 
paid to each, the Mileage run, and the Rate per Mile 
(in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 6, of 
Session 1851). 

Return to an Order, dated the 10th day of April 
last, for a Statement of the Names of all permanent 
Public Officers who hold any Office or Employment 
out of their Office, as Directors of Life Assurance, 
Railway, Banking or other Commercial Companies ; 
stating the Office each such Servant holds, the Time 


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497 


he has been in the Public Service, and the Amount Income Tax 
of Salary and Emoluments received from the Public (Ireland.) 


by him in the year 1852. No. 471. 

Return to an Order, dated the 30th day of June 
last, for a Return of the Amount of the Assessments, 
under each Schedule, of the Income Tax in each Pro- 
vince in Lreland, for the year ended the 5th day of 
April 1854, showing the Total Number of Persons as- 
sessed under D. and E. in each of such Provinces, 
and the Amount of the Assessments; the Number 
of Cases in which the Returns made by the Indi- 
viduals were accepted by the Special Commis- 
sioners ; the Number of Cases in which increased 
Charges were made beyond the Sums returned, and 
the Total Amount of such Increases ; the Number 
of Cases in which no Returns were made, and the 
Parties charged in consequence of such Default, and 
the Total Amount of oath Charges; the Number of 
Cases in which Appeals were made to the Special 
Commissioners by the Parties charged under Sche- 
dules D. and E.; the Number confirmed in part or 
in the whole, and the Number in which the Parties 
were wholly relieved ; the Number of Cases in which 
Notices were given of Appeal from the decision of 
the Special Commissioners to the Assistant Bar- 
risters, and the Number confirmed upon such Appeal 
in part or in the whole, and the Number of Persons 
totally relieved :—And, showing the Amount of 
Salaries and other Allowances to the Officers ap- 
pointed for assessing and collecting the Income Tax 
in Ireland; the Rate of Poundage granted to the 
Collectors ; the Cost attending the obtaining the 
Copies of the Poor Rate for the purpose of making 
the Assessments under Schedules A. and b.; and 
the Total Amount of the Charges for collecting the 
Tax for One year, so far as the same can be as- 
certained. 

Return to an Order, dated the 11th day of July Coals, Cinders 
last, for Accounts of the Quantities of Coals, Cinders 2nd Culm. 
and Culm shipped at the several Ports of England, No. 472. 
Scotland and p sorter Coastways, to other Ports of 
the United Kingdom in the year 1853, distinguishing 
the Quantity shipped at each of the said Ports, as 
compared with the year 1852 :—Of the Quantities 
and Declared Value of Coals, Cinders and Culm 
exported from the several Ports of England, Scot- 
land and Ireland to Foreign Countries, and the 
British Settlements Abroad, in the year 1853; dis- 
tinguishing the Countries to which the same were 
sent, and comparing the same with the year 1852; 
also distinguishing the Ports of the United Kingdom 
from which the same were shipped :—Of the Quan- 
tities of Coals, Cinders and Culm exported from the 
United Kingdom in the year 1853, with the Rate 
and Amount of Duty thereon :—And, of the Quan- 
tities of Coals brought Coastways and by Inland 
Navigation into the Port of p pete during the year 
1853, comparing the same with the Quantities brought 
during the year 1852. 

Return to an Order, dated the 6th day of July last, 
for Returns of the Quantities of Malt made in Eng- 
land, Scotland and Jreland, in each year ending the 
5th day of July, from 1830 to 1854, inclusive :— 


Malt, &amp;c. 
No. 473. 








Vou, 109. 





Of the Gazette Average Price of Barley in each 
year ending the 5th day of July, from 1830 to 1854, 
inclusive :—Of the Quantities of Foreign Barley 
imported into the United Kingdom in each year 
ending the 5th day of July, from 1830 to 1854, in- 
clusive :—Of the Amount of Old Duty charged upon 
Hops in each year ending the 5th day of July, from 
1830 to 1844, inclusive :—Of the Quantities of Fo- 
‘reign Hops imported in each of the same years, and 
the Rates of Duty charged :—Of the Quantities of 
English and Foreign Hops respectively exported in 
each of the same years :—And, of the Quantity of 
Foreign Hops in Bond on the 5th day of July 1854. 

Return to an Order, dated the 21st day of July Bills of Ex- 
last, for a Return, in a Tabular Form, of the Gross change and 
Produce of the Revenue arising from the Sale of Yroms*ry 
Stamps for Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes wo. 474, 

3s in 





Newspaper 
Stamps. 
No. 475. 


Shoreham 
Harbour. 


Churches, &amp;c. 
(City of 
London.) 

No. 476. 
Court of 
Chancery. 

No. 477. 


New Churches. 


No. 478, 


Metropolitan 
Districts. 
No. 479. 


Montagu 
House. 


No. 480. 


Burial- 

grounds 

( Metropolis.) 
No. 481. 

Metropolitan 


Commission 
of Sewers 


No. 482. 
Scinde. 
No. 483. 


Valuations. 
No. 484. 


Workhouses. 
N Oo . | 8. 


Poor Law. 
No. 486. 


Emigration 
( Australian 
Colonies.) 


No, 436-I, 


498 


in England and Wales, in Scotland, and in Ireland 
respectively ; stating the same for each Official 
(Quarter during each of the years 1830 to 1854, both 
inclusive, so far as a Quarterly Statement may be 
possible, and where such a Quarterly Statement is 
not possible, then stating the Gross Produce, as for 
the whole year; distinguishing throughout the entire 
Return the Amount of Revenue arising under each 
Denomination of Stamp. 

Return to an Order, dated the 2d day of this in- 
stant August, for a Return of the Number of Stamps 
at One penny each, issued to each Newspaper pub- 
lished in London, Dublin and Edinburgh respec- 
tively, for the second Quarter of the year 1854, spe- 
cifying the Name of each Newspaper, and the Num- 
ber of Stamps issued to each (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary ene No. 238, of the present Session). 

The following Paper, pursuant to the directions of 
an Act of Parliament, was also laid upon the Table 
by the Clerk of the House,—The Report of the 
Commissioners acting under and by virtue of an Act 
of Parliament passed in the 56th year of the reign 
of his Majesty King George the Third, intituled, 
“ An Act for the more effectual Security and Im- 
provement of the Harbour of New Shoreham, in 
the County of Sussex.” 

Ordered, That the Returns relative to Business of 
the House; Sittings of the House; Public Peti- 
tions; Public Bills ; Divisions of the House; Select 
Committees ; Election Petitions; Taxes Repealed, 
&amp;e.; Bank of England, &amp;c.; Metropolitan Parks, 
&amp;e.; Wines, &amp;c.; Silver Watch Cases; Loans, &amp;c. 
to Foreign States ; Customs Department (Liverpool) ; 
Mails on Railways ; Civil Service ; Income Tax 
(Ireland); Coals, Cinders and Culm; Malt, &amp;c.; 
Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes ; and, 
Newspaper Stamps, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Churches, 
&amp;e. (City of London), which was presented upon the 
10th day of this instant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Court of 
Chancery, which was presented upon the 10th day 
of this instant August, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to New Churches, 
which was presented upon the 8th day of this instant 
August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Metropolitan 
Districts, which was presented upon the 10th day of 
this instant August, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Montagu 


House, which was presented upon the 10th day of 
this instant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Burial- 
grounds (Metropolis), which was presented upon the 
10th day of this instant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Metropo- 
litan Commission of Sewers, which was presented 
upon the 10th day of this instant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Scinde, which 
was presented upon the 10th day of this instant 
August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Valuations, 
which was presented a the 10th day of this in- 
stant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Workhouses, 
which was presented a the 10th day of this in- 
stant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Poor 
Law, which was presented upon the 10th day of 
this instant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Emigration 
(Australian Colonies), which was presented upon the 
10th day of this instant August, be printed. 





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A. 1854, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Governors Governors 












of Colonies, which was presented upon the 10th day Colonies, Go 
of this instant August, be printed. No. 487, Be 
Ordered, That the Return relative to the Number Poor Removal, 
of Paupers removed to Zreland, which was presented No, 4gg 
upon the 10th day of this instant August, be printed. ; 
Ordered, That the Return relative to the Number poor Removal, 
of Orders of Removal from Parishes, which was No. 489 
presented upon the 10th day of this instant August, . Mi 
be printed. We 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Union Union i 
Averages, which was page one upon the 10th day Averages, vo 
of this instant August, be printed. No. 490, Bi 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Ocean Ocean 
Postage, which was presented upon the 10th day of Postage. 
this instant August, be printed. No. 491. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to the Emigrant Emigrant . 


Ship “ Dirigo,” which was presented upon the 10th 5p “Dirigo.” 
day of this instant August, be printed. No, 492, 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Settlement Settlement 


and Removal, which was presented upon the 10th *"4 Removal. 
day of this instant August, be printed. No, 493, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Railways, Railways. 
(Amount of Capital),-which was presented upon the No. 494. 
10th day of this instant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Railways, Railways. 
(Persons employed), which was presented upon the No. 495, 
10th day of this instant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Wines, which Wines. 
was presented upon the 10th day of this instant No.293-I, 
August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Rent-charges Rent-charges 
(Ireland), which was presented upon the 10th day of (Ieland.) 
this instant August, be printed. No. 9-II. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Municipal Municipal 


Boroughs (Zreland), which was presented upon the Boreushs 
‘ ca 5 : (Ireland. ) 
10th day of this instant August, be printed. No. 406 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Postage Postage 
(India, &amp;c.), which was presented upon the 10th day (India, &amp;e.) 
of this instant August, be printed. No. 497. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Salvage Salvage 
Claims, which was presented upon the 8th day of — 
August in the last Session of Parliament, be printed. No. 498, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Esta- on ga 
blished Church (Jreland), which was presented upon yaw 


.s 2 (Ireland.) 
the 10th day of this instant August, be printed. No. 499. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Cork Found- Cork one 
ling Hospital, which were presented upon the 9th —— 
day of June last, and the 10th day of this instant No, 500. 
August, be printed. 


Petitions relating to Elective Franchise ;—Bleach- Public 
ing, &amp;c. Works Bill ;— Communication between Petitions. 
London and Dublin; — Decimal Coinage ;— Fac- yiae sixty- 
tories ;—Jonian Brig “ Leucade ;’—Ministers of the fifth Report. 
Crown ;—Mortmain Bill;—-Ocean Penny Postage ; 

—and, Poland,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Amendments made by this House to 
the Common Law Procedure Bill; and the same 
were twice read, and, with an Amendment to one of 
them, agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Attorney General do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships to the Amendments made by this 
House, with an Amendment; to which Amend- 
ment this House doth desire the concurrence of their 


Lordships. 
aaa The 


Common Law 
Procedure Bill. 





Government 
securities 


Midland Great 


18 Vicroria. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into consideration the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Russian Government Securities Bill ; 
and the same were twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Lord Dudley Stuart do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 


Western Rail- into consideration the Amendment made by the 


wey of Ireland 7 ds to the Midland Great Western Railway of 


pies 


(owtribations ) Ireland (Baronies’ Contributions) Bill ; and the same 


Bill. 


Canterbury 
Writ. 





was twice read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to 
the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for 
the electing of two Citizens to serve in this present 
Parliament for the City of Canterbury, in the room 
of Henry Plumptre Gipps, Esquire, and the Ho- 
nourable Henry Butler Johnstone, whose Elections 
have been determined to be void ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ whereas Her Majesty, in pursuance of the pro- 
“ visions of an Act passed in the 15th and 16th of 
“ Her Majesty, c. 57, intituled, ‘An Act to provide 
for more effectual inquiry into the existence of 
Corrupt Practices at Elections for Members to 
“ serve in Parliament,’ and in compliance with the 
ve —— of the joint Addresses of both Houses of 

arliament, did appoint, under Her Royal Sign 
Manual, certain persons to be Commissioners, for 
the purpose of making such ‘ more effectual in- 
* quiry’ into the corrupt practices alleged to have 
“ existed in the Election of Members for Canter- 
bury, Cambridge, Kingston-upon-Hull, Maldon 
“ and Barnstaple : 

“ And whereas the said Commissioners have 
reported to Her Majesty— 

“ « That corrupt practices extensively prevailed 
at the last Election for the City of Canterbury, 
and at previous Elections :’ 

“ «That bribery, treating and other corrupt 
practices have for a long period systematically 
— at Elections for the Borough of Cam- 

ridge :’ 

“ *That systematic corruption has uniformly 
prevailed at all the Elections in Kingston-upon- 
Hull to which their notice had been called :’ 

“« «That corrupt practices in various forms had 
long prevailed at Elections for Maldon, and that 
= and direct bribery was practised at the last 

lection, to a greater extent than at any which 
preceded it; that the Bribery Oath was tendered 
to each voter as he came to the poll, and that it 
was freely taken by all, however recent, open and 
unquestionable the bribe to them may have been, 
and this shamelessness was in some cases increased 
by their becoming witnesses before the Commis- 
sion of the double fact of their own bribery and 
perjury; that a large portion of the Electors, 
consisting chiefly of the poorer class of freemen, 
had, in giving their votes, been influenced by con- 
siderations of money and other benefits to them- 
selves, and that such influences had been habitu- 
ally employed to corrupt them, but that the blame 
of such corruption did not rest so much with them 
as with their superiors, by whom the temptation 
to it was held out :’ 

“&lt; That corrupt practices extensively prevailed at 
the last Election for Barnstaple; that of the 696 
voters who polled, 255 received bribes; that, in 
the majority of cases, those who received bribes 
came forward and admitted their delinquency, but 
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“in some instances the efforts of the Commission 
“ to elicit the truth were met with gross evasion, pre- 
“ varication, and even perjury, but these instances 
were not confined to the lowest class of voters, 
men whose position in life ought to have placed 
“ them beyond the reach of corrupt influences, at- 
“ tempted to screen their venality by denying it upon 
“oath; and apparently decent and _ respectable 
tradesmen were induced to commit the crime of 
perjury, in order to preserve their position in the 
eyes of their fellow townsmen, and thus to hide 
the shame of their electoral corruption :’ 

“ It is expedient that, previous to the issue of any 
new Writ, to either of the aforesaid places, pro- 
vision be made to enable the Electors thereof to 
give their votes by way of ballot,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out, stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the { Sir William Jolliffe, 


“ 


“ 


Yeas, (Colonel Taylor : \ nae 
Tellers for they Mr. Thomas Duncombe, 33 
Noes, Mr. Henry Berkeley : i Poe 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question being put ; 

‘The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 

Tellers for the {Sir William Jolliffe, 
Yeas, Colonel Taylor : 

Tellers for thes Mr. Thomas Duncombe, 
Noes, Mr. Brotherton: 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Cambridge 
That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to the Clerk Wrt- 


of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the 
electing of two Burgesses to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Cambridge, in the 
room of Kenneth Macaulay, Esquire, and John 
Harvey Astell, Esquire, whose Elections have been 
determined to be void ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the { Sir William Jolliffe, las 
Yeas, Mr. Hayter : ee 

Tellers for the Mr. Thomas Duncombe, \ 31 
Noes, (Mr. Brotherton: 5 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


A Message by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of Royal Assent, 


the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission, for declarmg Her Royal Assent to 
several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire 
the immediate attendance of this Honourable House 
in the House of Peers, to hear the Commission read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers ;—And being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 
desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her 
Majesty’s Commission, had been at the House of 
Peers, where a Commission under the Great Seal 
was read, giving, declaring and notifying the Royal 
Assent to the several Acts therein mentioned ; and 
that the Lords, thereby authorized, had declared the 
Royal Assent to the said Acts, as follow: 


An Act to continue and amend the Metropolitan Betoapeliaen 


Sewers Acts: 


An Act to afford greater facilities for the Esta- Literary and 


blishment of Institutions for the Promotion of Litera- Scientific In- 
stitutions Bill. 


ture and Science and the Fine Arts, and to provide 
for their better Regulation : 


An Act to amend the Law relating to the Admi- Real Estate 
Charges Bill. 


nistration of the Estates of deceased Persons: 
382 


An 














500 

An Act to extend the Rights enjoyed by the 
Graduates of the Universities of Oxford and Cam- 
bridge, in respect to the Practice of Physic, to the 
Graduates of the University of London : 

An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Militia 
in England and Wales: 

An Act for amending the Laws relating to the 
Militia, and raising a Volunteer Militia Force in 
Scotland : 

An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Militia, 
and for raising a Volunteer Militia Force in Jreland: 

An Act to suspend the making of Lists and the 


Suspension Bill. Ballots for the Militia of the United Kingdom: 


An Act to defray the Charge of the Pay, Clothing 
and Contingent and other Expenses of the Disem- 
bodied Militia in Great Britain and Ireland; to 
grant Allowances in certain cases to Subaltern 
Officers, Adjutants, Paymasters, Quartermasters, 
Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons, Surgeons’ Mates and 
Serjeant Majors of the Militia, and to authorize the 
Employment of the Non-commissioned Officers : 

An Act to amend the Law relative to the Re- 
moval of Prisoners in Custody : 

An Act to continue and amend an Act to facili- 
tate the Management and Improvement of Episcopal 
and Capitular Estates in England: 


An Act to provide for the Repayment of Monies 


Advances Bil. advanced from the Exchequer to the County of 


Mayo for Public Purposes : 
An Act to facilitate the Sale and Transfer of In- 
cumbered Estates in the West Indies : 


An Act to empower the Legislature of Canada to 
alter the Constitution of the Legislative Council for 
that Province, and for other purposes : 

An Act for regulating Appointments to Offices in 
the Court of ‘Bankruptcy, and for amending the 
Laws relating to Bankrupts : 

An Act to repeal certain Acts and parts of Acts 
relating to Merchant Shipping, and to continue cer- 
tain Provisions in the said Acts: 

An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Henry Stocker, 


‘ 


Divorce Bill, Schoolmaster, with Sarah Stocker his now Wife, 


and to enable him to marry again, and for other 
purposes. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to the Clerk 
of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the elect- 
ing of two Burgesses to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the Town of Maldon, in the room of Charles 
Du Cane, Esquire, and Taverner John Miller, Es- 
quire, whose Elections have been determined to be 
void ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the {Sir William Jolliffe, 
Yeas, (Colonel Taylor: 

Tellers for the (Mr. Thomas Duncombe, 
Noes, \ Mr. Brotherton: 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


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A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to the Clerk 
of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the elect- 
ing of two Burgesses to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the Borough of Barnstaple, mn the room of 
Sir William Augustus Fraser, Baronet, and Richard 
Bremridge, Esquire, whose Elections have been de- 
termined to be void ; 
The House divided. 
The Yeas to the Right ; 
The Noes to the Left. 
Tellers for the (Sir William Jolliffe, 
Yeas, \Colonel Taylor: 

Tellers for the (Mr. Thomas Duncombe, 
Noes, \Mr. Brotherton: 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


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A. 1854, 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Kingston. 
That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant to the Clerk 'pon-Hull 
of the Crown, to make out a new Writ for the electing Weis, 
of two Burgesses to serve in a Parliament 
for the Town of Kingston-upon-Hull, in the room of 
James Clay, Esquire, and George Frederick Samuel 
Robinson, Esquire, commonly called Viscount Gode- 
rich, whose Elections have been determined to be 
void ; 

The House divided. 

The Yeas to the Right ; 

The Noes to the Lett. 

Tellers for the {Sir William Jolliffe, } 

Yeas, (Colonel Taylor : 50. 

Tellers for the Mr. Thomas Duncombe,  \, 

Noes, LMr. Brotherton: j 30. 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Senior : 
Mr. Speaker, Ge tee. 
The Lords have agreed to the Consolidated Fund Consolidated 


. . . . 7 F d A 
(Appropriation) Bill, without any Amendment: And priation) Yon 


also, 
The Lords have agreed to the Customs Bill, with- Customs Bi. 
out any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made Common Law 
by this House to the Common Law Procedure Bill, Procedure Bill. 


without any Amendment (the same being consequen- 
tial upon the Amendments made by the ieols to 
the Amendments made by this House to the said 
Bill, to which this House hath disagreed) :—And 
then the Messenger withdrew. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Income Tax 
Copy of any Treasury Minute or Order by which (Ireland) 
the Office of Special Commissioner of Income Tax 
for Ireland was abolished ; and also the Date when 
the Salaries and Duties of Godley and O’ Flaherty, 


as such Commissioners, ceased. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Metropolitan 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Buildings Act 


to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return, for the years 1850, 1851, 1852 and 1853, 
and up to the 31st day of March 1854, of all Sums 
of Money received for Salaries, or for Fees, or from 
any other Source, either by the Registrar or 
Official Referees of the Metropolitan Buildings Act: 
—And also, a Return for the like periods, of all 
Payments made, and all Expenses incurred, in exe- 
cution of the said Act; also of all or any Sums of 
Money owing to or by the Departments of the Me- 
tropolitan Buildings Office (in continuation of Par- 
liamentary Paper, No. 83, of Session 1851). 
Ordered, That the said Address be "coi to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's Most honourable Privy Council. 


Lord John Russell presented,—Return to an Ad- Chapels, &amp;e. 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 3d day of July last, Abroa 
for a Return of all Sums advanced by the Treasury 
to any Consul General or Consul, under the autho- 
rity of the Act 6 Geo. 4, c. 87, s. 10 and 11, and in 
each year since the passing of the said Act, for 
the Expenses of Chapels, Chaplains, building new 
Churches, and Burial-grounds, Hospitals, &amp;c.:— 
And, similar Return for the same period, of all Sums 
voted by Parliament, or expended for the like pur- 
poses, on account of Ambassadors’ and other Chapels 
and Burial-grounds, &amp;c., in connexion with Her 
Majesty's Embassies and Ministers Abroad, and not 
being included in the foregoing. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


. . . ® . d 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill ete 


for the Reoulation of Fairs and Markets in Jreland: (reland.) 
And that Sir John Young and Viscount Palmerston 


do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, 


Message from 





Cord 


(Irel 


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a ee 


Ju 


Se Wt 


ro har) 





Coroners’ 
Inquests 
(Ireland.) 


Fairs and 
Markets 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Bill 274. 


Navy. 
No. 501 . 


Jurors. 


Eastern 
Papers, 


Austria and 
Turkey, 


Copyhold, &amp;e. 
Commissions, 





18 Vicroriz. 11°...» §F” 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Inquests held by the seve- 
ral Coroners in Ireland for each of the years 1843, 
1844 and 1845, separately, and of the Sums pre- 
sented each year as Payment to those Coroners, and 
also to Medical Witnesses :—Similar Return for each 
of the years 1848, 1849, 1850, 1851, 1852 and 
1853, but distinguishing the Sums presented for 
holding Inquests, for Mileage and for Medical Wit- 
nesses, and other Expenses of holding Inquests :— 
And, Return of the ome of Coroners appointed 
to Districts in the several Counties and Counties of 
Cities in Zreland, pursuant to the provisions of the 
Act 9&amp; 10 Vic. c. 37, and at what Presenting Term 
such Appointments were made respectively. 


Sir Jokn Young presented a Bill for the Regula- 
tion of Fairs and Markets in Jreland: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time this day week; and to be 
printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Sabbati, 12° die Augusti ; 
Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1854. 


PRAYERS. 


DMIRAL Berkeley presented, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command, — Copy of Her Majesty’s 
Order in Council relating to the mode of paying the 
Wages of Seamen of Her Majesty’s Navy. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Number of Persons on the 
Jury List for each County, City or Borough in Eng- 
land and Wales, for the years 1852 and 1853; dis- 
tinguishing the Number of Special from Common 
Jurors :—Of the Number of Persons actually re- 
turned to serve on any Panel at any Assizes, Ses- 
sions or Sittings in England and Wales, for the years 
1852 and 1853; distinguishing the Number of Spe- 
cial from the Number of Common Jurors :—And, of 
the Number of Persons qualified to serve as Jurors 
in each County, City or Borough in England and 
Wales who are rated at £.25 per annum, and the 
same at £. 30; and in London above £.30. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Mr. Wilson presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- 
mand,——Eastern Papers, Part X{. 

Copy of Convention concluded on the 14th of 
June 1854, between Austria and the Sublime Porte ; 
and Communications between Her; Majesty’s Go- 
vernment and the Zurkish Ministry relating thereto. 

Mr. Wilson also presented,—Return to an Order, 








501 


Augusti. 


Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions relating to Intoxicating Liquors ;—Mu- Public 
seums, &amp;c.;— Public-houses and Beer-shops ; — Petitions. 
Bleaching, &amp;c. Works Bill ;—H. F. Maberley ;— vige Sixty- 
and, Mortmain Bill,—were presented, and read ; fifth Report. 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Duncan reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the Fetitions 
Petitions presented upon the 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th ny 
and 12th davs of this instant August, and had di- 
rected him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Mr. Fitzroy presented,—Return to an Address to Population, 
Her Majesty, dated the 13th day of February last, &amp;¢- (Scotland.) 
for Returns of the Population of Scotland, and of the No. 502. 
Numbers belonging to each Religious Denomination 
numbering not fewer than 25,000 Adherents :— Of 
the Population of each of the Counties of Scotland 
(excluding Cities and Burghs); the Number of Day 
Schools in each, distinguishing Parochial, Endowed 


(other than Parochial), Adventure and Charity 


Schools ; the Number of Teachers employed in such 
Schools, distinguishing Male and Female; and of 
the Number of Scholars attending them ; also, dis- 
tinguishing Male and Female, and stating how many 
are educated gratuitously :—Of the Number of Pa- 
rochial Schools in each of the Counties of Scotland ; 
the Number of Scholars attending them; the Num- 
ber of Parochial Teachers ; their Salaries ; their In- 
come from School Fees; from Mortifications, or 
other Property inalienable from the Schools; from 
Privy Council Grants; and from other accidental 
Sources :—Of the Number of Endowed (other than 
Parochial), Adventure and Charity Schools, in each 
of the Counties of Scotland (excluding Cities and 
Burghs); the Number of Scholars attending them ; 
the Number of Teachers ; their Salaries, and from 
what Source derived; their Income from School 
Fees ; from Privy Council Grants; and from other 
accidental Sources:—Of the Number of Schools, 
other than Parochial, in each of the Counties of 
Scotland (excluding Cities and Burghs), which are 
in connexion with Religious Bodies ; of the Number 
of such Schools in connexion with each Religious 
Denomination numbering not fewer than 25,000 
Adherents ; the Number of Scholars in these Schools ; 
the Number of Teachers; the Amount of their 
Salaries, and whether derived from Endowments, 
Societies or Individuals; the Amount of their In- 
come from School Fees, and from accidental Sources : 
-—Of the Population of each of the Cities and Burghs 
in Scotland; the Number of Day Schools in each, 
distinguishing between Burgh, Endowed, Adventure 
and Charity Schools ; the Number of Teachers em- 
ployed in such Schools, distinguishing Male and 
Female ; and of the Number of Scholars attending 
them ; also distinguishing Male and Female, and stat- 
ing how many are educated gratuitously :—Of the 


dated the 6th day of July last, for a Return of the | Number of Burgh Schools in each of the Cities and 
Arrangements made for the Deposit of the Docu-| Burghs of Scotland; the Number of Scholars in 


ments in the Custody of the Consolidated Copyhold, 
Inclosure and Tithe Commissions, and for the In- 
spection of them by the Public at the Office, No. 7, 
Whitehall-gardens ; and of the Expenditure thereon, 
and on the Office generally ; together with the Num- 
ber of such Documents, and the estimated Expense 
incurred by the Public in their Construction, as also 
of the Cost of their Removal to Saint James’s-square, 
and of the fitting-up of those Premises for their 
on and of the Time necessary for completing 
the New Arrangements and for the Removal of the 
Documents ; also, a Description and Plan of the 
Arrangements for the Security from Fire of such 
Documents in the Premises intended for their Re- 
ception. 

Vox. 109, 








| such Schools ; the Number of Teachers ; their In- 


come from mortified Funds, or other Property 
inalienable from the Schools; from Municipal Funds; 
from School Fees; from Privy Council Grants; and 
from other accidental Sources :—Of tlie Number of 
Schools, other than Burgh, in each of the Cities and 
Burghs of Scotland; the Number of Scholars in 
such Schools; the Number of Teachers ; their Sa- 
laries, and from what Source derived ; their Income 
from School Fees ; from Privy Council Grants ; and 
from other accidental Sources :—And, of the Num- 
ber of Schools in each of the Cities and Burghs of 
Scotland connected with Religious Bodies; of the 
Number of such Schools in connexion with each Re- 
ligious Denomination which does not number fewer 

383 than 

























502 









































12° Auguste. 





A. 1854, 



















































than 25,000 Adherents; the Number of Scholars | Expenses incurred by the General Board of Health i 
in these Schools; the Number of Teachers; the | in the Inquiry made by Mr. Ravlinson with refer- “ 
Amount of their Salaries, and whether derived from | ence to the Application of the Public Health Act to 
Endowments, Societies or Individuals ; the Amount | the Parish of Stoke-upon-Trent, or to any Part of par 
of their Income from School Fees, and fromaccidental | the said Parish, from the Commencement of the said seh 
Sources :—(All according to the Census of 1851.) — up to the present time. “ 
Poor’s Rate Return to an Order, dated the sth day of June urther Return to an Order, dated the 21st day Irish ana P 
(Ireland.) Jast, for a Return of the Number of Persons in Jre-| of February last, for Copies of any Report received Scotch Mails, par 
No. 503. Jand, assessed to the Rate for the Relief of the Poor, | at the General Post-office respecting the non-arrival Bur 
made next before the Rate collecting in July 1853, in| of the Mail Train carrying the Zrish and Scotch (Se 
respect of Property of the Annual Rateable Value | Mails, and due in Zondon at 11 a.m. on Tuesday the N 
as under, and distinguishing Males and Females so | 31st day of January 1854, at the hour fixed by the 
rated :— Contract with the North Western Railway Company, Mil 
———_—_ —__— ———— | and the Causes of its Detention ; together with any rs 
ames | asst 19] At £.20 At £.30 At £.40 At £.50 subsequent Correspondence arising on the same 
- sad equends, and upwards. and upwards. and upwards, and upwards. subject. 
Counties. a : ~~ |__ Return to an Order, dated the 22d day of March Waterford, Art 
Males. | Females. Males. | Females.| Males.| Females.} Males. | Females. Males. | Females. last, for Returns of the Hour at which the Mails are &amp;c. Mails, . d 
despatched from Waterford to Dublin, and reach 
Waterford from Dublin; the Mode of Conveyance ; Pre 
| and the Time occupied in Transit:—Of the Hour (Ir 
at which the Mails leave Waterford for Cork, Lime- 
| rick and Clonmel, and reach Waterford from the 
Frederick Return to an Order, dated the 20th day of July | S#™e Places ; the Mode of Conveyance adopted ; = 
Beverly _Jast, for Copies of the several Memorials addressed and the Length of Time between their Despatch and 
seeeeaaees by Frederick Beverly Dixon, Esquire, of Castlewood, and Delivery :—Of the Distance from Waterford to } 
in the Queen’s County, to his Excellency the Lord the T  c eatimel J Junction, where the Waterford and 
Lieutenant, complaining of the course pursued by Limerick Railway crosses the Great Southern and ~ 
certain Magistrates of the Queen’s County, and es- Western Railway, and the usual Length of Time ; 
pecially complaining of the conduct of Mr. D. B. occupied in travelling from Waterford to the 7 ip- 
Franks, the Resident Magistrate, and praying an in- | PeTe7Ty Junction :—Of the Hour at which the Mail os 
vestigation into the conduct of the said D. B. Franks ; Trains from Dublin to Cork, and from Cork to Dub- Def 
and also praying to be relieved from the Burthen of fin, meet at the 7 _e Junction, both Day and ; 
certain extra Police, placed on the property of said | Night :—Of the Expense of transmitting the Mails 
F. B. Dizon :—And, of his Excellency’s Replies to | om Waterford, by Cars, to Goold’s Cross, and also Pos 
such Memorials. from Waterford to Maryborough, or to other Sta- (M 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the | #0nS on the Great Southern and Western Railway : " 
Table; and that the Return relative to Poor’s Rate ,—And, Copies of Memorials sent to the Post-office 
(Ireland); and an Abstract of the Return relative during the past year, and of any Replies thereto, Te 
to Population, &amp;e. (Scotland), be printed. | and of Cor respondence with the Waterford and Li- 
| merich Railway Com any, respecting the Transmis- 
Brevet. Mr. Secretary-at-War presented,—Return to an | S!0" of the Mails, either Day or Night, to and from Ru 
No. 527. Order, dated the 29th day of June last, for a Return | D ublin, Cork, Limerick or Clonmel, by. Railway in- a 
of the Charge incurred on account of the late Brevet, | stead of Car, to Waterford. aa 
stating separately the Charge incurred for General | Return to an Order, dated the 1st day of this in- — 
Ofticers:—And, Statement showing, in Columns, | stant August, for Copies of any Communications paeay.) 2 
the Service of each Officer promoted to the Rank of | which may have passed since the 23d day of Febru- 
General Officer while on Full Pay in the Ranks of | @"Y&gt; between the Treasury and the Post-oftice, rela- 
Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel. | tive to the Allegations contained in a_ Petition (pre- P 
Amy. Return to an Order, dated the 14th day of July | sented 15th February) from certain Persons in the Wi 
last, for a Return, showing all the instances in which Western Division of the County of Surrey, praying Ch 
a Major of the 72d Regiment of Highlanders has | for an Inquiry into the Cause of the non-delivery, in w 
been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in | August 1853, of the Notices of Objection to their | 
the same Corps, from the year 1800 to the present | Votes ; together with the Report of any Investigation Cl 
time :—And, of the Lieutenant Colonels of the 72d | which, by direction of the Treasury, has been made “ 
Regiment of Highlanders who have exchanged from | the matter. , 
Full Pay to Half Pay during the same period, giving } . Return to an Order, dated the 4th day of this aa 
the Date of such Exchanges, the Names of the , Mstant August, for Copy of all Correspondence with Monthly ; 
Officers who have exchanged, and distinguishing the the Solicitor of Inland Revenue respecting the Stock- g avertiser. (h 
instances in which the difference in value between | P2"t Free Press and Monthly Advertiser. No, 504. 
Full and Half Pay was given. | Ordered, That the Return relative to the Stockport 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the Free Press and Monthly Advertiser, be printed. n 
Tolhle. « 09 tages oie | n 
en a a | Ordered, That the Return relative to the Navy, Navy. _ + 
Ruboope. Mr. Cardwell presented, by Her Majesty’s Com- | which _ presented upon the 31st day of May, in Ne. 505. 
mand,— Copy of Major Wynne’s Report on the the last Session of Parliament, be printed. 
Practical Working of Professor Glukman’s Apparatus Ordered, That the Return relative to Friendly Friendly Re 
for effecting a Means of Communication between | Societies, which was presented upon the 11th day of Bocieties. 
Guards and Engine Drivers of Railway Trains. this instant August, be printed. No. 506. 
Electric Copy of Circular issued by the Lords of the Com- | 
Telegraph mittee of Privy Council for Trade to the various| Ordered, That an Abstract of the Return relative Railways 
on Railways. Railway Companies, relative to working their Lines | to Railways, which was presented upon the L1thday No- 507. 
by means of the Electric Telegraph; and Copies of | of this instant August, be printed. 
Replies thereto. a . atepayers. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the Ordered, That the satan valative to — “a 
Table. which was presented upon the 11th day of this in- . 
| stant August, be printed. o 
General Board The following Papers were laid upon the Table! Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Rates, Poor Rates, 


of Health 
(Stoke-upon- 
Trent.) 


by the Clerk of the House,—Return to an Order, | &amp;e., which was presented upon the 11th day of this ** 


dated the 14th day of July last, for a Return of all | instant August, be printed. 





No. 509. 






Ordered, 








18 Vicroriz. 


Lunatic Ordered, That the Return relative to Lunatic Asy- 
asylums.  Jums, which was presented upon the 11th day of 
No. 510. this instant August, be printed. 


parochial Ordered, That the Return relative to Parochial 
schoolmaster’ Schoolmasters (Scotland), which was presented upon 


nga the 11th day of this instant August, be printed. 
NO. . 
parochial and Ordered, That the Return relative to Parochial 


pargh SchoolS and Burgh Schools (Scotland), which was pre- 
— sented upon the 11th day of this instant August, be 
No. d1"- printed. 


Military Ordered, That the Return relative to Military Ap- 
Appointments nointments (India), which was presented upon the 


7 11th day of this instant August, be printed. 
0. ry 
Army (India. Ordered, That the Return relative to Army (Jn- 


No. 914. dia), which was presented upon the 11th day of this 
instant August, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Prosecutions 


Prosecutions : 
(Ireland.)  (Zreland), which was presented upon the 11th day 
No.515. of this instant August, be printed. 
Gold and Ordered, That the Return relative to Gold and 
silver Coin Silver Coin and Bullion, which was presented upon 
nn the 11th day of this instant August, be printed. 
0. ° 
Receipt Ordered, That the Return relative to Receipt 
Buamps. Stamps, which was presented upon the 11th day of 
No. 517. this instant August, be printed. 
Swabey’s Ordered, That the Return relative to Swabey’s 
Defaleation. Defalcation, which was presented upon the 11th day 
No. 518. of this instant August, be printed. 
Post-office Ordered, That the Return relative to Post-office 
(Money Or- (Money Orders), which was presented upon the 11th 
~ day of this instant August, be printed. 
No. 519, 
Tea. Ordered, That the Return relative to Tea, which 
No. 520. was presented upon the 11th day of this instant 
August, be printed. 
Rural Letter — Ordered, That the Return relative to Rural Letter 
Gane, Carriers, which was presented upon the 7th day of 
No.521. this instant August, be printed. 
&gt; Watch Ordered, That the Return relative to Gold Watch 
i — Cases, which was presented upon the 11th day of 


this instant August, be printed. 


Assaults on Ordered, That the Return relative to Assaults on 
Women and 


Children Women and Children (Metropolis), which was pre- 
(Metropolis.) Sented upon the 7th day of this instant August, be 


No. 623, printed. 
Chapels, &amp;c. Ordered, That the Return relative to Chapels, &amp;e. 
Abroad. Abroad, which was presented upon the 11th day of 
No. 624, this instant August, be printed. 
—— Ordered, That the Paper relative to National 
(Ireland) Education (Jreland), which was communicated from 
No. 525 the Lords upon the 11th day of this instant August, 
* be printed. 
Theological Ordered, That the Return relative to Theological 
(Belt be Professors (Belfast), &amp;c., which was presented upon 
he, aan the 20th day of July last, be printed. 
Hoyal Awsent. A Message from Her Majesty, by Mr. Pulman, 
Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Queen commands this Honourable House to 
attend Her Majesty immediately in the House of 
Peers. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to attend Her Majesty, when Her Majesty was 
pleased to give the Royal Assent to the several Acts 

- following ; viz. : 
Tree _An Act to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated 
Priation ) Bill, Fund and certain other Sums to the Service of the 


year One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-four, 
Vou, 109. 


12° Augusti. 





503 


and to appropriate the Supplies granted in this Ses- 
sion of Parliament : 

An Act for the further Alteration and Amend- Customs Bill. 
ment of the Laws and Duties of Customs : 

An Act to render any dealing with Securities Russian 
issued during the present War between Russia and ee 
England by the Russian Government a Misde- ecg 
meanor : 

An Act to settle the Contribution to be made by Midland Great 
certain Baronies in Roscommon and Galway, and Western Rail- 
the. County of the Town of Galway, to the Midland {33,4 
Great Western Railway of Jreland Company : 


(Baronies’ 
Contributions) 
Bill. 

An Act for the further Amendment of the Process, Common Law 
Practice and Mode of Pleading in, and enlarging Procedure Bill. 
the Jurisdiction of, the Superior Courts of Common 


-Law at Westminster, and of the Superior Courts of 


Common Law of the Counties Palatine of Zan- 
caster and Durham. 


After which, Her Majesty was pleased to make a Her Majesty’s 
most gracious Speech from the Throne to both Speech. 
Houses of Parliament, as followeth : 


My Lords, and Gentlemen, 


I am enabled, by the state of Public Business, to 
release you from a longer attendance in Parliament. 


Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 


In closing the Session, it affords Me great pleasure 
to express My sense of the zeal and energy you have 
shown in providing means for the vigorous prosecu- 
tion of the War, in which, notwithstanding My ef- 
forts to avert it, we are nowengaged. ‘This liberality 
in granting the Supplies for the Public Service de- 
mands My warmest thanks ; and although I lament 
the increased burthens of My People, I fully recog- 
nize your wisdom in sacrificing considerations of 
present convenience, and in providing for the imme- 
diate exigencies of the War without an addition being 
made to the permanent debt of the Couniry. 


My Lords, and Gentlemen, 


In cordial co-operation with the Emperor of the 
French, My efforts will be directed to the effectual 
repression of that ambitious and aggressive spirit on 
the part of Russia which has compelled us to take 
up Arms in defence of an Ally, and to secure the 
future tranquillity of Europe. 

You will join with Me in admiration of the courage 
and perseverance manifested by the Troops of the 
Sultan in their defence of Silistria, and in the various 
military operations on the Danube. 

The engrossing interest of matters connected with 
the progress of the War has prevented the due con- 
sideration of some of those subjects which, at the 
opening of the Session, | had recommended to your 
attention ; but I am happy to acknowledge the labour 
and diligence with which you have perfected various 
important Measures well calculated to prove of great 
public utility. 

You have not only passed an Act for opening the 
Coasting Trade of the United Kingdom, and for re- 
moving the last legislative restriction upon the use 
of Foreign Vessels, but you have also revised and 
consolidated the whole Statute Law relating to Mer- 
chant Shipping. 

The Act for establishing the direct control of the 
House of Commons over the Charges incurred in the 
Collection of the Revenue will give more complete 
effect to an important principle of the Constitution, 
and will promote simplicity and regularity in our 
system of Public Account. 

I rejoice to perceive that Amendments in the Ad- 
ministration of the Law have continued to occupy 
your attention, and I anticipate great benefit from 
the improvements you have made in the Forms of 
Procedure in the Superior Courts of Common Law. 

The means you have adoptel for the better Go- 
vernment of the University of Ozford, and the im- 
provement in its constitution, I trust will tend greatly 

3534+ to 








Parliament 
prorogued. 


Parliament 
prorogued. 


504. 


to increase the usefulness and to extend the renown 
of this great Seminary of Learning. 
I have willingly given My assent to the Measure 


you have passed for the prevention of Bribery and of 


Corrupt Practices at Elections, and | hope that it 
may prove effectual in the correction of an evil which, 
if unchecked, threatens to fix a deep stain upon our 
Representative System. 

t is My earnest desire that on returning to your 
respective Counties you may preserve a spirit of union 
o concord. Deprived of the blessings of Peace 
abroad, it is more than ever necessary that we should 


endeavour to confirm and increase the advantages of 


our internal situation; and it is with the greatest 


12° Augustt.— 19° Octobris.—16° Novembris. 


A. 1854. 


A Message was brought from the Lords, by Mr. 
Pulman, Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod: 


Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 


| The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
'Commission, desire thé immediate attendance of 
| this Honourable House in the House of Peers, to 
hear the Commission read. 


Accordingly the House, with the Clerk, went up 
to the House of Peers; where the Commission was 
read, for the further proroguing of the Parliament 
until Thursday the 16th day of November next; 
and the Parliament was accordingly prorogued until 


Thursday the 16th day of November next. 


satisfaction that I regard the progress of active in- 
dustry and the general prosperity which happily pre- 
vails throughout the Country. 

Deeply sensible of these advantages, it is My 
humble Dues that we may continue to enjoy the 
favour of the Almighty, and that, under His gracious 
protection, we may be enabled to bring the present 
Contest to a just and honourable termination. 














Jovis, 16° die Novembris ; 
Anno 18° Victoria Regine, 1854. 


rT“*HE House being met, pursuant to the last Parliament 
Prorogation; and Mr. Speaker being in the Prorogued. 


Then the Lord Chancellor, by Her Majesty’s Com- “ 
country ; 


mand, said ; 


, A Message was brought from the Lords, by Mr. 
My Lords, and Gentlemen, Pulman, Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod : , 

It is Her Majesty’s Royal will and pleasure, that 
this Parliament be prorogued to Thursday the 19th 
day of October next, to be then here holden; and 
this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Thursday 


the 19th day of October next. 


Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 


The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty's 
Commission, desire the immediate attendance of 
this Honourable House in the House of Peers, to 
_| hear the Commission read. 





Accordingly the House, with the Second Clerk 
Assistant, went up to the House of Peers; where the 
/Commission was read, for the further proroguing 
‘of the Parliament until Thursday the 14th day of 
i House being met, pursuant to the last, December next; and the Parliament was accord- 

Prorogation ; and Mr. Speaker being in the | ingly prorogued until Thursday the 14th day of 
country ; December next. 





Jovis, 19° die Octobris ; 


Anno 18° Victorie Regine, 1854. 

















By The QUEEN. 
A PROCLAMATION. 


VICTORIA RB. 


HEREAS Our Parliament stands prorogued to Thursday the Fourteenth day 
of December next: And whereas, for divers weighty and urgent Reasons, it 
seems to Us expedient that Our said Parliament shall assemble and be holden 
sooner than the said day: We do, by and with the Advice of Our Privy Council, 
hereby proclaim and give Notice of Our Royal Intention and Pleasure that Our said 
Parliament, notwithstanding the same now stands prorogued as hereinbefore-mentioned 
to the said Fourteenth day of December next, shall assemble and be holden, for the 
despatch of divers urgent and important Affairs, on Tuesday the Twelfth day of 
December next: And the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Knights, Citizens, 
and Burgesses, and the Commissioners for Shires and Boroughs of the House of 
Commons, are hereby required and commanded t» give their attendance accordingly 
at Westminster, on the said Twelfth day of December One thousand eight hundred 
and Fifty-four. 


Given at Our Court at Windsor, this Twenty-seventh day of November, in the 
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and Fifty-four, and in the Eighteenth 
year of Our reign. 


GOD save The QuEEN. 











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